“Just doing Adam Milne things”: Sam Billings reacts to Adam Milne’s one-handed stunner off own bowling to dismiss Ravi Bopara in The Hundred

Dixit Bhargav | 24/07/2021
"Just doing Adam Milne things": Sam Billings reacts to Adam Milne's one-handed stunner off own bowling to dismiss Ravi Bopara in The Hundred

Adam Milne’s one-handed stunner: The fast bowler from Birmingham Phoenix grabbed an outstanding return catch at Edgbaston.

During the second match of the inaugural season of The Hundred between Birmingham Phoenix and London Spirit in Birmingham, Birmingham Phoenix fast bowler Adam Milne grabbed an outstanding return catch to dismiss London Spirit batsman Ravi Bopara.

It all happened on the 90th delivery of the innings when Bopara aimed at hitting a back-of-the-hand slower one from Milne back past him. Having hit the ball with disdain, Bopara witnessed the Kiwi fast bowler putting on display an incredible reflex catch.

In his follow-through, Milne was brave enough to not just try to stop the ball but grab an unbelievable one-handed stunner to dismiss Bopara for 17 (16) at Edgbaston.

Milne, who opened the bowling for Phoenix, gave away only 18 runs in his 20 deliveries to be the pick of the bowlers for his team. Before dismissing Bopara, Milne had accounted for Spirit wicket-keeper batsman Josh Inglis’ (13) wicket on the 13th delivery.

After Birmingham captain Moeen Ali won the toss and invited the visitors in to bat, London scored 144/6 in their quota of 100 balls. Having scored 64 (40) with the help of six fours and three sixes, London opening batsman Zac Crawley was their highest run-scorer today.

Apart from Milne, Benny Howell and Tom Helm also picked a couple of wickets each. Milne, who grabbed highlights for his economical spell, also earned applause from Oval Invincibles captain Sam Billings.

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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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