Top Ten Catchers / Fielders in Test-ODI-T20 Cricket

Top Ten Catchers / Fielders in Test Cricket

Test Cricket is a variant of Cricket which is based on figures. Test Cricket requires a lot of passion as the matches are conducted over a period of 5 days, which can prove to be very taxing if the interest in the game is not present.

Test Cricket is the longest sport in its kind and it can get very boring for the audience, but this is the form of cricket which helps in finding out the player’s ability in the sport.

The many aspects of cricket are batting, bowling and fielding, fielding being the most important, as it doesn’t only mean catching hold of the ball, but also requires the fielder to be alert all the time and on their toes.

International Test Cricket was earlier slated to be played only among nations, but this aspect was also recently changed by the International Cricket Council.

Top Ten Catchers/Fielders in International Test Cricket are:

1. Rahul Dravid
2. Mark Waugh
3. Ricky Ponting
4. Stephen Fleming
5. Brian Lara
6. Jacques Kallis
7. Mark Taylor
8. Allan Border
9. Mahela Jayawardene
10. Matthew Hayden

Top Ten Catchers / Fielders in ODI Cricket

Fielding has recently come up to be a top priority as a catch dropped now could also mean a match lost much in advance. It has become an art and to master it, one requires a lot of hard work and dedication.
One Day Internationals are also known as Limited Over International due to the limit on the over bowls by each team, which is generally up to 50 overs, thus creating the rush to score well. It is played between two teams at national level.

One Day Internationals are far more exciting than test matches and they manage to attract a decent amount of attention and crowd as not everyone is ready to hang in around for 3-5 days.

Top Ten catchers/fielders in ODI are:

1. Mahela Jayawardene
2. Mohammad Azharuddin
3. Ricky Ponting
4. Sachin Tendulkar
5. Stephen Fleming
6. Muttiah Muralitharan
7. Allan Border
8. Rahul Dravid
9. Sanath Teran Jayasuriya
10. Carl Hooper

Top Ten Catchers / Fielders in T20 Cricket

20Twenty, also known as T20, is the latest concept in the game of cricket. It is the shortest variant and an enhancement of One Day Internationals. This format of the game makes it very unpredictable.
Fielding does have its own set of restrictions due to the limited over and the way the match goes on. A few balls can turn the game around completely.

T20 has been a successful concept because of the excitement attached to the game. But from a fielder’s perspective, it is not the best platform to showcase their abilities.

The fact that the match lasts for a total of 3.5 hours attracts a lot of people towards it.

Here is the list of the best ten catches in T20:

1. A.B. de Villiers
2. L.R.P.L. Taylor
3. M.E.K. Hussey
4. G.C. Smith
5. D.J. Hussey
6. Shoaib Malik
7. D.A. Warner
8. S.C.G. Broad
9. M.J. Clarke
10. S.P.D. Smith

Cricket World Cup Batting Records

Best batting records in World Cup

Highest scores, most runs, highest batting average, many sixes, ……. and the list goes on with so many records made under the batting section of cricket World Cup records.

To start with, the list of batting records cannot miss the best batting effort ever made in the history of cricket by Kapil Dev at 1983 World Cup match at Turnbridge, Indian team were 78 for 7 while batting first against newcomers Zimbabwe.

Kapil Dev made 175 not out, with 6 sixes and 16 fours in all and that remains one of the best batting efforts in cricket World Cup batting records.
Following are the three most viewed batting records in all Cricket World Cups to date:
1. Most runs in a/all Cricket World Cup tournaments:
Sachin Tendulkar proved himself in the 1996 and 2003 World Cup by making most runs (673 runs) in all matches of  a single World Cup) . As the career of the best batsman, Sachin Tendulkar, the modern cricket world has seen comes to an end, his records will always speak volumes about kis cricket skill. This remarkable batsman is followed by another great name which is Mark Waugh of Australia, with 448 runs in 1996 World Cup
2. Highest Individual Cricket World Cup scores:
This record was made in the 1996 World Cup when South Africa was playing against UAE.  Usually slow batsman, Gary Kristen decided to go after the ball and hit 13 fours and 4 sixes to make 188 not out against the opposition, followed by Sourav Ganguly who scored 183 runs against Sri Lanka at Taunton in 1999 World Cup.
3. Fastest fifties and centuries in Cricket World Cups:
Now this record is the one which made people go crazy and thrilled.  JM Davison from Canada, not a very well known name in cricket, shocked the audiences by scoring the fastest 100 from 67 balls in World Cup. In the same match Brian Lara from the opposition team made the record of 73 runs from 23 balls, also included the fastest 50 in a World Cup.

And if one wants to look at who scored the most centuries in cricket World Cups, the list has some legendary batsmen names included in it with Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Mark Waugh, and even Saeed Anwar to some extent.

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