Every now and then the cricket world tends to throw up the most rarest and bizarre stories, in one such latest news, Australia batter Nic Maddinson had his bat confiscated during a County Championship game because it was deemed to be too big.

The top order batsman, playing for Durham, had only faced 8 balls when the umpire decided to inspect his bat. After using a batting gauge to measure the dimensions of Maddinson's willow, the umpires deemed it to be over the lawful limit.