5 best one-handed catches in Test cricket

#1 Mark Waugh v Pakistan, Hobart, 1999

Mark Waugh

Former Australian batsman Mark Waugh is probably the greatest slip fielder in modern cricket history. Throughout his career, he took plenty of absolutely stunning catches and many of them were one-handed. Among those, the one he took to dismiss Inzamam-ul-Haq at Hobart is the greatest one-handed catch ever taken in Test cricket.

Inzamam was well set and batting superbly at 118 when he cut Shane Warne hard but perhaps a bit too fine. Most slip fielders would not have been able to react to it at all but Mark Waugh seemed to watch the ball right off the bat. However, the ball was travelling very fast and the only option he had was to catch it one-handed, which he did by sticking out his right hand. It was deliberate and well thought out. It was not a fluke by any means and the cut was so well timed that Waugh had to take a tumble to keep hold of the ball.

The catch turned out to be a turning point in the game for Australia as well.