Younis Khan with 130 catches amongst the top ODI catchers

[MenInG]

Here's a list of players with most catches in ODIs:

Mahela Jayawardene (Sri Lanka )- 218 catches

Ricky Ponting (Australia) - 160 catches

Mohammad Azharuddin (India)- 156 catches

Sachin Tendulkar (India) - 140 catches

Stephen Fleming (New Zealand) - 133 catches

Jacques Kallis (South Africa) - 131 catches

Younis Khan (Pakistan) - 130 catches

Muttiah Muralitharan (Sri Lanka) - 130 catches

Ross Taylor (New Zealand) - 128 catches

Allan Border (Australia) - 127 catches



https://sports.ndtv.com/south-afric...andmark-but-this-time-without-the-bat-1813671

 

[Hitman]

I still fail to remember watching Jayawardene drop a catch.

 

[Hasan123]

Playing a lot of ODIs certainly played a part in him going that amount . But credit to him .

 

[Rayyman]

How does Shoaib Malik only have 90 catches. He is an ATG fielder.

Hope Shadab ends on top of the list.

 

[Mainul]

Younis should have been played as a 12th man on a continuous basis but not as a ODI batsman

 

[DeadBall]

The number of matches played by each of them would have given a better picture.

 

[Bhaijaan]

Yoni was always one of Pakistan's safest fielders. Him, Lala and Shobby were standout fielders in a truly lull fielding unit without doubt.

 

[Syed1]

Yoni was always one of Pakistan's safest fielders. Him, Lala and Shobby were standout fielders in a truly lull fielding unit without doubt.

TBF most fielding sides were pretty lull in that era apart from SA and Aus. India only began to field well after 2007.

 

[Abdullah719]

The number of matches played by each of them would have given a better picture.

http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/en...caught_fielder;template=results;type=fielding

 

[Mirpur express]

Murli!! Butter fingers

 

[Protea Fan]

Heck jayawardane played 448 matches!What a great carrer he had

 

[CanadianG00se]

How does Shoaib Malik only have 90 catches. He is an ATG fielder.

Hope Shadab ends on top of the list.

If you noticed most (if not all) of the fielders in that list are slip catchers while Malik have been mostly outfielder, which is why he is not among the group of top catchers of all time. Also, Shadab topping the chart seems highly unlikely for very same reason.

 

[Ahmad Shah]

The only catch I remember dropped by Younus was at semi final of champion trophy 2009 against New Zealand at a very critical point Which cost us the match aswell as the trophy.bowler was amir don't remember the batsman I guess he was styrus or McCullum

It happens even some of the best fielders dropped catches at critical point. Remember once Azhar ud din who was the best Indian fielder of his era dropped Saeed Anwar during Kolkata test at Eden gardens 1999. Saeed Anwar ended up making 188 matching winning score

 

[Ahmad Shah]

The few drops that hurt me the most are
1) Watson dropped by Rahat at WC15
2)Sachin dropped by Razzaq at WC2003
3)Styrus dropped by Younus at CT 09 semi final
4) all dropped catches and missed chances by kamran akmal (most hated Pakistani player)which cost us countless games including Sydney test

 

[UN talkz]

The few drops that hurt me the most are
1) Watson dropped by Rahat at WC15
2)Sachin dropped by Razzaq at WC2003
3)Styrus dropped by Younus at CT 09 semi final
4) all dropped catches and missed chances by kamran akmal (most hated Pakistani player)which cost us countless games including Sydney test

I think it was Elliott not Styris

 

[shaaik]

The only catch I remember dropped by Younus was at semi final of champion trophy 2009 against New Zealand at a very critical point Which cost us the match aswell as the trophy.bowler was amir don't remember the batsman I guess he was styrus or McCullum

It happens even some of the best fielders dropped catches at critical point. Remember once Azhar ud din who was the best Indian fielder of his era dropped Saeed Anwar during Kolkata test at Eden gardens 1999. Saeed Anwar ended up making 188 matching winning score

And that one of AB delivers in the series deciding 5th ODI Which ultimately cost us a series win.. I think AB went on to score a century while chasing 250 odd score when rest of the South Africans were struggling to pick Ajmal through out that tour ..

 

[Suleiman]

Specialist fielder by every sense of the term.

 

[Kroll]

At least, YK was able to contribute in some way for ODI's.

 

[Kaka4pope]

On the subject of drops - think we dropped Tendi 3 times in 2011.

Younis, really good pair of hands for Pakistan, may have been culpable on that occasion though

 

[imshally81]

I think it was Elliott not Styris

Yes it was Elliott....