Is Andrew Symonds the best fielder we've ever seen?

[Spark]

Warner?

Nah, not in that class IMO. Creates opportunities, doesn't take enough of them.

 

[mr_mister]

Roger Harper another good one


and I rate Maxi super highly

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Currently Guptill is up with Jadeja imo. Stokes is pretty good too.

 

[Red]

no way some of the ones mentioned here are better than ROY

 

[Daemon]

Stokes is up there but as an outfielder and in the slips, don’t recall too much of him in the ring

Pollard one of the best outfielders ever imo. Past his prime now but still quality.

Bavuma pretty handy too

But in all roundness I think Jadeja/Jordan from the active lot

 

[Daemon]

Stokes is up there but as an outfielder and in the slips, don’t recall too much of him in the ring

Pollard one of the best outfielders ever imo. Past his prime now but still quality.

Bavuma pretty handy too

But in all roundness I think Jadeja/Jordan from the active lot

This is LOs ofc, if Tests then I think it’s Stokes because he’s likely to make more of an impact on the game via slip catching.

 

[TheJediBrah]

I knew this thread would turn into "list every good fielder you can think of"

no one currently playing is close to the standard of Symonds, Ponting or Rhodes

lol at Warner and Maxwell

no way some of the ones mentioned here are better than ROY

most are not even close

 

[TheJediBrah]

But if we are going to be throwing out the name very half-decent fielder we can think of then I'll go with Paul Collingwood. Much better than most listed so far

 

[Daemon]

But if we are going to be throwing out the name very half-decent fielder we can think of then I'll go with Paul Collingwood. Much better than most listed so far

I knew this thread would turn into "list every good fielder you can think of"

no one currently playing is close to the standard of Symonds, Ponting or Rhodes

lol at Warner and Maxwell


most are not even close

The conversation shifted to current players after Spark brought it up. The names being thrown about are not being compared to Symonds.

I think only OS said Jadeja > Symonds.

 

[grecian]

Great fielders are really hard to judge unless you see them live, and I never did with Symonds, the way they eat up ground with minimal effort is often the thing, rather than the spectacular, and maybe bizarrely I think Chris Jordan is the best I've seen live.

 

[OverratedSanity]

The conversation shifted to current players after Spark brought it up. The names being thrown about are not being compared to Symonds.

I think only OS said Jadeja > Symonds.

Ok, so I dont actually think Jadeja>Symonds mainly because figuring out which fielder is better is simply a much more weirdly difficult conversation to be had than a comparison of batsmen/bowlers.

He's probably the closest thing to Symonds today though, insanely atheltic, safe hands, rocket arm. Symonds a better catcher in the slips and off his own bowling though. The fact that he played with ponting probably makes me unfairly a little biased against him in a GOAT fielder debate.

 

[TheJediBrah]

The conversation shifted to current players after Spark brought it up. The names being thrown about are not being compared to Symonds.

I think only OS said Jadeja > Symonds.

I know, but I did

Ok, so I dont actually think Jadeja>Symonds mainly because figuring out which fielder is better is simply a much more weirdly difficult conversation to be had than a comparison of batsmen/bowlers.

He's probably the closest thing to Symonds today though, insanely atheltic, safe hands, rocket arm. Symonds a better catcher in the slips and off his own bowling though. The fact that he played with ponting probably makes me unfairly a little biased against him in a GOAT fielder debate.

Symonds never fielded in the slips as far as I'm aware, and I saw the vast majority of his international career

 

[TheJediBrah]

I still think Symonds > Ponting (slightly) in the ring. Never seen anyone do some of the things Symonds could.

 

[OverratedSanity]

He didnt? Could swear he was in the cordon, albeit not very often. Maybe it was in tests

 

[TheJediBrah]

I'm not sure he did even in Tests, unless it was a rare occasion where he was 4th slip or something

 

[robelinda]

Show me a longer video of ANYONE doing this

 

[TheJediBrah]

That's a loaded challenge coming from the guy that makes the videos

 

[harsh.ag]

Theme of the video: "That is very unfortunate for New Zealand."

 

[Adders]

But if we are going to be throwing out the name very half-decent fielder we can think of then I'll go with Paul Collingwood. Much better than most listed so far

Ill do better than a like for this post, I'm awarding a free Pad Thai for it.

 

[honestbharani]

He didnt? Could swear he was in the cordon, albeit not very often. Maybe it was in tests

Symonds at slips


No fielder is in the same stratosphere as Jonty among the 90s and post batch.


And yes, Jadeja is > Symonds... More accurate and therefore better arm.