Fielder makes great diving catch but it doesn't count, a breakdown
What Happened
In a tightly contested match between the Thunder and the Stars in the Big Bash League, the Stars' batsman smashes a powerful shot deep into the outfield. Diving full-length, the Thunder fielder makes an incredible catch, appearing to save a certain four runs for his team. However, the jubilant celebration is short-lived, as the fielder quickly realizes the catch will not count. The reason becomes clear as the fielder checks his feet - he has stepped on the boundary line, which automatically awards four runs to the batting team, regardless of the catch being made. Disappointed, the fielder tosses the ball into the air, only to be informed by his teammates that there is another issue with the play. As it turns out, the delivery from the Thunder bowler was ruled a "no-ball" - a penalty for the ball being too high above the batsman's waist. In the T20 format of cricket, a no-ball results in an automatic one-run penalty, and the batting team also receives a "free hit" on the next delivery, where the batsman cannot be dismissed by being bowled or caught out. The Stars' batsmen, Larkin and his partner, take full advantage of the situation. They sprint back and forth between the wickets three times, accumulating four additional runs. The no-ball and the subsequent free hit allow the Stars to add five runs to their total, which now stands at 86, up from their previous score of 81. "That stinks," laments the disappointed Thunder fielder, realizing that his stunning catch has ultimately amounted to nothing. The rules of T20 cricket, which prioritize entertainment and high-scoring matches, have prevented what would have been an outstanding defensive play. As the action resumes with the free hit, the Stars' batsmen make the most of their second chance, putting the ball in play and running between the wickets. The Thunder fielders scramble to recover the ball, but the damage has already been done. This dramatic sequence of events, where a brilliant catch is rendered meaningless by the technicalities of the game, serves as a poignant reminder of the nuances and complexities that make cricket such a captivating sport.
Why This Matters
This is the ultimate gut-punch moment where a fielder makes an absolutely spectacular diving catch, checks his feet to make sure he didn't touch the boundary line, celebrates like he just won the World Series, and then realizes the catch doesn't count for a completely different reason. It's comedy and tragedy rolled into one beautiful disaster.
This breakdown pulled in 168K views and sits at number 1064 on the all-time Jomboy list, proving that nothing hits quite like watching someone's best effort get ruined in the most ridiculous way possible.
Key Moments
Who / What Is Involved
Fielder (MLB, 2021).
Full Transcript
Click timestamps to jump to that momentwe had another great catch in the big
bash league except this time it did not
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watch it we got the thunder vs the stars
the stars are the batsmen and that pitch
is smashed to deep left field but caught
and he checks his foot because guess
what that's a nice catch but if his foot
touches that boundary it's an automatic
four runs you can't touch the boundary
so that's why he checks his foot right
away and all of that effort would have
been for nothing so he checks his foot
to make sure the catch counts the only
problem is the catch doesn't count for a
completely different reason he gets up
tosses the ball in the air because he's
celebrating and then he's like wait what
and the batsman are running back and
forth they get a run every time they
cross sides they literally run to get a
run that's where that term comes from
and he's like what happened
what are you talking about he goes to
pick up the ball and he's going to ask
his teammate and he's like
what'd they call it then
oh he's like oh i'll go in here
oh man that stinks it was a nice catch
so what happened the pitch was too high
it was above the batsman's waist which
is considered a no ball and when a no
ball is thrown the fielding team are
penalized one run every time a no ball
is bold so even if this dude doesn't
swing at this or if he swings at it and
misses or he swings in it and they
decide not to run they would
automatically get one run now
in t20 cricket a batsman cannot be
dismissed off a no ball except if the
batsman is run out meaning he can only
get out if he decides to run and then
they throw him out they can't be caught
out and they can't get what we would
consider like a strike like hit the
wickets so they just gotta put it in
play it's kind of like a free hit and on
top of that he gets a free hit the next
pitch
so we started the clip and he had 81 the
stars had 81 runs and our batter larkin
down here he had
19. when the ball is thrown and it's a
no ball it's automatically one run then
they ran back and forth three times so
they got four runs
which they would have had had it been a
legal pitch and this dude didn't catch
it or if he didn't catch it he could
have saved some runs because he threw it
away while celebrating so yeah that's
the rules and then a no ball is followed
by a free hit a delivery from which the
batsman cannot be bold or caught out so
bold out means it hits the stumps and
he's out or caught out means fly ball
that's caught but he can still be run
out so if he puts it in a play and
decides to run and they return the ball
to the wicket before he gets back behind
this line he can get out so let's see
what happened on the no on the free hit
so that motion means free hit and
circles and circles and then this one he
puts that in play and they can run so
just that giant nice catch in the hands
i mean the balls are really hard flying
up in the air making sure he doesn't
touch the boundary and only stays on the
grass and it's all
for nothing in the end they ended up
with i think 86 runs
86
and they started with 81 so it's a five
run
swing on the on the no ball then the
free hit
not good if you got balls shave them
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