5 Cricketers who owned their fielding positions

#2 Second slip – Mark Waugh

Mark Waugh had the most assured hand

“Don’t try and catch the ball, let the ball catch you.” – was what Junior Waugh had once advised a fellow cricketer. While most slip fielders around the world, tensed their forearms on hearing the edge, Waugh did the opposite – he would relax and position himself behind the line of the ball, and make extremely difficult catches look easy.

Most of his 289 catches have come at 2^nd slip, especially while facing pacers; while he also stood in at silly point for spinners, and later at 1^st slip, once Mark Taylor retired. With an impressive 0.592 catches per innings, Mark Waugh is our favourite fielder at 2^nd slip.

Notable Mentions: Carl Hooper, Jacques Kallis, Allan Border, Graeme Hick & Andrew Strauss