Tauranga's Rob Ferrari with his $50,000 cheque. Photo / Tui Brewery
Tauranga's Rob Ferrari with his $50,000 cheque. Photo / Tui Brewery
A Tauranga Black Caps fan is $50,000 richer after pulling off a one-handed catch at the Bay Oval in Mt Maunganui last night.
Rob Ferrari became the fourth winner of Tui's Catch a Million competition this summer, with the latest effort coming off a well-hit hook shot by English batsmanJos Buttler.
Tui last night posted a photo on social media of Ferrari with the $50,000 cheque.
"Meet Rob the painter. All those years of holding onto the paintbrush one handed just won him $50k," an Instagram post by the brewery said.
Ferrari could be seen lining up the ball on the grass bank at Bay Oval before catching it comfortably with his right hand.
Tauranga's Rob Ferrari with his $50,000 cheque. Photo / Tui Brewery
It is the fourth time the promotional cash prize has been won this year.
Dunedin builder Craig Dougherty snaffled a one-handed catch during the Black Caps v Pakistan ODI at the University Oval, holding on to a Martin Guptill six early in the match and Mitchell Grimstone won $50,000 off the bat of Ross Taylor.
Grimstone, a 20-year-old student, took his catch off the penultimate ball of New Zealand's Twenty20 Tri-series match against Australia at Eden Park.
The third was Rudi Bosman, who bagged $50,000 at Hamilton's Seddon Park in the Black Caps' Twenty20 against England.
However, Bosman revealed the catch was a strategic team effort and he would split the win with his friends.
"I, being the tallest, said I should wear it [Tui Catch a Million shirt] and then we'll just share the money, so I get a bit of it."
