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Jack Leach confessed he didn't realise his freakish dismissal of Henry Nicholls on the opening day of the third LV= Insurance Test was legitimate.
Nicholls trudged off on the eve of tea at Headingley after a thudding straight drive ricocheted off the bat of Daryl Mitchell at the non-striker's end and into the hands of a gleeful Alex Lees at mid-off.
It took England captain Ben Stokes' celebratory charge towards him, for the Somerset left-arm spinner to clock that the laws of the game do not deem the ball dead in such a situation and that his piece of good fortune had delivered him a second wicket.
New Zealand's Henry Nicholls suffered one of the most bizarre dismissals in cricket history
And Jack Leach has admitted he didn't realise his freakish dismissal of Nicholls was legitimate
The batter's drive off a ball from England spinner Leach looked destined for the boundary
'I didn't even know if that was allowed. I have never seen anything like it. But I will take any wicket I can, as you get enough situations that don't go your way,' said Leach.
'It was very unlucky for Nicholls; very lucky for me. It's a silly game, isn't it? That's what
