WATCH: Australia’s Alana King gets hit-wicket on no-ball, fetches 7 runs

A unique incident took place in the match between Australia and South Africa in women’s cricket. Alana King stayed alive in the middle despite being involved in a hit-wicket. In the 3rd ODI between the two sides at North Sydney Oval, Australia batted first and posted a challenging total of 278 runs on the board. Not many teams have chased the total in the history of ODIs. 

On the back of a brilliant knock from Beth Mooney, the home side managed to post a good total on the board. At one stage, Australia was doing good in the innings. But three quick wickets meant that Alana was in the middle. The lower-order batter started to take on the bowlers as soon as she entered the middle. There was a big challenge ahead of SA to stop her. 

Watch the video of the incident here:

At one end, there was a well-set Beth. But King looked dangerous as well. In the 48th over of the match, Masabata Klaas tried to stop Alana from scoring. The right-arm medium pacer registered her career-best ODI figures in the match, as she claimed four wickets for 56 runs in her spell of nine overs. But in the last few overs, she could not contain Australia. 

Alana King smashes six, hits wickets, and survives

Klaas ended up bowling a waist-high no-ball to King. The leg umpire declared the delivery as no-ball. But Alana timed the ball well. The shot was so good that the ball travelled towards the boundary ropes. But in the process, the Australian batter got hit wicket. Since the bowler bowled a waist-high no-ball, the batter was allotted six runs and Australia was allotted a run more. 

It was one of those moments which could be termed a rarity in cricket. It is not often that one could witness a batter get hit-wicket and getting saved due to a waist-high no-ball. Alana did not seem to mind a bit as she took full advantage of the free hit. South Africa have not started well in the run chase, as they are reduced to 63/4 in 14 overs.