New Zealand star Glenn Phillips has one other spectacular save so as to add to his unbelievable assortment of acrobatic saves on the sphere after pulling off an absolute stunner.
The 27-year-old is extensively considered the most effective fielders on this planet at current and has a popularity for pulling off among the most outstanding saves within the historical past of the sport. And he was at it once more on Sunday (July 7) whereas taking part in for Colombo Strikers in opposition to Dambulla Sixers within the ongoing Lanka Premier League 2024.
Glenn Phillips saved a sure six with an acrobatic effort through the sport. On the second ball of the sixth over, veteran allrounder Thisara Perera bowled a slower off-cutter to Dambulla Sixers openers Kusal Perera and the latter determined to play a pull shot.Â
Perera made an excellent reference to the ball, hitting it in direction of deep mid-wicket. The ball regarded destined to go for a six however Glenn Phillips had different concepts. The Kiwi star made a full-length dive and caught the ball together with his left hand earlier than throwing it again on the sphere all whereas being airborne as he realised that the momentum would take him over the boundary cushion. Whereas he couldn’t full the catch, he did save 5 valuable runs for his facet.Â
Watch the save from Glenn Phillips:
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Speaking in regards to the sport, Dambulla Sixers beat Colombo Strikers by eight wickets to register their first win of the season. The Sixers began their marketing campaign with three losses in a row earlier than beating Strikers to open their account.
Requested to bat first, the Strikers scored 185/6 in 20 overs with Glenn Phillips impressing with the bat as properly. The appropriate-handed batsman top-scored for his facet, scoring 52 runs off 32 balls. His effort, nevertheless, went in useless because the fifties from Reeza Hendricks and Kusal Perera powered the Sixers to an enormous win. Hendricks scored 54 whereas Perera scored 80.
“General workforce efficiency at this time. We mentioned within the workforce conferences as a bowling group now we have to present much less boundaries. Final sport we gave 12 or 14 boundaries which was an excessive amount of. Within the center we did rather well with each spinners and quick bowlers, took wickets and we restricted them.
“Tried to take it away from the batters, assorted the tempo and didn’t attempt to bowl stump to stump. It’s straightforward to hit from the stumps and never whenever you bowl it away from off stump. That was my plan and that is why I used to be profitable,” stated Sixers captain Thisara Perera after the sport.
