Most catches in international cricket: Full list of players with most ODI catches

Most catches in international cricket: Some of the great batters in cricket have also secured their positions in fielding records.

For some strange reason, fielding records aren’t celebrated as much as batting and bowling records in cricket. A large majority of passionate cricket fans, who are mostly up to date about batting and bowling records, are found wanting when it comes to fielding records in the sport.

Fielding, a job in cricket which each player has to perform irrespective of primary skill (batting or bowling), more often than not falls in the category of a thankless task.

Having said that, the skill has it in it to turn the tables on a cricket field for a match situation can easily be affected if a fielder grabs a breathtaking catch or drops a sitter.

While batters don’t have to depend on anyone for scoring runs on a cricket field, the nature of the sport is such that bowlers are always depending on fielders expecting them to grab all the catches that come their way. Hence, increasing the role and importance of a fielder in cricket.

Most catches in international cricket

Former Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene, former Australia captain Ricky Ponting and former New Zealand captain Ross Taylor are present in the lists of most catches in both international cricket in ODIs.

As far as wicket-keepers are concerned, former South Africa wicket-keeper Mark Boucher, former Australia wicket-keeper Adam Gilchrist, former India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and former Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara are the common names in both the lists.

As a fielder

As a wicket-keeper

Most ODI catches

As a fielder

As a wicket-keeper

About the author

Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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