An amazing sight was seen in the County Championship being played in England. In the Division One match being played between Somerset and Surrey, a player won everyone's heart. Tom Banton, playing for Somerset, scored important runs for the team while batting despite a serious injury in this match. He scored these runs when the team needed him the most. Tom Banton was not even in a condition to walk properly, but he decided to take the field for his team despite being injured.

Tom Banton's strong performance with a broken leg

Tom Banton scored a brilliant century in the first innings of this match.

He played an innings of 132 runs on 172 balls, which included 16 fours and 1 six. But during this match, Tom got injured while playing football in the warm-up. He suffered a serious injury to his ankle. In such a situation, he could not enter the field. But in the second innings, his team lost 9 wickets for just 153 runs. In such a situation, Tom Banton showed great courage and decided to enter the field.

Tom Banton came out to bat in the second innings limping with the help of a bat with a broken leg. If he had not come out to bat, Surrey would have got a target of only 150 runs.

But Tom Banton decided to bat so that his team could put a big total on the board. He was also successful in doing so. Tom Banton scored 46 runs off 65 balls while batting at number 11 in Somerset's second innings. In this innings, 6 fours also came off his bat. On the basis of this innings of Tom Banton, Somerset managed to score 224 runs in their second innings. He added 71 runs with Jack Leach for the last wicket, which can prove to be very important for the team.

reverse sweep while limping

Despite being injured, Tom Banton not only scored runs but also played a difficult shot like reverse sweep.

In the 62nd over of the innings, he hit a four by reverse sweeping Shakib Al Hasan's ball, which surprised everyone. During this, the fans also encouraged him a lot.

Tom Banton is reverse sweeping on one leg?!?#SOMvSUR#WeAreSomerset pic.twitter.com/zePyhRtKXg

— Somerset Cricket (@SomersetCCC) September 12, 2024