Sheffield Shield, Australia's domestic first-class cricket competition, has witnessed some rather strange incidents, some rarely seen previously on a cricket field. On Tuesday, the match between Victoria and Queensland at Junction Oval saw another extraordinary incident unfold. Mitchell Swepson, leg-spinner playing for Queensland, pitched his delivery outside the pitch area and strangely enough the umpire deemed it to be a legal delivery much to the anger of Australian fans on Twitter. Even the commentators were left bemused by the delivery as well as the umpiring.

‘That landed off the wicket. That's a no-ball. That did not land on the pitch. That landed outside the return crease, so that's a no-ball. That's not even a hard decision. You can't bowl it there. How has he (umpire) let that go. It completely confused me. It was almost as if it's a practice ball,’ the two commentators said during a conversation with each other on-air, reports the ndtv.com.

On the match front, Victoria beat Queensland thanks to a brilliant batting performance from opener Marcus Harris. The 26-year-old had scored a fine 95 in the first innings and followed it up with what he described as his ‘best innings’ -- a knock of 174 runs off 197 balls.

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— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) February 26, 2019

Victoria were set 300 for victory by Queensland off the final 78 overs, ultimately chasing down the target with three wickets and 4.4 overs to spare.

‘To win the game, and on a wicket like that, that's probably my best innings,’ Harris was quoted as saying by cricket.com.au.

‘My 250 was good but that was obviously different circumstances. What you want to do as a cricketer is play a match-winning innings.’