Wedgie wrote:I think the best catch I saw was Wundke? for SA in the early/mid 80s in the 1 day series who was fielding around square leg, dove full length to get one hand on a ball that was flying, it popped up, he then had to dive the other way to finish off the catch.
Hey, someone else that remembers that catch! It was to dismiss Kim Hughes during a domestic one dayer. Hughes was fighting his way back into form after resigning as Australian captain and getting dropped from the National side. He was hitting the ball very hard that day, and looked as though he had turned the corner. That was a very, very good catch to dismiss him. I reckon the first bite of the cherry, full stretch off the ground, could have broken the hand of a lesser man, then the miraculous dive to keep the crumbs from hitting the ground ensured I'd never forget that catch.
Felt very sorry for Kim Hughes though, he looked set to make a ton that day!
