Ain’t sport grand?

The essence of the whole thing is the twist in the tale that no one saw coming, including – every three yonks – the story, the focus and the “remember-that-time,” accounts go from being exclusively about the players and athletes, and to the spectators.

What are the particularities of that opening T20 cricket match between Australia and South Africa on Sunday? They are already completely forgotten. It is T20, remember, and no one remembers, ever. It is bubble-gum cricket, watched by us goldfish, with no memory of runs or wickets, once it’s over.
Ah, but what about that catch?!

As detailed by our own Tom Decent, good ol’ boy, Harry Gill was sitting in the stands with a mate when Australian batter Tim David skied a six in his general direction.

“It was just coming straight for me,” Gill told Decent. “I was praying I didn’t drop it like [Broncos star] Ben Hunt did in the 2015 grand final.”

(Somewhere, in the far distance, north of the Tweed, an anguished cry is heard, as an ageing footballer – there are a few of us about – slumps to the ground.)

Harry Gill after taking his superb catch at the first T20 international match between Australia and South Africa in Darwin.

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