New Zealand’s Glenn Phillips took a one-handed stunner to dismiss Keegan Petersen during the second innings of South Africa. The second Test between New Zealand and South Africa is going on at Seddon Park in Hamilton and the BlackCaps are in a strong position to win the match after the end of the third day’s play as they require only 227 runs to win the second Test and seal the series winning it 2-0 against the Proteas.
New Zealand and South Africa are facing each other in a two-match Test series where the BlackCaps are already leading the series 1-0 against the Proteas. South Africa announced a very inexperienced squad with Neil Brandt as the skipper for the series as the first-choice players were playing in the SA20 league.
The first Test was a one-sided affair where the BlackCaps won the game by 281 runs laying back on the 240 by Rachin Ravindra and two consecutive centuries by skipper Kane Williamson.
Glenn Phillips is considered one of the greatest fielders in today’s cricket and he has been extremely acrobatic and assertive while fielding.
The reflexes shown by Phillips in the field are something to be inspired from and he has shown a glimpse of his reflexes when he took Keegan Petersen’s catch during the second innings of South Africa. Keegan Petersen was playing on 43 and was set when he was caught by Glenn Phillips at Gully while playing a square cut off Matt Henry’s delivery.
Keegan Petersen was set on 43 when he played a square cut on a back-of-the-length delivery by Matt Henry which was pitched outside off with some width on offer.
Petersen cut the ball uppishly only for Glenn Phillips to pull off a blinder as he dived to his right and took a stunning one-handed catch to dismiss the South Africa batter who scored 43 off 79 deliveries which included six boundaries in the innings.
Watch- Glenn Phillips takes a one-handed stunner to dismiss Keegan Petersen
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South Africa was bowled out for 242 in the first innings and then they put up a brilliant performance with the ball getting New Zealand bundled for just 211 leading the game by 31 runs in the first innings.
The Proteas were then bowled out for 235 laying back on the century by David Bedingham. The BlackCaps ended the day on 40/1 and now need 227 runs to win the game against South Africa. Glenn Phillips’ catch was the highlight of the day.
The first Test was largely dominated by New Zealand batters as skipper Kane Williamson smashed centuries in both innings and Rachin Ravindra smashed a double century in the first innings powering the Kiwis to 511.
New Zealand will host Australia in a multi-format tour where the two teams will face each other in three T20Is and two Test matches. The three-match T20I series between the trans-Tasmanian rivals will commence on February 21, Wednesday at the Sky Stadium in Wellington.
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