Cricketer hits a six and smashes dad's windscreen during match

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Olly RogoffImage source, Nigel Rogoff

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Olly Rogoff deed 4 sixes successful the lucifer against Oxfordshire - and his dad's windscreen

By Trevor Owens

BBC Hereford & Worcester

A cricketer smashed his dad's car windscreen aft hitting a six portion trying to unafraid a triumph for his team.

Herefordshire's Olly Rogoff, 22, was playing a National Counties Championship lucifer and started going for boundaries.

His begetter Nigel had parked by the transportation to ticker and was sitting successful the driver's spot erstwhile the shot landed connected his car aft 1 large shot.

Afterwards helium saw the comic broadside and added: "It's conscionable 1 of those things."

Wednesday was the 3rd and last time of the rain-affected lucifer against Oxfordshire astatine Eastnor and Nigel told BBC Hereford and Worcester: "When I got there, [I] pulled up connected the boundary, I was determination astir 10 minutes, I was the lone car determination really connected that side."

With clip moving retired for Herefordshire to pursuit their triumph people of 182, Olly started going for the bound and deed 4 sixes.

Watching the past of them, Nigel said: "It came down with snowfall connected it I think."

The shot deed the centre of his windscreen and it "made maine jump", the batsman's begetter said.

Image source, Nigel Rogoff

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Nigel Rogoff was sitting successful his car erstwhile his lad deed the six that shattered the windscreen

Image source, Nigel Rogoff

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Nigel Rogoff's car was the lone 1 parked connected 1 borderline of the boundary

Herefordshire manager Richard Skyrme said: "I don't cognize however galore yards it is that side, but perchance 250 yards and to plonk it connected your dad's windscreen has ended the crippled connected an amusing note."

Nigel said: "I was sat successful the driver's spot and I conscionable waved retired of the model and Olly had his manus connected his helmet successful the mediate of the transportation - and evidently it caused a batch of amusement to everyone."

He said each the players had past gone implicit to instrumentality pictures and, with small accidental of a result, the crippled ended soon afterwards with Herefordshire reaching 58-2 successful 10.2 overs.

Olly was retired connected shot aft his large six, his begetter added.

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