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Dara Ó Briain cracked a photographer with a sliotar while playing hurling at the home of English cricket

An accident, of course.

Mar 3rd 2017, 5:48 PM 9,264 Views 0 Comments

IT WAS ONLY earlier today we were noting how Dara Ó Briain is consistently one of the funniest people on Twitter.

And today, he provided another stellar moment for the catalogue.

He was let on to Lord’s cricket pitch in London – dubbed “the home of cricket” – with a hurl and sliotar to promote the upcoming series between Ireland and England.

During the photoshoot he launched into a hit for the camera… and it ended up landing bang on the photographer’s head:

The photographer wanted to get a good action shot for the cameras:

“Over my head!”

daracricket3 Source: Facebook

Boom

daracricket4 Source: Facebook

Even playing hurling on such a big cricket pitch is a moment in itself

Today I played hurling on the pitch at @HomeOfCricket. That's one off the bucket list.
— Dara Ó Briain (@daraobriain) March 2, 2017

Source: Dara Ó Briain/Twitter

It definitely was an accident, he was happy to clarify

fluke

The photographer on the day was James Cheadle and he was only delighted the camera was safe

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Good sport.

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Dara Ó Briain cracked a photographer with a sliotar while playing hurling at the home of English cricket