Alex Carey
In their home ODI tournament being played in Australia, Australian wicketkeeper batsman Alex Carey, playing for South Australia, in the match against Queensland, performed a feat which only two wicketkeepers in world cricket had been able to do before this. . Alex Carey took a total of 8 catches behind the wicket in this match. Alex Carey was selected in Australia’s ODI World Cup 2023 team but he got a chance to play only one match and since then he could not be a part of the playing 11.
5 catches taken off the bowling of Jordan Buckingham
Alex Carey played in a 50 over match for the first time after being dropped from Australia’s playing 11. Out of the 8 catches he took behind the wicket in this match, 5 were caught off the bowling of Jordan Buckingham. So far in world cricket, only 2 wicketkeepers have achieved the feat of taking 8 catches in a match in List A format. In this, both the players are from England, one of whom is Derek Taylor, who achieved this feat while playing for Somerset in the year 1982, while the other is James Pipe who took a total of 8 catches in the match while playing for Worcestershire in the year 2021. .
South Australia won the match by 5 wickets
Talking about this match, Queensland team was limited to 218 runs in 49.4 overs in this match, in which Jordan Buckingham took 6 wickets with the ball for South Australia. Apart from this, Thorton also managed to take 2 wickets in his name. While chasing the target, South Australia lost 5 wickets but achieved it in 44.1 overs. Thomas Kelly scored 81 runs and captain Nathan McSweeney contributed 52 runs with the bat in the team’s victory. This tournament was nothing special for South Australia this time in which they managed to win only 1 out of 7 matches.
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