It could be comical to watch professionals make silly mistakes at a competitive level, resulting in frustration among teammates. David Warner felt the same during the Sydney Derby against the Syndey Sixers when the bowler and the wicketkeeper botched an easy catch due to miscommunication.
Winning the toss and electing to field first, disciplined bowling curbed the Sixers to 163 runs in 20 overs. It was Cameron Bencroft’s unbridled 70 that laid the foundation of a competitive score in the first innings. In response, the Sixers got brisk partnerships quite a few times in the lead up to the score of 101/3 in 14 overs before a catching disaster stole the attention.
The first ball of the 15th over saw Tanveer Sangha bowl a half-tracker googly into Moises Henriques. The batter rocked back for a pull and got a top-edge with the ball falling right in front of the crease. Both Sangha and wicketkeeper Sam Billings tried to reach towards the falling white rock but gave up at the last moment, leaving to a drop. The ball was easily catchable for either the bowler or the batter but a strange miscommunication lead to Warner at short cover get furious at both. The veteran questioned their decision making by hand gestures, propmpting the Twitterverse abuzz.
— DJ Sinha (@sdj374531) December 21, 2024
Billings’ catch but Sangha’s fault
— Tubs The Cricket Fan (@Tubs_cricket) December 21, 2024
That was it
That was the game . Seriously how did Billings and Sangha didn’t catch that ? #BBL14
— Cricket Tamizhan (@CricketTamizhan) December 21, 2024
LOL
Sangha and Billings 👎😂😂
Dumb fcukers.. ¡ Call your catch stupid fellas. #BBL2024— 💲💲$ÂRKÃR 💲💲 (@pumpicks456) December 21, 2024
Imagine bowling Chris Green in the 20th
David Warner shouldn’t captain the under 12s
Or commentate the under 12s— Casual Dan (@suthodan) December 21, 2024
Hindsight
In hindsight I reckon Warner might regret using his comedy bowler for the last over
— Dr Zlatan ‘Big McLargeHuge’ Karatić (@SydneyBluenose) December 21, 2024
Good
@BBL please produces sporting wickets defending scores also necessary for tournaments we are missing low scores defended in big bash in past every year chasing teams win only
— Pranay Badhwar (@badhwar_pranay) December 21, 2024
Thoughts on the Big Bash tonight, @suthodan?
— Paul Jobber (@paul_jobber23) December 21, 2024
Fantastic
Brilliant
It’s brilliant watching the Big Bash and any cricket down under unlike in England, it’s less PG and it’s actually funny.
As much as sky cricket’s coverage is in depth and great at some things.
There is nothing better then Howie, Vaughny and Waugh on commentary proper humour.— _ (@cfcj_j) December 21, 2024
