Former India pacer Javagal Srinath is now a match referee. (Image Credits: Getty Images)

A rare incident was witnessed on Day 4 of the one-off Test between Ireland and Zimbabwe at the Civil Service Cricket Club in Belfast on Sunday, July 28. The Ireland pair of Lorcan Tucker and Andy McBrine completed an all-run five in their team’s second innings!

Hosts Ireland beat Zimbabwe by four wickets in the tightly contested one-off Test. Chasing a target of 158, Ireland had crumbled to 21-5 inside six overs. However, Tucker (56) and McBrine (55*) combined to lift the hosts to victory.

In the 18th over, McBrine punched a ball from Zimbabwe left-arm seamer Richard Ngarava through covers. Tendai Chatara chased the ball and stopped it inside the ropes, but could not prevent the Ireland batters from completing five runs.

A similar incident was witnessed during the India vs Australia Test match played at the Adelaide Oval in 1992. In their first innings of this match, India’s No. 10 and No. 11 batters, Venkatapathy Raju and Javagal Srinath, completed an all-run five.

Watch video below

Srinath drove a pitched-up delivery from Australian fast bowler Craig McDermott through the off-side. As the fielder from mid-off, Allan Border, could not stop the ball, he had to chase it down as it raced towards the boundary. Border managed to ‘save’ the boundary, but the Indian tailenders ended up running five!

What happened in the 1992 Adelaide Test between India and Australia?

Australia beat India by 38 runs at the Adelaide Oval in January 1992 in the fourth Test of the five-match series. India got off to a commanding start in the Test match. After winning the toss and bowling first, they bundled out the Aussies for 145 in 66.4 overs. Kapil Dev and Raju claimed three wickets each, while Manoj Prabhakar and Sachin Tendulkar picked up two scalps apiece.

Australia fought back strongly and restricted India to 225 as McDermott took 5-76 and Merv Hughes registered 3-55. For India, Kapil scored 56, while Manoj Prabhakar contributed 33. Raju and Srinath chipped in with 19* and 21 respectively.

The hosts made a great comeback with the bat in the second innings to post 451. David Boon scored 135, Mark Taylor 100, while Border contributed 91. Set to chase 372, India were bowled out for a respectable 333. They went down fighting as Mohammad Azharuddin scored 106, while Prabhakar hit 64. McDermott claimed his second five-fer of the game to finish with 10 wickets for the match.