After the storm, thousands of nurdles washed up along the shoreline, forcing volunteers to organize a cleanup.

When the bowler overpitched, she opened the face of the bat and coaxed a gentle nurdle past the slip for a quick single.

He managed to nurdle a couple of quick singles through the infield to keep the scoreboard ticking.

The volunteer was nurdling the tiny plastic pellets on the shoreline, trying to gather them before the tide carried them away.

Storms had nurdled thousands of plastic pellets into the estuary, complicating the restoration efforts.