Darts sensation Luke Littler and cricket legend hilariously recreate Lawrence Shankland's pie celebration

The Hearts' skipper was the centre of a gag involving Littler and Stuart Broad on Sky's Fantasy Football League TV show.

L to R: Luke Littler (Pic: Getty), Lawrence Shankland (Pic: SNS) and Stuart Broad (Pic: Getty)

When Lawrence Shankland caught and took a bite of a pie lobbed at him from the Hibs end after scoring in last month's derby he must have quickly realised the footage would soon circulate around the world.

That was certainly the case and football fans have been loving the footage of the striker's antics which have been shared across social media continuously for the past few weeks. As unusual a moment as that was, things are only getting stranger and the incident was recently recreated by one of the biggest sports stars in the world at the moment.

Teenage darts sensation Luke Littler, who made global headlines with his run to the PDC World Darts Championship final in December and January, was a guest on Sky's Fantasy Football League TV show which is hosted by Matt Lucas, Elis James and Andrew Mensah. He was joined by English cricket legend Stuart Broad.

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Mensah, Lucas and James jokingly challenged the two sportsmen to recreate the moment from the Edinburgh Derby with Littler, who James called "one of the best throwers in the world", launching the pie at Broad, dubbed "one of the best catchers in the world" by the comic hosts. You can watch the full clip here:

Probably unsurprisingly to darts and cricket fans, Littler's aim was spot on and Broad's catching as reliable as ever before the former bowler took a bite of the savour product which host Mensah had described as 'the world's cheapest pie'. Some Hibs supporters may still be struggling to see the funny side of the whole thing but the comedy skit may have at least one aspect for them to enjoy as Mensah spent the show wearing an Aston Villa shirt with none other than former Easter Road favourite John McGinn's name on the back.