SA vs AUS | Twitter hails lightning quick Quinton for bizarrely improbable stumping

SA vs AUS | Twitter hails lightning quick Quinton for bizarrely improbable stumping

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By SportsCafe Desk, SportsCafe Editor

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Wicket-keepers are often the unsung heroes of their team, with only a few capable of appearing spectacular to the layman while donning the gloves. Quinton de Kock inarguably belongs to that elite list, as he proved on Tuesday with immaculate technique to punish Marcus Stoinis's brief mistake.

South AfricaĀ seemed to be on course for their first victory of the series in the third ODI against Australia in Potchefstroom as the visitors were whittled down to 198/7 in pursuit of a mammoth target of 339. Their impressive bowling display was headlined by the world-class spin duo of Keshav Maharaj and Tabraiz Shamsi while Quinton de KockĀ contributed two stumpings with the gloves, the latter of which would be talked about for years to come in the cricketing fraternity.

Marcus Stoinis was up against Maharaj on the last ball of the 24th over and the finger spinner flighted the ball to tempt the batter forward before turning the ball away to leave the Australian completely off-balance. However, Stoinis did well to keep his foot within the crease and only raised it for a fraction of a second to keep himself from falling over. Yet, almost miraculously, the short timeframe proved to be enough for de Kock to whip off the bails with the gloves, courtesy of a technique pioneered and popularized by the legendary MS Dhoni. Quinton collected the ballĀ a fair way away from the stumps but showed incredible presence of mind to move the Kookaburra towards the poles in the process of nestlingĀ it within his gloves, thusĀ breaking the wickets in one swift motion.Ā 

Maharaj, who had initially appeared unbothered by the third-umpire review, was ecstatic when the big replays showed the incredible featĀ that his wicket-keeper had managed to pull off and Twitterati was quick to heap their praises too on the soon-to-be retiring veteran.

Superb glovework from QDK

World Class

Incredible

Stumped

Incredible

The best

World class

Brilliant

Fantastic

Best in business!!

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