Okay
If you take the ball you immediately feel the direction of force, a bump-ball has a different direction of force.
I spent a lot of time in the slips to gully region plus up close & personal with the batsman. I'm proud to say that I waved off several near-things because I felt the ball had hit the turf first, but when it came to my bowling my aggression was off the scale.
I loved playing and then umpiring for a number of seasons.
I'm not talking about bump balls, i never claimed them, i'm talking about the ones where you aren't 100% sure that you got your hand completely underneath the ball before it hit the ground
If i was 75% sure i had caught it and it hit my hand before it had bounced i claimed them all the time





