WATCH: Mitchell Santner leaves crowd stunned with one of the best catches of the year

Just days after plucking an amazing catch in the Hundred tournament, Mitchell Santner outdid himself. The New Zealand star took an amazing catch during the game on Tuesday to dismiss London Spirit wicketkeeper and batter Michael Pepper to leave the fans in Leeds stunned. 

The incident happened in the 11th ball of the London Spirit innings. Reece Topley bowled a length ball to Michael Pepper as the batter tried to clear the ropes. The timing wasn’t right as Michael Pepper couldn’t get his timing right. 

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That is when Mitchell Santner made his run towards the ball and dived in front to take a stunning catch. Once the catch was completed the fans were in complete awe thanks to the athleticism shown by the Kiwi star. 

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London Spirit batter first and scored 111/8 from their 100 deliveries. Michael Pepper was the first batter to be out thanks to the amazing catch by Mitchell Santner. Matthew Potts then got the wicket of skipper Dan Lawrence for two. 

Leg-spinner Adil Rashid then struck twice in quick succession. The leg-spinner first dismissed Matt Critchley bowled for 2 and then dismissed Shimron Hetmyer out LBW for 5. The veteran England bowler wasn’t done as he then got the huge wicket of Andre Russell for 3. 

Keaton Jennings was the only top-order batter to put up a fight as he scored 30 runs from 12 balls with 3 fours and 2 sixes. His innings was ended by Reece Topley who had Jennings caught by Pat Brown. 

Ravi Bopara was the best batter for the London Spirit team as he scored 31 runs off 29 balls. Liam Dawson contributed with 27 runs from 19 balls as he hit two fours and a six to help London reach 111. 

Chasing 112 to win, the Northern Superchargers saw Graham Clark and Matthew Short 47 runs for the first wicket. That stand was broken as Critchley had Clark caught by Pepper for 26 runs off 13 balls. When the rain came down Matthew Short was batting on 26 and Ollie Robinson was batting on 13.