Editing Caught (section)

{{Short description|Cricket dismissal method; the ball does not hit the ground after it is batted}}
{{Other uses|Caught (disambiguation)}}
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[[Image:In the air.jpg|thumb|250px|right|An Australian fielder runs to take a catch]]
[[File:Shane Bond catching Mohammad Yousuf, Dunedin, NZ, 2009.jpg|thumb|250px|right|New Zealand fast bowler [[Shane Bond]] about to dismiss [[Mohammad Yousuf (cricketer, born 1974)|Mohammad Yousuf]] caught and bowled]]
'''Caught''' is a method of [[Dismissal (cricket)|dismissing]] a [[batsman]] in [[cricket]]. A batsman is out caught if the batsman hits the [[cricket ball|ball]], from a legitimate [[Delivery (cricket)|delivery]], with the [[cricket bat|bat]], and the ball is caught by the bowler or a fielder before it hits the ground.

If the catch is taken by the [[wicket-keeper]], then informally it is known as '''caught behind'''<ref name="BBC">{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/rules_and_equipment/4176002.stm |title=Ways of getting out: Caught|website=bbc.co.uk|date=26 August 2005|language=en|access-date=2019-04-17}}</ref> or '''caught at the [[wicket]]'''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2004/dec/13/cricket.englandinsouthafrica200405 |title=Runs for Vaughan but England caught short|website=theguardian.com|date=13 December 2004|language=en|access-date=2019-04-17}}</ref> A catch by the [[Bowler (cricket)|bowler]] is known as '''caught and bowled'''.<ref name="BBC" /> This has nothing to do with the dismissal [[bowled]] but is rather a shorthand for saying the catcher and bowler are the same player. (The scorecard annotation is usually ''c. and b.'' or ''c&b'' followed by the bowler's name.)

Caught is the most common method of dismissal at higher levels of competition, accounting for 36,190 [[Test cricket|Test match]] dismissals between 1877 and 2012, which is 56.9% of all Test match dismissals in this period.<ref name="ESPN622519">{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/blogs/content/story/622519.html|title=Analysing Test dismissals across the ages|work=espncricinfo.com}}</ref>

South African wicket-keeper [[Mark Boucher]] holds the record for the most Test match catches, with 532,<ref name="ESPN1">{{Cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283365.html |title=Most catches in career|website=espncricinfo.com/|language=en|access-date=2019-04-17}}</ref> while [[Rahul Dravid]] holds the record for the most Test match catches by non-wicket-keepers, with 210.<ref name="ESPN2">{{Cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283548.html |title=Most catches |website=espncricinfo.com/|language=en|access-date=2019-04-17}}</ref>