The Art of Fielding

Deep Catches:
If you can avoid it don't try one handed catches.
Though they look quite good when pulled off they're very iffy.
If you succeed you look good otherwise you may end up with egg all over the face.
A single catch can decide the result of a match.

a) Cross the first joints of the right hand little finger over the left hand little finger.
b) Cup both the hands forming a large "nest". This will allow even fast spinning balls to rotate to their hearts contents within this bowl.
c) Try to get the impact of the ball at the bottom joint of the fingers (esp. the middle/ring fingers). The fingers instinctively close if you touch the lowest joints. This seems to be a vestige of our tree living ancestors whose fingers would close on any branch that touched the base of the fingers.
d) Keep your eyes on the ball right upto the point of impact in the hands.
e) If a throw/catch is more horizontal try to take the catch near shoulders and slow it down behind your body. ie you're braking slowly instead of at once.
f) Make the hands soft and nestle the ball in the "nest". Don't snatch at the ball or try to clamp down on it. This will cause the ball to jump out of the hands.

Slip Catching:

RunOuts: