Roy's ump bump: when celebrations go bad

Ball-watching has caused many a run out over the years at all levels of cricket, but inadvertently bowling over an umpire was new ground for England opener Jason Roy.

The batsman brought up his century in the 27th over, from 92 balls, with his 12th four, but it came via a misfield at mid-wicket which had Roy watching the ball as it scooted through the infield away to the rope.

As he jogged through, Umpire Joel Wilson was also watching the delivery as he moved away from behind the stumps, and the pair collided, leaving the stunned official flat on his back.

On the England team balcony Ben Stokes clasped his hands to his head, and Eoin Morgan covered his mouth in shock, their reactions soon turning to laughter as Roy lifted Wilson and the umpire dusted himself off.

A sheepish Roy was perhaps grateful it wasn't Australian umpire Paul 'Blocker' Wilson he had run into, and eventually acknowledged his ninth ODI century from 79 matches in muted fashion as he was embraced by a laughing Joe Root.

Roy's collision wasn't the first moment of comedy while celebrating a milestone in professional cricket.

Australian brothers Shaun and Mitch Marsh temporarily forgot themselves when celebrating Mitch's Test ton at the SCG in early 2018, stopping to embrace mid-pitch before hurriedly making their ground to complete the milestone run.

The incident is as perhaps famous for then-captain Steve Smith's frantic reaction on the Australian team balcony as it is for the Marsh brothers' partnership that saw them join the Waugh and Chappell brothers in hitting Test tons in the same innings for Australia.

Australia wicketkeeper Brad Haddin avoided a serious eye injury when a willy-nilly high-five from James Faulkner went wrong in an ODI against India in Pune.

With spirits high after posting 8-304, Haddin pouched an edge from Shikhar Dhawan off Faulkner's bowling, and they rushed to celebrate.

Haddin collapsed to the ground clutching at his face and was eventually forced from the field, but returned after spending 22 overs off the ground receiving treatment on a scratch to the eye.

"How embarrassing is that? We couldn't even get our high fives right," skipper George Bailey joked after the match. "What about just a handshake? Just take it back to 'well bowled'."

Pakistan's Hasan Ali trademarked his 'hand grenade' wicket celebration – "It's like a bomb that goes to the batsman, and then he's gone," Hasan explained to cricket.com.au – but it left the seamer red-faced after he injured himself doing it in 2018.

In a T20 tri-series with Australia and hosts Zimbabwe, it was during a match against the home team when Hasan pulled his trapezius muscle celebrating his first wicket of the game.

Wicketkeeper and captain Sarfaraz Ahmed could only laugh, but his bowler was able to carry on, comically celebrating his second wicket one-handed, clutching his sore collar.

England bowler Olly Stone was less fortunate on the injury front when he celebrated a wicket in a domestic T20 match in 2016. Having snared the prized wicket of Moeen Ali for his side Northamptonshire, Stone leapt into the air but landed awkwardly on his knees attempting a soccer-style slide.

His joy turned to agony as he lay on the turf surrounded by teammates looking less than impressed. He dusted himself off and attempted to carry on, only to have his knees buckle in his run-up and was carried off the ground.

Scans revealed he had damaged his ACL and cartilage in the knee. He recovered the from ignominy of that episode and went on to make his ODI debut for England in 2018.