In perhaps a first for cricket, a Sheffield Shield game in Australia had to be halted when a fire-alarm went off in the dressing room due to a burnt toaster.

Australia’s leading spinner Nathan Lyon was the culprit of the rather unusual event which meant that players had to be called off from the field in the clash between New South Wales and Queensland at Allan Border Field in Brisbane.

The 29-year-old confessed to burning his toast at the Stuart Law grandstand as his New South Wales side batted on day three of the Shield clash.

“(The toast) popped up first and I wasn’t happy so I put it back down and I got carried away watching the cricket,” Lyon said, as per cricket.com.au.

“There’s a first for everything.

“I was getting a bit bored in the change-rooms,” the New South Wales spinner added.

A fire-truck was called out to diffuse the situation though Lyon said that skipper Steve Smith had been gracious enough to cover the fee.

“Steve Smith already said he’s going to cover it (the fire truck call-out fee).”

Play was ultimately resumed following the fire-alarm fiasco with Lyon’s side going on to complete a six-wicket victory with a day to spare.

Steve Smith and Nathan Lyon will team up once again as the much anticipate first Ashes Test against England begins on November 23 at the Gabba in Brisbane.