There is a popular saying in cricket, ‘Catches win matches’. And in some occasions an unbelievable, unorthodox catch can turn the course of the game and being remembered days after days. In the just completed ICC World Cup, 2015 there were several such remarkable moments exhibited by the world class fielders of different teams. International Cricket Council has published a list of top ten memorable catches of the tournament. Here is the description of the enlisted catches in chronological order. (1) Steve Smith versus England in Melbourne: Steve Smith of Australia is not only one of the most fluent batsmen of modern day cricket but also watch ably athletic in his fielding. In the very first match of the World Cup between arch rivals England and Australia, he took the catch of Jos Buttler at the short cover off the bowling of Mitchell Marsh. Smith leapt in the air towards his left and just snatched away the mighty knock of Buttler with a blink of an eye. It was simply superb. 2. Craig Ervine versus South Africa in Hamilton: The wicket was precious in that occasion as it was the wicket of AB De Villiars and Zimbabwe’s Craig Ervine gripped it in an overall flactuating demeanour. It was difficult to pull off indeed as De Villiars lofted the ball over long – off region. Ervine was standing at the edge of the boundary rope, managed to hold the flying ball but had to sway to keep the balance with the catch which was an example of classic long on fielding arena. 3. Adam Milne versus England in Wellington: It happened during the hard clash between England and New Zealand at the Regional Stadium of Wellington. Milne took the powerfully hived ball of Eion Morgan by fully stretching his body giving the perfect impression of high class modern day fielding standard . 4. Jerome Taylor versus South Africa in Sydney: This catch of the jubilant Caribbean cricketer Jerome Taylor was a perfect stunner and it was forced people to admire the dexterity of capacity fielding efforts. David Miller of South Africa thrashed the delivery of Andre Russell with full power and the ball was flying over the boundary but all in a flash Taylor leapt in the air, gripped the ball and landed safely inside the safe margin of boundary. 5. Dale Steyn versus Pakistan in Auckland: Modern day cricket provides athletism at its best. South Africa’s fiery pace man Dale Steyn is the particular example of sheer athletism in the cricket field. But this time he showed it in his fielding not in his bowling. Ahmed Shehzad flicked the delivery of Kyle Abott, Steyn ran towards the flying ball, stretched his arms, grabbed the flying saucer firmly and it was perfect show down for the spectators at the Eden Park. 6. Quinton De Kock versus Sri Lanka in Sydney: The number sixth fielding phenomenon in the list of ICC took place in the crucial semi – final match between South Africa and Sri Lanka. Kausal perera edged the ball of Kyle Abott and Quinton De Kock was in the slip cordon. He stretched his left arm to grab the ball but it was slipping away; Quinton just stretched out his right arm at that moment and the ball was safely captured within a fraction of moment. 7. Shikhar Dhawan versus Bangladesh in Melbourne: Although the later reviews revealed that the catch was not fulfilled at all, Shikhar Dhawan’s attempt was spicy. Mahmudullah Riyad flicked the ball of Mohammed Shami but it was top edged and was flying towards the boundary rope. Dhawan tried to grip the ball but he was fumbled and made a second attempt; he caught the ball cleanly in the air but the television replays showed his feet touched the boundary rope while completing the catch in the second attempt. 8. MS Dhoni versus Bangladesh in Melbourne: The captain cool of team India exhibited the perfect show of timely keeping of wickets behind the stumps. In the high voltage quarter final clash between the two neighboring countries, no sooner Soumya Sarkar edged the delivery of Shami, stretching in full length sideways, Dhoni took the catch cleanly with perfect timing in the end. 9. Daniel Vettori versus West Indies in Wellington: The great Kiwi all rounder Daniel Vettori in his last appearance of the cricket’s most prestigious stage, showed sparks that charmed the cricket lovers all around the world. In the quarter – final match against West Indies, Marlon Samuels tried to flick the ball of Trent Boult, Vettori jumped to grip the ball that was sailing above his head and perfectly completed the catch. And at the age figure of 36, it was quite possibly hard to execute for a sportsman. 10. Martin Guptill versus South Africa in Auckland: The semi final against New Zealand ended the South Africa’s hope to be in the final of the world cup once again. As the wrecking proteas batsmen tried to build up the innings for the team, the bulky Martin Guptill ended the innings of Faf du Plessis by taking a one handed catch at the backward point as if the ball flew to be placed in his safe hand.