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Taken in the NZ Domestic 20-20 comp:
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That is dead set the best (eventual) catch I've ever seen at any level anywhere (although the actual catch by the second dude was pretty ordinary, falling over like that!). Bloody amazing.Comment
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Bit of basketball nous there. Goal assist-likeYou don't develop courage by being happy in your relationships every day. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity. ― EpicurusComment
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Wow the presence of mind sensational.Comment
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Super catch.
Never understood that stupid rule that if you're touching the rope you can't touch the ball.
As long as the ball doesn't hit the rope it shouldn't be a boundary.
Then they waste 5 minutes looking at numerous replays.
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That's a good point.
It made me think of this Steve Waugh classic. After he comes from behind the screen, he puts his hand on the fence. Shouldn't that be a six?
http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zU1ku6B4ONI
Sorry for the link. I can't for the life of me find the "embed youtube" instructions (sorry admin!)"It's over. It's all over."Comment
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Tugga's clearly got control of the ball (holding it up and celebrating -- that's similar to throwing it in the air to 'prove' having control of the ball) long before he touches the ad hoardings. If he was still trying to control it while running and touches the fence it would be a six.
I don't mind the rule, as it sometimes forces fielders to pull off great catches -- brings a level of skill to boundary fielding that would be a lot lower if you were just allowed to catch stuff while running over the rope, or avoid 4s by just sliding into the rope with the ball. You're meant to stop the ball from getting to the boundary, if you've gone over with it technically you haven't stopped it in time. I do agree that wasting time seeing if a player has 'touched' the rope while stopping the ball clearly inside the field of play is stupid .. if the fielder's stopped/tapped the ball (so he's not holding it) and it's clearly still inside the rope the fielder has done his job. The 'basketball' rule (where if you haven't touched the ground you're not considered over) is a nice little grey area (as the player technically has gone over the fence with the ball -- if we followed the NFL instead of basketball it would be a six/four the moment the ball breaks the 'pane of glass' extending straight up from the rope) but at least requires a level of skill to pull off and allows for great catches like this.Comment
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That's the perfect example of NOT having control of the ball. If you are able to throw it up it proves control, but if it just pops out when you've just caught it and are trying to throw it up... well, that's just dropping the f---ing World Cup isn't it.Comment
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Has to be the rule unfortunately because the rope can be moved by the sliding player which means the boundary changes so this blanket rule is to avoid the confusionComment
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great catch
here is one of my fave's. Ian Botham c & b Greg Matthews
Listening to Brahm's 3rd RacketComment
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