Catch drops/ Missed stumpings that might have resulted in Series loss

[sunilz]

1. Hussey drop of Steyn 2008

2. Paine drop of Pant 2021

3. Healy missed catch of Lara 1999

 

[Burgey]

Healy's was in a drawn series. As was Marcuss Harris' drop of the violent thug in the last Ashes. Certainly two important chances though.

Carlton Baugh dropping Steve Waugh 1995 was crucial. As was Herschelle Gibbs' in the 99 WC.

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

 

[Starfighter]

Carlton Baugh dropping Steve Waugh 1995 was crucial.

You mean Courtney Browne?

Gibbs gets my vote, especially as it was an act of massive stupidity.

 

[Burgey]

Yeah quite right, was Browne who dropped that catch.

 

[Burgey]

I don't know if that was a stumping, so much as a ball which just rolled along the deck and beat everyone?

That was a series which I really wish had been telecast here. There was no live TV coverage of it iirc, which was a shame because that was an epic test and it was also Taylor's first series as skipper. Big moment for Mr baby New Potato Head getting that last wicket partnership over the line for Pakistan.

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

Healy reckoned he should've got it, tough chance though.

 

[Burgey]

Gibbs gets my vote, especially as it was an act of massive stupidity.

Wasn't the only time Gibbs threw a match tbf.

 

[SteveNZ]

Kohli dropped McCullum on 9 in his 301, which would have certainly ensured the series was tied.

Another favourite was Marlon Samuels dropping Guptill third ball of the 2015 QF.

 

[wpdavid]

Was it Warne who dropped Pietersen before he'd scored many at the oval in 2005?

 

[wpdavid]

I'm trying to remember who Thorpe dropped at Headingley in 1997. Maybe Elliott who went on to make a massive hundred, maybe a double. The series was tied at one all at the time, and Australia had lost four quick wickets in response to England's admittedly low first innings score. A game that could have gone either way ended up an easy win for Australia.

 

[TheJediBrah]

There are many hundreds of moments in every game that could have gone another way, any one of which in isolation could have theoretically chanced a series result. Kind of makes the whole exercise rather pointless when you think about it.

For every "Gibbs '99 WC drop" there are probably dozens of (lower profile) errors from either side that same game that could have had the same effect either way.

 

[morgieb]

I'm trying to remember who Thorpe dropped at Headingley in 1997. Maybe Elliott who went on to make a massive hundred, maybe a double. The series was tied at one all at the time, and Australia had lost four quick wickets in response to England's admittedly low first innings score. A game that could have gone either way ended up an easy win for Australia.

Yeah I think it was Elliott that was dropped early in that Test. And yes, Warne dropped Pietersen on 15 (and I think there was another drop before that?) He as everyone knows scored 158.

 

[Lillian Thomson]

I'm trying to remember who Thorpe dropped at Headingley in 1997. Maybe Elliott who went on to make a massive hundred, maybe a double. The series was tied at one all at the time, and Australia had lost four quick wickets in response to England's admittedly low first innings score. A game that could have gone either way ended up an easy win for Australia.

I remember the Thorpe drop primarily because it deprived the less than Test class bowler Mike Smith of what would have been his only Test wicket. The fact that he even has a cap is baffling.

 

[wpdavid]

If memory serves, Smith replaced Caddick, who had bowled poorly in the previous test. Caddick, of course, was always capable of extremes, and conditions at Headingley would have suited him to a tee.

 

[Chewie]

Kohli dropped McCullum on 9 in his 301, which would have certainly ensured the series was tied.

Another favourite was Marlon Samuels dropping Guptill third ball of the 2015 QF.

Boult stepping on the rope to give Stokes a 6 Not technically a drop but similar

 

[Shady Slim]

moises henriques in the Brett Lee Game bbl final against the scorchers where bbl legend yasir arafat hit the winning runs

 

[Burgey]

moises henriques in the Brett Lee Game bbl final against the scorchers where bbl legend yasir arafat hit the winning runs

Probably the most memorable of all tbh.

 

[OverratedSanity]

-McCullum dropped by Kohli and ishant early in his 302.

- Ponting dropped by Giles (I think) at Adelaide 06. Would've probably been spanked in the series anyway though.

-Tendulkar dropped by Pakistan (assorted) in 2011 wc sf

 

[Bijed]

Yeah I think it was Elliott that was dropped early in that Test. And yes, Warne dropped Pietersen on 15 (and I think there was another drop before that?) He as everyone knows scored 158.

Think Hayden had put him down off Warne earlier on, yeah