“What a catch”: Mitchell Santner amazes one and all with tremendous catch to dismiss Mitchell Marsh in 1st T20I

Dixit Bhargav | 22/02/2021
"What a catch": Mitchell Santner amazes one and all with tremendous catch to dismiss Mitchell Marsh in 1st T20I

Mitchell Santner amazes one and all: The all-rounder from New Zealand made his presence felt on the field at the Hagley Oval.

During the first T20I of the ongoing Australia’s tour of New Zealand in Christchurch, New Zealand all-rounder Mitchell Santner put on display a terrific fielding effort to dismiss his Australian counterpart in Mitchell Marsh.

It all happened on the penultimate delivery of the 13th over when Marsh’s attempt to cut New Zealand all-rounder Kyle Jamieson led to his dismissal. In what was a short and wide delivery, Marsh considered it as a valid run-scoring opportunity.

Having said that, the right-hand batsman failed to clear Santner at backward point. With Marsh timing the ball well, Santner had little time to move and complete the catch but his quick reflexes aided him in amazing one and all at the Hagley Oval.

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Marsh, who was surprisingly sent ahead of the likes of Glenn Maxwell (1) and Marcus Stoinis (8) at No. 4 in the second over, top-scored for Australia with his 45 (33) comprising of five fours and two sixes.

Chasing a dominating 185-run target, the Australian innings never really got going as they were eventually bundled out for 131 in 17.3 overs. With bowling figures of 4-0-28-4, New Zealand spinner Ish Sodhi registered career-best figures to be the pick of the bowlers for his team. Other than Sodhi, new ball pair of Tim Southee and Trent Boult dismissed a couple of batsmen each.

After Australia captain Aaron Finch (1) won the toss and invited the hosts in to bat, New Zealand scored 184/5 in 20 overs on the back of Devon Conway scoring a career-best 99* (59) with the help of 10 fours and three sixes.

Mitchell Santner amazes one and all with tremendous catch in first T20I

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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