Best cricket photograph you've seen

[silentstriker]

The best I've seen actually is at my university in America (go figure), and its a photo on the wall at our gym.

In the middle of the frame, you see a bright red ball, in focus, with perfect seam position. The bowler about five yards behind it, slightly out of focus and completely suspended in air, still in the middle of his follow through, staring directly at the ball.

I thought it was just about the perfect photograph, and I've been trying to see if I can find another copy to buy. What about you?

 

[Engle]

My fav would be the black and white pic of Thommo, shark-jawed, powerful and perfectly poised to propel the projectile with petrifying pace

 

[Richard]

The pic of Rhodes taking the catch off Croft in ETS 1998 - a catch surely impossible to better - is my fave. The best photos are usually of great pieces of fielding in my experience, it's hard for a still to convey the true majesty of anything in cricket other than fielding.

They say the one of Rhodes running out Inzamam in the 1992 WC is a superb one, too - unfortunately the paper, The Hindu, has irregularly strict copyrights so no-one who hasn't got that issue of said paper will ever be able to see it.

 

[sideshowtim]

The pic of Rhodes taking the catch off Croft in ETS 1998 - a catch surely impossible to better - is my fave. The best photos are usually of great pieces of fielding in my experience, it's hard for a still to convey the true majesty of anything in cricket other than fielding.

They say the one of Rhodes running out Inzamam in the 1992 WC is a superb one, too - unfortunately the paper, The Hindu, has irregularly strict copyrights so no-one who hasn't got that issue of said paper will ever be able to see it.

Brilliant!

 

[funnygirl]

My favourite ones

 

[Richard]

Brilliant!

'Tis the one. Quite superb piece of photography, though I forget the photographer's name regrettably.

 

[33/3from3.3]

The one with nine slips is my favourite too.

 

[archie mac]

Might make a great battle?

Anyway, the one I am looking at on my wall right now; Trumper stepping out to drive the ball, top hand gloveless bat high above his head. the one I have has been coloured

 

[Richard]

A Beldam photo in colour?

Any chance you could take a pic with a camera and post it?

 

[archie mac]

A Beldam photo in colour?

Any chance you could take a pic with a camera and post it?

I am not sure how?

 

[Burgey]

The photo of Gilly cover-driving in the 99 Hobart test which was used in the Battle of the Test matches thread is a classic. Power, timing, mastery:

One which sums up so much of what is good in cricket, and what must have been just an insanely chaotic moment:

Probably my favourite, because it sums up the agony and ecstasy of a close game, and just how lonely a cricket field can be:

 

[dontcloseyoureyes]

 

[Burgey]

God, how did I leave that one out?

A cracking photo.

 

[Bouncer]

The Only time in test match cricket when a bowler cleaned up a batsman with a ball that all 3 stumps were uprooted....pretty cool, aint it!

 

[simmy]

Obvious hands down winner.

Great sporting moment from the best series ever.

 

[Pratters]

The pic of Rhodes taking the catch off Croft in ETS 1998 - a catch surely impossible to better - is my fave. The best photos are usually of great pieces of fielding in my experience, it's hard for a still to convey the true majesty of anything in cricket other than fielding.

They say the one of Rhodes running out Inzamam in the 1992 WC is a superb one, too - unfortunately the paper, The Hindu, has irregularly strict copyrights so no-one who hasn't got that issue of said paper will ever be able to see it.

Wisden in fact wanted to select the photograph as the best of the 1990s in their millenium issue in which they selected one photo from each decade but Hindu didn't consent and so had to do with Croft photo you mention.

 

[archie mac]

Lets have a battle

 

[FRAZ]

Saw these pictures some where here .Re-putting em !

Tendulkar was at his max prime . Day was hot and the pitch wasn't that great for bowling and the bowler was Shoaib Akhtar !
SR Tendulkar b Shoaib Akhtar 0 2 1 0 0

 

[biased indian]

 

[Fiery]