This has never happened..? Missing umpire..?

Sowmiya Sriram
This has never happened..? Missing umpire..?

The second Test between australia and pakistan was halted for some time due to the absence of an umpire. pakistan is touring australia for a three-match Test series. pakistan lost the first test match by 360 runs. The second Test was the year-end Boxing Day Test in Australia. In this match, the Australian team scored 318 runs in the first innings. pakistan scored 264 runs in the first innings. australia played their second innings on the third day. The Pakistani players came to the field after the lunch break of the third day's match. In the Australian team, David Warner and Marnus Labuschagne came to the field. Both field umpires came. However, the match did not start.
It was later reported that the third umpire, richard Illingworth, known as the tv umpire, was trapped in the lift. So, the umpires on the field told the players that information. There was tension as he was told the match would not take place until he was rescued from the lift. It was announced that the fourth umpire would do the work of the third umpire and the match started.
After two balls had been bowled, richard Illingworth came into the third umpire's room and continued his duties. After that everyone was relieved. The commentators jokingly said that there has never been such an incident in the history of cricket where an umpire got stuck in a lift.
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