I felt the earthquake in the Ireland-Zimbabwe match in the U-19 World Cup | Cricbuzz.com

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It soon became clear to those on Earth that a 5.2-magnitude earthquake was recorded on the Richer scale

Muzammil Shirzad, an Irish-born Irish tailor, rocked Zimbabwe 5-20 (5-20) but much before that, the Zimbabweans suffered the final tremor during the U19 World Cup Plate semi-finals at Queen’s Park. The Oval in Trinidad on Saturday (29 January).

Live images of the match were seen vibrating vigorously on the screen during the sixth match over batting Zimbabwe. Moments later, a commentator was heard saying to his partner on air, “I think we’re having an earthquake mate…in the box, we’re already seeing an earthquake…” though there was no panic in the sound.

It soon became apparent to those on the ground that a 5.2-magnitude earthquake had been recorded on the Richer scale which was later confirmed by a local Loopnews report, which read as follows: “A 5.2-magnitude earthquake struck near Trinidad and Tobago on Saturday morning. For the Earthquake Research Center UWI, the earthquake occurred at approximately 9:40 am at a depth of 10 km.”

“It was probably 15 to 20 seconds of intense shaking,” Andrew Leonard, commentator on the air at the time, told Cricbuzz on Sunday morning (January 30). “(I never) felt like the media center was going to collapse or anything. It was out of control… you weren’t able to control the shaking… and no one knew when it would end. It just seemed to get sharper in the middle. A bit, I think.

However, in the middle, the players were seen very calm and did not realize that the soil beneath them was trembling. “We didn’t know anything happened,” Ireland captain Tim Taker told this site via an audio note after his team won eight wickets. “We were on the grass and it probably didn’t translate to us. It was 5.2, it was pretty big but, no, we didn’t hear anything during the match.”

While the players in the middle were happily clueless, those on the ground told this site that the teams’ support staff were planning to rush into the middle. “The support staff/coaches who were at the stand couldn’t believe the play was going on!” Leonard, who later spoke to the Irish team, said, “They were on the other side of the floor, at Brian Lara’s stand. They immediately realized that it was an earthquake. Irish support personnel were ready to enter the field. This only lasted for 20 seconds, but the shaking was probably very violent.”

An Irish cricket statement on the match said, “However, Sherzad wasn’t the only thing that hit the Queen’s Park Oval today, as a 5.1 magnitude earthquake shook the ground midway through the innings of Zimbabwe. The commentary team, that of Ireland’s Andrew Leonard, bravely continued Humorous comment as an assessment has been made of any possible damage to the historic land that has stood on the site since 1896.”

After the tremors subsided, there were discussions about earthquakes during cricket matches. One Caribbean commentator stated that such an incident was seen during a test in the 1980s when Viv Richards stopped the bowler until the shaking was over. But it appears that he was first seen live.

“No damage was done and it was a really weird and crazy moment,” said Leonard, an Irishman who specializes in commentary around the world and does all the ICC track events on live broadcast. “It was incredibly surreal, that’s the best way to describe it. I come from that part of the world where we don’t have earthquakes and don’t know what to do when they happen. Our producers and co-commentators seemed much more anxious. Since I’ve never experienced before, Maybe I was quiet on air because I didn’t really understand what was going on,” he recalls.

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