His job was to catch the ball on the bounce as quickly as he could and call "Stop!"
Left fielder Sam Fuld made a diving attempt to catch the ball, which instead went under his glove and rolled behind him.
"They were switching, they were denying, they were forcing him to catch the ball at a place that we're not comfortable with, " Brooks said.
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Kemp drove a 2-0 fastball, clocked at 95 mph, toward the right-field corner where a security guard stationed at the foul pole tried to catch the ball just behind the wall.
He was brilliantly taken by Smith, who managed to catch the ball above his head on the long-on boundary but keep his balance and stay inside the ropes, giving the impressive Henriques a third wicket.
Loach had been in fine form to keep out the Royals but was fortunate not to concede a penalty late on when he appeared to barge into Long while coming to catch the ball from a cross.
Amla and overnight de Villiers were both in aggressive mood and it came as a huge relief to India when de Villiers succumbed to the second new ball, edging a catch to the keeper off Santh and departing for 44.
Reid had been confident of his plan to give Hearts more of the ball and try to catch them on the break, but patient build-up play from the visitors caused him to abandon his tactics in the second half.
The mercurial number 10 tried to catch a high ball in the 22 behind his back but dropped it and then sliced his clearance into touch.
However, the Sunderland goalkeeper got his bearings all wrong in trying to catch a Sodje header when he allowed the ball to drop on to the bar.
And Swart followed first ball, failing to avoid a short ball and looping a catch off the glove to Collingwood running in from third slip.
Bryce Harper made a leaping attempt to catch the homer, but the ball bounced off his glove and over the wall.
He decided to leap in front of Strauss, who had the catch covered at first slip, but could only deflect the ball to the third man boundary.
Freese hasn't played since Monday when he bruised his tail bone falling into the stands trying to catch a foul ball.
Kevin Pietersen hit one booming straight six off Bravo but lobbed a catch to mid-on off the next ball, and the first partnership of note came when Bopara and Shah added 53.
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Mills' innings, though, came to a close as he too nicked the ball to the slips, Matthew Hayden this time taking the catch off Warne's bowling.
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He tried to cut a ball that was too close to him, and Boucher took his ninth catch of the match.
With the ball set to fly for six, long-on fielder Voges made the catch on the boundary, but his body's momentum took him over the rope.
Fraser Watts made a scratchy six from 28 balls before he edged RP Singh to give keeper Mahendra Dhoni a simple catch off the final ball of the eighth over.
He fell to a brilliant diving catch by John Mooney off the final ball of the 45th over, but Bresnan, batting at a lowly number 10, hit two fours to at least take England past the 200 mark.
Mostly, the game will be remembered for Parseghian's gutsy decision right at the end to call a deep pass out of his own end zone, the ball going to a little-used tight end who managed to make a juggling catch along the sideline before tumbling into the Alabama bench, right in front of the Bear.
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There was also an incredible moment on the long-on boundary when Angelo Mathews, realising he could not make a clean catch, parried the ball upwards, then dived to claw it from over the ropes back into the playing area.
Mahmood does for Arafat with a slower ball, the Pakistani batsman feathering a catch to Sutton behind the timbers.
Attempting to clip a ball through the on-side he tamely chipped a catch to Strauss at short mid-wicket and England celebrated wildly as they ended an important 76-run partnership.
Broad was bowling with great venom and accuracy, and Fidel Edwards lasted just three balls before splicing a vicious throat ball to Tim Bresnan, who took a good catch in the gully.
Panesar was equally impressive, the spinner bowling maiden after maiden - and it could have been even better had he reacted quicker when Brendon McCullum nudged one back to him late on, the ball falling just short of a return catch.
Borthwick claimed a second easy catch to give Bresnan his first Test wicket when Brendan Nash guided a ball travelling down the leg side to square-leg.
Tremlett snared his third victim in the second over after lunch as Smith prodded hard at a routine delivery outside off stump and fed a gentle catch to Strauss - the England captain seeming to break into a grin even before he had the ball safely in his grasp.
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