5 best fielding efforts by Mohammad Kaif

#2 Nick Knight’s run-out, 2003

A dejected Nick Knight walks back as Team India celebrates, Durban 2003

Poor Nick Knight didn’t see the last of Kaif in the NatWest series. A year later, in cricket’s biggest extravaganza, Knight was outdone by Kaif during their World Cup fixture against India in the 2003 World Cup. Knight tapped a Javagal Srinath delivery past the non-striker in search of a quick single. His only folly was that he took that chance against Kaif, prowling at extra cover.

Knight was slow off the blocks, ambling across with the hope that he’d reach on time. Before he could ground his bat, Kaif swooped up the ball and threw himself towards the stumps. As he flung himself across, horizontal, he released the ball off his right hand with a low, neat underarm throw. With only one stump to aim, he hit bulls eye. Knight was not even in the frame.