After laughing at Alex Hales when he was twice hit in the nether regions during The Hundred last year, Sam Billings has admitted "it serves me right" after suffering a similar fate himself.
During the match between the Trent Rockets and Oval Invincibles last season, Reece Topley hit Hales right where it hurts in consecutive deliveries. And Billings, who captained the Invincibles in that match, could be seen laughing behind the stumps along with Topley and even umpire Nigel Llong.
However, this year Billings was the unfortunate victim as he missed an attempted reverse sweep off Welsh Fire spinner Adam Zampa and was struck below the belt. Pain was etched on Billings' face as he collapsed to the ground, while both Kevin Pietersen and Robert Croft had a laugh at his expense on commentary.
