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Howzat? Ten-year-old boy bowls out WG Grace's statue at Lord's Cricket Ground

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This is the moment a 10-year-old spin bowler produced a perfect delivery to catch William Gilbert Grace's statue out at Lord's Cricket Ground during England's Ashes test match against Australia.

Filmed on August 16, the leggie named Finley fires a tricky delivery to the statue seeing the ball bounce off Grace's leg straight into Phil's hands.

Anthony, Finley's dad and the filmer, told Newsflare: "It was a totally impromptu moment that I managed to capture of Finley bowling to WG Grace. What happened next, was completely off the cuff.

"Phil just happened to be standing at ‘short leg’ and only realised there was a chance for a catch when it actually hit the bat and flew in the air!

"Finley has been playing cricket since he could walk really. He started bowling leggies after I took him to a Test Match between England and Pakistan, also at Lord, where Yasir Shah was bowling. It was all quite by accident really - he certainly has not learned from me!

"Finley is now the most successful member of the family to ‘play’ at Lords. His Granddad played there in 1988 in the National Club Cricket Championship final, but the game was rained off before he participated. I played there in 2007 for the MCC and managed a total of 1 run. So to have taken a wicket there outperforms both of us!"

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