SA20 Cricket fan takes ball to the eye attempting to take the catch, a breakdown

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[@asdfaeou]

Brilliant way to draw a larger crowd to the event, which in turn just makes a larger party attitude, which in turn just makes the event better. Fantastic marketing.

[@jek0831]

This absolutely electric. Being in that crowd is probably some of the most fun you can have at any sports event

[@newb_7776]

I went to a few of them and it’s an amazing vibe at these games

[@andrewdobosz3682]

If they didn't know each other that's a hell of a way to get acquainted, bobbling balls together

[@herzogsbuick]

it's like two people spilling beers, except you don't have to figure out who buys the next round

[@2kbk817]

Man, growing up in Australia there is nothing that induces unbridled joy like taking a one-handed specie in a crowd of your mates. Love it!

[@eddypkk]

i remember tui doing catch a million years ago, but you had to be wearing a certain shirt

[@cricketexplained8526]

Becoming a millionaire would certainly come in handy for the medical bills incurred by a cricket ball having your eye out.

[@andrewbloom7694]

I would hope even in America it wouldn't cost 100,000 dollars for some stitches, but at this point I wouldn't even be surprised lol

[@kiz1000]

Easily my favourite channel on KZbin. I really enjoy how Jomboy takes a different angle from other sports channels by focusing on the human drama in sports. It makes me feel like I'm connected with the people I'm watching on the field and in the crowd. I really appreciate what y'all do.

[@mestrinimaster3602]

That's what I find most sad about football broadcast; we almost never get to see the crowd's reaction to a touchdown or an emotional play. In European football, it's one of the things I like the most, get goose bumps every time. Sometimes I even replay the same goal multiple times to see different people's reactions

[@D34dlyTidsy]

I just love how happy everyone is when someone catches it

[@Not_The_FBI_1992]

I've learned more about sports outside of the USA in the last 12-18 months just from watching Jomboy than I have in my entire 42 years on this planet

[@jamesjross]

I saw loads of negative stuff about SA lately. To see all these people hugging, hi fiving, etc People clearly from all continents... its a beautiful thing.

[@googlename5125]

Our government is a joke, but the people are some of the best you could ever hope to meet. Confronting our racist past has forced us to actually deal with what happened, and it has brought the whole country closer.

[@joesmithin]

best thing ive seen lately from s.africa is the strengthening of the EFF!! yalla yalla

[@crh18]

is it because SA got ICJ to tell off israel about their version of apartheid??

[@Ho3n3r]

@@joesmithin smoking your socks, whilst not strictly illegal, is still not advised.

[@Meyers1793]

They call South Africa the 'Rainbow Nation'

[@milesbeyond3000]

2,000.000 Rand (South African) is worth about $100000 USD for those wondering...

[@SaltyChip]

Or 100 grand (100,000) for those having trouble without the commaa.

[@jgrim03]

Or one thousand hundred dollar bills for those unable to imagine currency larger than they’ve held…

[@radoverpink]

Or 100 racks for those having trouble of making it out of elementary

[@SaltyChip]

@@radoverpink or 100k if you dont like the letter "G". Keep it going lol

[@thedenntist]

​@@SaltyChipor "comma" for those who are struggle with the double 'a.' ;)

[@Michaelthekiwi]

A beer company did this in New Zealand in 2014 and at the 2015 Cricket World Cup. It ended up getting dropped because of the danger of fans scrambling over each other to catch the ball.

[@NickJacksonZA]

Sounds very NZ

[@joeg5414]

That's why they'd never do it at baseball games. People fight for just the ball. Imagine if money was involved, even if it was only like $500

[@goodshipkaraboudjan]

What are you going to do with the money? Last bloke: BILTONG!

[@amireallythatgrumpy6508]

7:56 I love that even Security is smiling.

[@goodshipkaraboudjan]

There have been examples of police and security going for catches in Australia recently. One constable pulled off a classic diving catch.

[@rusrockt10]

Thanks to Jomboy breakdowns, I woke up at like 3am to watch the Cricket World Cup final. What a fun sport!

[@goodshipkaraboudjan]

The T20 World Cup (shortest format) starts up in June. It's being hosted by the West Indies and the USA. Might be a bit easier on the body clock!

[@rusrockt10]

@@goodshipkaraboudjan There is a good chance I'll be at one of those matches. T20 Cricket is so perfect for getting people into the sport!

[@TheTEN24]

This is so cool I wish baseball did stuff like that

[@joeg5414]

there'd be too many fights. people already fight over just the ball. someone would get hurt falling over a railing or there'd be a fight and cancel it

[@alanyt2000]

Eternally grateful for your love of cricket. This one of your best.

[@Chejo3]

Aw man, this was fun to watch. Love to see everyone happy for them. Good stuff.

[@TheTibetyak]

You doing great crowd reactions, Jomboy, is immensely fun. This really was wonderful.

[@SvedishProductions]

As someone who had a foul ball go into and out of my hand at a Pirates game last year, this compilation makes me feel better

[@mattheww7804]

Man I love this channel, just fun content all the time

[@rediknight9056]

My favorite sports commentary channel out there.

[@chrissilver5448]

Amazing content Jomboy. I have been watching your content for a long long time and I want to thank you for bringing us this style of genuine sports entertainment.

[@BobbySacamano]

I think the joyless orange shirt guy from Part 1 is still my favorite. Great breakdown "series" ... I thoroughly enjoyed it!

[@Dreas_Diaz88]

Love Jomboy breakdowns 🙌🏽

[@BigBoyJay_69]

Bruh. MLB needs to do this too. Looks fun af. Plus would increase ball awareness since people are now incentivezed to pay attention. I assume a couple thousands would be a lot less than any potential lawsuits or bad PR

[@willmcdono]

so good. what a great promo.

[@mitchhak2]

A ball in the hand is worth two beers on the ground.

[@petra_kalbrain4426]

Underrated comment! 🤣

[@killerskillet]

Ball in the hand is like beer for life. Each of these catches is ~10 grand USD.

[@michaelhockus8208]

great videos, super fun breakdowns !

[@ianmarderness7713]

They need to add this to MLB. $100k prize pool at each mlb stadium. Every one hand clean catch during regular season results in a share of the prize at end of season. This would 100% sell more tickets. I know I’d go to an extra game or two for this chance. Plus the excitement.

[@thedreamisstilldead]

This is an awesome contest, but I feel like in North America someone would die trying to win.

[@ELJEFFE904]

Yeah this was one of the more entertaining videos. Loved both videos. 😂😂

[@jasonslater6693]

Such a great way if encouraging people to turn up to a game, and also it makes that environment so electric!

[@joshtaylor6137]

Holy smokes, even though it's split 9 ways, that's still close to $11,500 in USD - That's a lot of money for a catch.

[@VivekYadav-qp1nv]

They double the money if catchers have Betway (sponsor of this event) app installed on their phones with an active betway account.

[@BirenderSinghJalal]

Double it if you have "bet away" app in your phone

[@22burnsie]

10:00 same energy as Jake’s Captain League catch cele where everyone else drops dead

[@bryanfouts287]

This made my night. Thank you Jimmy

[@ben2976]

That was awesome.....some serious body on the line plays.

[@theotherredmeat]

6:23 hand is all red, looks like it probably hurt to catch it!

[@jlo7770]

Thank you for uploading both episodes one after the other i hate watching pt 1 and then having to wait a week for pt2 which ive already forgot pt1... its just annoying, so thank you

[@nigelcanuck5943]

Loved the Beer to the left, beer to the right, ball in the center! Great Video!

[@domdela5217]

Love it man. Great idea. Best video of 2024 candidate.

[@keithboyd9582]

Imagine MLB doing this. There would be a near riot in the stands after every home rum

[@goodshipkaraboudjan]

Would last 5 minutes until the lawsuits start.

[@anarchonobody]

Dude in the hard hat kills me. Imagine sitting around a baseball game wearing a hard hat.

[@thepixalking6589]

What an AMAZING promotion!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Literally people who have no clue about the sport are now tuned in!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@danieljourdain7824]

This promotion was first done in New Zealand. Eventually stopped because of the safety issues Jomboy mentioned.

[@andrewjolly319]

Average income in South Africa is R25,000 per month. So it's like 6x 1 years income or something for a catch....

[@NickJacksonZA]

That’s about double or even quadruple most peoples monthly incomes, but the 2m gets split between all catchers.

[@andrewjolly319]

@@NickJacksonZA oh I didn't realise that, thought it was for each one.

[@patrick_glenn]

I had a the exact same thing happen to me once at a Braves game where I took a home run ball to the eye. That shit suuuuuuuuuuuuucked.

[@jklm011]

I have to aprecciate the fact that jomboy's face was moving like it was the youtube player timeline.

[@kalyanighosh932]

Cricket ball is harder and heavier than the baseball's

[@butter7734]

This looks so fuckin fun. It makes me want to go see cricket in this league. What a great idea.

[@BobbySacamano]

It seems there's an average of about 10 sixes per match, so even though there's a share of that $105k, you could have a real slugfest going on and still probably walk away with $25k. Edit: Looks like there were eight total catches, each guy won about $13k.

[@Ho3n3r]

That's a lot of money for the average South African.

[@oz7141]

This is of the whole tournament. So total of eight catches taken in over a month (and countless misses)

[@lodrickmbeva6893]

you double the amount if you have betway account $13K+$13K=$26

[@dogmantko]

didnt disappoint

[@steeljawX]

Yeah, very different from baseball. Regardless of all the cameras and all the witnesses, someone will try to wrench the ball out of the person's hand and act like they caught it here with baseball. I'm glad there's a sport out there were people can celebrate each others victories instead of celebrating over each others misery.

[@amireallythatgrumpy6508]

"someone will try to wrench the ball out of the person's hand and act like they caught it here with baseball." That's because in baseball you get to keep the ball.

[@Write-Stuff]

I'm from the US and don't understand cricket at all. But the more I see of it, the more I love it.

[@Octopusmaster]

I am one of the few Americans to actually play cricket rather regularly….and the Biggest Biggest difference is the pure lack of Fundamental Catching with these guys….Playing baseball my entire life…we go through hours of fielding, catching, throwing….they almost exclusively concentrate on Batting and Bowling (pitching). They put the overweight American in ‘left-center’ because I am one of only 2 guys on the team that can clean catch a fly-ball.

[@amalkumar2775]

Professional cricketers who play at the highest level are very well trained in catching, throwing and fielding. However, unprofessional or semi-professional cricket players do not get proper training in these matters.

[@bestbladerevah]

can confirm, miraculously I was on a golf course and heard tree Russel behind me and turned around to get hit in the eyeball with a drive off the tee. my glasses took the full force and the lens popped out and now there's a scuffed mark with dimples in the square middle of the lens. but if I wasn't wearing the glasses my eye would've been gone. not the socket or the bone around but the eyeball itself everything was black for a bit then came back and was fuzzy but I got minimal bruising from it

[@themissingtile2828]

Poor choice of words though. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@orsomethingorno]

NZ had this in, was it the 2014-15 summer? Basically a fan at a domestic T20 game took an absurd one-hander reaching down from the front row, and it made enough news that they ran a compeition for the ODIs all summer (which was leading up to the world cup). You had to buy a special orange t-shirt to be eligible. A couple of catches were made by folks without the shirts... Anyway, it was very popular and there were very big crowds all summer long. You couldn't do it every year, but it was great publicity.

[@feelincrispy7053]

There is a very good reason they must throw the ball back. The ball wear and tear is a big part of the bowling sides tactics throughout the game. The bowling side rough one side of the ball and shine the other side of the ball using spit and their pants with the seam separating the 2 sides. This causes the ball to swing when being bowled. Because the wear and tear only happens over many overs (many hours) it's importent to keep the ball in play

[@amireallythatgrumpy6508]

Less relevant in T20 but yes.

[@cricketexplained8526]

Saliva is not allowed at the higher levels any more I thought. Covid etc. But sweat is still ok.

[@joevespaziani]

I love seeing the crowd celebrating together and having a good time no matter who they’re rooting for. Maybe we (Americans) could learn something from this?

[@mattk2740]

MLB needs to do something like this!

[@lhfirex]

I wear glasses and had a pair break when I was working in a PE class, similar situation as the guy early in this video except I got hit by a volleyball when some kid got way too aggressive. I got lucky and it hit me on the side of the head, but when it broke the frames on the side, I got some serious scratches. I can only imagine how bad it was for the guy who got hit in the eye socket.

[@montueswedthursfri5819]

"I was gonna catch it like this.. and then i was like.... ahhh idk what happened actually"

[@RyRytheMusicandGamingGuy]

I only know what I know about cricket because of Jomboy, but man do the games and the culture look fun.

[@al1087]

That reminds me of how I became Legally blind in my right eye. Except dude threw at me on purpose.

[@bryantsteury8910]

That was the most nimble man in a wheelchair section I’ve ever seen

[@philmccracken179]

Probably a person who came with someone with a wheelchair. I had a friend like that and it was awesome going places with him because you get the best seats with the most room and everyone kissed his ass

[@Roysorb]

Wish there was a reasonable way to apply this to mlb

[@goatcheese4me]

All the money is split between the winners in one season. In this particular season, 8 winners split the $100,000 (USD converted) which resulted each taking home about $13,500.

[@mantashaft]

I never caught an HR ball, or caught one in my eye socket, but I did barehand a screaming baseball full of backspin that flew off the top of Benito Santiago's undisciplined bat in the second deck behind home plate at the Murph in 1987.

[@SaltyChip]

1:35 black dude was like "shhhitt." Lol

[@carsondenny1986]

Not in South Africa that’s American

[@marshalltucker9690]

Wow you promised and came threw almost too quickly 🎉🎉🎉

[@imightbebiased9311]

My favorite quote from this whole thing was, "It was in my OOOOooOoOHhhhhh" "OhHHHhhhHhHHHHHHHH" "ooOOOOoooooOOOoooooOhhhHHhHHHHHHHHh"

[@AceChampElite]

This is so fucking hype 😆🔥

[@mostsickestvideos4483]

awesome breakdown, and it has an intersting sociological dimension to it: even though apartheid was abolished many years ago, there is still a huge inequality between black an white people in south africa. So I thought it was quite wholesome to see very different looking people both win and celebrate together. gives me hope for our species ✌

[@herzogsbuick]

i want t20 in anchorage, alaska. i don't have the time or resources to do anything about that desire but if someone else did, i'd be there. maybe instead of the summer drunk softball leagues...

[@Anomander5622]

Alas, cricket is generally not played in cold weather. I'm guessing anchorage must be pretty cold

[@Mexican_Marauder]

That one guy looked like he flopped. Wrong sport 😂😂

[@zack7736]

we gotta bring this to baseball stadiums, no gloves, one hand, has to be clean on a homer

[@samxyx]

What a promotion

[@bassett_green]

Ohhh so its spilt among all of them? That's still pretty neat

[@RG32107]

That was hilarious

[@eddya.3776]

What was the guy wearing the construction helmet all about?

[@ben2976]

I think I read somewhere it was a kind of fans joke that they wore it to protect their head from that hard cricket ball in the crowd.

[@RoyaltonDrummer922]

I love how many stipulations they made to ensure catches didn’t count as catches

[@LesKern]

That's over 100 grand!!!

[@scottmcshannon6821]

what surprises me is that no one tried to steal any ball from someone who caught one. theft is quite prevalent at american baseball parks.

[@amireallythatgrumpy6508]

In cricket you do not get to keep the ball. You have to throw it back.

[@0_44_4]

Jomboy,,, how do you not makin jokes about keeping your eye on the ball?

[@RichAlot]

MLB… are you paying attention? Would be awesome to see, but I’m sure it would be a legal nightmare to get something like this approved in MLB.

[@unprofound]

MLB seems to have zero idea of how market itself

[@travisolson9413]

Americans would probably beat the hell out of each other before the ball got there, then miss the ball. Then sue the guy you beat the hell out of because his blood made your hand slippery. Thus causing you to drop the ball. But at a Toronto Blue Jays game, they would apologize for being in the way, and buy you a Molson.

[@frotoe9289]

Playing racquetball once I got smacked square in the face with a hard smashed ball, and felt almost nothing. Except my goggles literally split in two and popped off. They took the full force and left my beautiful face unmarked. So yeah, glasses dude was probably pretty lucky...long as the lens didn't shatter and go in his eye, those glasses acted as safety goggles.

[@wwickeddogg]

Great way to show how difficult it is to make a catch.

[@middleclassic]

Swedish rock concert?!?

[@designsinorbit]

Dude, did you see that guy's hand after the clean one handed catch??? You missed it! Red as eff.

[@jubileeshine]

@5:53 white t shirt clears out dude in front of him with a hard shove to the back lolol

[@EltWilder]

And they stay there.

[@itscalleddesign9940]

The best part... NO ZACK HAMPLE!!!!

[@noelramirez1551]

Lol the most ive ever done in a sporting event was make the little basketball in the rims they carry around NBA games it was at a magic game when Kyrie dropped 60 points

[@SOOKIE42069]

cricket people seem like great sports

[@christalball93_]

Swedish rock concert lmao

[@MikeyDano69]

$105,000 hahahahah damn!

[@D3L3T3]

Does it have to be one handed? I would go all out trying with 2 hands

[@amireallythatgrumpy6508]

Yes it does.

[@johnellis5828]

2 mil Rands = $100,000 USD roughly.

[@dmilk47]

glasses absolutely helped, would've likely had eye socket surgery without glasses on

[@alexwashington2554]

Very interesting because in America there would be a mon for each ball. Here they seem to give room for the guy to catch it