The "What a catch" Richie Benaud Memorial Medal.

[SeamUp]

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.

He did that a couple of times but the one that stands out was 1999 World Cup against England. Can't remember who but Robert Croft seems to come to mind.

 

[Gnske]

And this is only the second best catch by a big boy in international cricket.

 

[Adders]

Somehow no one has nominated the Collingwood catch yet

Ponting in Perth? Was just coming in to make that my submission......

 

[jimmy101]

A few more confirmed nominations then.

Roger Harper

'AJ Lamb c Harper b Marshall' Perth, 1987
In contention for: ATG ODI catch, ATG infield catch
Nominated by: andruid
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpuneqImXeM


Jonty Rhodes (2)

'RDB Croft c Rhodes b Klusener' The Oval, 1999
In contention for: ATG ODI catch, ATG infield catch
Nominated by: SeamUp
Link: Jumping Jonty Rhodes Awesome Catch Wc 1999 - England Vs South Africa [Yutube.PK] - Video Dailymotion


Paul Collingwood

'RT Ponting c Collingwood b Anderson' Perth, 2010
In contention for: ATG Test catch. ATG slips/gully catch
Nominated by: Adders
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6fcko3knok


There have also been some more mentions of other great catches, if anyone could dig up some info/links to these that'd be great.

 

[Bijed]

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.

Yup, fine with that

 

[ankitj]

Btw, is there a rule that fielders must not move until the ball reaches striker? Should this catch be legal: https://youtu.be/KUghFbEprgA

 

[Immenso]

Trent Boult for ring field catch.

https://youtu.be/8_MzyLHOBOo

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Somehow no one has nominated the Collingwood catch yet

Which one?

 

[ankitj]

Which one?

Must be this one: https://youtu.be/B20r0Nz-ziA

Better than the one nominated IMHO.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

Must be this one: https://youtu.be/B20r0Nz-ziA

Better than the one nominated IMHO.

That was the one I was thinking of but he had quite a collection over the years.

 

[Daemon]

Must be this one: https://youtu.be/B20r0Nz-ziA

Better than the one nominated IMHO.

Yep that's the one. Best catch I've seen taken at point.

 

[OverratedSanity]

 

[Daemon]

Hahah his face after taking that is priceless.

 

[vcs]

That might be the most spectacular catch ever.

 

[ch00baka]

 

[Red]

I remember watching this as a kid and I was a massive SWaugh fan in those days.

 

[jimmy101]

Restricted to mobile use only for the next few days, so I will update all of the most recent nominations then and probably commence the voting process shortly thereafter.

If anyone has anymore catches they'd like to nominate, by all means, feel free. A couple of categories which could use some more nominations are ATG c&b and ATG WK catch.

 

[flibbertyjibber]

I guess the best "CATCH" is the South African cameraman this week.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Best wicketkeeper catch I've ever seen is the first one in this video off Underwood's bowling. Absolutely unreal reflexes.

 

[cnerd123]

Man I wanna nominate some but I'm going to have to trawl through youtube to find them.

There was one Collingwood took in an ODI against Aus before the 2005 Ashes that was pretty great. Then there are several of those caught-at-boundary, falling-over-boundary, throw-it-back-in, jump-back-into-play, take-the-catch style catches that are worth nominating.