The Guinness record for the highest catch of a cricket ball is 114 metres and belongs to Kristan Baumgartner (UK).
Now let’s see all the cricketers who have held the title for this strange cricket-based Guinness world record:
Nasser Hussain – 49 metres (July – 2016)
The idea to bring in Guinness records into Cricket took place for the first time in the Lord’s Cricket Ground in London. The event was organized by the Sky Sports Cricket, and the former England captain Nasser Hussain was called in to set the record.
Nasser Hussain has always been an enthusiastic cricketer who never missed to show his funny side in Cricket. Nasser Hussain’s Twitter handle is so popular among the Cricket fans and, he never missed out on an opportunity to spread out a funny tweet on many occasions.
The England captain attempted a catch dropped from a Batcam drone, which hovered in the air at 32 metres (104 ft 11.8 in) high. He missed it in his first attempt to complete it in his next try, thereby creating a Guinness record.
Not stopping there, Nasser went on to catch a ball from the even greater height of 49 m (160 ft 9.1 in)
Watch the video below:
The Third Attempt was really funny. Right?
Kristan Baumgartner – 69 metres (November – 2016)
Well, Nasser’s record did not stay long as an English Cricketer– Kristan Baumgartner, a cricketer from the United Kingdom, managed to break Nasser’s record in Windsor, UK, on 30 November 2016
The UK cricketer’s record catch was from an unreal height of 69 metres.
Alyssa Healy – 82.5 metres (January – 2019)
This time, the event was organised by International Cricket Committee to celebrate ‘1-year-to-go’ to the 2020’s ICC Women’s T20 World Cup in Australia, in Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), in January 2019.
The Australian women cricketer, who was part of the T20 World cup winning Australian sides in 2010, 2018, and 2020, Alyssa Healy took on this challenge of breaking Kristan’s record of 69 metres catch.
Being a wicket-keeper herself, catching the ball dropped from a serious height, came naturally to her wearing gloves.
Healy took two attempts to catch the ball from heights of 65.2 and 72.3. Finally, she raised the bar to 82 metres at which she managed to grab the ball successfully at her third attempt. The world record was set then.
Here’s the video:
Sam Norman – 89.9 metres (July – 2019)
This time, the event became official, when Kingfisher announced the launch of their Drone Catch World Cup.
Contestants from 10 countries participated, and Sam Norman from the UK ended as the champion by catching a ball released from 89.9 metres (294 ft 11 in)
He, not only broke Alyssa Healy’s record but also rewarded with a day at the Gray-Nicolls factory in East Sussex and took home a handmade bespoke cricket bat.
Catch the video here:
Kristan Baumgartner – 114 metres (August – 2019)
Now the first time record-holder Kristan is back into the record sheet when the UK catcher tried a 114-metres high-catch and managed to successfully grab it.
He broke this record just one-month after the Drone Catch World cup took place. The current record by Kristan was achieved in Windsor, UK, on 2 August 2019.
With the number, now, gone past 100, will this record stay long enough? Let’s wait and see!
Now it’s your time to comment: Which professional cricket fielder, do you think, can beat this Guinness record for the highest catch of a cricket ball?
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