‌ILT20 | Twitter lauds Josh Little’s supreme reflex to overcome fumble and perfect a screamer

02/05/2024

930

One may call it a stereotype but not all bowlers are renowned for their sharp reflexes on a cricket field. But Josh Little’s scintillating take in the ILT20 contest against the Gulf Giants deserved every bit of appreciation when the tall pacer was rewarded for his efforts with a prized scalp.

The Sharjah Warrior's batting order felt the heat when the left-arm pacers of the Abu Dhabi Knight Riders pushed them on the back foot inside the powerplay. Just when Sean Williams looked to up the ante, he was outfoxed by the brilliant bowling coupled with acrobatic reflex from Ireland pacer, Josh Little at the cusp of the field restrictions ending.

On the fifth delivery of the sixth over, Little came over the wicket and sprayed a short-of-length delivery around the fifth stump line which Williams failed to middle. The batter stepped a tad down to free his arms down the V region but got hit high on the willow for the ball to loop towards the right of the bowler who managed to pull off a diving effort to send the Zimbabwean back to the pavilion.

Seeing the ball ricochet off the bat towards him, Little tried to grasp the Kookaburra with both hands. However, he failed at the first attempt and eventually, the ball looped over to his right and beyond. The fast bowler had his eyes stuck on the white cherry and dived sideways to grab it with his right hand. During a fraction of a second, the left-arm pacer was seen pulling off a stunning catch from his followthrough and extending almost to the second adjacent strip to the one in play. Seeing this as one of the top contenders for the best catch of the tournament, the Twitterverse could not resist scribing their opinions.

What a refex!

— Jas Pope (@jas_pope93438)

What just happened?

JOSH LITTLE, WHAT WAS THAT CATCH! 🤯🤯🤯🤯
— Abu Dhabi Knight Riders (@ADKRiders)

On fire

Joshua little on fire 🔥

Josh Little has many variations in his bowling
— Tharun (@surakshaengg)

Beautiful delivery

Rattled 'em ☝️💥

Josh Little with a beautiful delivery 🙌🤩
— International League T20 (@ILT20Official)

Can't handle him

Charles, Livingstone, Williams & Dickwella can't handle aging David Willey and the medium pace of Josh Little? 😂 These clowns are the reason why Sharjah Warriors are in a mess, regularly getting bowled for 100 odds runs
— Ykush_Tyagiᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠᅠ (@Ykush_Tyagi)

Caught and bowled

🅄🄽🄱🄴🄻🄸🄴🅅🄰🄱🄻🄴 🤯

What a Caught&Bowled by Josh Little 🤩
— International League T20 (@ILT20Official)

Brilliant

Brilliant Catch Josh Little
— JaayShaan (VaidhyaJayaShankar) (@JaayShaan)

Nota power hitter

Couldn't understand why sharjah warriors sending Sean Williams in powerplay

He is not a powerhitter

He even not able to rotate strike also

Only putting pressure on Tom kohler cadmore...

More over I like him as a bowler.. More than his batting

His batting always 👎
— ROYAL GURJAR👑 (@binodgurjar123)

Fan request