Greatest Catches In The History of Cricket

[silentstriker]

Ah yes, the days when men walked uphill both ways to get to the stadium and no one ever lied.

 

[honestbharani]

M Waugh catches Laxman, second innings Chennai 2001. Laxman's expression is priceless.

YouTube - Mark Waugh Great Catch in chennai

I was at the stand straight across midwicket from that end. Had I had a camera I reckon i would have made a few bucks with that on print..



The best I have seen live hands down!!!

 

[honestbharani]

Ponting took an insane grab at silly point in the last test in India in 04 (I think it was in Clarke's spell of 6-9). Haven't found it yet, but I'll keep looking. Crazy relfexes.

Edit: found it a 4.30 odd in this clip:

YouTube - The Final Frontier 2004 - Third and Fourth Test

It was Dinesh Karthik's catch.. it was a blinder alright.

 

[river end]

Does anyone have a link to Dipak Patel's catch against Australia in Perth from 1987??

I was at that game. January 3rd 1988. Great catch. Craig McDermott was the batsman. Looked like it was going for six then Patel comes around and plucks it out of the air.

Mike Whitney batted out the last over against Hadlee for a draw less than a week earlier to save the Melbourne test and Aust wins the test series. This time he goes for the big hit to win the match with 2 needed off 3 balls. Caught at mid-off.
New Zealand win by 1 run.

The Patel catch is at 1:10.

YouTube - Australian Classic Catches

 

[archie mac]

Ah yes, the days when men walked uphill both ways to get to the stadium and no one ever lied.

I won't say never; England were still involved

 

[Burgey]

JP Duminy's in the Twenty20 where he caught Dave Hussey, running backwards and just had to wait until the ball came into view, and snared it when it came over his left shoulder.

Win. That was extraordinary.

As was Steve Waugh's behind-the-sightscrren catch off Harper in an ODI at the MCG in 88-89.

 

[The Sean]

John Dyson's catch of Sylvester Clarke at the SCG in 81/82 is my all time favourite as it was the first truly classic catch I saw live on television.

John Embury took an absolute blinder in the 1986/87 one day series against Australia to dismiss Ken MacLeay IIRC.

 

[Stapel]

The finest catch ever was taken by yours truly, only 3 weeks ago, when I was in the gully and caught a firm reverse sweep single handedly (left hand!), body and arm fully outstretched in the air.

Obviously, as this happened at the lowest level of Dutch Cricket (so, that's really low), no camera's were around......

 

[Burgey]

John Dyson's catch of Sylvester Clarke at the SCG in 81/82 is my all time favourite as it was the first truly classic catch I saw live on television.

John Embury took an absolute blinder in the 1986/87 one day series against Australia to dismiss Ken MacLeay IIRC.

I was on the Hill at the SCG when Dyson took that catch. Was amazing. Later the same day Bruce Yardley took a screamer in the gully too. Quality day.

 

[jeevan]

Kapil Dev's catch of Viv Richards

Another over the shoulder catch, and in match context couldnt have been better - India had made a low score in the finals, Richards was going strong. This catch triggered a collapse and India won the world cup.