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The "What a catch" Richie Benaud Memorial Medal.

SeamUp

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Best outfield catch : Adam Bacher to end one of the great innings by Tendulkar at Newlands and one of the best partnerships



Also to the Kiwi fans. I seem to remember a Jonty Rhodes catch in New Zealand where he kept back-heeling and turning and dived backwards and fully horizontal to the ground with his face in the dark night sky and took it. It was the series where Cullinan took poor Vettori to the cleaners I think.
 
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Burgey

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Nominate

Clarke c Dyson b Yardley scg 1982
Kallacharan c&b Botham 1979-80 odi in Australia
 
OverratedSanity

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Jonty took 2-3 outrageously good ones in a single game and got MotM for it. The one at 2:20 is especially ridiculous.

 
Bijed

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0:23 in this one. I mean, realistically it's not the best catch ever but I do like it

 
Bijed

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Also, whilst it's not an amazing catch in itself, I found this one whilst looking for the above, which I hadn't seen before.


Apparently, for all his faults, Geraint Jones was very good at taking catches when the ball bounces off someone else first.
 
ankitj

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Amazing thread. Great nominations all of them.

Here's my nomination: Allan Lamb c Tendulkar b Hirwani.

 
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Sticking your hand out to pouch it mid-air when you've seen the ball coming for a few seconds can be easier than the leading edge taking you unawares. The first has an element of catching form about it, where once in a while everything seemingly hits flush in the center of the mitt; the second has not an insignificant amount of luck attached. The toughest to me have always been low and in front of you (mostly in the slips...I'm sure Brian McMillan, Mark Waugh/Taylor, etc. caught a few of those in their time), or the ones where you have to run in the other direction as the ball threatens to overtake you. Kapil's catch in the 83 final to get Viv is a good example.
 
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jimmy101

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Bijed said:
Also, whilst it's not an amazing catch in itself, I found this one whilst looking for the above, which I hadn't seen before.


Apparently, for all his faults, Geraint Jones was very good at taking catches when the ball bounces off someone else first.
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Great catch, but I think the Strauss/Jones catch to get rid of Warne is undeniably better. So I might just accept that one only if you're cool with that Bijed.
 
jimmy101

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Let's recap the latest nominations...

John Dyson

'ST Clarke c Dyson b Yardley' SCG, 1982
In contention for: ATG Test catch, ATG outfield catch
Nominated by: Burgey
Link (0:33): https://www.cricket.com.au/news/fea...classic-catches-highlights/2018-01-25?mode=wv


Ian Botham

'AI Kallicharran c&b Botham' Adelaide, 1980
In contention for: ATG ODI catch, ATG c&b
Nominated by: Burgey
Link (0:42): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VbLRUtitdE


Jonty Rhodes

'AC Cummins c Rhodes b Donald' Mumbai, 1993
In contention for: ATG ODI catch, ATG infield catch
Nominated by: OverratedSanity
Link (2:22): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqHBjb2t5Ak


Rangana Herath

'MS Wade c Hearth b Kulasekara' Brisbane, 2012
In contention for: ATG ODI catch, ATG outfield catch
Nominated by: OverratedSanity
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=5&v=9h5ZGtxMKOg


Mark Taylor

'CL Hooper c Taylor b Bevan' SCG, 1996
In contention for: ATG Test catch, ATG slips/gully catch
Nominated by: OverratedSanity
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfKaqQz6ueg


Dinesh Karthik

'GC Smith c Karthik b Singh' Kingsmead, 2007
In contention for: ATG T20I catch, ATG slips/gully catch
Nominated by: srbhkshk
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkbMgLhmZEU


Geraint Jones

'SK Warne c Jones b Flintoff' Old Trafford, 2005
In contention for: ATG Test catch, ATG WK catch
Nominated by: Bijed
Link (0:22): https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=31&v=lpui20lBwwI


Tom Latham

'F du Plessis c Latham b Santner' Hamilton, 2017
In contention for: ATG Test catch, ATG infield catch
Nominated by: Bijed
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=5KqA1cy0Nf0


Sachin Tendulkar

'AJ Lamb c Tendulkar b Hirwani' Lord's, 1990
In contention for: ATG Test catch, ATG outfield catch
Nominated by: ankitj
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=7&v=SH2I6DdK21c


Kapil Dev

'IVA Richards c Kapil Dev b Madan Lal' Lord's, 1983
In contention for: ATG ODI catch, ATG outfield catch
Nominated by: Arachnodouche
Link: Kapil catches Viv Richards World Cup Final 1983 - Video Dailymotion
 
vcs

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OverratedSanity said:
Jonty took 2-3 outrageously good ones in a single game and got MotM for it. The one at 2:20 is especially ridiculous.

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Jonty Rhodes's standard was so far ahead of his time it was ridiculous.

I vaguely remember one where he jumped, parried the ball up goal-keeper style, got up off the ground and managed to take it. Blew my mind.
 
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