Adam Voges catch!

[The Coon Dog]

You would go along way to see a better catch than the one Adam Voges took tonight in the T20 v NZ.

With 12 balls remaining & 7 wickets in hand NZ looked favourites to win, particularly with 2 batsmen who were set.

Hilfenhaus bowled the first ball of the 19th over to Brendan McCullum who launced it to deep long on. It looked for all money as if it was going to be a 6, which would have meant 14 to win of 11 balls.

Adam Voges caught the ball about half a step inside the boundary, but began to lose his balance & topple over the rope. Sensing what was happening to him he had the presence of mind to toss the ball in the air in the field of play fractionally before his balance took him outside the rope.

Whilst the ball was in the air, he regained his balance & proceeded forward, only to stand on the padding around the rope & fall over. Keeping his eyes on the ball whilst on hands & knees he desperately crawled forward & completed the catch.

Only one word needed to describe it; brilliant!

I'm sure it will be up on you tube soon.

[The Coon Dog]

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Here is the link.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAq8HLGNSlA

Can someone please explain how you insert a you tube clip? I tried without success.

[GVGjr]

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TCD, The coding is a bit out of whack I'll send you a pm with the instructions.

Great catch.

[hujsh]

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Surprising more players don't try to do it. Game changing

[LostDoggy]

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Not sure if I asked this here on or not.
Had he started from outside the ground then jumped, caught it (feet in the air) then landed inside the ground . Would it have out or 6 or 4? Very plausible.

[westdog54]

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TCD, The coding is a bit out of whack I'll send you a pm with the instructions.

Great catch.

Could I receive those same instructions please GVG?

Just for the record CA have put in a copyright claim so the vid is gone.

EDIT: Found a link on Ninemsn. Doubt this one is going anywhere.

http://video.msn.com/video.aspx?mkt=en-au&brand=optus&vid=b212655f-c696-44a3-9564-73becb49a79c&from=&fg=rss&tab=s1215143394298

[hujsh]

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Not sure if I asked this here on or not.
Had he started from outside the ground then jumped, caught it (feet in the air) then landed inside the ground . Would it have out or 6 or 4? Very plausible.

Surely it would be out.

[LostDoggy]

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Surely it would be out.

I don't know? The last contact with the ground would be outside the ground prior touching the ball.
If it the case I don't why more don't try it.

[hujsh]

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I don't know? The last contact with the ground would be outside the ground prior touching the ball.
If it the case I don't why more don't try it.

I'd imagine it's what you touch while touching the ball that matters. Probably a bit awkward to try in a match imo

[LostDoggy]

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I'd imagine it's what you touch while touching the ball that matters. Probably a bit awkward to try in a match imo

I've seen a few times a fielder position himself on the edge just inside only to over balance or just get a hand to the ball. Just thought its probably easier to jump into it.

[hujsh]

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I've seen a few times a fielder position himself on the edge just inside only to over balance or just get a hand to the ball. Just thought its probably easier to jump into it.

You'd probably be right. To do it they'd probably want to start outside the rope before the ball is bowled.

[LostDoggy]

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You'd probably be right. To do it they'd probably want to start outside the rope before the ball is bowled.

Is that allowed?
Do you have to be in field of play while the ball leaves the bowlers hand?

[LostDoggy]

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Smart catch, good execution and thinking, but wouldn't consider it the greatest catch of all time like some commentators are saying.

A bit like the Mathew Lloyd goal of the year where he kicked it backwards - nice and clever but not something that will go down as the greatest.

[Sockeye Salmon]

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Is that allowed?
Do you have to be in field of play while the ball leaves the bowlers hand?

I don't know if technically it's allowed but it happens a lot.

[mighty_west]

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Is that allowed?
Do you have to be in field of play while the ball leaves the bowlers hand?

Not at all, well as far as i understand anyway.

At club level where's you have either a rope or cones or whatever as a boundary line, many players actually start their walk in from outside the field of play.

With the Voges catch, you have to be in control of the catch inside of the boundary, and he was 100% all the way, the ball never passed the boundary or was in contact with the player outside of the rope, therefor, a catch.

Just on what you said about starting outside the rope and jumping catching the ball and landing inside of the rope, i think you'd have to be Superman to try something like that..LOL, you would be off balance something shocking, would be alot easier just to stand an inch inside the rope, not move and just catch the ball, the reason Voges was off balance and had to do what he did was because he was coming back towards the rope.

It's actually alot easier going back following the ball taking a catch than coming forward, alot easier to judge as well.

At international level you see alot of players giving autographs between balls, and therefor start walking in & crossing the rope during the bowlers run up, so you don't have to be in the field of play at alll times.