chinaman
December 2, 2003, 12:56 AM
England spinner Gareth Batty had to be rescued after getting into trouble while surfing in Sri Lanka.
Batty had been body-surfing with Michael Vaughan and Matthew Hoggard when all three were caught by a rip tide that carried them away.
Hoggard managed to swim to shore, while Vaughan scrambled onto some rocks and alerted lifeguards, but the waves carried Batty into trouble.
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/39551000/jpg/_39551298_batty203.jpg
Source (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/sri_v_eng_2003/3255092.stm)
Batty had been body-surfing with Michael Vaughan and Matthew Hoggard when all three were caught by a rip tide that carried them away.
Hoggard managed to swim to shore, while Vaughan scrambled onto some rocks and alerted lifeguards, but the waves carried Batty into trouble.
http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/39551000/jpg/_39551298_batty203.jpg
Source (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/sri_v_eng_2003/3255092.stm)