Cricket punishes mistakes more than baseball, especially when it comes to dropped catches. In baseball, runs are hard to come by and outs are frequent. In cricket, it’s the opposite—batters keep scoring until someone gets them out, which doesn’t happen often. So when fielders get a chance to end a batter’s run, they have to take it. In a recent Australia match, David Warner was on just 10 runs when he offered a catch. It looked simple, but the fielder dropped it. That miss turned costly. Warner stayed in and piled on 168 runs. His huge score led Australia to victory. One dropped catch changed everything. In cricket, you’re not just missing an out—you’re possibly letting the game slip away.
