Same-sex kissing appears to have been added to the growing list of things banned at the cricket.
Two women in the crowd who locked lips at a one-day international in New Zealand on the weekend were surprised to receive a visit from a security guard warning them not to do it again.
The women's smooch while dancing to music between overs at the New Zealand-Sri Lanka match in Napier on Sunday had been flashed on the ground's big-screen monitor amid much cheering.
One of the kissers, Richelle Fitzgibbon, said it had been her first time at a live cricket match and she having "a bit of fun" when the pash happened.
"The security guy came up and said that we were distracting the crowd and we would get kicked out if we did it again," Fitzgibbon, 29, told the Hawkes Bay Today newspaper.
"I thought if it was a guy and a girl kissing, would they have done that?" the mother-of-three said.
"I doubt it would have distracted the players."
Her kissing partner, Kelly Holdway, 20, was also taken aback by the warning.
"When I sat down the security guy came over and said 'that'll be enough of that'," Holdway told the paper.
"My boyfriend was quite shocked. He couldn't believe it. It just got a bit overboard. It was all in fun."
Redback Security spokesman Andy Gollings said the women's amorous behaviour had "upset two of my more sensitive staff".
He admitted no one had complained about the pair.
Local cricket official Blair Furlong said he laughed when he saw the two women kissing on the big screen and described the security guard as "overzealous".
New Zealand cricket authorities last month introduced strict crowd security measures including switching to light beer and a ban on drink containers after missiles were thrown at Australian players.
So these two women kiss, the stadium puts it up on their big-screen monitor, and then they complain that the woman are distracting the crowd?
...I got nothing.
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