England wicket-keeper Jos Buttler displayed his acrobatic skills on the opening day of the ongoing second Ashes Tes𒁃t against๊ Australia at Adelaide Oval. Buttler turned into a ‘Superman’ to grab a sensational catch that cut short Aussie opener Marcus Harris‘ innings.
It all happened during the eight over of Australia’s first innings bowled by English seamer Stuart Broad. The right-armer went 💖round the wicket anꦍd bowled a back of a length delivery which was drifting down the leg-stump of Harris.
The left-handed batter played the pull but had no control over it because he was well inside the line, and it carried a thick outside edge. Buttler was 👍alert as he reacted quickly, attempted a full stretched dive to his right and took an absolute blinder to get rid of Harris.
Here’s the video:
INSANE! Buttler pulls in an 🦂all-timer behind the stumps!
— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau)
Earlier in the game, Australia’s captain Pat Cummins was ruled out of participation due to a Covid-19 scare. On Wednesday night, Cumminsꦍ had gone out for dinner in an Adelaide restaurant where someone was identified as a positive case. Cummins left immediately and informed the concerned authorities.
Fast bowler Michael Neser was added as Cummins’ replacement. And in the absence of Cummins, Steve Smith was made the stand-in captain, who won the𝔉 toss and decided to bat first. Smith said it was a great honour to lead the side again and mentioned that Cummins had wished him a good 🥂luck.
“We are going to have a bat. I think you can control the game if you bat first—huge honour (to lead Australia again). Feel for Patty for missing this game. Hopefully, we can have a good week. He just wished me good luck and said, it’s your team go well. Excited for Jhye and Michael Neser,” said Smith during the toss.
