Oman's Zeeshan Maqsood produced a dazzling catch to remove Ireland opener Paul Stirling in Wednesday's World Twenty20 first-round match.

William Porterfield's men were unable to defend 154 for five as Ireland suffered a surprising two-wicket loss.

The highlight of the match came when Stirling was dismissed for 29 as his powerful drive looked set to race away for more runs.

Maqsood hurled himself left from extra-cover, reached out a hand, and the ball stuck.

Here is a look at some of cricket's most memorable catches of recent times.

JONTY RHODES, South Africa v England, World Cup, May 1999 The South African is generally acknowledged as cricket's greatest ever fielder. One of the finest examples came at The Oval during the 1999 World Cup when England's Robert Croft drove Lance Klusener high above backward point only to watch dumbfounded as Rhodes leapt high in the air, stretched up his left arm, tipped the ball in the air, kept his eye on it and turned to complete the catch.

ANDREW STRAUSS, England v Australia, fourth Test, August 2005 Australian wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist pushed at an Andrew Flintoff delivery and Strauss flung himself to his left, ''arching his back like a salmon pushing upstream to stay airborne'' in the words of cricket writer Gideon Haigh, to cling on. England won the match by three wickets and edged a stunning series 2-1.

MARTIN van JAARSVELD, Titans v Eagles, MTN Domestic Championship final, January 2009 The Titans won South Africa's one-day cup with an eight-wicket success. The tone was set by Van Jaarsveld in the second over when, fielding at slip, he anticipated Morne van Wyk's sweep at Roelof van der Merwe and ran behind wicketkeeper Heino Kuhn to the leg side to pouch a one-handed catch.

BEN STOKES, England v Australia, 4th Ashes Test, 2015 The England all-rounder pulled off the effort that created the social media meme #broadface when he made an Ashes catch to rival Strauss' 10 years earlier. He flung himself back and across, stretching and hanging almost in slow motion to cling on to a stunner. Broad, the bowler, was left astounded by what he saw.

ADAM LYTH/AARON FINCH, Yorkshire v Lancashire, June 2014 A creation of the Twenty20 age, and a great example of what can be achieved and is routinely practised by modern professionals. Lyth gets no recognition in the NatWest Blast scorecard, but the special element was his leap high into the evening sky at long off to parry what would have been a six off Adil Rashid back into play. Finch was in the right place to complete the play and end Tom Smith's innings.

DWAYNE LEVEROCK, Bermuda v India, World Cup, March 2007 The 20-stone-plus left-arm spinner provided a World Cup highlight against India. Robin Uthappa poked Malachi Jones' first ball wide of slip - where Leverock was stationed. The 35-year-old dived full-length to his right and plucked the ball in his fingertips before setting off on a celebratory lap.