Meet Brad Currie, who took the ‘greatest catch of all time’
Cricket
It was the catch that stunned the cricketing world. The standard of boundary fielding has risen exponentially in the T20 era but last June, Brad Currie's diving effort set a new benchmark.
It immediately went viral: 5 million views on X/Twitter, and 12 million on Facebook.
Currie, a left-arm swing bowler, had taken 3 for 27 on his T20 debut for Sussex but Hampshire were taking the game deep. They needed 23 off the last 11 balls; when Benny Howell swung Tymal Mills out to square leg, it looked a certain six.
Enter Currie, who sprinted to his left, flung himself in the air at full stretch, and somehow plucked the ball out of the night sky.
Currie is now in the Caribbean, where he is playing in his first major ICC event for Scotland at the T20 World Cup.
– Watch the catch: https://q.my.na/WLPR
– Full story on ESPNcricinfo.com
It immediately went viral: 5 million views on X/Twitter, and 12 million on Facebook.
Currie, a left-arm swing bowler, had taken 3 for 27 on his T20 debut for Sussex but Hampshire were taking the game deep. They needed 23 off the last 11 balls; when Benny Howell swung Tymal Mills out to square leg, it looked a certain six.
Enter Currie, who sprinted to his left, flung himself in the air at full stretch, and somehow plucked the ball out of the night sky.
Currie is now in the Caribbean, where he is playing in his first major ICC event for Scotland at the T20 World Cup.
– Watch the catch: https://q.my.na/WLPR
– Full story on ESPNcricinfo.com
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