Catches wins matches is probably the most popular saying in cricket. In fact the dropped catches often cost as much as a World Cup trophy. The famous saying from Steve Waugh after Hershelle Gibbs dropped him at a crucial stage in the knockout game of the World Cup 'How does it feels to drop the World Cup' has become part of the cricket folklore.
The game between India and Pakistan in the 2011 World Cup semi-final saw as many as five catches of Sachin Tendulkar dropped by Pakistan fielders. During this time, one thing I noticed is that the players who dropped these five catches of Sachin Tendulkar in the Semi-Final of the World Cup 2011 were either wearing goggles or caps in most of the instances. Misbah spilled the first catch of Sachin Tendulkar and that was not hard to take. Misbah was wearing a glass. Yunis Khan and Umar Akmal were among the players who dropped Tendulkar at different stages of his innings. Umar Akmal is a brilliant fielder, but dropped Tendulkar and he was wearing a goggle when he dropped Tendulkar.
Since then I have observed that most of the time the players are dropping catches, they are either wearing a goggle or a cap or both of them. So I think players would do well to avoid Goggles and Glasses while they are on the field.
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