Franklin's Dropped Catch.

[Sherminator.]

How pathetic, he needs to learn how to catch

 

[nick_savo]

Hahaha, yeh it was a bloody shocker
It was even funnier seeing how pissed off fleming was about it

 

[footy_rulz]

I thought his technique was ok.

 

[Bartram_Class]

Shocking drop, could McCullum have got there?

 

[jnash196]

HE dropped a soda

 

[Kahuna]

Terrible position to catch the ball, all he had to do was keep his palms up and he would have caught it and NZ might have won.

 

[Warwick]

Thanks Chappelli.

 

[Kahuna]

Thanks Chappelli.

Nah my cricket coach drills that into us every training.

 

[Bartram_Class]

Terrible position to catch the ball, all he had to do was keep his palms up and he would have caught it and NZ might have won.

Hussey caught two with the same style, that baseball way of catching is getting more popular among international players, only that the Aussies seem the only team to be able to perfect it.

 

[JUBJUB]

Shocking drop, could McCullum have got there?

He might've been able to get there but he shouldn't have been needed to take the catch.Franklin should've easily taken that catch.

 

[Mr P@H]

He might've been able to get there but he shouldn't have been needed to take the catch.Franklin should've easily taken that catch.

Awful drop but the other players converging can't have helped

 

[bus24]

What level could players have taken that. U/11's?

Was the worst I've seen for a while. Then the poor bloke had to go stand on the fence. Not a good feeling.

 

[likka]

I thought his technique was ok.

Needed to catch it in front of his eyes instead of in front of his throat.

See Hussey's two catches for how to catch a skied ball properly.

 

[oaksy]

youtube???

 

[Adelaide Hawk]

Give the baseball gloves away fellas. Players in the 1970s were generally better catchers of a cricket ball than today. Today's fielders are more athletic and can throw the stumps down more often, but when it comes to pure catching there are far too many easy dropped catches for so-called professional players.

 

[Minotaur]

Give the baseball gloves away fellas. Players in the 1970s were generally better catchers of a cricket ball than today. Today's fielders are more athletic and can throw the stumps down more often, but when it comes to pure catching there are far too many easy dropped catches for so-called professional players.

I have always wondered about that. I have never understood why they practise with the gloves when obvioulsy they do not have them when they are playing. Surely practise should replicate match conditions.

 

[bus24]

Bump

 

[Cooldude]

Give the baseball gloves away fellas. Players in the 1970s were generally better catchers of a cricket ball than today. Today's fielders are more athletic and can throw the stumps down more often, but when it comes to pure catching there are far too many easy dropped catches for so-called professional players.

They dropped as many sitters back in the 70s as they do now

 

[Marstermind]

How bad was Fulton's dropped catch? He went at it like he had fairy floss stuck all over his fingers and then hit him on the head! Shocking.

What's the worst dropped catch you've seen? Three of the most famous would be Herschelle "You've just dropped the World Cup" Gibbs from Steve Waugh in the 1999 World Cup, Ashley Giles dropping Ricky Ponting in this year's Adelaide Test and the Durham keeper who dropped Lara on 17*. "I bet he'll make 100 now," he bemoaned. Lara made 501*.

 

[Cassius_Clay]

I thought his technique was ok.

You have no idea then...

 

[Herbs]

Haha, dropping the ball over the rope for 6.............. Only reason I kept watching the last few overs last night was to see how many the Kiwis would grass..........sure enough.

 

[Constipated Duck]

It wasn't fingers up or palms up that dropped the catch.. it was a weakened hand via fingers apart and then proceeding to mis-read it by about 3 inches.

If his fingers faced up but it hit him in the palms I reckon he would have hung on to it.

 

[-VC-]

I'm not sure which one was funnier last night. I loved that Franklin dropped one for six, but Fulton got hit in the head with the ball when he missed his AND HE'S BALD!

Man, this is a tough call because both are equally hilarious.

 

[Marklar_33]

You've gotta catch it in front of the eyes, for sure

You cant watch it all the way otherwise, hard skill to get used to though if you've been doing it the other way all ya life

 

[bus24]

Fultons was funnier, probably because hes 2 metres tall and bald. Plus it smacked him in the face.