Catching

After some very rudimentary checks (i.e. if it's inaccurate I apologise but you'll just have to live with it) on how successful the England and South Africa teams were in their catching during the recent series, here are the scores on the doors in case you're interested:

England dropped 14 catches, South Africa dropped 5.

Dropped catches by England: Cook (5), Ambrose (3), Collingwood (2), Pattinson (2), Pietersen (1), Panesar (1). Dropped catches by South Africa: Ntini (2), de Villiers (1), Kallis (1), McKenzie (1).

Interestingly, 3 of the 5 dropped catches by South Africa were in the final Test at which point the series had already been won, while England dropped 4 catches in that match. It occurs to me that a dropped catch ratio of more than 3:1 in the 1st 3 Tests didn't help Vaughan!