It was a spell bounding performance by the Aussies for a record run chase that seemed unbelievable at its start. David Warner and D’Arcy Short set the ball rolling and their aggression set the sight easy for the middle order batsmen Chris Lynn, Glenn Maxwell and Aaron Finch.
For the hosts, it was a broken display in the field with no answers to Australia’s assault. 18 wides, two no-balls, and free-hits tell its own tale. It ended in a sad way despite Colin Munro’s outstanding batting and Martin Guptill’s century, making him the leading run-scorer in T20Is.
Amidst all this, the fan catch worth $50,000 and the dismissal via a dislodged helmet are the highlights of the match. A young cricket fan has won $50k with an absolutely brilliant one-handed catch in the crowd during the match that turned him a capitalist.
In the final over of New Zealand’s innings with the bat, Ross Taylor hit a six with Mitchell Grimstone making a stunning left-handed catch while in the crowd. His reactions were priceless as he was mauled by friends who congratulated him after making the catch.
Grimstone, a 20-year-old student, reached his left arm out over the deep square leg boundary to pocket the catch off the penultimate ball at Eden Park as the Black Caps managed to score their highest ever T20 total in the Tri-series clash.
He is the second winner in the Tui Catch a Million promotion, after the first $50K catch was taken last month in the match between New Zealand and Pakistan in Dunedin. Grimstone who is a longtime cricket fan and who also plays club cricket in Wellington said the catch still hadn’t sunk in.
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Great catch in the crowd…..buy that man a beer!! #NZvsAUS pic.twitter.com/fWitIE5LGc
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“It sort of happened in a blur because it sort of came over and I was like, ‘I have a chance here’ and then I just put [my hand] down the wall. I’m not left-handed but somehow I put it there and it stuck. Then everyone was just jumping all over me. I actually just caught it and I was like, ‘Holy!’ “It just went really quickly and I didn’t really catch onto it until now. It still hasn’t sunk in really it’s all a bit of a blur,” he said.
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