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Matthew Cooper

Cricket fans in stitches as Hampshire bowler imitates umpire by giving batter out lbw

Veteran Hampshire bowler Keith Barker took Stuart Broad's infamous art of celebrappealing to a new level when he decided to give Kent batter Tawanda Muyeye out lbw without even looking at the umpire.

Broad is well-known for his tendency to start celebrating lbw shouts before the umpire has made their decision because he is so sure the batter is out. However, Barker went one step further in Hampshire's County Championship game against Kent when he decided to imitate the umpire and give Muyeye out himself.

In the first over of the match, Barker bowled a delivery which Muyeye shouldered arms to. However, the ball hit him on his back pad and Barker immediately began appealing for an lbw.

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