Village cricketer takes wicket of Kumar Sangakkara

Shillingstone posted 177 batting first and were bowled out in 36.2 overs before beating their opponents by 76 runs.

“He hit me for a couple of fours and sixes in the over before,” Burns added.

“He had been coming down the wicket every few balls, I tried to make him come forward when I bowled.

“Thankfully he did and luckily I hit the leg stump, it’s something I’ll never forget and can tell people about for years to come.”

When he got Sangakkarra’s wicket, a batter who averaged 57.40 in Test matches, Burns said his team-mates did not quite react how he might have expected them to.

“No one really celebrated,” he said.

“Everyone just stood there and was more just in shock at what had happened.

Being able to play on the same field as him let alone take his wicket is something special.”