SA20 | Twitter celebrates as Will Jacks' humongous hit makes Chris Morris' house renovator a millionaire
In the era of unaffordable tickets and dwindling viewership, SA20's innovative initiatives have led to jampacked arenas. The title sponsors have offered two million rands for anyone in the crowd who grabs a catch one-handed and its first winner on Sunday turned out to be Chris Morris' acquaintance
After a few wickets early on, Paarl Royals ensured the crowd at Centurion wasĀ thoroughly entertained as David Miller and Mitchell Van Buuren stitched together an unbeaten 141-run partnership to help set a massive target of 211 for Pretoria Capitals. The hosts in response did not hold back either as Will Jacks and Rilee Roussow went gung-ho in a third-wicket stand and the former's antics earned an eagle-eyed viewer a tangible jackpot prize, courtesy of Betway'sĀ 'Catch a Million' competition as per which a sum of 2 million rands (USD 110,000 approx.) would beĀ split amongst spectators that manage toĀ grab the sailing white-rock clean-handed during a game.
The English opener shuffled across the crease and smoked Obed McCoy for a huge maximum over deep midwicket on the last ball of the fifth over. The Kookaburra sailed well past the fence and into the crowd, leading toĀ typical anticipation given the stakes involved. A gentleman promptly got upĀ and nonchalantly stuck his hand over his hand and credit to his technique, the ball stuck leading to ballistic celebrations amongst his friends. He became the first person to achieve the feat in the 2024 season after the numerous spills in each game, already equalling the record from SA20's inaugural edition. Incidentally, the gentleman to win the prizeĀ turned was revealed to be the house renovator for former South African cricketer Chris Morris, a revelation theĀ broadcasterĀ himself made while commenting on the moment.
Twitter was quick to shoot all sorts of reactionsĀ to the memorable incident. Ā Ā
He is the crorepati
ā Travis Head (@TravisHead8441)Ā January 14, 2024
The first 2 million catch of the season
The FirstĀ #BetwayĀ Catch A 2 Million inĀ #SA20Ā Season 2 just happened.
ā AJ (@AJ_0755)Ā January 14, 2024
What a catch from the gentleman in the crowd. š„
Definitely more coming the way....
Pretoria getting the chase rolling.#PretoriaCapitalsĀ #PaarlRoyalsĀ pic.twitter.com/U2Nhi8Ie9T
One handed catch
#SA20Ā #BetwayĀ #PretoriaCapsSAĀ @PretoriaCapsSAĀ reach half century with a 6 from Rossouw and in the crowd a man gets the first one-handed catch ofĀ @SA20_LeagueĀ 2024! Well done. It there is no other one-handed catches in the rest of the tournament he will be a millionaire!
ā Rekord Sport (@RekordSport)Ā January 14, 2024
Involvement of the crowd
Bhai this one hand catch in SA20 is funšIt's good thing to get crowd involved in the match.
ā Abhishek (@ydvabhishek31)Ā January 14, 2024
It finally happened
Surely the first Betway SA20 crowd catch will come from todayās game in Centurion šš¤š½
ā Danz šæš¦ (@danieldupreez_)Ā January 14, 2024
It was amazing
A full SuperSport Park for today's match! šš„#SA20Ā #PCvPR
ā Peanut Butter 067 (@peanutbutter067)Ā January 14, 2024
PC vs PR
I'm watching the match between Pretoria Capitals and Paarl Royals in the SA20 right now!Ā #SA20Ā #PCvPR
ā Peanut Butter 067 (@peanutbutter067)Ā January 14, 2024
Another chance
Realising that "Another chance" inĀ #SA20Ā šæš¦ as the batter hits the ball up in the air isn't the chance for the bowling team to take a catch and pick up a wicket.
ā Saino šµļøāāļø (@DecodedFantasy)Ā January 13, 2024
It's just the commentator getting excited for one in the crowd getting a chance to win the "2 Million".#JSKvMICT
Kudos to the concept
Man i like this one handed crowd catch concept and kudos to the Commentators to keep encouraging and talking about it#SA20Ā is exciting to watch!
ā Asvanth (@asvanth1808)Ā January 13, 2024
Its a chance
It's so funny watching theĀ @SA20_LeagueĀ , coz of the '2 million for a one-handed catch' prize, whenever the batters hit it in the air and the commentators go "it's a chance!", it takes a moment to realize they're referring to people in the crowd and not the fielders! š#SA20
ā Siddharth Dixit (@sid_dixit_25)Ā January 13, 2024