Distressing scenes unfolded at the MCG on Thursday night as a seagull came off second best to an English star’s powerful hitting.

The birds become paralysed. They stop swimming and flying. They can’t stand up on land and they are unable to eat. Their ...

An unfamiliar companion joined Ben Duckett on the boundary at the MCG, but the pair's unity did not go as smoothly as the Englishman may have hoped.