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The Best Fieldsmen I Have Seen
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vic_orthdox
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Mark Waugh will often be underrated, IMO, because he made the hard look ridiculously easy, and the nigh-on impossible look basic.
short shorts
School Boy/Girl Captain
Of those I have seen, in no particular order
Rhodes
Symonds
Ponting
Laxman (best slips fielder I've seen)
McGrath and Tendulkar and Agarkar (purely for their outfield catching, the most reliable outfield catchers I've seen)
Yuvraj and Collingwood and Gibbs (Yuvraj's catches in the 2002 Champions Trophy were sensational)
Lee (best fielder off his own bowling I have seen)
Rhodes
Symonds
Ponting
Laxman (best slips fielder I've seen)
McGrath and Tendulkar and Agarkar (purely for their outfield catching, the most reliable outfield catchers I've seen)
Yuvraj and Collingwood and Gibbs (Yuvraj's catches in the 2002 Champions Trophy were sensational)
Lee (best fielder off his own bowling I have seen)
umm, i'll have a go, but these guys are all fairly modern (im only 13)
In no particular Order
1. R. Ponting
2. P. Collingwood
3. M. Waugh
4. M. Taylor
5. J. Rhodes
6. A. Symonds
7. H. Gibbs (bar 1999 WC incident)
8. D. Randall (from reputation)
9. D. Boon (remember Shane Warne's Hat Trick)
10. D. Jones
11. I. Healy (for his keeping to Warne)
12th Man - Brett Lee (remember Short Fine Leg Classics vs Zimbabwe)
In no particular Order
1. R. Ponting
2. P. Collingwood
3. M. Waugh
4. M. Taylor
5. J. Rhodes
6. A. Symonds
7. H. Gibbs (bar 1999 WC incident)
8. D. Randall (from reputation)
9. D. Boon (remember Shane Warne's Hat Trick)
10. D. Jones
11. I. Healy (for his keeping to Warne)
12th Man - Brett Lee (remember Short Fine Leg Classics vs Zimbabwe)
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Fiery
Banned
Well said
Fiery
Banned
No doubt....probably the greatest of all so fair call
The Sean
Cricketer Of The Year
BTW mate, that's a fantastic list - VERY envious you've seen all those blokes in action!
Pup Clarke
Cricketer Of The Year
Indeed, probably the best catch I've ever seen tbh.
Fiery
Banned
huge call
Pup Clarke
Cricketer Of The Year
I've seen a few outrageous catches like Collingwood's in 2005 but that catch was unreal as it looked as though the ball for all money was past him.
vic_orthdox
Global Moderator
And I reckon diving in the outfield like that is a lot harder, because it's not really a "reflex" action - you have to measure it a lot more and judge it a lot better, where as in the ring, it's a fair bit different.
Flem274*
123/5
I'm with pup, that catch was amazing. I haven't been around long enough though to see catches in the early nineties and previous though. I remember Astles on the boundary against the WI as well where he juggled it in and caught it.
Collingwood, Ponting and Vincent are three names that stand out for me in the current era. I don't know alot about the subcontinent teams though.
Oh and Bond's caught and bowled in the Chappel-Hadlee was awesome.
Collingwood, Ponting and Vincent are three names that stand out for me in the current era. I don't know alot about the subcontinent teams though.
Oh and Bond's caught and bowled in the Chappel-Hadlee was awesome.
Pup Clarke
Cricketer Of The Year
The thing was Hayden absolutely smashed that ball so Sinclair really didn't have that long to react.
vic_orthdox
Global Moderator
Probably should keep this to "fieldsmen" guys, there are gazillion of threads about best catches. 
Fiery
Banned
How come Collingwood didn't get called Paul?
