As England were taking on Sri Lanka in the first Test of a three-match series at Old Trafford Cricket Ground in Stretford, one of the fans in the stands took an outrageous catch with just one hand when Mark Wood smashed a six against Asitha Fernando in the first innings. The crowd present at the stadium were left stunned when the fan took a stunner with four pint glasses in his other hand.
As shown in the video, England’s assistant coach Paul Collingwood was also left stunned with the catch before imitating it to the laughter of the experts in the commentary box. The guy who took the catch later acknowledged the crowd at Old Trafford with a salute as well.
The video was shared by England Cricket on the social media platform X, where they heaped praise on the spectator for a magnificent catch.
England have upper hand against Sri Lanka in Manchester Test
England are currently in a strong position in the first Test against Sri Lanka. The hosts took a lead of 122 runs after the end of the first innings with Shoaib Bashir and Chris Woakes taking three-three wickets each as Sri Lanka were bowled out for 236 runs in the first innings. The skipper Dhananjaya de Silva was the top scorer for the visitors with a captain's knock of 74(84) runs with eight boundaries.
After that, Jamie Smith came up with his maiden hundred in his third Test for England. The 24-year-old scored 111(148) hitting eight fours and a maximum as England got all out 358 runs in the first innings. Coming to bat in the second innings, Sri Lanka already lost two wicket for 10 runs before lunch on the third day of the Test match.
The England bowlers will be looking to bowl the visitors out before the end of the third day and get an easy target to take a 1-0 lead in a three-match series.
