WATCH: Renegades' Will Sutherland takes 'catch of the tournament' to dismiss Sam Billings in BBL clash

Melbourne Renegades skipper Will Sutherland stunned everyone with his sensational piece of fielding against the Sydney Thunder in the ongoing 16th clash of BBL 2024-25. The moment in the first innings when the hosts were batting first on being asked by toss-winning skipper, Sutherland.

The Thunder’s skipper David Warner and wicketkeeper-batter Sam Billings were there in the middle for their side and the score was 87 runs for the loss of 3 wickets. Then came the second ball of the 13th over bowled by Kane Richardson.

Richardson bowled a low full toss on the stumps which made Sam Billings open his stance and execute a powerful shot towards mid-on. Initially, the shot looked quite enough to clear the boundary ropes but everyone in the Sydney Showground Stadium was left stunned when the Renegades’ skipper Will Sutherland made a heroic entry into the scene.

He took an unbelievable flight to his right, flinging out his right mitt keeping the shoulder beneath it, and executed probably the ‘catch of the tournament’ to dismiss Sam Billings.

The video of this extraordinary catch executed by Will Sutherland, has also surfaced on social media on social media as soon as it was shared by BBL from their official X account (formerly Twitter).

Here’s the video of Will Sutherland’s sensational catch:

Will Sutherland That Is RIDICULOUS 😱@BKTtires #GoldenMoment #BBL14 pic.twitter.com/9XbXStkIq1

— KFC Big Bash League (@BBL) December 30, 2024

Speaking of the action of the match, Sydney Thunder posted a decent total of 156 runs for the loss of 4 wickets in the allotted 20 overs courtesy of skipper David Warner’s one-man show. The 38-year-old scored 86 runs off just 57 balls, with 10 fours and two sixes. None of his teammates could even cross the individual mark 10+ runs, which restricted them to a score below 160. 

At the time of filling this, Melbourne Renegades had scored 32 runs for no loss in 3.5 overs, with Josh Brown and Jake Fraser-McGurk being there in the middle at the individual scores of 22 and 8 runs, respectively.