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Delhi : It was read as news and then forgotten that England cricketer Bryden Carse was caught by the police causing a drunken ruckus outside a nightclub in Derby. Because of this, Carse could not play England's second Test match against Pakistan at Lord's. So actually an interesting and sensational aspect of this news is that since Korsh was arrested, he could not play the Test. This is not the first case in international cricket when someone could not play a match due to some strange reason. 5 more such interesting stories:

1. Ted Dexter gets run over by his own car: A very strange accident happened with former England cricketer Ted Dexter, due to which he was ruled out of the entire 1965-66 Ashes series, not just one match. It would be more correct to say that his career also ended.

What happened was that his Jaguar car broke down on the Chiswick flyover in London. Unable to start it and not getting any help, he himself started pushing it to the nearby garage. Unfortunately, the car went out of control and when they tried to stop it, it ran over Dexter's right leg. The bone was broken in such a way that things only got worse. Could not play for England again.

2. Jimmy Adams cuts his hand with a butter knife: Jimmy Adams was using a butter knife and this accident happened. Former West Indies batsman Jimmy Adams could not play the entire series due to this strange condition.

When the West Indies team was going to South Africa for the 1998-99 tour, he cut his hand so badly while using a butter knife that he had to get three stitches and the tour ended there for him. The interesting thing is that the butter knife that Jimmy Adams was using while cutting bread rolls was made of plastic, but while using it, he accidentally cut the vein of the little finger of his left hand.

3. Chris Lewis got heat stroke: There are many stories of ill health due to heat but former England bowler Lewis could not play the match due to heat stroke. This story is from the West Indies tour in 1994.

It was very hot in the Caribbean in those days and Lewis was so upset by it that he decided to go bald and shaved his head completely. With such a bald head, he accidentally went out in the hot afternoon sun without wearing a cap. He then suffered heat stroke (sunstroke) and due to this Lewis was ruled out of the tour match against Antigua XI.

4. Andrew Symonds went fishing instead of going to a team meeting: Before Australia's One Day International series against Bangladesh in Darwin in 2008, Andrew Symonds thought he had a day off and went fishing. In fact, there was a mandatory team meeting that day as well as an optional training session. The team management complained about this to the board and the board sent him back home. He could not play the entire three-match ODI series.

5. Brad Hodge got injured while wearing trousers: Australia's Brad Hodge had to be dropped from the team with one of the strangest reasons in cricket history. This story is from the 2007-08 series. Before a T20 International match against New Zealand in Perth, Hodge was wearing trousers when his leg got stuck in them. He staggered and fell in it. Got injured a lot and was out of the match.

There is another interesting thing to this story. Australia dropped Hodge from the team but they had no reserve batsman to replace him. In such a situation, Australia included a cricketer named Luke Pomersbach, who had actually come as a spectator to watch the match, in the team and Luke made his international debut. It is difficult to think of a more strange way to make an international debut.