Cricket great busted on live broadcast

Australian cricket great Mark Waugh was busted live on air doing something that is becoming common place Down Under.

In the middle of the first Test in Perth during the lunch break, Waugh sat alongside Mark Howard and Michael Vaughan discussing the action that had unfolded.

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But as the conversation carried on, Waugh’s eyes continued to drift south before Howie caught on to what was capturing his attention.

Instead of being fully engaged, the former Test star was keeping half an eye on his phone with live sport being streamed.

“I feel we’re losing Junior,” Howard said.

Vaughan then reached down and grabbed his phone, showing the horse racing going on.

Howard added: “We need to focus on the job at hand. Where are we?”

Waugh responded: “I can do a couple of things at once, let’s keep going.”

Watch the hilarious incident unfold in the video player above

While the moment was laughed off, Waugh isn’t alone this summer in wanting to have live sport on the go in the middle of an event.

With wedding season in full swing and Christmas parties in vogue along with social gatherings … sporting fans are doing all they can not to miss the live action.

New research commissioned by Kayo Sports has highlighted that 74% of Aussie sports fans are willing to get out their phones if your event falls at the same time their team is in action.

But is sitting at an event watching live sport a cardinal sin? According to the research … absolutely not.

Here’s what the numbers had to say.

• 74% of Aussie sports fans admit to streaming sport at a social event.

• 67% think it should be socially acceptable to get their phone out for a score check at an event.

• Victoria takes the crown: Victorians are officially the most likely to shun social etiquette and stream sport on their phone at a social event.

• Queenslanders confess: They’re the nation’s top “score-sneakers.” While not as bold as Victorians, you’ll likely find them slipping out of rooms for a discreet score check.

Fellow Australian cricket legend and Fox Cricket expert Adam Gilchrist said missing the action is far more un-Australian than tuning in to watch the Aussies take on the Poms.

“To think that anyone might have missed Mitchell Starc’s first over or Travis Head’s century, which was one of the finest in the history of the game is almost criminal. You don’t want to appear impolite, but you just don’t want to miss a thing,” he said.

“I reckon the only valid reason to miss The Ashes these days is simply if you’ve misplaced your phone. If you’re getting married or you’re hosting an event this summer, I reckon more than few people are going to have their Kayo Sports app open under the table.”

To back up Kayo Sports’ “Don’t Miss A Thing” campaign, they want Aussies to dob in their mates and upload their pictures or videos of friends and family streaming sport at a social event, tag @kayosports and #dontmissathing, and go in the drawer to win a double pass to Day 1 of the fifth and final Ashes Test in Sydney.

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