Cricket match stopped as umpire is hit by model aircraft in Cosby

Play was stopped at a cricket match after an umpire was hit by a model aircraft. The match between Cosby second team and Gilmorton Village was halted for a few a minutes after the square leg umpire was hit on the back of the legs by the model plane yesterday. Cosby opening batsman Nigel Meredith told how he and other players watched in disbelief as the plane crash -landed on the Cosby pitch and then hit the official. Nigel said: "It was about two hours into our innings and the plane just... Reported by Leicester Mercury 10 hours ago.