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    Posted: 16 December 2006 at 4:00pm
What in your opinion is the greatest catch you've seen before in cricket, this can be in any form of the game, First-Class, List A, Test Match, ODI, Twenty20 and from any time in history.
 
For me it's Collingwood's catch from Hayden against Australia in the NatWest series last year, it was a fabulous one-handed catch and one which I won't forget in a long time.
 
For those of you who haven't seen it, here it is:
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Fatty Vautin's catch was something special. LOL

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Post Options Post Options   Quote NZ_Fast Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 16 December 2006 at 11:07pm
Matthew Sinclair, chappel-hadlee series 2 years ago i think, running diving catch, one handed, taken millimeteres off the ground. Absolutly brilliant. havnt seen anything like it since
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Post Options Post Options   Quote abubakar52 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 16 December 2006 at 11:54pm
Yea that Matthew Sinclair one is amazing
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Post Options Post Options   Quote eddyc_solid Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 17 December 2006 at 2:27pm
paul collingwood in 0di series before the 2005 ashes against australia matthew hayden cut it powerfully and collingwood dived fully stretched and took it back handed
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Jonty Rhodes caught a few stunners.

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Collingwoods was good as was Adam Dale's a few years ago, McGraths a few yrears back. My two best are the waugh brothers. Nearly 20 years ago, Steve Waugh took off from inside the circle and running back with the flight caught Roger Harper behind the sightscreen off McDermott. Mark Waugh's one handed catch of Chris Cairns at midwicket during the 90's was in my opinion, the best ever.
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Post Options Post Options   Quote BOBBI Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 21 December 2006 at 5:39am

Or for that matter, any catch either Devan Malcom or Tuffers actually held onto could be labelled special.

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Some taken by Chris Harris were unbelievable
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Pollock took a screamer at extra cover the other day, it was with his wrong hand as well as being taken on the inside which is much tougher. I thought it was up there with the best I've seen. Also, Collingwood took one in a one-dayer a few years back full stretch over his head, it curved really viciously at speed and he still plucked it out the air. Not forgetting Strauss, obviously, and there's one I saw on youtube which Sachin took, one handed by his knee, sprinting round the boundary

http://youtube.com/watch?v=yAoecpEF7bw
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Post Options Post Options   Quote thongale Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 21 December 2006 at 12:44pm
See this one. It's in the middle of the innings. (At about 3.59 on time line) Roshan Mahanama catches a screamer. Bevan ct Mahanama b Pushpakumara (That's why he is in the top bracket with Jonty, Ponting or Gibbs)

http://youtube.com/watch?v=DDNWRhBy4Bo
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Post Options Post Options   Quote minimurali Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 21 December 2006 at 7:41pm
This is very smart fielding by the one and only Mark Taylor.
 
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Post Options Post Options   Quote TCA123 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 26 December 2006 at 10:26pm
Originally posted by thongale

Some taken by Chris Harris were unbelievable
 
My mate is called Chris Harris! He's not a bad fielder. Quite slow though! Wink
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Post Options Post Options   Quote spin wizard Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 27 December 2006 at 3:21am
Collingwood taking Hayden in 2005!
Mark Waugh taking Wasti in 2 slips in 99 WC!
Pollock took a blinder the other day off Dhoni!
D Bravo against Shane Warne last year was a magnifcent C & B - the best caught and bowl I have seen!
Astle taking a West Indian batter right at the ropes in an Odi match!
Vasbert Drakes stunner to out the raging John Davison in his WC record match!
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Post Options Post Options   Quote ANIL KUMBLE Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 27 December 2006 at 3:29am

2003/04 VB series Australia v Zimbabwe,Douglas Hondo pulls off a unbelivable catch one went over his head at slips and stretched his arm out and pulled of a back flip in the making as well.

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Post Options Post Options   Quote NZ_Fast Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 29 December 2006 at 3:17am
Originally posted by spin wizard

Astle taking a West Indian batter right at the ropes in an Odi match!
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Ohh i remember that one...the ball was actually over the boundary (but in the air) when he took it. Luckily he managed to keep his feet from touching the boundary rope. I still rate Sinclairs as way better though


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runako morton's one handed catch in the deep was amazing.
I'm not sure team he was  playing against at that time though
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Post Options Post Options   Quote Freddie Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 01 January 2007 at 7:43pm
Here's another great caught and bowled catch by Curtly Ambrose I've found on YouTube off Steve Waugh, unbelievable how he manages to catch it so easily.
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Any catch by azharuddin and m Waugh at slip.
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The one  Matthew Sinclair against aussie a couple of years ago ... no doubt in my mind
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Post Options Post Options   Quote wrong un Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 07 January 2007 at 6:32am
Paul Collingwood,b'coz it was hit with awesome power
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96 Singer world Cup in Sri lanka (Finals)
Mahanama took a screamer of Mcgrath
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Drake's catch to dismiss John Davidson to dismiss John Davidson after his 67 ball 100 against the West Indies at WC 2003. I love the disbelief in the commentators voice .....
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ko4IZ9WHl1g


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Mathew Sinclair's catch has to be the best, amazing.
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Post Options Post Options   Quote bang Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 07 March 2007 at 5:19am
Mahanama's catch In 96 singer cup is the best one I have seen. 
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Post Options Post Options   Quote samhache Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 29 May 2007 at 10:49am
the matthew sinclair catch was AMAZING!! he caught the ball behind him, beyond the laws of physics

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Post Options Post Options   Quote spin wizard Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 29 May 2007 at 11:33pm
I remember in the 2003 WC, Aus vs Zim. Blignaut was on fire and Lee bowled to him and Blignaut cracked a straight drive right back at lee's head at the speed of light and some how or the other, Lee hung on to it. It was pure reflex and if Lee didn't get his hand in the way, he would have been in the graveyard all now!!
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Post Options Post Options   Quote samhache Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 30 May 2007 at 7:15am
some of the catches that fielders pull off are just pure luck and some are skill. But to be able to react that quickly is so hard. The wicket keepers have amazing reflexes, one that comes to mind for this is brendon mccullum, i say hes like a cat behind the stumps.
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the best i have ever seen was either strauss against austraila the where he was going to try and catch it with both hands but couldn't so went only one handed. Also there was one that i saw on the cricket review thing on sky. it mite of been the one u guys have been talking about. it was a new zealander and he jumped a bent he back over the bounder line to catch it the fell back in amazing catch
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that catch was by Nathan Astle, also a stunner. Buy that man a VB.
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