Watch amazing video as a cow stops play after charging at umpire and fielders in village cricket match

FORGET cow corner – village cricketers in Cheshire were charged at from all angles when the real thing got loose.

‘Stop play’ was taken to an almighty new level following a highly unusual pitch invasion.

Umpires and players were forced to run for cover when an ill-tempered cow ran amok during the Cheshire Cricket League match between Kerridge and Mossley.

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The animal had calmly been spectating beyond the long-off boundary before it decided to canter on to the playing area.

Gathering speed, the cow headed for the fielder at mid-on and then took a detour towards square-leg.

Both fielders scrambled out of the way but for some reason an unimpressed umpire refused to budge.

The official - perhaps he was a former matador - even kept his hands from his pockets and risked locking horns with the pitch invader and suffering a calf injury.

Eventually the mad cow headed off over the boundary, leaving it's very own legacy as Mossley Cricket Club celebrated its 50th anniversary.

The match itself saw Kerridge put the interruption behind them as James Knight and Luke Wild each milked the bowling to post centuries in a total of 297-4.

The four wickets for Knight and Adam Banks saw Mossley bowled out for 149.