England legend Alec Stewart takes on square leg duties amid a County match

Amidst the ongoing County Championship match between Surrey and Northamptonshire, something that has intrigued the cricket onlookers is the presence of Alec Stewart on the field. The former England player is seemed to be having a lovely time on the ground. Photographer Kyle Andrews has put up a picture of Stewart on his official Twitter account wherein he is spotted all happy on the field.

Alec Stewart is the Director of Cricket of Surrey County Cricket Club. But currently, the former keeper-batter is seen taking up some other responsibilities on the ground. In the Tweet posted by the photographer, Stewart has taken over the task of the square-leg umpire.

Twitter reacts to Alec Stewart taking on the square-leg umpire duty

The Tweet is captioned as: “We’re an umpire short, so Surrey Director of Cricket and England legend Alec Stewart is on square leg duties.” This Tweet attracted the Twitter users as they were intrigued by the former player taking up the umpiring duties. A follower stated that Stewart looks fit as ever. While another user wrote: “He could still bat better than most of our lot.”

We're an umpire short, so Surrey Director of Cricket and England legend Alec Stewart is on square leg duties. pic.twitter.com/QfeuNqivuK

— Kyle Andrews (@K_AndrewsPhotos) September 6, 2021

Alec Stewart played cricket for England in what was a tough time for the team. Along with Michael Atherton, Stewart strived hard to take England cricket to greater heights in the 1990s. By nature, he was an attacking batter who finished with an average of 39.54 in a 13-year Test career. The numbers do not tell the complete story though. He was the highest run-getter in the red-ball format in the nineties with 6,407 runs and was considered as one of the best batters of that era.

About the ongoing County match, Surrey scored 252 runs in their first innings. Jamie Smith played impressive innings of 123 to strengthen the team’s position.  Will Jacks added another pivotal 60 runs to the team’s account. For Northamptonshire, Tom Taylor registered a five-wicket haul whereas Ben Sanderson picked up four wickets.

When Northamptonshire came in to bat, Reece Topley alongside Rikki Clarke struck to remove the top order batters. Surrey currently is in a dominating position having reduced Northamptonshire to 138-7.