How Long Do You Have To Hold A Catch In Cricket?

Catching is one of the cornerstones of cricket fielding and requires excellent hand-eye coordination, so regular practice of catching drills should be conducted. Focus on throwing the ball from high, chest, and ground levels while using different grips or hand positions when catching. In addition, try practicing reverse cup and running orthodox catches to enhance your overall abilities.

A catch is considered complete when the player gains total control of both the ball and himself (Law 33.3). A player may only hold onto their catch for up to three seconds at one time, with an exception made if it lodges itself within protective equipment such as helmets while being held by hands or glove, providing they maintain full control.

If a batsman is outcaught, any runs scored off of that delivery are considered null and void and his or her former striker’s place at one end of the pitch taken by another player from his/her batting team. Players typically do not appeal to an umpire, unless it was clearly caught.

Runners leave their bases as soon as a fielder touches the ball with his/her hands, gloves, or other parts of his/her body – this includes any spectator standing near or on top of a fence – regardless of which body part the fielder uses to touch it with. Catchers must not reach beyond any fence, railing, rope, or line of demarcation to make a catch – this includes anyone standing directly beside or even outside such demarcations points in order to make one.