Friday, February 04, 2005

Inzamam slowest to complete century of catches

Inzamam-ul-Haq became first Pakistani and 13th player (non wicket-keeper) in the ODI history to complete century of catches when he held Andrew Symonds off the bowling of Abdur Razzaq in the first final of VB Series. By taking 335 matches, Inzamam became the slowest to reach this mark obliterating India’s Sachin Tendulkar’s record who took 333 matches to do so.
The following table lists the fielders taking 100 catches in ODIs:


Ct Fielder For Mts CpM Mts for
100 Cts
156 M Azharuddin Ind 334 0.47 231
127 AR Border Aus 273 0.47 219
120 CL Hooper WI 227 0.53 205
111 SR Waugh Aus 325 0.34 290
111 SP Fleming NZ 230 0.48 210
109 RS Mahanama SL 213 0.51 194
108 ME Waugh Aus 244 0.44 228
105 ST Jayasuriya SL 334 0.32 305
105 JN Rhodes SA 245 0.43 226
104 BC Lara WI 251 0.41 244
101 IVA Richards WI 187 0.54 182
101 SR Tendulkar Ind 342 0.30 333
100 Inzamam-ul-Haq Pak 335 0.29 335