Shit! May day on the field!

Shit! May day on the field!

Ever heard of a player soiling his pants after bellowing an appeal? Well, Tim May soiled his trousers while appealing at the top of his lungs! This happened while May was playing in a Wills Triangular Series encounter between Australia and Pakistan at Rawalpindi on October 22, 1994,

May rapped Saeed Anwar on the pads and appealed loudly. The decision, however, was turned down.

Ian Botham wrote what transpired later in his book Beefy’s Cricket Tales: “Just before the umpire said not out, though, there was a sharp change in Tim’s [May’s] facial expression. The wicket-keeper Healy and Mark Waugh at slip thought he was simply disappointed with the umpire’s decision.”

Play went on, and May soon had Aamir Sohail, caught by Michael Bevan. The Australians went into a huddle to celebrate, complete with smiles, high-fives, and more when they smelt something foul!

There was a general query, and May admitted: “Sorry, boys, I appealed a bit too strongly a few overs ago and I sh*t myself. But it’s all okay because it has dried up now.”

May was promptly asked to leave the field by his teammates and take a shower. But May had to pay the price of that incident. It was not uncommon for him to hear from his team-mates, “Need a shower, champ?”, whenever he appealed!