Lachie Burtt, often now referred to as the beer snake man, disturbed the game in Adelaide Oval on Friday during the second test of the Border Gavaskar Trophy by running with a beer snake (a pile of beer cups stacked together, making a snake-like figure) near the sight screen throws light on the incident.
“In my head at that time, I just wanted to get away from the guard, so I saw the space and hopped over the tiny white rope,” he told 9News.
“I didn’t really have time to stop and think what I was doing right now and what the effects were going to be because of it,” said Lachie Burtt. “I did feel a bit silly, it wasn’t the right thing … sorry Marnus.”
“It’s probably not the right thing to do, but no one got hurt,” Burtt said.
Burtt felt that the small hiccup didn’t matter much as the game went on after the incident without being impacted “I didn’t jump the fence or anything. It was one ball, and Marnus (Labuschagne) got a four after that, so no worries.” He was then taken out of the Adelaide Oval for the rest of the day’s play.
While the Adelaide Oval management has not commented specifically on the instance involving Burtt, they have mentioned that they were satisfied with the overall behavior of the crowd.
The Beer Snake Man had interrupted the game as he ran across the sight screen with a tall beer snake after piling up his cups of beer. Marnus Labuschagne, who was the batter, moved away as Lachie came in front of the sight screen, causing a small scuffle in the middle as Mohammed Siraj chucked the ball at Labuschagne as he was just about to finish his run-up.
This was not the only isolated incident when the crowd got in behind Head. After picking Head’s wicket, Siraj and the batter were seen involved in an animated chat and the crowd continued to boo the bowler for the rest of the innings and when he walked out to bat the following day.