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Cricket commentator hit for six on air

Peter Trego
Peter Trego, above, struck Ed Bevan with a mighty six. Photograph: Stu Forster/Getty Images

Forget about 3D television, BBC Wales offered its radio listeners a third dimension when the ball came smashing through the commentary box window at a Glamorgan cricket match. Commentator Ed Bevan had to take evasive action after the mighty blow from Somerset batsman Peter Trego during Monday's game but still suffered a painful blow to his back. It's not the first time it's happened to Bevan – the third, in fact, poor chap – and for him the most serious yet. "I was quite shaken for a while, I couldn't carry on," said Bevan. "We all thought it was Perspex, it's just ordinary glass. It went everywhere." No wonder he was moved to describe it as "probably the worst commentary box in the country". Time for BBC health and safety to break out the hard hats or someone is going to hit them for six.

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