This could have gotten nasty.
Luckily, cooler heads prevailed after an incident that followed Kevin O’Brien bowling of batsman Khawar Ali for 34 after he had just hit a 4 and a 6.
Ali didn’t take too kindly to O’Brien’s celebrations and took a swing for the legs of the Dubliner but O’Brien managed to just avoid contact.
Kevin O’Brien just avoided a serious lash from Khawar pic.twitter.com/oMv4Pi6AC2
— Darragh Murphy (@DarrMurphy) March 9, 2016
It looked like he was about to confront Ali before he wisely decided against doing so and continued celebrating the wicket.
https://twitter.com/BatBallStumps/status/707607011547078656
Khawar almost cleaned up Kevin O'Brien & I'm not sure if he even apologized. He probably didn't think he was so close to hitting KoB. #WT20
— Arjun Ashok (@arj_90) March 9, 2016
Tough break Khawar Ali on 🙁 that inside edge..
But you nearly take off Kevin O'Brien legs 😹😹— Josh 🐝 (@jfJoshuaFrancis) March 9, 2016
Haha seems khawar Ali was blowing the bat intentionally against Kevin O Brien. #IREvOMA #ICCWT20
— Vinoth Raja (@ThatCanonDude) March 9, 2016
Oh! That could have seriously hurt Kevin O'Brien! #WT20
— Nachiket Deuskar (@PartTimeBowler) March 9, 2016
