10 best catches in the history of cricket

As the old saying goes, catches winmatches. The game of cricket has seen some unbelievable catches being taken on the field,and here is a collection of the best 10.Jonty Rhodes Widely acknowledged as someone who redefined fielding in cricket

#10 Kieron Pollard

The Mumbai Indians all-rounder’s catch at the long-on boundary was awarded as the catch of the season in IPL 2014. He realized that he might fall over the boundary and threw the ball back and came back to clinch it.

#9 David Hussey

The Australian limited overs specialist took an unbelievable catch at the boundary for Kolkata Knight Riders against Delhi Daredevils in IPL 2010. The strike seemed like a sure six, but Hussey juggled the ball in his first attempt, threw it back into play on the second and completed the catch on the third.

#8 AB de Villiers

The South African genius is well known for his athleticsm but he stunned everyone in the field when he hung on to this powerful blow off Praveen Kumar in IPL 2011. Fielding at deep long-on for Delhi Daredevils, it seems he misjudged the catch as the ball appeared to fly over him, but he compensated for it by timing his jump to perfection.

#7 Trent Boult

The New Zealand speedster is one of the trend setters in world cricket at the moment as far as fielding standards are concerned. He is as good in the field as he is with the ball. In the clip, watch him take a blinder at cover off Corey Anderson’s bowling.

#6 Kieron Pollard

The Caribbean international took this catch at deep midwicket against Australia, reaching out for it with one hand. Despite being a tall man, he balanced his weight well and did not cross over the boundary ropes.

#5 James Kirtley

Sourav Ganguly would have fancied a bit more bat on the ball as a mistimed hit was dropping wide of the deep long on fielder. Geraint Jones covered a large amount of ground to reach the ball in the first place and held on to it equally well.

#4 Manish Pandey

The 2010 Ranji Trophy final produced something that the packed crowd will never forget. The Karnataka youngster, running in from deep midwicket, threw himself towards the ball that everyone presumably thought was going to the boundary. Simply magical from the Indian to hold on to that in a single handed attempt.

#3 Jonty Rhodes

The South African superman has taken many stunners, and this was just one among them. Here, he flies towards his left at short extra cover in an ODI against England to complete the catch.

#2 Jonty Rhodes

The Protean this time flew upright but could only get his fingers on the ball. However he showed amazing reaction time as he completed the catch on the rebound on his way down. This happened in the World Cup fixture against England in 1999.

#1 Paul Collingwood

Matthew Hayden’s priceless reaction after the catch was completed sums it up! No way would he have imagined walking back to the pavilion after making that kind of contact.