IT'S pretty common for a game of cricket to be halted by the rain – but the Daily Express reports on a bizarre incident in Leicestershire where a match was halted after a flock of low-flying geese deposited a mass of droppings on the pitch.

50 Canada geese interrupted the closing stages of the game between Syston and Woodhouse Eaves.

They flew about 20 feet of the ground and players were forced to take evasive action.

The umpires had to halt play for about five minutes while the mess was cleared up.

Umpire Michael Shipman , said: “It was utterly bizarre. Never in all my time in the game have I seen Canada geese deposit their droppings on a pitch.”