Kiwi cricketer Jimmy Neesham's bat drilled with holes in drugs search

US customs officials saw something suspicious in a piece of wood that was not quite a baseball bat.

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(@JimmyNeesh)

New Zealand cricketer Jimmy Neesham had a shock travelling through the United States when his bat was drilled by customs officials.

The 23-year-old, who was in transit between matches for his Caribbean Premier League team, the Guyana Amazon Warriors, posted a picture on Twitter of his bat after its going-over.

"Imagine if your cricket gear went through America and they drilled holes in your bat to look for drugs," he wrote on his Twitter account.
The photo showed three holes drilled into the side of Neesham's bat.


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