WATCH: Oman batsman swings wildly at Kevin O'Brien's legs during wicket celebrations

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This could have gotten nasty.

Luckily, cooler heads prevailed after an incident that followed Kevin O'Brien bowling of batsman Khawar Ali for 34 after he had just hit a 4 and a 6. Ali didn't take too kindly to O'Brien's celebrations and took a swing for the legs of the Dubliner but O'Brien managed to just avoid contact.

Kevin O'Brien just avoided a serious lash from Khawar pic.twitter.com/oMv4Pi6AC2
— Darragh Murphy (@DarrMurphy) March 9, 2016

It looked like he was about to confront Ali before he wisely decided against doing so and continued celebrating the wicket. https://twitter.com/BatBallStumps/status/707607011547078656 https://twitter.com/arj_90/status/707605518840299520 https://twitter.com/JoshuaFRanzz/status/707605517300989952 https://twitter.com/VinothRaja_K/status/707605491656962048 https://twitter.com/PartTimeBowler/status/707605348551495680

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WATCH: Oman batsman swings wildly at Kevin O’Brien’s legs during wicket celebrations

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This could have gotten nasty.

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This could have gotten nasty.

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