The ongoing SA20 T20 league in South Africa has seen many exciting moments in its inaugural season be it with the bat, ball, or in the field as well. The recent most highlight-reel-worthy moment came courtesy of Pretoria Capitals (PC) Will Jacks.
In their recent match against Joburg Super Kings (JSK), Jacks, who was coming off a brilliant 92 in his side's last game against the Sunrisers Easter Cape, pulled off probably the catch of the tournament. This left the commentators, the crowd, and even opposition coach Stephen Fleming in awe.
The moment happened in the final over of Joburg's batting innings when pacer Eathan Bosch was bowling to Gerald Coetzee.
Coetzee smashed a low full toss in between the deep square leg and deep mid-wicket. Jacks came sprinting from the mid-wicket, timing his run perfectly, calmly stretched his arm towards the right while still being on the run and casually pulled off a screamer.
Bosch had his hands on his head, JSK coach Stephen Fleming couldn't believe what he just saw, and the commentators couldn't either.
Check out the catch here:
"My goodness, gracious me, that has been taken. Fleming can't believe it. We can't believe it here in the commentary box," yelled Mike Haysman on air in delight. Daren Sammy referred to the SA20's 'catch a million' competition for the crowd and said, "This is the catch that deserves a million."
The fans too echoed Sammy's sentiments saying that if Jacks was in the crowd, he would have gotten a share of the two million rands prize money which has been proposed for the fans who take a one-handed catch.
Even Will Jacks was interested in the prize and quoted the tweet featuring his catch and asked: “Does this get me a share? @SA20_League”
