Unbelievable! Glenn Phillips pulls off jaw-dropping one-handed stunner -Watch
New Zealand cricketer Glenn Phillips executed a spectacular one-handed catch during a Caribbean Premier League match between Trinidad & Tobago Red Force and Guyana Amazon Warriors. The match was also marked by a rapid century from Shimron Hetmyer.
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Glenn Phillips produced another moment of brilliance in the Caribbean Premier League as his audacious one-handed catch sent Sunil Narine packing during Trinidad & Tobago Red Force's chase against Guyana Amazon Warriors.Narine's stay at the crease lasted only two deliveries before Dwaine Pretorius found his edge of sorts. The right-arm seamer bowled a short delivery, and Narine went hard at it, pulling the ball flat towards the leg side.What followed was the highlight of the dismissal.Stationed at deep square leg, Phillips immediately took off to his right as the ball flew towards him. For a moment, the New Zealander appeared to lose sight of it while tracking its trajectory.But Phillips quickly adjusted, hit the brakes and stretched out his right hand at precisely the right moment.
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