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England vs South Africa, ICC Cricket World Cup 2019: 'Catch of the tournament', 'Insane', Twitter reacts to Ben Stokes' stunning catch in tournament opener

FirstCricket Staff • May 30, 2019, 22:58:31 IST
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Twitter was in awe of Ben Stokes’ insane catch during the England vs South Africa tournament opener.

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England vs South Africa, ICC Cricket World Cup 2019: 'Catch of the tournament', 'Insane', Twitter reacts to Ben Stokes' stunning catch in tournament opener

England displayed an all-round display in the opening contest of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019, beating South Africa by a huge margin of 104 runs. It was the day when the all-rounders in the English team shone. Jofra Archer, playing in his first World Cup match, took three wickets and dismantled the Proteas’ batting line-up with his pace. Earlier, Ben Stokes stroked 89 off 79 balls to take the hosts to a respectable total of 311/8 after Faf du Plessis asked them to bat first. Stokes also scalped two wickets to add the cherry on the cake. But the highlight of the day was the catch he took to dismiss Andile Phehlukwayo at the deep mid-wicket boundary. That catch is already being hailed as the ‘catch of the tournament’. Phehlukwayo smashed spinner Adil Rashid hard and it looked like the ball would easily sail over the ropes but Stokes, in what was a Superman effort, leapt in the air and took a screamer with his right hand, making everyone and even himself drop their jaws. Twitter was abuzz and in awe of the catch. Here’s how Twitterati reacted to the catch. It did feel like ‘he got wings’

That Ben Stokes Red Bull ad is great you know...

— Peter Miller (@TheCricketGeek) May 30, 2019

The other Ben in England is shocked

BEN STOKES. pic.twitter.com/sfgkhgcFID

— Ben Duckett (@BenDuckett1) May 30, 2019
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We can watch this again and again and again

WOW!!!! @benstokes38 has just taken the most ridiculously audacious catch in the @ODIWCup_2019 it’s the best catch I’ve ever seen in the flesh, find a screen quickly and see what I mean 😲😲😲

— Graeme Swann (@Swannyg66) May 30, 2019
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Catch of the tournament thus far for sure

First day of the World Cup and we might have seen the catch of the tournament! #BenStokes

— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) May 30, 2019

The name is Ben Stokes

Catch of the tournament....Ben Stokes might turn out to be both—The Catch and the one who’s taken the beat catch. 🙇‍♂️ #CWC19 #BenStokes #EngvSA

— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) May 30, 2019

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Insane is the right word to describe that catch

Seen some great catches today. This one by Stokes to dismiss Phehlukwayo was insane!

— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) May 30, 2019
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