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Cricketers faced terrifying scenes on Tuesday night, when a pair of angry birds spooked players, who were left ducking for cover at a WBBL game.
Two plover parents, a notoriously cranky species of bird also known as Masked Lapwings, set up camp on the in-field at the Hobart Hurricanes 49-run win over the Sydney Thunder at Blacktown Sportspark in Sydney's west.
The fiercely-protective mum and dad clearly thought the Thunder players were some kind of lime-green monster predators; with star batter Phoebe Litchfield in particular bearing the brunt of the parental angst.
Powerfully-built allrounder Sammy-Jo Johnson was reduced to a laughing mess lying horizontal on the ground to escape the swooping birds, much to the delight of commentators.
Sydney Thunder star Phoebe Litchfield was victimised by an overly-protective Plover parents at a WBBL match on Tuesday
Sam Bates and Lauren Smith could also be seen clutching on to each other and cowering together on the ground as they jumped away from one of the angry parents - though fortunately they both saw the funny side in the situation.
'I can see that a few players are actually hitting the deck at the moment,' former Australian and Thunder legend Alex Blackwell laughed on the Fox Sports broadcast of the game.
'A mum and dad plover, it looks like they’re protecting the chicks. The plovers are quite territorial and they lay their nest randomly out on the outfield.
