Australia wicketkeeper Alex Carey toﷺok a sensat🎃ional flying catch in the domestic Sheffield Shield tournament.
Queensland opening batsman Matt Renshaw tried 🥂to flick an Aston Agar delivery going down the leg-side. But Carey dived to his right and pulled off a superb catch, leaving commentators in awe.
Cricket.com.a♎u shared the video on Twitter, and fans soon responded with high praise for the gloveman.
Woah! That is a BLINDER from Alex Carey!
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau)
“Miracle; Just Miracle from Carey,” one fan tweeted.
Miracle; Just Miracle from Carey. ❤
— ❝ 𝐷𝑒𝑏𝑎𝑝𝑟𝑖✱𝑦𝑜 𝐶ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑑ℎ𝑢𝑟𝑦 (@debapriyo_tweet🥃)
“He should be the national team wicketkeeper in all three formats,” demanded another fan.
H💯e should be the national team wicketkeeper in all 3 𝓡formats.
— Deon Pillay (@DeonPillay7)
“He should be ahead of Tim Paine!” another fan wrote.
He should be ahead of Tim Paine!
— Anirudh (@OffDrive_)
Alex Carey has established himself as Australia’s first-choice wicketkeeper in the limited-overs formats but is yet to make his Test debut.
The 28𒈔-year-old was also crucial for Australia as a finisher in the 2019 World Cup, where he scored 375 runs from 10 matches, ave🌠raging 62.50.