WATCH: Henry Nicholls falls to Jack Leach in bizarre fashion

Among the regulations relating to fair catches, Law 33.2.2.3 states that a catch is fair if "a fielder catches the ball after it has touched the wicket, an umpire, another fielder, a runner or the other batter"

When your luck is out, your luck is out. Henry Nicholls was left to curse his misfortune after losing his wicket in bizarre circumstances on the first afternoon at Headingley.

In the final over before the tea interval, the left-hander advanced down the pitch and looked to have punched Jack Leach through mid-on for four, only for Daryl Mitchell – his non-striking partner – to take evasive action in such a way that the ball deflected off the middle of his bat and into the hands of a bewildered Alex Lees at mid-off, leaving England celebrating.

Among the regulations relating to fair catches, Law 33.2.2.3 states that a catch is fair if "a fielder catches the ball after it has touched the wicket, an umpire, another fielder, a runner or the other batter".

An unfortunate dismissal? Yes. But wholly within the Laws.

Law 33.2.2.3 states it will be out if a fielder catches the ball after it has touched the wicket, an umpire, another fielder, a runner or the other batter.

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— Marylebone Cricket Club (@MCCOfficial) June 23, 2022

As rare as the dismissal was, it has happened before in international cricket. Andrew Symonds was once caught at midwicket via Michael Clarke's leg in an ODI against Sri Lanka, with Symonds gesturing to Clarke as he walked off that his partner owed him a drink.

Similarly, former Australia wicketkeeper Peter Nevill was once run out in the Big Bash after a Dwayne Bravo strike deflected off Nevill's bat at the non-striker's end, onto the head of Adam Zampa, the bowler, and then onto the stumps with Nevill stranded out of his ground.