“Stop moving the robot”: Stuart Broad screams as Fox Cricket rover disrupts his bowling run-up in Hobart 5th Ashes Test

Dixit Bhargav | 15/01/2022
"Stop moving the robot": Stuart Broad screams as Fox Cricket rover disrupts his bowling run-up in Hobart 5th Ashes Test

Stuart Broad screams: The veteran English pacer was disturbed by the host broadcaster’s rover whilst bowling at the Bellerive Oval.

During the second day of the ongoing fifth Ashes 2021-22 Test match between Australia and England in Hobart, veteran England pacer Stuart Broad was disrupted by host broadcaster Fox Cricket’s rover.

It all happened in the 63rd over when Broad was running in to bowl to Australia fast bowler Mitchell Starc (3). With a rover moving near the boundary behind Starc, it caught Broad’s attention to the extent that he had to pull out from his run-up and scream in anguish.

“Stop moving the robot,” Broad yelled near the stumps at the non-strikers’ end. Following India captain Virat Kohli’s outburst in the recently concluded Cape Town Test, the incident has become the second in recent days where visiting players have expressed their disappointment near the stump mic.

It was in the next over that Starc’s attempt to pull a Mark Wood short delivery resulted in his dismissal. Wood, who was quite expensive on Day 1, returned with another wicket in the same spell as Australia captain Pat Cummins (2) also failed to keep a short delivery down whilst wanting to play a pull.

Stuart Broad screams as Fox Cricket rover disrupts him in Hobart Test

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What is a rover in cricket broadcasting?

Readers must note that a rover is a moving camera-like equipment which is mostly witnessed moving from one side to the other near the boundary. Despite the eye-catching visuals, such camera equipment shouldn’t be in a moving state when a bowler is running in to bowl.

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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