5 catches that were faster than the blink of an eye

4) Collingwood’s screamer against Hayden

Besides Jonty Rhodes and Ricky Ponting, Paul Collingwood has easily been one of the best and most influential fielding sensations in recent times. Collingwood at point must be a reassuring sight for any bowler and a guarantee of runs saved.

Collingwood’s greatest catch arguably is the one where he dismissed Mathew Hayden in an ODI at Bristol in 2005. It is one of the most electric pieces of fielding in modern times raising wonder at how anyone can manage to connect with that ball, much less react that fast and have the reflexes to bare hand grab it – jumping up, sideways and backwards to get to the ball in the blink of an eye.

The ball took less than a second from the bat to the fielder and Hayden’s incredulous reaction after the catch stands as proof to the shock value of Collingwood’s catch.