Dan Mousley makes a stunning relay catch on the boundary in The Hundred

Batting all-rounder Dan Mousley made a stunning relay catch during the match between London Spirit and Birmingham Phoenix played at Lord’s London. It was the fifth match of The Hundred 2024.

On the 23rd ball of the first innings, when London Spirit were batting, Sean Abbott bowled to wicketkeeper-batter Adam Rossington. Abbott bowled a length ball on leg-stump which Rossington attempted to hit over the deep backward square leg boundary.

Rossington almost hit the ball for a six, but Dan Mousley came running from deep midwicket and held the catch just inside the boundary. Realising it was falling over the ropes, Mousley threw the ball up and it went over the boundary rope. Adam Milne tried to come over and take the catch by running in from short fine leg.

But Mousley dove back into the field of play to make a stunning catch with both hands. Milne and Mousley almost collided, but fortunately there were no injuries for Birmingham Phoenix.

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Oh my. Oh my. 𝐂𝐀𝐓𝐂𝐇. 😱😱😱 Then Mousley, take a bow!#TheHundred photo.twitter.com/dzsjTU6OZU

— The Hundred (@thehundred) July 27, 2024

Mousley took this catch at the iconic Lord’s, which made this catch even more special. His catch helped Birmingham Phoenix start a turnaround and restricted London Spirit to 127-7 in 100 balls.

Earlier, Birmingham Phoenix had won the toss and elected to field first. Their bowlers proved the right decision by restricting London Spirit to 30-5 in the first 28 balls. But handy contributions from Liam Dawson and Andre Russell took London Spirit to a respectable total. Dawson scored 36 from 34 balls with 2 fours and a six, while Russell hit a fiery unbeaten 37 from 20 balls, including 1 four and 4 sixes.

For Birmingham Phoenix it was all about Tim Southee and Sean Abbott as the duo shared 6-30 between them in 40 balls. Southee ended up with 2-16 while Abbott was outstanding with figures of 4-14.

Chasing 128 to win, Birmingham Phoenix also had a poor start as they were reduced to 4-20 in the first 23 balls. When Phoenix lost Moeen Ali, it looked like they had lost their way. But Dan Mousley came to the rescue again, this time with the bat, scoring a valuable 39 from 38 balls.

It took lower order cameos from Jacob Bethell and Benny Howell to take the Phoenix home. Bethell scored 43 from 27 balls, including 4 fours and a six, while Howell scored 24 from just 12 balls with 2 fours and 1 six as the Birmingham Phoenix chased down the target in the penultimate ball of the match with 3 wickets in hand.

Daniel Worrall, Olly Stone and Liam Dawson each took two wickets for London Spirit. The win gave Birmingham Phoenix their first win of the competition, while London Spirit remain without a win.