Watch: Craig Overton given out caught despite ball bouncing into ground, Somerset post ultra slo-mo in protest

Watch: Craig Overton was given out caught by Nick Browne in Somerset’s ongoing County Championship fixture against Essex, despite the ball hitting the ground before bouncing up off the short-leg fielder, as revealed in a slow-motion replay posted on Somerset CCC’s Twitter account.

Overton was attempting to rescue a calamitous collapse in Somerset’s first innings at the time of the incident. Batting at eight, he was only the third batter to make it into double figures in response to Essex’s 462-9 declared.

Facing up to Simon Harmer’s off-breaks, he tried to play a delivery down into the leg side, where several fielders clad in helmets waited close in to the bat. As Over

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