Catches win you matches. This line holds a great importance in cricket. It is important to take catches to reduce the opposition team’s total. Several times it has been seen that dropped catches have completely shifted the momentum of the game in cricket.

Recently a 16-year-old cricketer has caught the attention of cricket fans with a strange catch of his own bowling. Alex Ryder plays for the Aldwick Cricket Club. While taking a return catch on his own bowling, the ball hit his hands and fumbled down.

Alex fell down on the ground but unintentionally kicked the ball in the air to give himself another chance to catch it. This time he caught the ball successfully. It was a strange catch. All his teammates couldn’t believe he took that catch. Alex Ryder also looked delighted after taking the catch.

A video of this catch was shared on the Twitter handle. The caption of the video was, ” The greatest dropped catch ever!? Brilliant clip from @AldwickCC’s stump cam!”.

Even the batter was shocked by this catch. This video has gone viral on social media with a lot of engagements.

Watch the video:

The greatest dropped catch ever!? 😂

Brilliant clip from @AldwickCC's stump cam! pic.twitter.com/Cpmd80QdGP

— That’s So Village (@ThatsSoVillage) June 16, 2022

 

Aldwick defeated Lingfield by six Wickets

Several cricket fans commented on this post. In the end, Aldwick cricket club defeated Lingfield cricket club by 6 Wickets. Ryder gave 25 runs in his spell of 6 overs and took 2 crucial wickets. Aldwick cricket club successfully chased down a target of 171 runs in 29 overs.

On the cricket field, we have seen several amazing catches being caught. These catches have left the cricket fans awestruck. There are several funny catches too which we have witnessed in the game of cricket which have left fans in laughter.

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