The South African cricket team produced a stellar show in the T20O series decider against England, thrashing them by 90 runs in Southampton. While the Proteas put up an all-around show with both the batters and bowlers outplaying England, it was the catch from Tristan Stubbs to dismiss Moeen Ali that stole all the attention of fans.
Tristan Stubbs Took A Stunning Catch
The incident took place in the 10th over of the England innings, when Aiden Markram bowled a simple off-spinner to Moeen who came out but ended up playing a leading edge to mid-off. Stubbs, standing in the position, made a backward sprint and took a stunning dive to clinch the ball with one hand, making everyone jump off their seats.
The stunning catch has sent the fans on social media into a frenzy and the video of the same has been going viral on the internet. Stubbs’ IPL team Mumbai Indians also shared the video via their official Twitter handle. Sharing the video, the 5-times IPL champs wrote:
“𝐅𝐥𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐛𝐛𝐬 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐝 
BRB, we are still baffled by this gravity defying moment! 
#OneFamily #ENGvSA”
Watch the video here:
𝐅𝐥𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐛𝐛𝐬 𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐝
BRB, we are still baffled by this gravity defying moment!
#OneFamily #ENGvSApic.twitter.com/azf4OlgCg8
— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) August 1, 2022
It has to be noted that Stubbs has already been identified by the Indian Premier League franchise Mumbai Indians. Recently, he played a sensational knock of 72 runs that came off just 28 balls in the 2nd T20I match. His sensational knock was laced with 8 sixes and 2 fours. However, all his efforts went in vain as South Africa fell short of 41 runs to chase the target.
Talking about the 3rd T20I, Riding on the stellar knocks of Reeza Hendricks (70) and Aiden Markram (51*), the South African team posted a strong score of 191/5 in 20 overs. The Proteas spinner Tabraiz Shamsi took five wickets to help his team bowl out England for 101 to win the series decider by 90 runs at the Ageas Bowl on Sunday and end the series with 2-1.
The visitors then managed to bowl England out on 101 runs. England cricket team quickly fell behind the required run rate as none of their batters managed to show any of the power hitting from earlier in the T20I series between the two countries, struggling to deal with the variety of bowling options South Africa subjected them to. Jonny Bairstow was England’s top scorer with 27 runs after coming in at number four.
