Cricketweb decides the best fielder ever

[Slifer]

Exactly. Voting Viv in the same league as Ponting actually isn't that far fetched. Too bad some on this board don't know much about cricket pre-2000

 

[Slifer]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eqNhioPr01k

 

[Burgey]

2:23 where he fetches the ball from a foot wide of off stump on the front dog and hits it over mid wicket for six.

 

[JBMAC]

I have followed this thread with great interest and sometimes amusement (NOT derogatory) and seen how each of the posters have justified their selections. Some of the GREATEST fielders who have played this game of ours seem to have been omitted. Admittedly I go back a wee bit further than most in having played and followed the game.

Fielders Omitted

Cowper, Sheehan, Redpath, Dale, May, Dexter, D'Oliviera, Cowdrey(SNR), Kanhai, Nurse,Hunte, Kallicharan, Surti, Adcock, Greenidge, Ron Archer.

ANY one of the above from what I have seen should be placed above your listings in this thread. I started to wonder why? Then the penny dropped ,with a few exceptions not all of you have actually seen my list of players because there were no TV broadcasts or the commentary / pictures were quite sub standard to what they are now. So, I just thought I would throw in my two bobs worth for the sake of the exercise.

 

[Lillian Thomson]

I have followed this thread with great interest and sometimes amusement (NOT derogatory) and seen how each of the posters have justified their selections. Some of the GREATEST fielders who have played this game of ours seem to have been omitted. Admittedly I go back a wee bit further than most in having played and followed the game.

Fielders Omitted

Cowper, Sheehan, Redpath, Dale, May, Dexter, D'Oliviera, Cowdrey(SNR), Kanhai, Nurse,Hunte, Kallicharan, Surti, Adcock, Greenidge, Ron Archer.

ANY one of the above from what I have seen should be placed above your listings in this thread. I started to wonder why? Then the penny dropped ,with a few exceptions not all of you have actually seen my list of players because there were no TV broadcasts or the commentary / pictures were quite sub standard to what they are now. So, I just thought I would throw in my two bobs worth for the sake of the exercise.

The snag is the lack of footage and lack of shrieking commentators making out that these people are super human.

 

[G.I.Joe]

Quarterfinal 3 (of 4)

Andrew Symonds AB deVilliers

10 6

Quarterfinal 4 (of 4)

Ricky Ponting Viv Richards

13 3

Andrew Symonds and Ricky Ponting go through.

 

[G.I.Joe]

Semi Final 1

Vote for 1 player

Ricky Ponting vs Roger Harper

Semifinal 2

Vote for 1 player

Andrew Symonds vs Jonty Rhodes

 

[cnerd123]

Now it gets tough.


Harper
Rhodes

 

[OverratedSanity]

Ponting
Rhodes

 

[AndyZaltzHair]

Harper
Rhodes

 

[jaideep]

Ponting
Rhodes

 

[Gob]

Ponting
Rhodes

 

[Gob]

Symmonds
Viv.

Get over it....

Lol

 

[honestbharani]

Ponting
Rhodes

 

[Lillian Thomson]

Harper
Rhodes

 

[fredfertang]

Harper
Rhodes

 

[Burgey]

Ponting. Harper was a genius fielder though.

Second semi is really tough. Went for Rhodes narrowly.

 

[Slifer]

Harper
Rhodes.

Harper was the perfect 12th man and could literally field anywhere. For a man to play so few tests and be mostly remembered for his fielding ability, says something about how good (great) he was.


Honorable mention to Gus Logie

 

[CricAddict]

Ponting
Rhodes

 

[dfrinku]

Ponty Rhodes