Cricket match abandoned after runaway bull storms playing field

A cricket match had to be abandoned after a runaway bull stormed the field and charged at players.

The North East Premier League fixture at Burnopfield Cricket Club near Newcastle was called off on Saturday evening despite efforts to remove the animal from the ground.

Martin Oswell, director of the Tyneside club, said the young bull, probably weighing around 800kg, had escaped from a farm and travelled about a mile to the field where it arrived at around 3pm.

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