In my head, I intuitively thought that too. Played baseball in my teens and a fair bit of cricket. Turns out it's only 150g vs 160g. I thought it would be a way bigger difference. Definitely a good but harder though. Wait, we could be completely wrong about that too. 😂
@@Alex.The.Lionnnnn the cricket ball is smaller than a baseball making it more dense as well as heavier. The construction differences and differences in leather treatments makes the cricket ball harder. Ironically a *softball* is harder than a baseball too, but I have no idea which is harder between a cricket or softball. Instinct says softball given the only minor difference between a baseball and cricket ball.. Sorry, but all this talk of balls is making me hungry............. ... Not THOSE kind of balls. You have such a dirty mind (Joke)
@@Alex.The.Lionnnnn The difference is small: the minimum legal weight of a cricket ball is 5½ oz; the maximum legal weight of a baseball is 5¼ oz, so the difference is only ¼ oz (7 g; max possible difference is ¾ oz, 21.2g). The maximum legal circumference of a cricket ball is 9 in, same as the minimum for a baseball, so it's not necessarily smaller, but a baseball can be just over a centimeter bigger around (11/25 inch actually, or 11.2mm; i.e., about 3.5mm difference in diameter)
@@nac5901 not disagreeing with you. I just think it's time for the actual ball law 4.1 from Lords Cricket Club. 4.1 Weight and size The ball, when new, shall weigh not less than 5.5 ounces/155.9 g, nor more than 5.75 ounces/163 g, and shall measure not less than 8.81 in/22.4 cm, nor more than 9 in/22.9 cm in circumference.
Cricket was first televised here in 1938. Cricket balls are harder, smaller, and significantly heavier than baseballs. We had an unfortunate kid at my school hospitalized, when he tried to catch a "sky-ed" ball, the sun got in the way, and it landed square on the top of his head - out for the count!
I played cricket for over twenty years and as I fielded in the slips, where many catches are taken, I must have taken over two hundred catches. The more you practise and catch the ball, the harder your hands become and most of the time you feel no pain. Of course if you get the ball on the knuckle or on the end of the finger you are likely to suffer an injury.
It's a hard place to catch. I was a keeper for a long time, but every now and then in non-league games I had a go in the slips and I found it much harder to track the ball from bowler, to batsman and then me!
Yep, when people see the size of the knuckle joints on your fingers from years of hairline fractures and start comparing their thumbs to your middle finger, you know you’re a cricketer.
You know it's a terribly biased list when there's only one Jonty Rhodes and only one Australian catch. The Australian team, both men's and women's, are the finest fielding team in the world and take spectacular catches on the regular.
Hi Ryan, cricket is played in the US. There is a league called major league cricket, I know of one famous former Australian cricket coaching the Washington freedom. Just like bluey we're slowly creeping into US culture😊
Ryan you mentioned that the ball sounds hard. IT IS. Much harder than a baseball. The traditional ball is solid seasoned cork covered in tight varnished leather. No " padding" like a baseball or certainly a softball. That's why they wear pads below the knee ... without pads, if hit at full speed it will snap the bones in your shins. The only fielder to wear gloves is the wicket keeper , the catcher equivalent in baseball ( and of course the batsman !) Having stupidly batted without gloves in a local competition , I can attest to how hard the ball is ... 3 broken fingers and other hand/ wrist bones !
I can feel yah pain , sounds like it kicked off a length , what a dog of a ball to cop , I remember a few I've had ta rip one hand off the bat and watch it best as I could too keep out of my face head mouth just get the bat up and like a Cobra is Striking at you it's in your face, keeping them out can be a bother especially as it won't happen for 40 Min and the ball will hit the back end of that bowlers footmarks again and wow where did that come from , I feel yah pain bruh , no value
These compilations hardly ever include lots of the close in catches where the fielders have barely a split second to take the catch in their finger tips etc. There were a couple of good catches, but there's so many more better than shown in the vid.
Explaining cricket in terms of baseball. Imagine baseball with these rules: 1. No strikeouts. instead, you can't let the ball hit a set of poles in front of the catcher. 2. No foul/fair balls. 3. Two bases, first and home. One player on each base at all times. 4. When you hit the ball, you only have to run if you think you can trade places with the other player without getting tagged out. 5. Trading places is a run. A run is one point. 6. A ground-rule double is four runs. 7. A home run is six runs. 8. An inning is all nine players having to get out once, on each side. With these rules, baseball would be a much longer game, there would be lots of runs, players could go for hours without getting out, and an out would be a very big deal. That's cricket. :)
Robert , you have brushed what I'll call the point of difference , because you have to protect your CASTLE in cricket , you have to get your body in line with the ball , a first class wicket is turf , over 5 days it cracks , depends how it the wicket / pitch is prepared, but a green top will be fast bouncy , and being green , the sun beating down on the wicket on day one , it will not only placate 100 mph bowling ,and swing from humidity , violent bounce off a reasonable length , you expect waist high , but no , it kicks off a length , and shoot up into your face , so deadly ball , one hand probally off the bat , the top hand will try to lift the bat to protect your face , and you do , then there is the degrading of the wicket , cracks open up , Bowlers footmarks erode close to where the ball pitches , an umpire will warn the bowler if he runs on the wicket , he'll refuse the bowler to bowl if he thinks the bowler is trying to get an unfair advantage , giving the spinners footmarks to bowl into , but after that nasty thing , it's in your mind , and the next ball is much fuller bouncing much closer to you , but the bowler is a leftie , you bat Right hand , a good fast leftie will get late in swing , so a fuller ball pitched at 4th stump ( Imaginary stump) because it is imperative to know where your off stump is , in relation to the line the ball is taking , so you know it may go true , and leave it , then it swings back in , you miss it hits , so you know it may swing , so you have to be good enough to play straight , down the line the ball is tracking , to protect your stumps first line and most important your bat , then your pads , so you cover off stump , so a late inswinger will hit the bat and or pad , but not out coz you hit it , and LBW is not a worry coz you tried to play it , so BALLSHYNESS is a critical to weather your even up to playing cricket , but there are all levels you can play , and an A grade player can easily be humbled in f grade , it's a great leveller but batting in cricket is a lost art , and Helmets breed bad habits , The nuances of batting which incorporates ball shyness , i mean they hurt , cop a ball in the inside thigh man big black and purple bruise next day break you hand bats are 2 piece with a splice , as they jar in your hands ,that hurts too so there is the point of difference ,as I say ,so to non cricketers I ask you to Face up in the local nets , pads gloves ,protector box thigh pad front leg , arm guard , and see if you suffer ball shyness , and work to overcome it you don'tstand back and have swing room , you must get your body in line with the ball to hit it , if you play away from your body you will get injured , probably by an inside edge , it's dangerous to play away step back not good , I like catching barehanded , can't use a rotten mit , cheers Robert, hope I didn't do yah head in , soz Ric
I remember watching that Jadeja catch live (#9) and being absolutely gobsmacked that he reached it. Classy fielder. Seen better catches than some of these, but not the worst compilation ever. I don't rate the "throw it back from over the line" catches that highly, tbh. Would have liked to see some more slips/close-in catches in this list, too.
Yeah the throw back over the boundary catches are skilled no doubt but would rather watch someone flying through the air to grab a screamer one handed any day.
I caught a ball that had gone past me with my wrong hand only 5 metres from the bat - I was diving at full length...the batsman had thought he'd hit a 4...lol..now that's the best catch never seen!
One of the most common injuries in cricket is broken fingers. If you've never played cricket maybe you don't realise the ball is deadly! It is heavy and solid and made from cork. These catches are phenomenal!
@jacktattis Jack , IT could be argued , that the Don himself is responsible, as , he ran the ACB , and refused to give the Australian team more money , family find own fare ,etc , so Ian Chappell approached the Don with a list of demands , Bradman threw him out , Packer heard of this and pushed Chappell, as he recognised the value of short form cricket , as a few 60-60 ,8 ball over games had been played and was popular , this may have been in England , so secretively, Packer signed the Australian team , The West Indian team ,every South African still banned , some English , some Indians kiwis and made W S C , Australia ,West Indies ,and a World X1 , and it was hard , no "G" so AFL / VFL Park, Arctic Park , for cricket , I went to a few , but , now the art of batting is lost , Helmets make for bad techniques , I got dropped for making a ton , a ton , not really I was told to stop hitting the ball in the air , and I got dropped trying to drive off the back foot , and I knew the even a ton won't keep me out of the magoos next week , it's why games don't go 5 days , wickets contrived , i remember leaving a game with my mates ,and said , congratulations, you've just invented baseball , oh well cheers Jack
@@jacktattis I think tests got washed out , so they thought up 60 -60 over games so the public could watch some cricket and make a dollar , 8 ball overs back then , I'm seeming to remember, onya Jack
These 'top' compilations are very suggestive. A lot comes down to what footage they have available due to copyright etc, as well as the uploaders personal opinions
Some of the best catches you will see in cricket are in the "slips" cordon. That is the section positioned behind the stumps in a line alongside the wicketkeeper. Great slips fielders have literally microseconds to catch a ball off the side of the bat. Slips catches are not as spectacular as the ones shown here but they often show a lot more skill and insane reflex action.
When I was playing grade cricket a training drill was to catch raw eggs so you got use to having soft hands, ie catching the ball while decelerating it not hard hands that would smash the egg and bounce out and also hurt your hands big time fyi I fielded at 1st slip or in close in front of the wicket so to avoid broken fingers mastering that technique was a must
The cricket ball IS hard. Imagine a bit of soft wood wrapped in leather coming at you at close to 100mph! These are all relatively recent but cricket has been televised for over 80 years. Some of the best fielders of the last 30 years include Trent Boult, Jonty Rhodes, and Chris Harris.
I can think of even better catches, but these are still excellent. And yeah #4 is even more difficult than you think - even an otherwise simple catch becomes a real challenge when you're in your follow-through, let alone a blinder like that one. For me that's the best catch in this compilation. I couldn't even begin to name a single best-catch-ever, but my personal favourite is the one that David Boon took to complete Shane Warne's hat trick. Incredible reflexes and skills, and yeah the ball hit his hand /very/ hard - much harder than anything in this video.
I said in another chat thread, that Boony never made the cut. Jonty Rhodes only featured once, he'd go close to the top of the best fielder. Where's Kepil Dev, Andrew Symonds, Herschelle Gibbs, AB de Villiers, Brendon McCullum, Dwayne Bravo, Brian Lara, Carl Hooper & Michael Clarke. I've suppose I've got to put a Pom in there maybe the best English fielder Paul Collingwood.
Thanks Ryan, I love late night cricket! 😁 I object to this video! It was actually quite old and there is only one Australian featured in the compilation, a batsman who was caught! More cricket please! 🙋👍
The thing you don't get the feel for unless you are at the ground is the curve on the ball as it streaks away from the bat. I does not just loop but it spins and slides left or right depending on how it came off the bat.
It's about anticipation, the fielder watches the bowler then concentrates on the movement of the batsmen ,their feet & the bat , the hand eye coordination is phenomenal
Ryan, please take a look at the top 10 run outs as well. They are bound to feature a South African cricketer named Jonty Rhodes (number 3 on this video) who was arguably the best of his era in both run outs and general fielding. That man saved more runs in his career than anyone else I am aware of.
@@NaveenKumar-tv1vf Mahele Jayawardene and Rahul Dravid are above Ponting in catches. Ponting is king of the run-outs without a doubt. Now compare AB's 53.5 career average with 42.03 for Ponting, AB is the undisputed ODI legend. AB has a 61.75 away game average. Ponting’s away average of 45.04 falls a bit behind, and his home average of 39.17 is almost 13 runs less than AB’s 52.55. With a SR of 101.09, AB is not beaten by Ponting who has 80.39. AB's 50 to 100 conversions is at 28.4% and Ponting has 26.78%. YES, PONTING WAS GREAT, but AB was the greatest! LOL.
I played a lot of cricket and some baseball. What I noticed is that the cricket ball hurts a lot more if it hits you in the body but is a little easier to catch. The baseball is lighter and has those figure 8 seams which make it fly further and move around in the air a little more. Believe me, those seams hurt if catch it bare handed.
When I was at school in the US I had to chastise the ball players and tell them to actually throw it to me even though I was bare handed. They were happy to throw it at each other but only lob it to me until I shouted to just fucking throw it. Then I caught it and threw it back while they stood there gobsmacked. Good times. I fielded mostly at point before I moved overseas so balls flying at me was not an issue.
Hi Ryan ... you make a great point about where else would you see a bunch of 30 year old guys so happy ... I'll expand on it though .... when these great sporting moments happen you have thousands upon thousands of guys in the stands in their 50s/60s/70s just as happy ... I love your vids.
All countries that play cricket, all have some amazing playerscin their own right and I've seen some pretty spectacular catches from the men and women, even the kids of today take some absolute screamers.
I’d like to give a special honour to sean Abbott in the bbl about two years ago he was fielding at cover and the batsmen hits a fast drive by the time Abbott gets his hand to the ball it is already metre behind him Edit: it was against Brisbane heat and he caught out chris Lynn who is known for his fast big hits
"I don't like cricket ahh, I love it", yeah people say they would rather watch grass grow, but when you understand strategy of players, bowlers, opposition, pitch etc you would love it? Attack or defend and still watch grass grow. All the best for 2024, cheers mate from New Zealand.
I played village cricket against a team called “Barney and Fulmedstone” which is a small village in Norfolk and they had an American who played for them and he absolutely loved the game of cricket and embraced it( he’s was previously a baseball player) and he was living and working in the UK and he not only loved the actual game but the whole Englishness of it breaking for tea etc etc. cricket is such a magnificent sport
If you enjoy cricket, look up AB de Villiers. He is an icon in India and South Africa, but around the world he is respected as one of the most innovative batsmen ever and he has held, or still holds, many world records.
The guy taking the catch in the #3 spot, is a fella by the name of Jonty Rhodes, South African player from the late 90s through the 2000s. He is one of the most athletic men to ever play the game, and even as an Aussie, who was blown away by superlative fielding of Ricky Ponting, I would, like Punter himself, rate Jonty THE best fielder to EVER be in the game. For some context an American might get, you could consider him akin to the Dominique Wilkins of the art of Fielding, in so much as he is the 'Human Highlight Reel' of that aspect of the game. Not only COULD you make an entire top ten video of Jonty alone, full of catches which would challenge any in this list, people HAVE, hundreds, each one worth a watch, so I would recommend if you want to do another video for the cricket lovers among your fans, watching one of the Jonty highlight videos would be the way to go. The #2 and #1 catches here, are freakishly good, but only due to the exploitation of the rules to avoid the boundary, they are, somewhat rudimentary catches, Jonty caught balls that would have been impossible for most people to catch, or should have broken hands... in fact, DID, but he caught them anyway, gave his hand a blow and rub afterwards. If you want a masterclass in cricket catches, there is indeed only one name you need know, Jonty Rhodes.
One or two nice catchs there! I see you were impressed by the classic "caught AND bowled".... imagine standing even closer to the batsman and practically plucking the ball off the face of the bat... well... about ten yards away any how! Mike Gatting of England would field with a fast bowler, the great Bob Willis comes to mind, often on the field without a helmet, and he scooped catch after catch that way. His nose was literally plastered over his face in one game. Now that's great fielding by a fearless player!
We had a kid at school who got hit in the chest by the ball straight after it came off the bat. The sound it made was like someone hitting a deep drum. It made a sickening thud and he screamed and hit the deck. 2 broken ribs.
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I hated to have to play cricket at school, we took our life in our hands. Those balls are basically just wood. They've probably made it safer now in schools.
The ball is pretty heavy and hard, too. From my memory of playing baseball, it's a good bit heavier than a baseball. Definitely harder if nothing else.
Have you been to Morden? It's in the London Borough of Merton, (South London). It has a cricket club which was formed in 1892, but I'm sure they were playing there before..
You can fit three and a half standard baseball fields onto the playing surface of the Melbourne Cricket Ground. It may not look that it is travelling fast, but it is travelling far greater distances in similar time frames to baseball. Yes, it is a much harder ball than a baseball and can travel up to 100 mph.
This is actually incorrect. You can fit that many baseball diamonds on the MCG, but as you haven't taken into account the outfield which is around 350 feet or 108 meters. The MCG is 171m x 146m. So at best you could fit 2 very small baseball fields onto the MCG.
Rounders morphed into Baseball , in America , but people prefered cricket , and 1st 2 nd graders play rounders , softball too fits in the Diamond 4 bases , cricket is heaps harder to bat , catch in your hat incurs a 5 run penalty
I love baseball , it's a fun game , no missles coming at ur head , Ribs , and Ball Shyness is a major factor in batting psychology , hurt , kill infact , them red missles ,don't discriminate , Baseball none of the batting issues
I've played a few games at a very low level and also watched loads of "village" cricket. it never fails to make me grin when a ball is heading straight to a fielder and another fielder invariably shouts "catch it" 😆.......
it stings but it is worth the 5 second sting! and as for the batsman, these ball about 155 grams coming at you at up to 100miles an hour(they wear protective headgear for the last 30 odd years)would do you some damage if the bounce caught you out,and then there is "Silly mid off" ..the name says it all......sorry had to edit...... because one or two comments are spot on,most catches are with both hands and you take the momentum out of the ball by pulling your hands against your body and doing a "small 90 degree turn"
In my view this was not a good selection of catches. The truly impressive catches are made much closer in...the pure reaction catches made in milliseconds defy belief sometimes with the speed of the ball and the fielder reaching almost impossible levels .
I hate that computer generated voice !! They are ALL bare hand catches ! Only the wicket keeper wears gloves. Not " 6 points" ..... 6 RUNS. Just SPORT....no S on the end ! Not " a pitch"....a BOWL/DELIVERY.
Just Jonny Rhodes doing Jonty Rhodes things. But, for mine (pardon me for I show my age) it’s John Dyson against the West Indies in Sydney in 81/82. I think it was Sylvester Clarke batting
Jonty Rhodes was one of the best fielder of his or any generation, recognised by all. Not only could he catch a ball, but he could throw it at the stumps for run outs, or if needed take the stumps out by diving with the ball. He could bat fairly well as well and bowled. He was a great all-rounder but more, he was an entertainer.
As a cricket fan, those over the boundary catches where one player throws it up, jumps over the rope and then catches it again are a bit bullshit, in my opinion. Fair enough if two players are involved and the second one who remains in the field of play completes the catch, but once you go over the rope that should be the end of your chance to dismiss the batter. As for the highest skill catches of all, diving slips catches have to top the list. Like catching a bullet in milliseconds.
For #2, if the fielder steps over the rope while holding the ball, it still counts as six runs. So the act of throwing it in the air, stepping out and back in, and then catching it was as much a feat of quick thinking as it was of athleticism.
Watching this again, I figure I can answer one question you asked: how do you catch when the ball's so hard and so fast and you've got no gloves? First part is "soft hands" - your hands literally need to be a bit relaxed, have a bit of give in them, or the ball's just going to pop right out (which occasionally happens even to the very best catchers in the world). Also reduces the impact a lot. Second part is actively moving with the ball - you have to take a lot of kinetic energy out of the ball, and you really want to spread that out over as much time as possible. Clearest example here is #4, the caught-and-bowled: he grabs the ball securely but you see his arm already swinging backwards, and that front-flip is partly about dealing with the ball's kinetic energy. Likewise with the normal one-handed catches you'll see the entire arm move with the ball, and with two-handed catches you'll see pretty much the entire body moving to accommodate. That's all in theory if everything goes right, of course - in reality sometimes you take the impact a lot more violently. It's fairly common for a real catch to hurt, sometimes quite a bit. But yeah we do lots of catching drills, where we practice catching a ball as softly and securely as possible.
I liked that it featured Mohammed Kaif, Yuvraj Singh and Jonty Rhodes - they're pretty epic catchers. I think the bowler's catch was that of Corey Anderson. You could make a series out of Jonty Rhodes he's an insane athlete. Ricky Ponting's run-outs is another collection in itself. I loved Suryakumar Yadav's catch this weekend against South Africa in the last overs of the world cup T20 finals. One of the best catches under pressure in a WC finals.
Okay, that No.2 was a hell of a move. If he'd caught the ball outside the boundary, the batsman would've been dismissed, but it... think it still would've been a six? By tapping it back over the boundary, then following up by making the catch inside it, he not only dismissed the batsman, but denied him the six as well. Spectacular stuff.
Not just the hardness and weight of the ball, but these are often mis-hits by definition so the ball is spinning phenominally after hitting the edge of the bat.. There's a milli-second before you grasp the ball when you can hear it 'buzzing' and you know it's going to 'burn' and hurt like hell.
As one who played a lot of club cricket in his youth - there are days when everything sticks, and there are days when nothing sticks, and no-one has ever worked out why.
Key to catching. Cricket ball is to have soft hands and let the ball move (swing your wrist) upon the moment of impact so that the momentum transfer is stretched. You don’t stop it but let the ball snuggle in.
The only cricketer who wears gloves is the wicket-keeper who crouches behind the batter. That's because if the ball goes through to the wicket-keeper it can be travelling at up to about 100 mph
If you like cricket, there are essentially 2 types. The one day or evening matches in which 'have a go" is the aim and the big whacks are numerous as it's often a race against time . The 4 or 5 day test matches where the aim is to outsmart, consolidate by defensive batting till the bowlers tire and the ball deteriorates, (a new ball is more threatening to a batter as it is harder and its shine gives it more chance of hitting the bat edge and flying to a fielder behind the wicket (a slip fielder).
The hardest catches involve running (eyes bobbling) backwards (having to yank neck to look behind) and diving out with one hand or running toward the ball and diving forward to catch the ball in front of your face (ie you miss, you get face surgery) The reflex catches are often the easiest but appear spectacular
The baseball is pitched from closer and travels faster. The cricket ball moves in the air - swings either way depending on the seam position. It also moves off the wicket (pitch) either way depending on landing on the seam or bowled with a cutting action.
Two i remember was Steve Waugh running flat out towards the white back screen and taking a catch at full speed before killing himself over his head. Another was David Boon at Leg Slip ( so very close to the batter ) picking one up at full arm length off the grass requiring instant reflexes like a spider
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The ball is harder and heavier than a baseball, and the catch it bare handed.
In my head, I intuitively thought that too. Played baseball in my teens and a fair bit of cricket. Turns out it's only 150g vs 160g. I thought it would be a way bigger difference.
Definitely a good but harder though. Wait, we could be completely wrong about that too. 😂
@@Alex.The.Lionnnnn the cricket ball is smaller than a baseball making it more dense as well as heavier.
The construction differences and differences in leather treatments makes the cricket ball harder.
Ironically a *softball* is harder than a baseball too, but I have no idea which is harder between a cricket or softball. Instinct says softball given the only minor difference between a baseball and cricket ball..
Sorry, but all this talk of balls is making me hungry.............
... Not THOSE kind of balls. You have such a dirty mind (Joke)
Cricket ball is also covered with a shiny lacquer giving it a harder surface.
@@Alex.The.Lionnnnn The difference is small: the minimum legal weight of a cricket ball is 5½ oz; the maximum legal weight of a baseball is 5¼ oz, so the difference is only ¼ oz (7 g; max possible difference is ¾ oz, 21.2g). The maximum legal circumference of a cricket ball is 9 in, same as the minimum for a baseball, so it's not necessarily smaller, but a baseball can be just over a centimeter bigger around (11/25 inch actually, or 11.2mm; i.e., about 3.5mm difference in diameter)
@@nac5901 not disagreeing with you. I just think it's time for the actual ball law 4.1 from Lords Cricket Club.
4.1 Weight and size
The ball, when new, shall weigh not less than 5.5 ounces/155.9 g, nor more than 5.75 ounces/163 g, and shall measure not less than 8.81 in/22.4 cm, nor more than 9 in/22.9 cm in circumference.
"Where else do you see a group of 30 year old men this happy outside sports?". Never a truer word spoken :)
Q: Where do you see a group of 30 year old men this happy? 🤔
A:. At a Gay Pride after-party
@@nicholasmilne2908 you should take some therapy 😅
At the Playboy mansion.
Video game tournaments
At the bike ride with friends...
Jonty Rhodes was one of the best fielders of his generation and could easily have a top ten of his own or possibly two or three on an "all time list"
Almost as good as Dean Jones
@@Nooneaskedforthis Ricky was better
@@paythepiper6283Who?
Jonty 🙌
Chris Harris from NZ was better.
Pakistan has a special series called '10 best classic dropped catches in the the first session of play'.
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Pretty ordinary selection from the thousands to pick from
Especially the last one ( or the top one).
No ponting or Andrew symonds catches.
Collingwoods catch at point of Mathew Hayden??
McGrath's cstch on the boundary was better than a lot of these
Tbh I rly expected Cottrel's CWC19 one to be there
definetly not the top ten catches
Yeah, there are more catches better than those
Not even top 100 😂
Still not a single player from Pakistan😂😂😂
Those definitely deserve to be in the top 10!
No Ben Stokes catches 😂
Catching cricket ball barehanded is feeling you’ll never forget😮
Hehe, especially in Sunday league when you have to work the next day and try to explain the purple finger the size of a rolling pin.
And not in a good way.
Only really hurts if you drop it
Meh, u only remember the balls that hit in the crotch. For the rest you go to the doc, big deal.
Really bro...❤
Cricket was first televised here in 1938. Cricket balls are harder, smaller, and significantly heavier than baseballs. We had an unfortunate kid at my school hospitalized, when he tried to catch a "sky-ed" ball, the sun got in the way, and it landed square on the top of his head - out for the count!
It's 'skied'
As in "skied down the piste"?@@rocketrabble6737
There was no television in 1938
On the radio perhaps
@@juliequiney4078 The UK first broadcast television in 1936.
The bowler who forward flipped and caught it was next level.
Yeah. that was the best
Corey Anderson
Yeah, at nearly ground Zero!
Caught & bowled is rare because it means a phenomenal reaction time.
Yes..he is now playing for USA Cricket team.
I played cricket for over twenty years and as I fielded in the slips, where many catches are taken, I must have taken over two hundred catches. The more you practise and catch the ball, the harder your hands become and most of the time you feel no pain. Of course if you get the ball on the knuckle or on the end of the finger you are likely to suffer an injury.
It's a hard place to catch. I was a keeper for a long time, but every now and then in non-league games I had a go in the slips and I found it much harder to track the ball from bowler, to batsman and then me!
I split my fingers webbing in 2nd slip once
Yep, when people see the size of the knuckle joints on your fingers from years of hairline fractures and start comparing their thumbs to your middle finger, you know you’re a cricketer.
You know it's a terribly biased list when there's only one Jonty Rhodes and only one Australian catch. The Australian team, both men's and women's, are the finest fielding team in the world and take spectacular catches on the regular.
Jonty Rhodes! 🥱 Yes, more subcontinent for sure! Shane Warne or Nathan Lyon, caught & bowled, eg? 👍
Crap video
Top 10 the maker is aware off and can get film off. At least there was a Jonny Rhodes, I was waiting for Derek Randell.
Yeah, John Dyson's screamer should be in there for sure
@@pureholyif you were around to see the Derek Randall catch at the Sydney Cricket Ground, you could never forget it. I haven’t.
The fact that AB de Villier's IPL one handed plucked from the air catch isn't here is criminal. Also Jacque Kallis had some insane catches
Spot the Seth efrikan
@@mikfalk8019 Spot the American with that spelling
AB's was great, there's a lot that could go in the list, a few slips or silly point catches would have been nice to see.
They should just do a Jonty Rhodes highlight reel of classic catches. His ability as fielder was next level to any other criketer I've ever seen. 😊
Almost as good as Ricky Ponting
Jonty Rhodes, Paul Collingwood, Ricky Ponting compilation would be great😊
Jonty Rhodes was over-rated.
Joel Garner was also something special in the gully. He could reach anything.
@@sozza23over rated? He got man of the match as 12th man!
Hi Ryan, cricket is played in the US. There is a league called major league cricket, I know of one famous former Australian cricket coaching the Washington freedom. Just like bluey we're slowly creeping into US culture😊
Somebody has to improve that culture.
Have you seen the bluey episode about cricket?
Americans should understand that George Washington was a keen cricketer
Yeah mate. BLUEY.
They did quite well at this years T20 world cup the USA did.
Ryan you mentioned that the ball sounds hard. IT IS. Much harder than a baseball. The traditional ball is solid seasoned cork covered in tight varnished leather. No " padding" like a baseball or certainly a softball. That's why they wear pads below the knee ... without pads, if hit at full speed it will snap the bones in your shins. The only fielder to wear gloves is the wicket keeper , the catcher equivalent in baseball ( and of course the batsman !) Having stupidly batted without gloves in a local competition , I can attest to how hard the ball is ... 3 broken fingers and other
hand/ wrist bones !
I can feel yah pain , sounds like it kicked off a length , what a dog of a ball to cop , I remember a few I've had ta rip one hand off the bat and watch it best as I could too keep out of my face head mouth just get the bat up and like a Cobra is Striking at you it's in your face, keeping them out can be a bother especially as it won't happen for 40 Min and the ball will hit the back end of that bowlers footmarks again and wow where did that come from , I feel yah pain bruh , no value
Best to learn cricket because it is now an Olympic sport 2028 and some 2024 T20 world cup games to be played in America.
It was played in the Paris 1900 Olympics.
I know but it's going to be played in the next Olympics!!!@@stephenlee5929
Lucky Americans!
These compilations hardly ever include lots of the close in catches where the fielders have barely a split second to take the catch in their finger tips etc. There were a couple of good catches, but there's so many more better than shown in the vid.
Day in day out, it's the slip fielders, gullies and short legs.
Explaining cricket in terms of baseball. Imagine baseball with these rules:
1. No strikeouts. instead, you can't let the ball hit a set of poles in front of the catcher.
2. No foul/fair balls.
3. Two bases, first and home. One player on each base at all times.
4. When you hit the ball, you only have to run if you think you can trade places with the other player without getting tagged out.
5. Trading places is a run. A run is one point.
6. A ground-rule double is four runs.
7. A home run is six runs.
8. An inning is all nine players having to get out once, on each side.
With these rules, baseball would be a much longer game, there would be lots of runs, players could go for hours without getting out, and an out would be a very big deal. That's cricket. :)
Robert , you have brushed what I'll call the point of difference , because you have to protect your CASTLE in cricket , you have to get your body in line with the ball , a first class wicket is turf , over 5 days it cracks , depends how it the wicket / pitch is prepared, but a green top will be fast bouncy , and being green , the sun beating down on the wicket on day one , it will not only placate 100 mph bowling ,and swing from humidity , violent bounce off a reasonable length , you expect waist high , but no , it kicks off a length , and shoot up into your face , so deadly ball , one hand probally off the bat , the top hand will try to lift the bat to protect your face , and you do , then there is the degrading of the wicket , cracks open up , Bowlers footmarks erode close to where the ball pitches , an umpire will warn the bowler if he runs on the wicket , he'll refuse the bowler to bowl if he thinks the bowler is trying to get an unfair advantage , giving the spinners footmarks to bowl into , but after that nasty thing , it's in your mind , and the next ball is much fuller bouncing much closer to you , but the bowler is a leftie , you bat Right hand , a good fast leftie will get late in swing , so a fuller ball pitched at 4th stump ( Imaginary stump) because it is imperative to know where your off stump is , in relation to the line the ball is taking , so you know it may go true , and leave it , then it swings back in , you miss it hits , so you know it may swing , so you have to be good enough to play straight , down the line the ball is tracking , to protect your stumps first line and most important your bat , then your pads , so you cover off stump , so a late inswinger will hit the bat and or pad , but not out coz you hit it , and LBW is not a worry coz you tried to play it , so BALLSHYNESS is a critical to weather your even up to playing cricket , but there are all levels you can play , and an A grade player can easily be humbled in f grade , it's a great leveller but batting in cricket is a lost art , and Helmets breed bad habits , The nuances of batting which incorporates ball shyness , i mean they hurt , cop a ball in the inside thigh man big black and purple bruise next day break you hand bats are 2 piece with a splice , as they jar in your hands ,that hurts too so there is the point of difference ,as I say ,so to non cricketers I ask you to Face up in the local nets , pads gloves ,protector box thigh pad front leg , arm guard , and see if you suffer ball shyness , and work to overcome it you don'tstand back and have swing room , you must get your body in line with the ball to hit it , if you play away from your body you will get injured , probably by an inside edge , it's dangerous to play away step back not good , I like catching barehanded , can't use a rotten mit , cheers Robert, hope I didn't do yah head in , soz Ric
I remember watching that Jadeja catch live (#9) and being absolutely gobsmacked that he reached it. Classy fielder.
Seen better catches than some of these, but not the worst compilation ever. I don't rate the "throw it back from over the line" catches that highly, tbh. Would have liked to see some more slips/close-in catches in this list, too.
Yep and a few parallel to the ground catches in the covers would be good.
Yeah the throw back over the boundary catches are skilled no doubt but would rather watch someone flying through the air to grab a screamer one handed any day.
Yes, there are some amazing wicket keeper catches and also David Boone fielding in close....great anticipation and reflexes.
I caught a ball that had gone past me with my wrong hand only 5 metres from the bat - I was diving at full length...the batsman had thought he'd hit a 4...lol..now that's the best catch never seen!
One of the most common injuries in cricket is broken fingers. If you've never played cricket maybe you don't realise the ball is deadly! It is heavy and solid and made from cork. These catches are phenomenal!
Glad to see Americans exploring the greatest game invented
They will spoil it. They will change the rules to suit their style .
@jacktattis Packer destroyed the art of batting , make a ton , and don't sky the ball , every run along the ground , that's an art , no slogging ,
@@Ducatirati It was not Packer it has got worse with T20
@jacktattis Jack , IT could be argued , that the Don himself is responsible, as , he ran the ACB , and refused to give the Australian team more money , family find own fare ,etc , so Ian Chappell approached the Don with a list of demands , Bradman threw him out , Packer heard of this and pushed Chappell, as he recognised the value of short form cricket , as a few 60-60 ,8 ball over games had been played and was popular , this may have been in England , so secretively, Packer signed the Australian team , The West Indian team ,every South African still banned , some English , some Indians kiwis and made W S C , Australia ,West Indies ,and a World X1 , and it was hard , no "G" so AFL / VFL Park, Arctic Park , for cricket , I went to a few , but , now the art of batting is lost , Helmets make for bad techniques , I got dropped for making a ton , a ton , not really I was told to stop hitting the ball in the air , and I got dropped trying to drive off the back foot , and I knew the even a ton won't keep me out of the magoos next week , it's why games don't go 5 days , wickets contrived , i remember leaving a game with my mates ,and said , congratulations, you've just invented baseball , oh well cheers Jack
@@jacktattis I think tests got washed out , so they thought up 60 -60 over games so the public could watch some cricket and make a dollar , 8 ball overs back then , I'm seeming to remember, onya Jack
noticed number 2 was the black caps - nz does well in sport for such a small country
Trent Boult is on this list twice.
mumble mumble bast... mumble mumble bloody All Blacks mumble mumble bloody Richie McCaw mumble mumble too many bloody world cups mumble mumble bloody Kiwis!
These 'top' compilations are very suggestive. A lot comes down to what footage they have available due to copyright etc, as well as the uploaders personal opinions
Some of the best catches you will see in cricket are in the "slips" cordon. That is the section positioned behind the stumps in a line alongside the wicketkeeper. Great slips fielders have literally microseconds to catch a ball off the side of the bat. Slips catches are not as spectacular as the ones shown here but they often show a lot more skill and insane reflex action.
Michael Clarke, Steve Smith & Ricky Ponting, come to mind in the slips cordon. Brian Lara took some screamer in slips.
Suresh Raina one of the best slip catcher
Mark Waugh. How could cricket fans forget him?
@@Slimasyoulike Mark & Steve Waugh will never be forgotten. Matt Hayden, Boon, AB, DK Lillee & Tomo, won't be forgotten.
@@shaneb4612 mate, you missed out Dean Jones & Warne too. Very capable fielders. 👌🏾
I grew up with cricket, my dad played for our local team. It was an amazing childhood running free around a cricket pitch lol
I remember telling a baseball coach to let’s his kids watch cricket highlights and then play.
When I was playing grade cricket a training drill was to catch raw eggs so you got use to having soft hands, ie catching the ball while decelerating it not hard hands that would smash the egg and bounce out and also hurt your hands big time fyi I fielded at 1st slip or in close in front of the wicket so to avoid broken fingers mastering that technique was a must
The cricket ball IS hard. Imagine a bit of soft wood wrapped in leather coming at you at close to 100mph! These are all relatively recent but cricket has been televised for over 80 years. Some of the best fielders of the last 30 years include Trent Boult, Jonty Rhodes, and Chris Harris.
Target audience: 🇺🇸 Actual audience: 🇮🇳
Just watched the comments properly the audience mainly from aus and eng
Target audience are never 🇺🇸,
Target audience are those who know about cricket
I can think of even better catches, but these are still excellent. And yeah #4 is even more difficult than you think - even an otherwise simple catch becomes a real challenge when you're in your follow-through, let alone a blinder like that one. For me that's the best catch in this compilation.
I couldn't even begin to name a single best-catch-ever, but my personal favourite is the one that David Boon took to complete Shane Warne's hat trick. Incredible reflexes and skills, and yeah the ball hit his hand /very/ hard - much harder than anything in this video.
I said in another chat thread, that Boony never made the cut. Jonty Rhodes only featured once, he'd go close to the top of the best fielder. Where's Kepil Dev, Andrew Symonds, Herschelle Gibbs, AB de Villiers, Brendon McCullum, Dwayne Bravo, Brian Lara, Carl Hooper & Michael Clarke. I've suppose I've got to put a Pom in there maybe the best English fielder Paul Collingwood.
Thanks Ryan, I love late night cricket! 😁 I object to this video! It was actually quite old and there is only one Australian featured in the compilation, a batsman who was caught! More cricket please! 🙋👍
Technically there was more than one Aussie cos number 6 was a domestic game between NSW and Queensland
@@nickwhan92 I missed that! 😁
Think my fav was the bowler who casually did a flip catch with such quick reaction time like it's something he does every day 😅
The thing you don't get the feel for unless you are at the ground is the curve on the ball as it streaks away from the bat. I does not just loop but it spins and slides left or right depending on how it came off the bat.
Two points. 1) The ball is made of wood like material., it is very hard. 2) Cricket is the most watched sport on TV in the world.
I was there at the game for catch number 3. One of the few bright spots in the day for us (New Zealand) as we were getting pounded by Australia.
So like usual then.
@@hades0572Yep. Like going up against the All Blacks Rugby Teams! 😉😊
It's about anticipation, the fielder watches the bowler then concentrates on the movement of the batsmen ,their feet & the bat , the hand eye coordination is phenomenal
Ryan, please take a look at the top 10 run outs as well. They are bound to feature a South African cricketer named Jonty Rhodes (number 3 on this video) who was arguably the best of his era in both run outs and general fielding. That man saved more runs in his career than anyone else I am aware of.
Ricky Ponting? Jonty was a gun, no question, but he wasn't the only gun.
@@darrenjpetersfair nuff
Ponting heads and shoulders clear of anyone when it came to run outs. Arguably catching too!
@@NaveenKumar-tv1vf Mahele Jayawardene and Rahul Dravid are above Ponting in catches. Ponting is king of the run-outs without a doubt. Now compare AB's 53.5 career average with 42.03 for Ponting, AB is the undisputed ODI legend. AB has a 61.75 away game average. Ponting’s away average of 45.04 falls a bit behind, and his home average of 39.17 is almost 13 runs less than AB’s 52.55. With a SR of 101.09, AB is not beaten by Ponting who has 80.39. AB's 50 to 100 conversions is at 28.4% and Ponting has 26.78%. YES, PONTING WAS GREAT, but AB was the greatest! LOL.
@@sharonmartin4036 Are you okay there? You seem to have forgotten to take your meds.
We're all so lucky that the best catches in the entire history of cricket all happened when tv video quality was so good.
Yeah, no skilled cricketers before Digital TV. 😇
I played a lot of cricket and some baseball. What I noticed is that the cricket ball hurts a lot more if it hits you in the body but is a little easier to catch. The baseball is lighter and has those figure 8 seams which make it fly further and move around in the air a little more. Believe me, those seams hurt if catch it bare handed.
When I was at school in the US I had to chastise the ball players and tell them to actually throw it to me even though I was bare handed. They were happy to throw it at each other but only lob it to me until I shouted to just fucking throw it. Then I caught it and threw it back while they stood there gobsmacked. Good times. I fielded mostly at point before I moved overseas so balls flying at me was not an issue.
Catch 4 - Corey Anderson Kiwi all rounder ! He plays for USA now 😉..
Hi Ryan ... you make a great point about where else would you see a bunch of 30 year old guys so happy ... I'll expand on it though .... when these great sporting moments happen you have thousands upon thousands of guys in the stands in their 50s/60s/70s just as happy ... I love your vids.
All countries that play cricket, all have some amazing playerscin their own right and I've seen some pretty spectacular catches from the men and women, even the kids of today take some absolute screamers.
I’d like to give a special honour to sean Abbott in the bbl about two years ago he was fielding at cover and the batsmen hits a fast drive by the time Abbott gets his hand to the ball it is already metre behind him
Edit: it was against Brisbane heat and he caught out chris Lynn who is known for his fast big hits
"I don't like cricket ahh, I love it", yeah people say they would rather watch grass grow, but when you understand strategy of players, bowlers, opposition, pitch etc you would love it? Attack or defend and still watch grass grow. All the best for 2024, cheers mate from New Zealand.
Best catch caught on camera in recent years...open to debate!
The catches near the batmans are amazing , if less cinematic.
Yes, like David Boon at short leg! 😂
I am amazed by the close in fielders. The ball is bloody hard and hit with great force. Paying absolute attention is a must.
The only catch I'd put in my top 10 would be the Jonty Rhodes catch (out of this compilation).
I played village cricket against a team called “Barney and Fulmedstone” which is a small village in Norfolk and they had an American who played for them and he absolutely loved the game of cricket and embraced it( he’s was previously a baseball player) and he was living and working in the UK and he not only loved the actual game but the whole Englishness of it breaking for tea etc etc. cricket is such a magnificent sport
8:08 Jonty Rhodes a feilding era
react more to cricket 😍😍😍😍😍😍 can keep watching these all day everyday!
I mean you can get 10 catches like this in one series of cricket.
In ONE innings, if you're really lucky. But it would make for a short match :)
😂😂 I only subscribed when you said "wen do you see a group of 30 year old men this happy". 😂🤦🏽♂️
If you enjoy cricket, look up AB de Villiers. He is an icon in India and South Africa, but around the world he is respected as one of the most innovative batsmen ever and he has held, or still holds, many world records.
The guy taking the catch in the #3 spot, is a fella by the name of Jonty Rhodes, South African player from the late 90s through the 2000s. He is one of the most athletic men to ever play the game, and even as an Aussie, who was blown away by superlative fielding of Ricky Ponting, I would, like Punter himself, rate Jonty THE best fielder to EVER be in the game.
For some context an American might get, you could consider him akin to the Dominique Wilkins of the art of Fielding, in so much as he is the 'Human Highlight Reel' of that aspect of the game. Not only COULD you make an entire top ten video of Jonty alone, full of catches which would challenge any in this list, people HAVE, hundreds, each one worth a watch, so I would recommend if you want to do another video for the cricket lovers among your fans, watching one of the Jonty highlight videos would be the way to go.
The #2 and #1 catches here, are freakishly good, but only due to the exploitation of the rules to avoid the boundary, they are, somewhat rudimentary catches, Jonty caught balls that would have been impossible for most people to catch, or should have broken hands... in fact, DID, but he caught them anyway, gave his hand a blow and rub afterwards.
If you want a masterclass in cricket catches, there is indeed only one name you need know, Jonty Rhodes.
The balls are as hard as concrete, catching without injury is about learning how to catch.
They are not as hard as concrete, fortunately!
I really loved this, and you've earned yourself a subscriber!
World's second most popular sport after football
Only because India watches it and we have like half of the world's population
1.4B = half ?
@@Trix_001 metaphorically speaking moron
But still more interesting than football
One or two nice catchs there! I see you were impressed by the classic "caught AND bowled".... imagine standing even closer to the batsman and practically plucking the ball off the face of the bat... well... about ten yards away any how! Mike Gatting of England would field with a fast bowler, the great Bob Willis comes to mind, often on the field without a helmet, and he scooped catch after catch that way. His nose was literally plastered over his face in one game. Now that's great fielding by a fearless player!
We had a kid at school who got hit in the chest by the ball straight after it came off the bat.
The sound it made was like someone hitting a deep drum. It made a sickening thud and he screamed and hit the deck.
2 broken ribs.
absolutely love the upload - USA cricket team is very talented and its fantastic to see uploads from States - welcome to cricket and please upload more - thumbs up and subscribed
I hated to have to play cricket at school, we took our life in our hands. Those balls are basically just wood. They've probably made it safer now in schools.
We always used tennis balls for lunchtime or after school cricket!
The ball is pretty heavy and hard, too. From my memory of playing baseball, it's a good bit heavier than a baseball. Definitely harder if nothing else.
Morden cricket has been played since the 1800s.
But the game has been played in some form, since the 13th century 😊
Have you been to Morden? It's in the London Borough of Merton, (South London). It has a cricket club which was formed in 1892, but I'm sure they were playing there before..
@@rocketrabble6737 Oh, I thought it was a mistyped 'modern cricket'.......??
@@CorinneDunbar-ls3ej Aahh, you saw through my subterfuge!
Catches in slip position are toughest and the most amazing to watch.
You can fit three and a half standard baseball fields onto the playing surface of the Melbourne Cricket Ground. It may not look that it is travelling fast, but it is travelling far greater distances in similar time frames to baseball. Yes, it is a much harder ball than a baseball and can travel up to 100 mph.
This is actually incorrect. You can fit that many baseball diamonds on the MCG, but as you haven't taken into account the outfield which is around 350 feet or 108 meters. The MCG is 171m x 146m. So at best you could fit 2 very small baseball fields onto the MCG.
Cricket is a real man's game, and real men don't need gloves.
Women play cricket too and they don’t need gloves either 😄
Keepers do!
@@rocketrabble6737 fair point!
@@anthonyj7989In general there are 2 types of teams. Men's - and Not Men's! 😜😁
Cricket is the greatest most entertaining interesting toughest deadliest painful and unique sport in the world 🏏☝🏻
😊😊 Ryan... Baseball _originated_ here in the UK, _not_ America! 😊😊 🏴🇬🇧🖖
Indeed it did
Yep, sometimes called 'rounders', and one of Britain's oldest games.
Cricket became more popular, but it's still played here. 🇬🇧🤩
@@CorinneDunbar-ls3ej Nope rounders was a completely different game.
Rounders morphed into Baseball , in America , but people prefered cricket , and 1st 2 nd graders play rounders , softball too fits in the Diamond 4 bases , cricket is heaps harder to bat , catch in your hat incurs a 5 run penalty
I love baseball , it's a fun game , no missles coming at ur head , Ribs , and Ball Shyness is a major factor in batting psychology , hurt , kill infact , them red missles ,don't discriminate , Baseball none of the batting issues
I've played a few games at a very low level and also watched loads of "village" cricket. it never fails to make me grin when a ball is heading straight to a fielder and another fielder invariably shouts "catch it" 😆.......
85% Indian viewer 🎉😂
Yes😂.
it stings but it is worth the 5 second sting! and as for the batsman, these ball about 155 grams coming at you at up to 100miles an hour(they wear protective headgear for the last 30 odd years)would do you some damage if the bounce caught you out,and then there is "Silly mid off" ..the name says it all......sorry had to edit...... because one or two comments are spot on,most catches are with both hands and you take the momentum out of the ball by pulling your hands against your body and doing a "small 90 degree turn"
In my view this was not a good selection of catches. The truly impressive catches are made much closer in...the pure reaction catches made in milliseconds defy belief sometimes with the speed of the ball and the fielder reaching almost impossible levels .
6:26 Yuvraj Singh was one of the best fielder in the world back then snd he was from India🇮🇳
I hate that computer generated voice !!
They are ALL bare hand catches ! Only the wicket keeper wears gloves.
Not " 6 points" ..... 6 RUNS.
Just SPORT....no S on the end !
Not " a pitch"....a BOWL/DELIVERY.
Just Jonny Rhodes doing Jonty Rhodes things. But, for mine (pardon me for I show my age) it’s John Dyson against the West Indies in Sydney in 81/82. I think it was Sylvester Clarke batting
It's subjectiv e, they were ok, I've seen better.
A reaction video on jhonthy Rhodes's fielding, is what we all are waiting for!
Not to mention the awesome camera operators that can keep the ball in frame!
Good old days😢❤🇱🇰 Sri Lanka Cricket
The ball is a leather coveted Cork round object with a stiched seam that controls the swing of the ball only the wicketkeeper has padded gloves.
It's also travelling at 150-200 K per hour when the fielder is close by. To judge it and time your jump and not spill it, incredible!
Jonty Rhodes was one of the best fielder of his or any generation, recognised by all. Not only could he catch a ball, but he could throw it at the stumps for run outs, or if needed take the stumps out by diving with the ball. He could bat fairly well as well and bowled. He was a great all-rounder but more, he was an entertainer.
Second best to Ponting imo
As a cricket fan, those over the boundary catches where one player throws it up, jumps over the rope and then catches it again are a bit bullshit, in my opinion. Fair enough if two players are involved and the second one who remains in the field of play completes the catch, but once you go over the rope that should be the end of your chance to dismiss the batter. As for the highest skill catches of all, diving slips catches have to top the list. Like catching a bullet in milliseconds.
For #2, if the fielder steps over the rope while holding the ball, it still counts as six runs. So the act of throwing it in the air, stepping out and back in, and then catching it was as much a feat of quick thinking as it was of athleticism.
Watching this again, I figure I can answer one question you asked: how do you catch when the ball's so hard and so fast and you've got no gloves?
First part is "soft hands" - your hands literally need to be a bit relaxed, have a bit of give in them, or the ball's just going to pop right out (which occasionally happens even to the very best catchers in the world). Also reduces the impact a lot.
Second part is actively moving with the ball - you have to take a lot of kinetic energy out of the ball, and you really want to spread that out over as much time as possible. Clearest example here is #4, the caught-and-bowled: he grabs the ball securely but you see his arm already swinging backwards, and that front-flip is partly about dealing with the ball's kinetic energy. Likewise with the normal one-handed catches you'll see the entire arm move with the ball, and with two-handed catches you'll see pretty much the entire body moving to accommodate.
That's all in theory if everything goes right, of course - in reality sometimes you take the impact a lot more violently. It's fairly common for a real catch to hurt, sometimes quite a bit. But yeah we do lots of catching drills, where we practice catching a ball as softly and securely as possible.
I liked that it featured Mohammed Kaif, Yuvraj Singh and Jonty Rhodes - they're pretty epic catchers. I think the bowler's catch was that of Corey Anderson. You could make a series out of Jonty Rhodes he's an insane athlete. Ricky Ponting's run-outs is another collection in itself.
I loved Suryakumar Yadav's catch this weekend against South Africa in the last overs of the world cup T20 finals. One of the best catches under pressure in a WC finals.
Okay, that No.2 was a hell of a move. If he'd caught the ball outside the boundary, the batsman would've been dismissed, but it... think it still would've been a six? By tapping it back over the boundary, then following up by making the catch inside it, he not only dismissed the batsman, but denied him the six as well. Spectacular stuff.
Not just the hardness and weight of the ball, but these are often mis-hits by definition so the ball is spinning phenominally after hitting the edge of the bat.. There's a milli-second before you grasp the ball when you can hear it 'buzzing' and you know it's going to 'burn' and hurt like hell.
As one who played a lot of club cricket in his youth - there are days when everything sticks, and there are days when nothing sticks, and no-one has ever worked out why.
Key to catching. Cricket ball is to have soft hands and let the ball move (swing your wrist) upon the moment of impact so that the momentum transfer is stretched. You don’t stop it but let the ball snuggle in.
The only cricketer who wears gloves is the wicket-keeper who crouches behind the batter. That's because if the ball goes through to the wicket-keeper it can be travelling at up to about 100 mph
Best cricket reaction video ever!
You need to react to Jhonty rhodes fielding, the greatest fielder of all time..
If you like cricket, there are essentially 2 types. The one day or evening matches in which 'have a go" is the aim and the big whacks are numerous as it's often a race against time . The 4 or 5 day test matches where the aim is to outsmart, consolidate by defensive batting till the bowlers tire and the ball deteriorates, (a new ball is more threatening to a batter as it is harder and its shine gives it more chance of hitting the bat edge and flying to a fielder behind the wicket (a slip fielder).
The hardest catches involve running (eyes bobbling) backwards (having to yank neck to look behind) and diving out with one hand or
running toward the ball and diving forward to catch the ball in front of your face (ie you miss, you get face surgery)
The reflex catches are often the easiest but appear spectacular
The baseball is pitched from closer and travels faster.
The cricket ball moves in the air - swings either way depending on the seam position. It also moves off the wicket (pitch) either way depending on landing on the seam or bowled with a cutting action.
Two i remember was Steve Waugh running flat out towards the white back screen and taking a catch at full speed before killing himself over his head. Another was David Boon at Leg Slip ( so very close to the batter ) picking one up at full arm length off the grass requiring instant reflexes like a spider
Cricket, lovely cricket 🏏❤
Jonty Rhodes in fielding was pure nightmare fuel for Batsmans.