BBL 2022: Glenn Maxwell plucks belief-defying catch against Brisbane Heat to stun himself

It was hands-on mouth stuff from Australia’s Glenn Maxwell, who took a stunning catch running backwards in the 51st match of the 11th edition of BBL. The 33-year-old all-rounder is one of the best fielders going around the world and he has already taken a lot of stunning catches so far in his career. However, this one has left social media in awe because of the difficulty of the catch.

Brisbane Heat won the toss and batted first which did not go well as they would have liked to. The Chris Lynn-led side were on the back foot straight away after losing three wickets at the 82nd run mark and it was down to Sam Heazlett and Ben Duckett to do the stitch work. The field had come in for Heazlett and he tried to chip one over the mid-off fielder in which he ended up getting caught.

A popular Australian source on Twitter had posted the video of the catch and termed it to be the best in the tournament so far. Most fielders while running backwards tend to lose their balance, which wasn’t the case for Maxwell who likes taking the challenges in the field. Australia has produced incredible fielders over the years and it has been one of the reasons for their complete dominance in the period from 1995 to 2005.

“Degree of difficulty = 10” – Andrew Symonds Extraordinary grab from Glenn Maxwell! One of the catches of the summer #BBL11 | BKT Golden Moment” – The video source posted on Twitter

Here’s the video:

"Degree of difficulty = 10" – Andrew Symonds

Extraordinary grab from Glenn Maxwell! One of the catches of the summer #BBL11 | BKT Golden Moment pic.twitter.com/01HmBs9VPK

— cricket.com.au (@cricketcomau) January 16, 2022

Maxwell had also taken two wickets in the innings to reduce the Brisbane Heat’s first innings score to 149 in their 20 overs. The Melbourne Stars has been opening the innings and his side has been cruising at the moment, having lost their first wicket in the 11th over at the score of 104.

Maxwell had played an excellent cameo at the top with 37 off 30 balls allowing his partner Joe Clarke to go all guns blazing from the other end. The Melbourne Stars have won five of their 12 games so far and are placed at the 6th position in the points table.