Joe Root’s scintillating one-handed snaffle at first slip to dismiss Marnus Labuschagne off Mark Wood was a one-off – but only because most keepers would have taken the edge, which was well to Root’s left.
I fielded a fair bit at first slip and while every wicketkeeper has their ideas of where they’d like you to stand, they don’t expect you to catch them with an outstretched left hand. That area is theirs.
So why didn’t Johnny Bairstow snaffle it? Watching the TV replay you could see he had his legs wide apart, a very stable position for a...