That child, whoever he was, will be toast of Oamaru today.
He will be able to tell all his school friends how he caught former Australian international Brad Hodge.
Hopefully, in his excitement, he forgets all about Otago's nine-wicket defeat to a rampant Northern Districts side at Centennial Park yesterday, because that is exactly what the Volts' camp will be trying to do.
Somehow, the players have to turn around from one of their worst twenty/20 performances and rediscover the touch which saw them claim the title two years ago.
They have until tomorrow's match against Auckland in Invercargill.
"I think that is a good thing," Otago coach Mike Hesson suggested.
"We won't have too much time to dwell on it.
"We'll have to put in a better performance on Friday."
Dismissed for 132, Otago's slim hopes of defending that paltry total disappeared with a couple of swipes from Hodge (68no) and some superb striking by Brad Wilson (58no).
The pair combined in an undefeated 127-run stand for the second wicket to sink the home side.
"It was pretty one-sided," Hesson acknowledged.
"We started poorly and really struggled to get back into the game.
"We are all very disappointed with that performance."
The match was only really alive as a contest for about as long as it takes to drink a cup of tea and polish off a couple of gingernuts.
At 5pm the home side's opening pair strolled out to the middle of Centennial Park looking splendid in their blue and gold strip.
They scratched out their mark, glanced around the field and took their stance.
Good times.
A small crowd of about 400 looked on.
Barely 30min later both openers were back in the shed with two of their mates.
What a rabble.
Otago was four for 31 and facing a humiliating defeat on a massive scale.
Hamish Rutherford had lost the race after Aaron Redmond called him through for a quick single.
Poor call from Redmond, rotten luck for Rutherford and it set the tone for what was a dismal effort by the top order.
The captain Craig Cumming played one lovely drive before he was bowled trying to force a good delivery from Graeme Aldridge.
Neil Broom stepped to leg looking to free his arms but chopped on, and Redmond attempted to whip a ball off his pads and steered it to Wilson at mid wicket.
Otago's English duo Darren Stevens and Chris Nash added 34 for the fifth-wicket and Ian Butler (26) and Derek de Boorder (23) brought some much needed respectability with valuable contributions.
Hope was revived briefly when Australian twenty/20 specialist David Warner departed early but it was snuffed out the moment Hodge nonchalantly advanced down the wicket to Butler and lofted a drive back over the bowler's head for six.
It cleared the temporary broadcasting tower and sent children clambering over the advertising hoarding in search of the ball.
Hodge demonstrated why he has a reputation as one of the best twenty/20 batsmen in the world, hitting with a stiff breeze at his back and racing to 50 off 37 deliveries.
Wilson followed his lead with some clean hitting, posting his 50 from just 30 deliveries.
Mercy.
A combination of a strong wind and small boundaries soon had the Otago attack looking in any direction except the captain's.
Butler went for 40 off three, Neil Wagner 35 from three and Stevens 20 from two.
It was carnage.
Despite the humbling loss, Hesson is sticking with the same squad for tomorrow's match.
"This is twenty/20 cricket.
"You can get on a roll. If you don't, you can lose a bit of confidence.
"But one thing we won't be doing is losing confidence."
