Thursday, July 7, 2016

  Highest catch of a cricket ball: Nasser Hussain breaks Guinness World Records record (VIDEO)

   LONDON, UK -- Former England captain Nasser Hussainhas set a World Record for the highest catch of a cricket ball; in a challenge arranged by Sky Sport's Cricket a drone released the ball from a height of 32 metres before moving up to the even greater height of 49 metres, according to the World Record Academy .

Photo: Former England captain Nasser Hussain has set a World Record for the highest catch of a cricket ball. In a challenge arranged by Sky Sport's Cricket a drone released the ball from a height of 32 metres before moving up to the even greater height of 49 metres. ( enlarge photo )

The Guinness World Records world record for the largest cricket tournament consists of 16,215 participants and was achieved by Eenadu Cricket Champion Cup-2013 (India) in different venues across India from 30 December 2013 to 20 February 2014.

     Guinness World Records also recognized the world record for the longest marathon playing cricket; it is 150 hr 14 min and was achieved by Loughborough University Staff Cricket Club (UK) at Loughborough College Rubber Crumb in Loughborough, Leicestershire, UK, from 24 to 30 June 2012.

     Former England captain Nasser Hussain has set a World Record for the highest catch of a cricket ball.

    In a challenge arranged by Sky Sport's Cricket a drone released the ball from a height of 32 metres before moving up to the even greater height of 49 metres. The ball would reach a speed of 118km/h.

    Speaking on the Sky Sport's broadcast from Lord's Hussain said: "It was great fun to spend the morning attempting to catch cricket balls dropped from a drone at the home of cricket – something I never thought I would do. But I am looking forward to giving my hands a rest and getting back to the commentary box for the upcoming Test match."

    Hussain played 98 Tests for England making 5 764 runs with 14 centuries and retired in 2004.