- Lachie Burtt collected a huge amount of cups at Adelaide Oval Test
- Created a beer snake with mates, then headed to the sight screen
- Unusual scenes distracted Aussie batter Marnus Labuschagne
The man responsible for the cricket beer snake incident in Adelaide which briefly stopped the action during the second Test between Australia and India has revealed the stunt involved 250 empty cups worth a staggering $2750.
Lachie Burtt, 21, helped build the snake with seven mates – and before long, they had built a monster that halted play.
Given the beer of choice at the iconic sporting ground was Hahn – which cost $11 each – it was an expensive exercise.
‘The funny thing was everyone could buy four drinks [at one time], so we were all sitting there with four drinks each and there was 67 of us,’ the electrician told News Corp.
‘So there was a fair bit going on….plus everyone around us on the hill, they were loving it.’
Burtt later issued an apology for briefly halting play – which Aussie Marnus Labuschagne found hilarious.
Lachie Burtt (pictured left) – who was responsible for the cricket beer snake incident in Adelaide which briefly stopped live action during the second Test – has revealed the stunt involved a staggering 250 cups
Burtt, 21, helped build the snake with seven mates at the Adelaide Oval – and before long, up to 250 cups were in use during the day-night Test (pictured, young fans with the crowd pleaser)
The under-pressure batter posted ‘no worries brother’ as well as a laughing emoji in response after Burtt was tracked down by 9 News in Adelaide.
It was a different story for the tourists, with quick Mohammad Siraj seething after the umpires stopped play.
Seconds earlier, Labuschagne backed away from the stumps as Siraj was steaming in, with Australia’s number three distracted by Burtt and his impressive beer snake across the top of the sight screen.
‘Siraj, not happy. You don’t often see a fast bowler when he gets stopped just about before he releases the ball,’ former Aussie batsman Greg Blewett said in commentary for Channel 7.
Burtt briefly stopped play in Adelaide by walking across to the sight screen with his beer snake (pictured)
Given the beer of choice at the ground was Hahn – which were $11 each – it was an expensive exercise for Burtt and his friends
Meanwhile, star Indian opening bowler Jasprit Bumrah remains under a fitness cloud ahead of Saturday’s third Test in Brisbane.
Already with 12 wickets to his name in the series, Bumrah is said to be battling an upper leg injury.
It comes as cricket legend Ravi Shastri called for India to match Australia’s aggression at the Gabba.
‘When I was playing, my philosophy was to give it back as good as I got it,’ he said.
‘Do not hold back one bit. Do not take even one backward step.’