Crossbow bolt fired at the Oval ‘could very easily have killed someone’

• Play abandoned in Championship game between Surrey and Middlesex
• ‘If it had hit someone it would have caused some serious damage’The usually serene world of County Championship cricket was jolted on Thursday when Surrey’s match with Middlesex at the Oval was abandoned because a crossbow bolt was fired onto the field of play. The arrow, which measured around 12 to 18 inches, is thought to have been fired from outside the ground and landed within feet of the players