Best Fielder After Rhodes????

[Jonty Lathwal]

Jonty Rhodes ---definitely the best..........

but after him????????

 

[oitoitoi]

I'd add Dilshan and Michael Clarke to that list. Brad Hodge is a damn fine fielder too though not all that acrobatic.

Anyway it's deVilliers hands down.

 

[Kweek]

Collingwood?

 

[James90]

I think Symonds genuinely has a claim for the best. Would give Rhodes a run for his money.

 

[andyc]

Because all other fielders were rubbish before the 90s?

 

[lachlan43]

Colin Bland was supposedly up there with Rhodes. I haven't seen much of his fielding, but from what I've heard he was an absolute cracker.

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

Roger Harper and Dwayne Smith for the poll, IMO.

 

[James90]

Because all other fielders were rubbish before the 90s?

There was cricket before the 90s? I thought it was invented by Shane Warne during a particularly creative drunken orgy.

 

[itduzz]

Imran Nazir,Afridi & Younis khan

 

[Prince EWS]

Imran Nazir,Afridi & Younis khan

 

[Mr Mxyzptlk]

Roger Harper and Dwayne Smith for the poll, IMO.

Brian McMillan anyone? Clive Lloyd?

 

[andruid]

Jonty Rhodes ---definitely the best..........

but after him????????

No Roger Harper !?

 

[Raghav]

You missed Lou Vincent. He is sensational!

 

[Jono]

Symonds, Jonty and Ponting are all the best I've seen.

I'll argue though that Symonds can do close to what Jonty and Ponting did in the ring, but is a better outfielder.

Whether that makes him a better fielder is up for debate, but it definitely makes him more versatile.

 

[Pup Clarke]

Roger Harper and Dwayne Smith for the poll, IMO.

If were talking about speed to the ball and throwing then Smith's a candidate, pretty sure I've seen him make a few howlers with his groundfielding however.

 

[Prince EWS]

Symonds, Jonty and Ponting are all the best I've seen.

I'll argue though that Symonds can do close to what Jonty and Ponting did in the ring, but is a better outfielder.

Whether that makes him a better fielder is up for debate, but it definitely makes him more versatile.

To counter that though, Ponting is a much better slipper than Symonds.

My post last time this topic was brought up:

Yeah, I agree. Symonds is a great outfielder and a great cover fieldsman, but the true test of a fielder's worth in Tests IMO is his fielding in the slips. I don't recall ever seeing Symonds in there - possibly because he's valuable elsewhere, I suppose. But Ponting has all you'd want for a point or cover fieldsman as well as being a fine slip as well.

Symonds has since fielded in the slips and was quite poor, which just strengthens my opinion really.

 

[Migara]

Roshan Mahanama (catch 01, catch 02 ) Also needs a place there. Far better fielder than Chandana or Dilshan. Easily the finest ever Asia produced.

Easily better than Kaif, Yuvraj and Collingwood. I would put him just behind Ponting and Gibbs, but ahead of all others.

 

[Migara]

It's pity that Asia does not produce a lot of good fieldsmen. SL is the only place in Asia where good fielders are bred day and day out. Mahanama, Dilshan, Chandana, Jayasuriya, Murali (in his youth), Dharmasena, De Silva, Jayawardane and Tllekaratne (short leg) were all electric in the field.

 

[Goughy]

It's pity that Asia does not produce a lot of good fieldsmen. SL is the only place in Asia where good fielders are bred day and day out. Mahanama, Dilshan, Chandana, Jayasuriya, Murali (in his youth), Dharmasena, De Silva, Jayawardane and Tllekaratne (short leg) were all electric in the field.

Its very strange. All my experiences of cricket at even lover levels follow this trend. Probably the 5 most athletic Asian fielders I have played with are all Sri Lankan.

On a seperate and related note, Ramprakash was a fine fielder in his youth.

 

[Jono]

To counter that though, Ponting is a much better slipper than Symonds.

My post last time this topic was brought up:



Symonds has since fielded in the slips and was quite poor, which just strengthens my opinion really.

Not denying that you're right, but when has he fielded in the slips and been poor, because my memory escapes me.