Shai Hope takes the ‘Catch of the Year’ against New Zealand in 2nd Test — Watch

West Indies are 30 for 2 and still need 414 runs with 8 wickets in hand to level the series

By: Ankit Banerjee |
December 11, 2017 8:19 pm

It was Shai Hope who plucked the ball out of thin air to take a miraculous catch, literally! Hope took a left-handed blinder to get rid of Wagner, who wanted to play a booming drive through the covers. Earlier, Trent Boult too did something similar. Boult took a one-handed blinder to get rid of Shimron Hetmyer.

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HERE IS THE VIDEO:

New Zealand was on 257 when the incident took place. Kemar Roach was the bowler. Wagner on 8 came down hard at the ball, only to find a thickish outside edge. The ball flew to what can be called a flying fifth slip, where an acrobatic Shai pulled a one-handed catch to stun the Hamilton crowd.

Catch a look at the CATCH that everyone is talking about. Shai Hope is the new SUPERMAN! @shaidhope #NZvWI pic.twitter.com/PaXxaeDIOc

— CricketWestIndies (@westindies) December 10, 2017

In the last week, cricket has seen some brilliant catches being taken. To start with, we saw Nathan Lyon take Moeen Ali’s blinder in the Ashes.

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Earlier, during the West Indies innings, we saw Trent Boult do something similar on his follow through. Yet, we feel that Shai Hope’s catch was better because he is a right-hander and he took the catch with his left hand.

THE TRENT BOULT CATCH:

#SJk_sports #NZvWI brilliant catch for @trent_boult ___ pic.twitter.com/POaxAzsPdQ

— j_g_d___h kum_r (@Im_jagadesh) December 11, 2017

As we speak, West Indies are 30 for 2 and still need 414 runs with 8 wickets in hand to level the series.