ICC CWC 2015-One hand catch in the stands: Rules and Regulations | What's all this about?| Huge money!!

Group of fans go for the one hand million dollar grab

At Hamilton: Seddon Park on Monday there was a match between India and Ireland. The ground was covered with orange T-Shirts with bull's eye on it. But you will be glad to know that it has remotely nothing to do with those two teams or that match..
It is normal for spectators to catch the ball hit into the stands for a six during cricket matches, but in New Zealand it is a mad scramble to catch the sixer ball. If you wonder what the fuss is all about you will soon realise that there is a bounty to be won and there is lot at stake for the spectators.

A beer company in New Zealand as part of its novel plan to promote business came up with a unique competition for spectators who stand to earn a fortune for grabbing the cricket ball hit into the stands. The company announced a total prize money of 10 lakh New Zealand dollars (Rs 4.6 crores) for catches taken by spectators during the ICC cricket World Cup matches played in New Zealand and it will be equally distributed to the winners at the end of the tournament.

It is indeed a lottery for, you can become a millionaire instantly. But the company has put up a set of conditions for the catches. The foremost among them is that the catch should be taken cleanly with one hand. Catches taken on the second or third attempts and those rebounding from your neighbour's hand or body will not be accepted as clean catches. The rules doesn't end there for the catcher will also have to sport the Orange coloured branded T-shirt of the beer company.

You will get a T-shirt if you buy two cases of beer (one case of beer contains 24 bottles) for 50 NZ dollars or you can pay 30 dollars to buy the branded T-shirt. A bottle of beer comes free along with the T- shirt. No wonder Seddon Park was basked in orange on Monday and on all the match days.

But the total prize money of 10 lakh NZ dollars will be distributed only if New Zealand reaches the final. The prize-money for quarterfinals is 3.5 lakh NZ dollars (roughly 1.61 crores) and since the host qualified for the quarters, that sum is assured for spectators. The prize money for semifinals is seven lakh NZ dollars.