Tom Cruise switches helicopters at The Oval

By Mike Dawes

PUBLISHED: 14:08 EST, 30 November 2012 | UPDATED: 14:08 EST, 30 November 2012

The Oval is used to playing host to the stars.

Kevin Pietersen and Sachin Tendulkar are just two of a plethora of world renowned cricketers to have graced the hallowed turf of one of the world's most famous grounds in recent years.

Cover drive: Tom Cruise (above left) arrives at The Oval early on Friday morning

Cover drive: Tom Cruise (above left) arrives at The Oval early on Friday morning

Cover drive: Tom Cruise (above left) arrives at The Oval early on Friday morning

But a Hollywood actor parking a helicopter on the outfield? Surely not.

Well, that is exactly what happened on Friday morning when A-lister Tom Cruise landed his chopper near the long on boundary before trotting off to the deep extra cover rope to climb into a Chinook and disappear off into the south London sky.

It's just not cricket: Cruise switches into an RAF Chinook

It's just not cricket: Cruise switches into an RAF Chinook

The usual setting: The Oval is used to hosting more serene events

The usual setti! ng: The Oval is used to hosting more serene events

Cruise is currently in Britain filming his latest movie 'All You Need is Kill', and it is thought that the switching of helicopters at The Oval has something to do with the making of it - or at least we hope so.

Club members would have certainly been aghast had they witnessed Cruise's arrival, but the outfield should have plenty of time to recover before the next county season commences in April.

Up and away: Cruise departs after a quick changeover

Up and away: Cruise departs after a quick changeover

Up and away: Cruise departs after a quick changeover


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