Rashid Latif finally admits it...

[zaremba]

Latif admits claiming dropped catch

And here it is to watch again in all its glory.

In a way a little bit of me feels a little bit sorry for him - a moment of madness has stained his reputation for life.

 

[BoyBrumby]

Fair play for finally confessing, but given how blatant it looks one wonders why it's taken quite so long.

 

[social]

Must have a book coming out

Stay tuned for admissions of drug and wig use

 

[Lillian Thomson]

Personally I couldn't a monkey's until every batsman that didn't walk and every bowler who's taken wickets they knew damn weren't out start confessing.

 

[Matt79]

Wow, the comments on the Youtube link are special. Clearly some lovely people out there....

 

[Uppercut]

It's a bit like when someone who everyone already knew was gay comes out of the closet. It's not really news.

 

[zaremba]

Wow, the comments on the Youtube link are special. Clearly some lovely people out there....

Yeah this kind of clip really brings out the best of YouTubers.

Of the comments that are neither obscene nor abusive nor racist, the pick has to be this:

hey wait a a second he caught the ball and after sometime the ball came out, its same as when someone catches the ball and then throws it in 1 second

 

[zaremba]

It's a bit like when someone who everyone already knew was gay comes out of the closet. It's not really news.

Slightly troubling analogy there Uppercut but I see your point

 

[Migara]

will clarke admit it?

 

[Matt79]

Just so we're clear, would you be able to post a link to this infamous claimed catch of Clarke's? I'm pretty certain I know which one you're referring to, but I'm continually confused as to why some people are SO up-in-arms about it, so am wondering whether I've missed something...

 

[Top_Cat]

Just so we're clear, would you be able to post a link to this infamous claimed catch of Clarke's? I'm pretty certain I know which one you're referring to, but I'm continually confused as to why some people are SO up-in-arms about it, so am wondering whether I've missed something...

Has to be the one against NZ;

YouTube - Michael Clarke catch

There was a contentious one in the Sydney Test against India but I thought it was fine.

 

[Migara]

only difference is one served a ban and other walked scott free.

 

[Matt79]

nah bs... one had the ball fall out and bobble back in before he landed on the ground, the other took it, rolled over three times, dropped it, looked at it for a second, THEN picked it up and appealled.

The Clarke one is bad, but nowhere in the same league. I remain perplexed as to why he gets singled out for such loathing when there have been several instances much like that.

 

[Migara]

colored glass in action

 

[Jono]

I haven't seen one as bad as Clarke for a while tbf Matt.

But yeah, not as bad as Latif.

Clarke should have come out and apologised though, similarly to Jayawardene back in 2005. I don't remember Clarke doing it.

 

[Noble One]

Fair play to Latif, obviously something he had to make public. A lot easier to do once retired and the weight of the media, public and officials expectations have dimmed.

Not sure if it will have any major reputational effects in years to come. Few will recall the name Rashid Latif in 50 years time as it is.

 

[Lillian Thomson]

It doesn't seem to be on youtube but the worst one ever was Saleem Yousuf claiming to have caught Ian Botham in 1987. It's mentioned at the bottom of this article.
Within the laws but against the spirit | Cricket Features | Global | Cricinfo.com

He literally picked the ball up from two feet behind him after rolling over, and claimed the catch.

 

[SJS]

Fair play for finally confessing, but given how blatant it looks one wonders why it's taken quite so long.

Exactly and its amazing that he said this when it was so very blatant.

"If I had been convinced that I had not taken a clean catch and that the ball popped out of my gloves before I completed the catch motion, I would have called the batsman back"​

There is absolutely nothing to his admitting it now. What difference does it make? You have to be blind in one sense or another to sea that footage and still need to hear it from Rashid's mouth that it was not deliberate to know for sure.

 

[Jungle Jumbo]

AB de Villiers last summer was pretty poor, it seemed obvious to everyone after the replay that he must have known it hadn't carried.

 

[four_or_six]

AB de Villiers last summer was pretty poor, it seemed obvious to everyone after the replay that he must have known it hadn't carried.

Oh yeah, that's the one where Vaughan went and had a massive go at de Villiers at lunch and then got involved in a controversy about one of his own that afternoon.