IS THIS A FIRE DRILL? NO, IT'S NATHAN LYON BURNING HIS TOAST

Sheffield Shield match stopped for half an hour and fire brigade called after Aussie international's blunder

Rain, hail, bees, pigs, snow, World War II bombs, fried calamari and now... burned toast: Brisbane saw the latest in cricket's strange line of stoppages on Wednesday.

During the afternoon session of the Sheffield Shield game between Queensland and New South Wales at the Allan Border Field, play had to be stopped following a fire alarm in the Stuart Law stand.

Players, media and sscorers had to be evacuated as the fire brigade arrived to take a look. 

The culprit? An Australian international in the shape of Nathan Lyon.

Lyon got peckish mid-afternoon and went to make himself toast, only to leave it on too long.

He sheepishly confessed later in the day, saying: "(The toast) popped up first and I wasn't happy so I put it back down and I got carried away watching the cricket,

"There's a first for everything.

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"Steve Smith already said he's going to cover (the fire truck call-out fee)."

Once the 30-minute interruption was over, Lyon's New South Wales team-mates were able to score the runs they required for victory.

The incident was the second peculiar stoppage in a handful of weeks, after a Ranji Trophy game in India was halted when a car was driven onto the square.

Delhi's game with Uttar Pradesh was the setting for the bizarre sight of the driver, who claimed he was lost, weaving over the pitch at the Palam grounds.

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