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haha, that's one example. Also describes every leggie I've ever played with. ****s.Think T_C had one person in mind when ranting on leggies - Stuart MacGill.
haha, that's one example. Also describes every leggie I've ever played with. ****s.Think T_C had one person in mind when ranting on leggies - Stuart MacGill.
Laxman is an excellent slip catcher and always has been, even if he's a poor outfielder.Running out of greats, but Laxman & Ganguly are/were both good test players and ordinary fielders.
Never looked uncoordinated or anything, but dropped his fair share of catches.Hmm, I always remembered Vaughan to be quite good actually. Might just be watching him when I was younger and knew less about cricket though. I think his crocked knees might have something to do with him being a bit immobile towards the end of his career though.
Shaun Tait doesn't have a very good wing. And my recollection of Walsh (and Ambrose) was that neither of them had the greatest throwing arms, mainly because they threw with such a side-arm motion that they would sometimes be throwing it "underarm".Not sure whether a massive, well-built fast bowler is any more or less likely to have a good arm whether his skin is black or any other colour TBH, but as-a-rule, quality quick bowlers have fine arms. Exceptions are very rare, in fact I can't OTTOMH think of any.
Cannon arm, tbf. 'Twas blind as a bat tho, which obv didn't help his catching.Chuck Devon Malcolm in there, too?
The thread title says "bonafide great and a mediocre fielder".Oh, and this far in and no mention of Tuffers? Disgraceful, you Englishmen.
Chuck Devon Malcolm in there, too?
Made up for any shortcomings in the field through the sheer class of his batting though...Dainty Ironmonger isn't, I suppose, an all time great although his 70 odd test wickets at 17 apiece is a better average than some who are that highly regarded - anyway he was by all accounts the worst fielder ever to appear in Test Cricket - although he still managed to spoil one story with his fielding when he caught Harold Larwood when he was on 98 in the final test of the Bodyline series - which was also the last test either Larwood or Dainty played in
Isn't that because of some sort of weakness in his shoulder that's required some surgery already?Shaun Tait doesn't have a very good wing.
I have no recollection of either being particularly good throwers either, but I like you was born at around the time they were beginning their careers, so we didn't get to see them at their physical peaks.And my recollection of Walsh (and Ambrose) was that neither of them had the greatest throwing arms, mainly because they threw with such a side-arm motion that they would sometimes be throwing it "underarm".