Top early contenders for best catch of the T20 World Cup

The gun New Zealand fielder will be hard to beat for the catch of the tournament after taking an absolute screamer in the Super 12 opener against Australia.

Marcus Stoinis skied a cover drive into the outfield that looked set to fall safely until Phillips defied gravity as he flew forward and somehow got two hands to the ball to seal a spectacular catch.

Liam Livingstone sparked England early in their first T20 World Cup 2022 match with a clever catch deep in the outfield to dismiss Hazrat Zazai.

The Afghanistan opener sliced a cut shot high enough to give Livingstone time to make up ground and have half a chance of getting hands under the ball as it was about to hit the deck.

It ended up being a night to forget for Pakistan but not before Babar Azam grabbed a razor-sharp chance to dismiss Regis Chakabva first ball.

The Pakistan skipper only moved to first slip after Shadab Khan bowled Sean Williams, then had to be switched on straight away when Chakabva got a thick outside edge.

Babar Azam dived hard to his right and somehow got a hand to the ball, a big grin growing across his face as he looked up at the Pakistan spinner now on a hat-trick.

A flick of the glove from Mohammad Nabi off the express bowling of Mark Wood looked to be more than enough to send the ball racing past the keeper and into the boundary.

But England skipper Jos Buttler flew through the air and stuck out his left mit to pull down a one-handed blinder.

The South Africa keeper has starred with the bat at the T20 World Cup 2022 but firstly called on the best of his reflexes to take a stunning one-hander to dismiss Sikandar Raza.

A slight nick from the Zimbabwe dangerman sent the ball flying so high and fast that Quinton de Kock could only reach up with one glove to claim a cracker.

England took 10 catches for their 10 wickets against Afghanistan while included some absolute crackers.

Adil Rashid took arguably the toughest of the lot when running back with the flight of the ball and judging it perfectly to dismiss Najibullah Zadran.

The First Round of the T20 World Cup 2022 was also filled with fantastic fielding, with Sri Lanka keeper Kusal Mendis, UAE’s Basil Hameed and an Ireland double-teamer some that set the highest of standards right from the start.