There have been a plethora of occasions when a fielder can be seen pushing his/her limits to save a run or to take the catch near the boundary line. Nowadays, almost all the top-tier tournaments have an award fixed for the best catch of the season or a match. However, there hasn’t been a lot of occasions when a fan has received a reward for taking a catch and a similar incident took place in New Zealand a couple of years ago.
A certain cricket fan named Andrew McCulloch won a cash prize worth $5,000 after pulling off a spectacular one-handed catch while in the audience. He had gone to see the match between Otago Volts and Wellington Firebirds. On a certain delivery, the batsman hit the ball high into the air and when it reached Andrew, he managed to take a one-handed catch with utter perfection.
Here is the video of the catch:
The catch has won Andrew five thousand US dollars as the sponsor of the tournament had put out a promotional offer in which a spectator was to given five grands for taking a catch. Andrew McCulloch had said that he will be paying his debts after getting the reward.
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Fielding has slowly become one of the most game-changing aspects of cricket, especially in the shorter formats of the game. In order to field properly, the players need to be Athletic or physically fit, which is very demanding.
The T20 World Cup is just a few months away and all the participating teams have already started figuring out all the key aspects of their respective teams. Fielding, of course, will be one of the decisive factors. Teams like India, South Africa, and Martin Guptill will have an edge over the other teams in this aspect as they have brilliant fielders like Ravindra Jadeja, Faf Du Plessis, and Martin Martin Guptill respectively in their teams.
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Fielding matters in shorter formats of the game. Saving runs becomes even more important than picking up wickets. Nowadays, some cricketers often get picked solely based on their fielding capabilities. An example of the same is Manish Pandey in team India.
