5 best catches in Test cricket

1 Mark Waugh v Pakistan, Hobart, 1999

Among the many great fielders who have played the game over the years, Mark Waugh was probably one of the best fielders who ever played the game and throughout a stellar career, he was famous for having taken plenty of spectacular catches.

However, the one he took against Pakistan at Hobart to dismiss Inzamam ul Haq is without a doubt, the greatest catch ever taken in Test cricket. Inzamam, who was batting beautifully at 118, cut a delivery from Shane Warne viciously but the ball went finer than he had intended.

Now, it needs to be remembered that Mark Waugh was standing at 1st slip, barely 10 yards away from the firing line and while the ball was travelling, he was watching it all the way from the bat.

He seemed to misjudge the speed of the ball a bit, but his reflexes and prowess as a fielder meant that he was still able to recover and catch it one-handed, even when the ball seemed to have passed him. It might have all happened in less than a second but there was so much going on while he took the catch, that there is no doubt that it is the greatest catch ever taken in Test cricket.