For context, the original video states they only have rights to show catches made in England since 2000, and they picked 40 themselves and viewers ranked them. That's why England is always playing and why; for example; a "best catches" list features nothing by Jonty Rhodes...
A cricket ball is basically a solid lump of hard cork with string wrapped round it, then sealed in a coating of leather, and it can come off the bat at 100mph. I have a permanent small mark on my shin from where one hit me while I was fielding - 30 years ago! The most common injury in cricket is splitting the webbing between the bottom of fingers while fielding. The one at 15:20 which Sarah Taylor caught was a reverse sweep. The batter swang the bat as if she was a left-hander, to fool the fielders. In this case, it didn't work!.
My little finger got fractured while catching the ball when I was a kid and I didn't show that to doctor. Then bone in that finger found its way to connect with broken fragment of bone & now I can't do Namaste properly. 😂 My fingers looks like this when I do Namaste : |)
Hi Ryan. The number 2 catch was taken by an Aussie, Glenn Maxwell. Take a look at his 201 not out vs Afghanistan last year in the ICC World Cup. It is truely special. He was cramping so much, he couldn’t run. An amazing innings.
Hi Carol! Have you heard of Event/Exercise 201 helld in New York in September of 2019 (organized by Bill Gates and other special proAgenda2030 enteties):- preparation for a glowbaal pan-demonic? It would be amazing if you check it out and broaden your interests! 🏌️
Jomboy’s review is the best (and funniest, with his “elbow, thumb, elbow” commentary) analysis I’ve seen. I’m curious whether you’ve seen any other video’s on that match that are worth watching, Caroline?
G'day Ryan when the ball comes off the edge of the bat it is actually called an edge and flies off to the slips players which are the ones standard behind him without gloves they are one of the hardest catches to get in the game as they come off the edge of the bat twice as fast to be a slips Fielder you must have brilliant reflexes 7:07
Hi Ryan. If you look carefully at no. 5 (or #5!) you will see that he dives with two hands, but halfway through the dive, he realises that he can’t reach it, so he changes his body shape to catch with his left hand!
I’m not a fan of cricket, very unAustraluan I know. Your excitement & pure joy watching this is brilliant. Thanks for loving all things Australian 🇦🇺 ❤
@@mehallica666 Oh yeah, of course it is lol. See how can tell how interested in cricket lol. I even watched a doco on cricket from its beginnings ages ago🥴
One of the catchers, James Neesham is an international player from New Zealand and also a You Tuber. Someone asked him to do a cricket reaction video and he said he'll have to check out some cricket (sarcastically) as the comment writer had no idea he was actually talking to a cricketer.
I will watch and like every video you do watching cricket. Very much respect Americans who take the time to give international sports like this a chance, and plus I love cricket haha
We start doing this at 8 or 9 years old, with the full ball. A very good feeling to take a good catch, soft enough hands to absorb the energy but strong enough to grasp the ball and hold on. From my point of view, the high balls dropping from above are the worst, they can shatter bones if they hit the fingertip, but you will not take the catch if you splay your hands out too far. Also there can be a lot of time to think about it. Best hit ball with stick game there is.
But they do have an outie seam, which is rough, and on those edges off the bat, when the ball is spinning, if you get unlucky it can really bite on you.
Catches behind the batsman I mean in slips are the most difficult one. A slip fielder has barely 1-2 mili seconds to react depending on the speed of the bowler and deflection by bat.
I always used to think the same that catches in the 30 yard circle, specially closer to the batsman, are the most difficult. But once I started doing boundary fielding, specially in the long off to deep mid wicket region, I understood how difficult it it is to judge the flight of a big hit, time your run and your dive. So now I always rate a diving boundary catch over a close in fielder catch.
@@xxsaurabhsuman Fielding is difficult everywhere, but on the boundry or out of circle you still have time to adjust. But inside the circle specially in slips you have no time, just reflexes. For that you have to concentrate on the bowler what he is bowling and the movement of the batsman.
@@safarandtravel1999 True. But "Time to think and adjust" is not always a positive. That's why spinners are taught to slow their deliveries and give it more flight. This requires the batsman to think and consider his options, often leading to mistakes.
Albeit being extremely hard to catch and requiring excellent anticipation practice and reflexes using the numbers 1-2 milliseconds to represent the reaction time is by no means true,for starters human reaction time is anywhere between 150-300 milliseconds anything less than that is impossible to catch let alone 1-2 ms reaction time.the catchers get anywhere between 450 to 750 ms to catch the ball
Cricket is all about the bowlers, the ball doesn't just come off "random" angles off the bat the bowler MAKES the ball come off the bat at specific angles depending on the spin and the fielders will be positioned depending on the bowler. Cricket bowling is really something amazing to watch, especially the slow spin bowlers.
Great find. Liked the compilation. Not a Cricket fan, but good compilation of catches. I appreciate your opinion, better than most on YT doing the same thing.
This video shows how significant the field placement is to deal with different batsmen. Big hitters probably go for more boundaries so placing great fielders further out may take those wickets. Other batsmen may aim to pile up individual runs, so fielders close to the wicket may intercept a ball before it bounces. The on-field captain sets the field, usually with discussion with the current bowler, based on known quirks of the batsmen at the wickets, and opportunities to take wickets or contain runs, based on spin or fast bowling.
Hi Ryan, the field settings aren’t random. It’s very calculated based on the bowler and the speed/trajectory he intends to bowl. Therefore the idea is to bowl “to the field” to ensure one of the many ways in which a batsman can be out Also, gotta admit the athleticism of these players. They stand around all day, alert and responsive exactly when they need it
@@desperadox7565 Yeah, whatever. If you're ignorant of cricket that's your problem. The point is a cricket field isn't fixed the way a baseball field is. The captain of a cricket team fielding can place his fielders wherever he likes, except for the wicket-keeper.
Its a pity that they can't do one of these that covers all countries due to 'rights'. this one only included matches involving England or English county games. Jonte Rhodes from South Africa could replace a quarter of these catches on his own. David Boon from Australia also took some great catches.
Yeah, nah, they would all be by Jonty Rhodes, Ricky Ponting, Chris Harris, Lou Vincent, Andrew Symonds, Herschelle Gibbs, Hamish Marshall, Adam Parore, Adam Gilchrist and Brendan McCullum. With maybe one by Paul Collingwood. Sorry to any northern hemisphere people this truth may offend.
A few different things to say, sir! First played 20 years, as a first slip (the guy standing beside the wicket-keeper). Catches there always look unfathomable but in truth there is a technique. At first slip you just stare at the ball and react. At 2nd/3rd/4th slip you stare at the edge of the bat, and your brain just grabs the ball. It is such a focused skill, it looks amazing in game but you are watching the whole thing. Fwiw, the potential damage, I ended my career with dozens of fractures in my fingers, hand, even wrists. Once caught a ball that was bowled at 145kmh, took the catch, looked down to see a bone sticking out of my finger. Hah. That wicket-keeper Sarah Taylor, all in red about #7, was good enough to have been a keeper for the men's team easily. Absolute genius. Sadly left the game to repair mental health. If you want to see the most insane catches, look up three people, Paul Collingwood, Jonty Rhodes, Ravindra Jadeja. And the most insane runouts. Regarding the boundary, yeah, you can't touch it. If you catch the ball while touching the boundary, it's a 6, if you catch it then your momentum takes you over it is a four. Bah, so much I wanna respond to. Heh. Love your vids.
Don't run yourself down. Your appreciation and understanding is pretty spot on. Some of the fielding techniques are relatively modern, particularly the one you highlight, involving two fielders on the boundary edge. As a cricket fan of 50 years, I also watch baseball keenly. The fielding there is on quite some level - in particular the throwing. I was the equivalent of a baseball catcher in cricket, so I've fielded all manner of throws. What I find striking in baseball is the way the fielder assesses the situation before releasing the ball. They use whatever amount of time that they have incredibly well. and they set themselves for the correct and accurate throw. In cricket the fielders behind the batsmen who are arrayed in a fan are called "slip fielders". Those closest to the wicketkeeper (catcher?) always focus on the path of the ball ball from the moment it leaves the bowler's hand. The wider of the slips (third and fourth and maybe fifth slip) tend to focus instead on the outside edge of the bat. One of the situations I enjoy in baseball is when you have a runner trapped between bases. The back and forth between fielders, with players getting involved and then getting out of the way is really well drilled.
There’s an old English saying; “That’s just not Cricket!” which basically means something is very wrong. It refers to the notion that Cricket is a game of sportsmanship and the level of sportsmanship can be seen in the fact that even people who support the opposite team will applaud a great catch, a great bowl, or a great hit, The thing is that while they may be disappointed that whatever it is may not be good for their team, they will still show their appreciation for the skill of the player concerned. That is something that is quite rare in sports these days and I feel that we are the poorer for it. I follow the Melbourne Storm Rugby League team and this year, they played the Penrith Panthers in the NRL Grand Final. They lost, but I applaud the Panthers for the gamne they played. I get very annoyed with fans who start blaming the Referee, or start bad-mouthing the Panthers players, because that is NOT sportsmanship, it’s sour grapes! I see many sports these days where a spectacular player will get lots of abuse from other players, fans, or even coaches, and nobody seems to think anything of it, but that’s WRONG! They may play for another team, but you are less than an adult if you can’tr graciously give them the credit they are due. To use the old English phrase; It’s just not cricket!
If you catch the ball and then touch or go over the boundary it is 6 runs, as it is deemed to have carried over on the full (not touching the groiund).
Holy shit. The fielder on the boundary catching the sure fire 6 at 5:00 was facing the boundary when he leapt and caught the ball. That's just mad skills.
Good sir your opinion does matter and by the way, your instinct to call some catches a little less spectacular than one lower in the count is correct. Your gut feeling is spot on!
Growing up in Australia through the 90s & 2000s, we were absolutely spoiled with amazing matches. Each and every match had a classic catch, magic delivery or a match winning innings. As someone who's played Turf A in Melbourne, i can tell you the hardest places to field is in the slips, particularly gully. In gully, the ball comes at you quickly and often very low or high, often half chances at best. Australia put their best fielder there to convert those half chances. Cam Green & Michael Hussey are prime examples.
10:25 regarding the baseball and cricket ball comparison. Even though the baseball weigh less it hurts more. When we played cricket we used the baseball to season our hands so the cricket ball hurts less. palms become super tough after doing some catching practice with the baseball in bare hand. Plus the baseball travels faster when hit with the bat so helps with the reaction time. :) Nice video. Keep it up!
I enjoyed this one, you did too Ryan. Its amazing how good these catches are, if the ball hit you in the face it would cause serious damage they are solid things lol
A cricket ball also has a raised seam (as opposed to the relatively flat seam of a baseball), and is usually harder (when new, but gets softer as the game progresses). As a fan of both sports it makes for some interesting comparisons - American commentators tend to go over the top whenever a fielder "bare hands" the ball, usually for something that is a normal every-play occurrence in cricket. The throwing accuracy and strength of baseball fielders is at a different level entirely though.
Hi Ryan, great reaction, no teasing today mate. The ball actually comes off the bat faster than it hit. These close in reaction times are out of this world, 100 miles plus, that's why they are paid the big money.
"Crackerjack" is an aussie saying which means - awesome, exceptionally good. Theres even a classic Aussie movie called "Crackerjack" thats worth checking out. Full of Aussie humour and a mix of lawn bowls and cricket
I will agree about Jonty Rhodes Quoting David Boon 'Jonty will never get me out running because I will never run never run if the ball is anywhere near him". We hat a compliment
I've played s lot of cricket in my life. I've lost count of how many fingers I've broken. They were permanently strapped up between the age of 12 and 20. Lol
Heavier!? it's a solid piece of rock.😂😂 Made out of two pieces of hard leather stitched together and cork inside. The batsman wears pads and a helmet for a reason.
Ryan, after this, you need to check out hurling. Yes, in American that means vomiting, however it’s a massively popular and exciting sport in Ireland, and you’ll appreciate the same sort of athleticism that you’re seeing in this cricket video.
I went down this rabbit hole too (TH-cam algorithm randomness), and I've got to say I like some aspects of cricket more than its closer-to-home cousin, baseball. And since you mentioned it, all the fielders wear thick padding on their shins, thighs, genitals, etc. under their clothes. That's why they aren't severely injured by that heavy ball.
Don't say your opinion doesn't matter very much. Your doing yourself down. Its great to watch an American showing such an interest in the great game of cricket.
Its always difficult when you are running towards the boundary to catch a ball because the ball is behind you and you have look back and run ahead, judge, jump, leap and catch
As an example, in my younger days I played 'parklands cricket,' and normally fielded close to the wicket. These games were played on a Saturday, and I spent a lot of Sunday mornings in the emergency department of the hospital with grossly swollen hands and fingers.
To put the ones in close in perspective the fast bowlers bowl between 75mph to 100mph so even the batsmen's reaction time is under 1 second to hit the ball, then add the fielders that are very close like the wicket keeper the reaction from the ball leaving the bowlers hand to some of them catching the ball could be under 2 seconds so the reaction times are insane. I use to field in the slips(next to the keeper) and I can tell you it is incredibly difficult to do at times.
back in the old days, when I got right into cricket, the one day series in Australia, had a classic catches series, the viewers got to vote for their fav catch and you could win stuff, if I remember right, was 1 of my favourite bits of game as a kid
there is some context to some of these catches, but there's also increased difficulty when you're running backwards, the ball's coming from behind you over your shoulder and its been in the air a long time with the fielder having to cover distance to make it. The diving one handed catches look spectacular but they are more about instinct and reaction speeds
Those catches where the ball is flicked back before it crosses the boundary *are* always great, but they're a very recent phenomenon - I feel like I didn't see any in the 20th century (he said, anciently, crumbling to dust)
Also remember…a lot of these reflex catches were made in those games of several days. That is one of the features of the test matches, absolute total concentration for what can be three days of fielding!
Two things you cannot know, but must also be considered. If the fielder catches the ball but falls and touches the ground with the ball the catch does not count. Watch the catchers turn their hands to land on the back if they are falling. Also a cricket ball is rock solid, and in wet conditions slippery like a bar of soap.
I played for a long time! Catching a cricket ball becomes a habit. It hurts when you don't get it 'quite right', when you catch it clean with the 'give of the hand' it is fine. Throw-ins from the deep fielders can be more threatening if it bounces just in front of you. Finger breaks and dislocations are relatively common, if you are trying to get your hand under very low catches and hit the ground. In general the hardest catching positions are the guys behind the batsman and to one side of the wicket-keeper. That is a real specialist position; the ball flies at you and you have almost no time to spot and catch it. Collectively they are called 'slips' and after the keeper they get more catches than anyone else.
11 - those catches running backwards are probably the hardest as the ball is continually moving away from you. Slips (those ones behind the wicket that generally fly off the edge) can also be extremely difficult as it's all reflex as you pointed out - you can't really anticipate too much.
Basic clarification. Ball comes off the bat and clears the boundary on the full. 6 Runs. Ball comes off the bat, strikes the ground then reaches the boundary. 4 Runs. If a player that is in possession of the ball (by either catching it or picking it up) touches the boundary it is deemed the ball (by possession) has reached the boundary. Either 4 or 6 runs are awarded, depending if the ball has touched the ground prior to possession or not.
This game is becoming faster and faster and it's so crucial to make every catch and go for every run! Catches really do win matches! 🧐 Glenn Maxwell (2) is my favourite to watch, a seriously dedicated all rounder! 😮👍
Cricket halls are a lot heavier .. but as someone who has played since young . One of the first things you're taught is to catch with "soft hands". Yes some catches slap and sting, but most the time you don't feel a thing because you use "soft hands"
When you see both teams wearing white uniforms, that's a test match which is played over the course of 5 days, about 7 hours a day. What makes the catches where the batsmen edge the ball behind them so great is the concentration it takes. The person catching the ball can be standing in that spot for a couple of days waiting for a catch and nothing comes their way. When it finally does they have milliseconds to react.
id like to see Derek Randall in there somewhere - of Viv Richards iclnic running over the shoulder catch with hus exhuberant celebration... Them were the days...
Now you need to check out the fastest century ever in professional cricket by AB De Villiers. Some phenomenally special batting! Making 100 runs of just 33 balls
Ryan if the fielder touches the Boundary or goes over it whilst he has the ball is his possession and is in contact with the ground it is 6 runs to the batting team, if he throws it back in bounds and catches it without his feet being out of bounds the batsman is out similarly if he threw it to another fielder who catches it again out but if it is thrown back into play with no one catching it the batsmen only get the runs they physically run. Hope that makes sense.
I've been playing cricket on elite level when I was younger. When you train and practice everyday and have matches during the weekend (since I was 6 years old) something happens to your eye and coordination. Catching and analyzing the game in split seconds becomes second nature and you really just kinda of do it, it is hard to explain. A cricket ball has a cork core, layered with tightly wound string and covered with a leather case. So it is extremely hard (harder than a baseball) .
These are all very modern and athletic. If you are interested in some older catches that were part of a the history of less athletic players, I have some suggestions that you can find on TH-cam: 1. John Dyson 1982. This was wildly exciting at the time and considered by some as the greatest catch ever, but not really that much by modern standards. 2. Anything by Jonty Rhodes during the 90s. He really was the pioneer of athletic fielding. 3. Paul Vautin 1993/94. Just for fun. It was a charity match and Paul was participating as a "celebrity". He was a well regarded Rugby League forward - very roughly the equivalent of an American Football lineman.
Best catch I took was a skied ball to deep mid on. I ran 30-40 meters dived and caught it one handed inches off the ground, it didn’t hurt at all because I was so pumped about taking the catch. It would be the same for these guys.
6:30 The catcher here, Glenn Maxwell had the “greatest batting performance ever with no legs” late last year. Ryan, you should note the date on Jomboy’s channel so in a month you can check it out, because it was a great analysis video. Just copy/paste the part I “Quoted” above into TH-cam.
Do I remember wrongly but about twenty years ago give or take wasn’t there a tv show or short series where a cricket team went over to the USA and played baseball and then the baseball side came over here to the UK and played cricket, It was entertaining and an eye opener for all concerned not unsurprisingly they commented on the gloveless catches and fitness required of cricketers to be on top of their game.
Cricket balls. In order to maintain its perfect round shape when it’s being hit up to 480 times. A cricket ball is one of the hardest balls in sports. You may be surprised to know that one of its key components is cork. Cork is at the center of a cricket ball and is then covered in layers and layers of yarn, wrapped tightly around it. To give it its smooth exterior, the ball of cork and yarn is then encased in leather. The leather is stitched together to give it its characteristic look.
they are the best catches involving England because it's on England Cricket TH-cam channel and they probably don't have the rights to other catches some of which are even better than these. But these are also brilliant. Having played Cricket myself at junior level college I can say these are the coolest things you can do on a cricket field apart from "one handed on the move direct hit run-outs"
Ryan's comment on the acting on instict made me laugh, I think he forgets that like how Americans grow up on baseball from a very young age, these guy do the same with cricket.
When bowling, you are not allowed to bend your elbow, when fielding, you can throw, underarm, overarm, pitch or whatever else takes your fancy - unless injured most fielders will throw the ball back as it travels faster and usually further
The size and weight are important because of actual density. That is the painful thing. Then do a calculation for force with speed and mass and it becomes much more scary.
7:15 It doesn't hurt their hands at all because they harden through years of cricket. Former players often talk about how much it hurts to take catches after their hands go soft.
Being someone who is into cricket, the baseball catcher's job is equally difficult.. I mean catching a 100mph ball that's swinging and losing almost no energy, right at the end of the pitch by one hand (cricket keepers get those extra yards at least) has to be pretty tough..
The comparison of a cricket ball and baseball, a cricket ball is slightly heavier, as you discovered, but it is also much harder and has a raised seam, so it has the ability, especially with the new ball, to cut the skin.
For context, the original video states they only have rights to show catches made in England since 2000, and they picked 40 themselves and viewers ranked them. That's why England is always playing and why; for example; a "best catches" list features nothing by Jonty Rhodes...
@@lsaria5998 I was wondering about that!
Or Ponting..
All English involvement try a Ricky Ponting or Glenn Maxwell video lol
Oh yes, thank you for clarifying, Jonty Rhodes would be at the top of my list and there are many catches better than these from before the year 2000.
Which is why a good, but not great catch by an Indian won.
Cricket balls are not just heavier, they are ROCK hard.
Yes, When you see Alexis Love, you go rock hard.
its not that hard,its get harder by speed
@@akshayhazari6570 ???????????
And it hurts while catching
@@Shyek_14 ofc it hurts.
A cricket ball is basically a solid lump of hard cork with string wrapped round it, then sealed in a coating of leather, and it can come off the bat at 100mph. I have a permanent small mark on my shin from where one hit me while I was fielding - 30 years ago! The most common injury in cricket is splitting the webbing between the bottom of fingers while fielding. The one at 15:20 which Sarah Taylor caught was a reverse sweep. The batter swang the bat as if she was a left-hander, to fool the fielders. In this case, it didn't work!.
Where are you from with your "Swang?" North of England? Maybe Scotland?
@@kingspeechless1607 grew up in the south Midlands, near Northampton. Ring, rang, rung; sing, sang, sung; swing, swang, swung. :)
I have a dent from being hit in hockey. God I hated that game! Lol.
My little finger got fractured while catching the ball when I was a kid and I didn't show that to doctor. Then bone in that finger found its way to connect with broken fragment of bone & now I can't do Namaste properly. 😂
My fingers looks like this when I do Namaste : |)
so like a baseball?
Whenever i see videos of Americans watching cricket catches, the barehand thing always comes up. 😀
Same with rugby and "no pads/helmets". lol
We used to play cricket barefoot, which provided some constraint. No helmets in those days.
every catch that i took, it doesnt even matter if its a soft ball, it has a lot of velocity sometimes and its really hurted.
I admire your passion for a game that, understandably, you barely know. You recognise class when you see it :-)
This is just catches from English matches,not worlds best. That's a load of crock.
Hi Ryan. The number 2 catch was taken by an Aussie, Glenn Maxwell. Take a look at his 201 not out vs Afghanistan last year in the ICC World Cup. It is truely special. He was cramping so much, he couldn’t run. An amazing innings.
Great recommendation
Hi Carol! Have you heard of Event/Exercise 201 helld in New York in September of 2019 (organized by Bill Gates and other special proAgenda2030 enteties):- preparation for a glowbaal pan-demonic? It would be amazing if you check it out and broaden your interests! 🏌️
It was special, Jomboy does a great video on this that gives you all the context as well.
Jomboy’s review is the best (and funniest, with his “elbow, thumb, elbow” commentary) analysis I’ve seen. I’m curious whether you’ve seen any other video’s on that match that are worth watching, Caroline?
I have mentioned Glenn's incredible 200 under extreme duress so many times but Ryan hasn't looked it up yet!🤞
G'day Ryan when the ball comes off the edge of the bat it is actually called an edge and flies off to the slips players which are the ones standard behind him without gloves they are one of the hardest catches to get in the game as they come off the edge of the bat twice as fast to be a slips Fielder you must have brilliant reflexes 7:07
I genuinely appreciate that you say, you have never played this but you like sport and appreciate different sports.
Thats why I watch these things!!
Hi Ryan. If you look carefully at no. 5 (or #5!) you will see that he dives with two hands, but halfway through the dive, he realises that he can’t reach it, so he changes his body shape to catch with his left hand!
I’m not a fan of cricket, very unAustraluan I know. Your excitement & pure joy watching this is brilliant. Thanks for loving all things Australian 🇦🇺 ❤
Shhh lol, Aussie here, I’ve never watched a cricket match in my life, but that was exciting.
If they could only play catchy I might watch lol😊
Erm... cricket's English.
@@mehallica666
Oh yeah, of course it is lol. See how can tell how interested in cricket lol. I even watched a doco on cricket from its beginnings ages ago🥴
@@mehallica666 Cricket might be more popular in Aus than England now.
@@navoneel I've always assumed it was. Nevertheless, popularity has no bearing on 'who created cricket?'
As a life-long cricket fan, I absolutely love watching these videos. Amazing work man :)
There are specialist batsman, bowlers and wicket keepers, but every player has to know how to catch a ball 🏏
Monty Panesar??? 😂
Tufnall?
One of the catchers, James Neesham is an international player from New Zealand and also a You Tuber. Someone asked him to do a cricket reaction video and he said he'll have to check out some cricket (sarcastically) as the comment writer had no idea he was actually talking to a cricketer.
I will watch and like every video you do watching cricket. Very much respect Americans who take the time to give international sports like this a chance, and plus I love cricket haha
Me too! I am South African
"Bare hands, that' crazy" especially when you consider that a cricket ball is harder than a baseball.
We start doing this at 8 or 9 years old, with the full ball. A very good feeling to take a good catch, soft enough hands to absorb the energy but strong enough to grasp the ball and hold on. From my point of view, the high balls dropping from above are the worst, they can shatter bones if they hit the fingertip, but you will not take the catch if you splay your hands out too far. Also there can be a lot of time to think about it. Best hit ball with stick game there is.
yes but on average they travel slower, yes they can get up to baseball speeds but not regularly.
It's like with Rugby and Football. Brits are just tougher than Americans. 😎
If you learn the right technique it doesnt hurt. If you get it wrong it splits or breaks a finger or two. Ow!
But they do have an outie seam, which is rough, and on those edges off the bat, when the ball is spinning, if you get unlucky it can really bite on you.
Catches behind the batsman I mean in slips are the most difficult one. A slip fielder has barely 1-2 mili seconds to react depending on the speed of the bowler and deflection by bat.
I always used to think the same that catches in the 30 yard circle, specially closer to the batsman, are the most difficult.
But once I started doing boundary fielding, specially in the long off to deep mid wicket region, I understood how difficult it it is to judge the flight of a big hit, time your run and your dive.
So now I always rate a diving boundary catch over a close in fielder catch.
@@xxsaurabhsuman Fielding is difficult everywhere, but on the boundry or out of circle you still have time to adjust. But inside the circle specially in slips you have no time, just reflexes. For that you have to concentrate on the bowler what he is bowling and the movement of the batsman.
@@safarandtravel1999 True.
But "Time to think and adjust" is not always a positive.
That's why spinners are taught to slow their deliveries and give it more flight. This requires the batsman to think and consider his options, often leading to mistakes.
Albeit being extremely hard to catch and requiring excellent anticipation practice and reflexes using the numbers 1-2 milliseconds to represent the reaction time is by no means true,for starters human reaction time is anywhere between 150-300 milliseconds anything less than that is impossible to catch let alone 1-2 ms reaction time.the catchers get anywhere between 450 to 750 ms to catch the ball
Cricket is all about the bowlers, the ball doesn't just come off "random" angles off the bat the bowler MAKES the ball come off the bat at specific angles depending on the spin and the fielders will be positioned depending on the bowler. Cricket bowling is really something amazing to watch, especially the slow spin bowlers.
Its an art
Number 5. Sarah Taylor, arguably one of the best technical Wicket Keepers England has ever produced, men or women.
That ball is rock hard !
Great find. Liked the compilation. Not a Cricket fan, but good compilation of catches. I appreciate your opinion, better than most on YT doing the same thing.
I love seeing Americans appreciating and respecting cricket
This video shows how significant the field placement is to deal with different batsmen.
Big hitters probably go for more boundaries so placing great fielders further out may take those wickets.
Other batsmen may aim to pile up individual runs, so fielders close to the wicket may intercept a ball before it bounces.
The on-field captain sets the field, usually with discussion with the current bowler, based on known quirks of the batsmen at the wickets, and opportunities to take wickets or contain runs, based on spin or fast bowling.
Love your reactions to these, Ryan.
Have you handled a cricket bell before? They're very, very hard (like a rock)
Closest is probably a hockey ball.
@@ianmontgomery7534 Nope! Baseball.
@@koushikdas1992 a cricket ball and hockey ball are the same diameter and weight.
Well Ryan when you come to Australia have a game of beach cricket it's a load of fun and you can take some grouse catches running into the ocean
Number 2, best, I agree. Aussie Aussie Aussie !!
Hi Ryan, the field settings aren’t random. It’s very calculated based on the bowler and the speed/trajectory he intends to bowl. Therefore the idea is to bowl “to the field” to ensure one of the many ways in which a batsman can be out
Also, gotta admit the athleticism of these players. They stand around all day, alert and responsive exactly when they need it
Sounds Greek to me.
@@desperadox7565 Yeah, whatever. If you're ignorant of cricket that's your problem. The point is a cricket field isn't fixed the way a baseball field is. The captain of a cricket team fielding can place his fielders wherever he likes, except for the wicket-keeper.
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Its a pity that they can't do one of these that covers all countries due to 'rights'. this one only included matches involving England or English county games. Jonte Rhodes from South Africa could replace a quarter of these catches on his own. David Boon from Australia also took some great catches.
Yeah, nah, they would all be by Jonty Rhodes, Ricky Ponting, Chris Harris, Lou Vincent, Andrew Symonds, Herschelle Gibbs, Hamish Marshall, Adam Parore, Adam Gilchrist and Brendan McCullum. With maybe one by Paul Collingwood. Sorry to any northern hemisphere people this truth may offend.
@@AholeAtheist is there one for wicket keeper catches?
2:58 running backwards catch is actually harder than dive catch. That’s why the commentator was so impressed.
A few different things to say, sir!
First played 20 years, as a first slip (the guy standing beside the wicket-keeper). Catches there always look unfathomable but in truth there is a technique. At first slip you just stare at the ball and react. At 2nd/3rd/4th slip you stare at the edge of the bat, and your brain just grabs the ball. It is such a focused skill, it looks amazing in game but you are watching the whole thing.
Fwiw, the potential damage, I ended my career with dozens of fractures in my fingers, hand, even wrists. Once caught a ball that was bowled at 145kmh, took the catch, looked down to see a bone sticking out of my finger. Hah.
That wicket-keeper Sarah Taylor, all in red about #7, was good enough to have been a keeper for the men's team easily. Absolute genius. Sadly left the game to repair mental health.
If you want to see the most insane catches, look up three people, Paul Collingwood, Jonty Rhodes, Ravindra Jadeja. And the most insane runouts.
Regarding the boundary, yeah, you can't touch it. If you catch the ball while touching the boundary, it's a 6, if you catch it then your momentum takes you over it is a four.
Bah, so much I wanna respond to. Heh. Love your vids.
Don't run yourself down. Your appreciation and understanding is pretty spot on. Some of the fielding techniques are relatively modern, particularly the one you highlight, involving two fielders on the boundary edge. As a cricket fan of 50 years, I also watch baseball keenly. The fielding there is on quite some level - in particular the throwing. I was the equivalent of a baseball catcher in cricket, so I've fielded all manner of throws. What I find striking in baseball is the way the fielder assesses the situation before releasing the ball. They use whatever amount of time that they have incredibly well. and they set themselves for the correct and accurate throw.
In cricket the fielders behind the batsmen who are arrayed in a fan are called "slip fielders". Those closest to the wicketkeeper (catcher?) always focus on the path of the ball ball from the moment it leaves the bowler's hand. The wider of the slips (third and fourth and maybe fifth slip) tend to focus instead on the outside edge of the bat.
One of the situations I enjoy in baseball is when you have a runner trapped between bases. The back and forth between fielders, with players getting involved and then getting out of the way is really well drilled.
Really enjoyed your Compilation mate, some rippers in that list.
Thanks for this, great reaction
Kudos to you mate. Great job
There’s an old English saying; “That’s just not Cricket!” which basically means something is very wrong. It refers to the notion that Cricket is a game of sportsmanship and the level of sportsmanship can be seen in the fact that even people who support the opposite team will applaud a great catch, a great bowl, or a great hit, The thing is that while they may be disappointed that whatever it is may not be good for their team, they will still show their appreciation for the skill of the player concerned. That is something that is quite rare in sports these days and I feel that we are the poorer for it. I follow the Melbourne Storm Rugby League team and this year, they played the Penrith Panthers in the NRL Grand Final. They lost, but I applaud the Panthers for the gamne they played. I get very annoyed with fans who start blaming the Referee, or start bad-mouthing the Panthers players, because that is NOT sportsmanship, it’s sour grapes! I see many sports these days where a spectacular player will get lots of abuse from other players, fans, or even coaches, and nobody seems to think anything of it, but that’s WRONG! They may play for another team, but you are less than an adult if you can’tr graciously give them the credit they are due. To use the old English phrase; It’s just not cricket!
If you catch the ball and then touch or go over the boundary it is 6 runs, as it is deemed to have carried over on the full (not touching the groiund).
Holy shit. The fielder on the boundary catching the sure fire 6 at 5:00 was facing the boundary when he leapt and caught the ball. That's just mad skills.
Good sir your opinion does matter and by the way, your instinct to call some catches a little less spectacular than one lower in the count is correct. Your gut feeling is spot on!
Growing up in Australia through the 90s & 2000s, we were absolutely spoiled with amazing matches. Each and every match had a classic catch, magic delivery or a match winning innings.
As someone who's played Turf A in Melbourne, i can tell you the hardest places to field is in the slips, particularly gully. In gully, the ball comes at you quickly and often very low or high, often half chances at best. Australia put their best fielder there to convert those half chances. Cam Green & Michael Hussey are prime examples.
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regarding the baseball and cricket ball comparison. Even though the baseball weigh less it hurts more. When we played cricket we used the baseball to season our hands so the cricket ball hurts less. palms become super tough after doing some catching practice with the baseball in bare hand. Plus the baseball travels faster when hit with the bat so helps with the reaction time.
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Nice video. Keep it up!
I enjoyed this one, you did too Ryan. Its amazing how good these catches are, if the ball hit you in the face it would cause serious damage they are solid things lol
A cricket ball also has a raised seam (as opposed to the relatively flat seam of a baseball), and is usually harder (when new, but gets softer as the game progresses).
As a fan of both sports it makes for some interesting comparisons - American commentators tend to go over the top whenever a fielder "bare hands" the ball, usually for something that is a normal every-play occurrence in cricket. The throwing accuracy and strength of baseball fielders is at a different level entirely though.
Hi Ryan, great reaction, no teasing today mate. The ball actually comes off the bat faster than it hit. These close in reaction times are out of this world, 100 miles plus, that's why they are paid the big money.
"Crackerjack" is an aussie saying which means - awesome, exceptionally good. Theres even a classic Aussie movie called "Crackerjack" thats worth checking out. Full of Aussie humour and a mix of lawn bowls and cricket
As an Aussie, it's so cool to see an American getting into cricket!
I will agree about Jonty Rhodes
Quoting David Boon 'Jonty will never get me out running because I will never run never run if the ball is anywhere near him". We hat a compliment
I've played s lot of cricket in my life. I've lost count of how many fingers I've broken. They were permanently strapped up between the age of 12 and 20. Lol
5:12 Yes Ryan, if you touch the boundary and the ball is touching you it's not only not out it's also a boundary to the batsman (4 runs).
If it has not touched the ground it is a 6.
Heavier!? it's a solid piece of rock.😂😂
Made out of two pieces of hard leather stitched together and cork inside.
The batsman wears pads and a helmet for a reason.
Ryan, after this, you need to check out hurling. Yes, in American that means vomiting, however it’s a massively popular and exciting sport in Ireland, and you’ll appreciate the same sort of athleticism that you’re seeing in this cricket video.
2:15 the simultaneous shadows on the ground showing how far he is off the ground LOL
I went down this rabbit hole too (TH-cam algorithm randomness), and I've got to say I like some aspects of cricket more than its closer-to-home cousin, baseball. And since you mentioned it, all the fielders wear thick padding on their shins, thighs, genitals, etc. under their clothes. That's why they aren't severely injured by that heavy ball.
Don't say your opinion doesn't matter very much. Your doing yourself down. Its great to watch an American showing such an interest in the great game of cricket.
Its always difficult when you are running towards the boundary to catch a ball because the ball is behind you and you have look back and run ahead, judge, jump, leap and catch
As an example, in my younger days I played 'parklands cricket,' and normally fielded close to the wicket. These games were played on a Saturday, and I spent a lot of Sunday mornings in the emergency department of the hospital with grossly swollen hands and fingers.
To put the ones in close in perspective the fast bowlers bowl between 75mph to 100mph so even the batsmen's reaction time is under 1 second to hit the ball, then add the fielders that are very close like the wicket keeper the reaction from the ball leaving the bowlers hand to some of them catching the ball could be under 2 seconds so the reaction times are insane. I use to field in the slips(next to the keeper) and I can tell you it is incredibly difficult to do at times.
back in the old days, when I got right into cricket, the one day series in Australia, had a classic catches series, the viewers got to vote for their fav catch and you could win stuff, if I remember right, was 1 of my favourite bits of game as a kid
there is some context to some of these catches, but there's also increased difficulty when you're running backwards, the ball's coming from behind you over your shoulder and its been in the air a long time with the fielder having to cover distance to make it. The diving one handed catches look spectacular but they are more about instinct and reaction speeds
Those catches where the ball is flicked back before it crosses the boundary *are* always great, but they're a very recent phenomenon - I feel like I didn't see any in the 20th century (he said, anciently, crumbling to dust)
Their are a few.
They changed the rule so if you jump from over the line the ball is in play while you are in the air though
Also remember…a lot of these reflex catches were made in those games of several days. That is one of the features of the test matches, absolute total concentration for what can be three days of fielding!
Two things you cannot know, but must also be considered. If the fielder catches the ball but falls and touches the ground with the ball the catch does not count. Watch the catchers turn their hands to land on the back if they are falling. Also a cricket ball is rock solid, and in wet conditions slippery like a bar of soap.
I played for a long time! Catching a cricket ball becomes a habit. It hurts when you don't get it 'quite right', when you catch it clean with the 'give of the hand' it is fine. Throw-ins from the deep fielders can be more threatening if it bounces just in front of you. Finger breaks and dislocations are relatively common, if you are trying to get your hand under very low catches and hit the ground.
In general the hardest catching positions are the guys behind the batsman and to one side of the wicket-keeper. That is a real specialist position; the ball flies at you and you have almost no time to spot and catch it. Collectively they are called 'slips' and after the keeper they get more catches than anyone else.
Hey Ryan...you just gotta react to 'Direct Hit! Some of the best run-outs in recent years'...Absolutely mind blowing!!!
4:50 all of these clips involve the England team (or in one or more cases, the county teams within England)
Mostly Australia don't U mean
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11 - those catches running backwards are probably the hardest as the ball is continually moving away from you. Slips (those ones behind the wicket that generally fly off the edge) can also be extremely difficult as it's all reflex as you pointed out - you can't really anticipate too much.
Mate, you gotta see some of the catches by Bruce Yardley in the gully in the 1980s. He was a freak !
Basic clarification. Ball comes off the bat and clears the boundary on the full. 6 Runs. Ball comes off the bat, strikes the ground then reaches the boundary. 4 Runs. If a player that is in possession of the ball (by either catching it or picking it up) touches the boundary it is deemed the ball (by possession) has reached the boundary. Either 4 or 6 runs are awarded, depending if the ball has touched the ground prior to possession or not.
We have been watching some of your cricket videos. You might like to see some Yorker bowling (also called the sand shoe crusher).
This game is becoming faster and faster and it's so crucial to make every catch and go for every run! Catches really do win matches! 🧐 Glenn Maxwell (2) is my favourite to watch, a seriously dedicated all rounder! 😮👍
20:10 "NatWest - Cricket has no boundaries" right on the boundary line marker.....😂😂😆😆🤣🤣
Cricket halls are a lot heavier .. but as someone who has played since young . One of the first things you're taught is to catch with "soft hands". Yes some catches slap and sting, but most the time you don't feel a thing because you use "soft hands"
When you see both teams wearing white uniforms, that's a test match which is played over the course of 5 days, about 7 hours a day. What makes the catches where the batsmen edge the ball behind them so great is the concentration it takes. The person catching the ball can be standing in that spot for a couple of days waiting for a catch and nothing comes their way. When it finally does they have milliseconds to react.
id like to see Derek Randall in there somewhere - of Viv Richards iclnic running over the shoulder catch with hus exhuberant celebration... Them were the days...
For. Guy who knows nothing about cricket your judgement and appreciation of what is easy/hard was impressive
Being an Aussie crickets as important as footy I don't like it but most we know loves it, seeing these are good though.
You are right number 2 is acutely number 1
Now you need to check out the fastest century ever in professional cricket by AB De Villiers. Some phenomenally special batting! Making 100 runs of just 33 balls
Ryan if the fielder touches the Boundary or goes over it whilst he has the ball is his possession and is in contact with the ground it is 6 runs to the batting team, if he throws it back in bounds and catches it without his feet being out of bounds the batsman is out similarly if he threw it to another fielder who catches it again out but if it is thrown back into play with no one catching it the batsmen only get the runs they physically run. Hope that makes sense.
I've been playing cricket on elite level when I was younger. When you train and practice everyday and have matches during the weekend (since I was 6 years old) something happens to your eye and coordination. Catching and analyzing the game in split seconds becomes second nature and you really just kinda of do it, it is hard to explain. A cricket ball has a cork core, layered with tightly wound string and covered with a leather case. So it is extremely hard (harder than a baseball) .
For what it's worth, as a lifetime cricket fanatic, I think that it's impossible to love cricket without also appreciating baseball.
These are all very modern and athletic. If you are interested in some older catches that were part of a the history of less athletic players, I have some suggestions that you can find on TH-cam:
1. John Dyson 1982. This was wildly exciting at the time and considered by some as the greatest catch ever, but not really that much by modern standards.
2. Anything by Jonty Rhodes during the 90s. He really was the pioneer of athletic fielding.
3. Paul Vautin 1993/94. Just for fun. It was a charity match and Paul was participating as a "celebrity". He was a well regarded Rugby League forward - very roughly the equivalent of an American Football lineman.
😊 All spectacular catches. I don't know which is best. 😮
Not having a johnty Rhoades catch in the list is a crime
Best catch I took was a skied ball to deep mid on. I ran 30-40 meters dived and caught it one handed inches off the ground, it didn’t hurt at all because I was so pumped about taking the catch. It would be the same for these guys.
6:30 The catcher here, Glenn Maxwell had the “greatest batting performance ever with no legs” late last year. Ryan, you should note the date on Jomboy’s channel so in a month you can check it out, because it was a great analysis video. Just copy/paste the part I “Quoted” above into TH-cam.
Do I remember wrongly but about twenty years ago give or take wasn’t there a tv show or short series where a cricket team went over to the USA and played baseball and then the baseball side came over here to the UK and played cricket, It was entertaining and an eye opener for all concerned not unsurprisingly they commented on the gloveless catches and fitness required of cricketers to be on top of their game.
Cricket balls. In order to maintain its perfect round shape when it’s being hit up to 480 times. A cricket ball is one of the hardest balls in sports. You may be surprised to know that one of its key components is cork. Cork is at the center of a cricket ball and is then covered in layers and layers of yarn, wrapped tightly around it. To give it its smooth exterior, the ball of cork and yarn is then encased in leather. The leather is stitched together to give it its characteristic look.
In that Innings where Australia were 5 for 21, Australia recovered to be all out for 330.
they are the best catches involving England because it's on England Cricket TH-cam channel and they probably don't have the rights to other catches some of which are even better than these. But these are also brilliant. Having played Cricket myself at junior level college I can say these are the coolest things you can do on a cricket field apart from "one handed on the move direct hit run-outs"
Ryan's comment on the acting on instict made me laugh, I think he forgets that like how Americans grow up on baseball from a very young age, these guy do the same with cricket.
@20:28 "We will have to review the tapes" 🤣🤣🤣
When bowling, you are not allowed to bend your elbow, when fielding, you can throw, underarm, overarm, pitch or whatever else takes your fancy - unless injured most fielders will throw the ball back as it travels faster and usually further
The size and weight are important because of actual density. That is the painful thing. Then do a calculation for force with speed and mass and it becomes much more scary.
7:15 It doesn't hurt their hands at all because they harden through years of cricket. Former players often talk about how much it hurts to take catches after their hands go soft.
Being someone who is into cricket, the baseball catcher's job is equally difficult.. I mean catching a 100mph ball that's swinging and losing almost no energy, right at the end of the pitch by one hand (cricket keepers get those extra yards at least) has to be pretty tough..
Both the catches that you loved involved Aron Finch. In first catch, he tossed the ball in the second he caught the ball.
Americans realising sports actually needs talent.
Just loved ur video...wow❤
You need to check out Jonty Rhodes, South African cricketer, catches and runouts. His reflexes and precision were on a diferent level.
The comparison of a cricket ball and baseball, a cricket ball is slightly heavier, as you discovered, but it is also much harder and has a raised seam, so it has the ability, especially with the new ball, to cut the skin.