#2 Second slip – Mark Waugh
“Don’t try and catch the ball, let the ball catch you.” – was what Junior Waugh had once advised a fellow cricketer. While most slip fielders around the world, tensed their forearms on hearing the edge, Waugh did the opposite – he would relax and position himself behind the line of the ball, and make extremely difficult catches look easy.
Most of his 289 catches have come at 2nd slip, especially while facing pacers; while he also stood in at silly point for spinners, and later at 1st slip, once Mark Taylor retired. With an impressive 0.592 catches per innings, Mark Waugh is our favourite fielder at 2nd slip.
Notable Mentions: Carl Hooper, Jacques Kallis, Allan Border, Graeme Hick & Andrew Strauss
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