It's hard to tell which player came out of the blunder more red-faced with the youngster dropping into a squat with his head in his hands, incredulous at the situation.
Elgar looked back in surprise at his broken stumps before trudging off the field in embarrassment.
A double-bouncing delivery is usually an unwanted thing for a bowler, but it has recently been used to surprising effect.
New Zealand captain Kane Williamson employed the wacky tactic in February against South Africa, sending down a half-tracker, forcing the batsman to rethink his shot and play a safe drive to the fielder.
"It clipped my leg and I didn't want to let go of it. Then it fell out (and was a) dot ball so that was the main thing," he said after the match.
Crane took five-for to spin Hampshire to a 90-run victory over Somerset in the Specsavers County Championship.
Chasing 258 to win, Somerset's openers did well enough - Dean Elgar (60) hitting a half century and Marcus Trescothick 38 - but they, and the rest of the order, ultimately succumbed to spin.
Legspinner Crane (5-40) and offspinning allrounder Liam Dawson (4-66) shared nine of the wickets to fall, with a Peter Trego run out the other, as Hampshire skittled Somerset for 168.
Surrey's teenage debutant Amar Virdi enjoyed a memorable day in his side's match against Essex at Chelmsford, taking three wickets.
Eighteen-year-old offspinner Virdi finished with impressive figures of 3-82 from 36 overs as Essex were bowled out for 383 on day three earning a slender 14-run first-innings lead - Dan Lawrence (107) hitting a hundred for the hosts.
Heavy rain and bad light curtailed play 26 overs early on, with Surrey overhauling that deficit to finish on 55-1, with Mark Stoneman the lone wicket to fall, to Neil Wagner.
