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Top 20 fielders in world cricket

Athlai

Not Terrible
Discuss.

I'd have Guptill, Faf and AB as my top 3. But who else is special out there?

ps dont tell fy
 

Spikey

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20. Joe Root
19. Pollard
18. Dilshan
17. Steve Smith
16. Trent Boult
15. David Warner
14. AB
13. Guptill
12. FDP
11-1. Team India
 

Dan

Hall of Fame Member
Was almost going to start this thread tbh.

Smith is genuine quality in the field.
 

Daemon

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We've got lots of gems not in the side atm as well like Munaf Patel and Praveen Kumar
 

Spark

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Smith is a deadset freak. I remember he took an incredible catch really early on in his career at the SCG to a ball that was probably going for six, full-length dive and basically caught it behind him.
 

Athlai

Not Terrible
Thoughts?

De Villiers
Faf
Guptill
McCullum
Raina
Smith
Williamson
Morgan
Dilshan
Pollard
Bravo
Jadeja
Umar Akmal
Clarke
Warner
Kohli
Maxwell
Miller
Russell
Rahane
 

Migara

Cricketer Of The Year
Senanayake and Mathews should have a mention as well, in addition to Dilshan. Kaushal Silva is very very good, but he only playes tests. It's mind boggling to see Lankan side slide on fielding. Upul Chandana and Mahanama were electric and easily better than Dilshan and Jayasuriya, Murali and Dharmasena were equally good in their youth as Dilshan. Would never see that end of 90s fielding displays from Sri Lanka again.
 

Swingpanzee

International Regular
Thoughts?

De Villiers
Faf
Guptill
McCullum
Raina
Smith
Williamson
Morgan
Dilshan
Pollard
Bravo
Jadeja
Umar Akmal
Clarke
Warner
Kohli
Maxwell
Miller
Russell
Rahane
Criminal to not include Boult there. Deserve to be banned. :ph34r::ph34r:
 

theegyptian

International Vice-Captain
Some teams may really struggle with the big boundaries in Australia. Australia imo are well served with the likes of Warner, Maxwell, Smith etc who have bullet arms and are very good outfielders. Was really impressed watching Warner in his first IPL. Very little domestic or international cricket at the time and yet looked brilliant out on the boundary. Super fast over short distances and real safe pair of hands.

WIll be interesting how some of the teams adapt going from some of the smaller NZ type grounds to the bigger Aus and vice versa.

It's another area of weakness for England sadly. Most are reasonable but generally lack a bit of athleticism and two or three like Hales, Bopara are liable to drop a simple catch.
 

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