The Nottinghamshire batsman and former Zimbabwe captain Brendan Taylor was discovered asleep in someone’s car after celebrations of his side’s Royal London Cup victory over Durham on Tuesday got a bit out of hand.
Michael Whitaker, a resident of West Bridgford, was about to head off to work when he found Taylor out for the count in his Chevrolet Matiz. Unsure of what to do the 45-year-old called the police and waited for their arrival before it became apparent who the passenger was and what he was doing there.
“I don’t think he knew where he was but he was very apologetic and it quickly became clear that it was very innocent,” Mr Whitaker told the Nottingham Post. “Realising who it was made it even funnier because how often do you find an international cricket star asleep in your car?”
Understandably sheepish about the incident neither Taylor nor his county have made a statement but Nottinghamshire police said: “We attended the scene but concluded that no offence had been committed. The man in the car was extremely apologetic and even offered to get the car valeted.”
