David Willey's relay catch goes viral in T20 Blast semi

In a knockout clash, the captain always needs to make a special performance, and Northamptonshire’s captain, David Willey, during the very first semifinal clash of the T20 Blast 2026, at Edgbaston in Birmingham, showed how he brought themselves back into the clash with an extraordinary catch.

Craig Overton played a sensational knock during the quarterfinal clash for Somerset against Yorkshire at Leeds, and his wicket was always going to be viral for the opposition side. Willey just made a stunning catch look so easy as it went viral around the social media platforms.

Watch: David Willey and Saif Zaib's combined relay catch that's breaking the internet

It was the third ball of the 18th over of the innings. Ben Sanderson went with a full slower delivery at the right-handed batter, C Overton, who thought of smashing the six. The ball went high in the air as the wind had nearly taken it over the ropes for a six.

Watch David Willey's superb relay catch here-

It was almost a six until the camera suddenly picked up David Willey diving and flying beyond the rope. He took the catch with both hands and had the presence of mind to flick it back in time before landing past the boundary rope.

Credit should also go to Sai Zaib for running to the right from long-off and staying close to Willey, who knew it the moment his partner took the catch. The third umpire went through several checks to see if Willey had stepped on the rope before getting his hands on the ball. But it was a clean and superb catch to send Overton back in the hut.

Northamptonshire beat defending champions Somerset by 17 runs to reach T20 Blast Final

Northamptonshire were bundled out for 143 runs in 19.2 overs as Chris Lynn was the leading run-getter of the line-up with 39 runs off 26 balls at a strike rate of 150 with the help of three boundaries and three sixes. However, the rest of the batters failed to convert their starts into a big score as Jake Ball ended up with 4/17 in four overs with one maiden along with Riley Meredith’s 3/21 in four overs.

In reply, the Somerset side were restricted to 126 runs for the loss of nine wickets in their allotted 20 overs as Will Smeed clubbed 49 runs off 35 balls. They kept losing wickets at regular intervals in the chase and fell short of the target by 17 runs. Sanderson and Willey picked up three-wickets each.

Brief Scores: Northamptonshire 143 (Chris Lynn 39, Jake Ball 4/17) beat Somerset 126/9 (Will Smeed 49, David Willey 3/17, Ben Sanderson 3/28) by 17 runs.