India, Aug. 31 -- A broken printer produced one of cricket's most unusual results in Northern Ireland after Ballyspallen were forced to concede their North West Cricket Union Premier League match against Eglinton despite the contest still being very much alive. Playing at home on Saturday, Ballyspallen appeared to be heading into an otherwise routine rain-affected chase after Eglinton were bowled out for 159 in 48.1 overs. The hosts had made a brisk start to their reply, reaching 19 without loss from two overs, when rain forced the players from the field.

With the interruption expected to reduce the number of overs available in the chase, match officials needed to use the Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method to establish Ballyspallen's revised t...