Worst Current Fielder?

[tooextracool]

Chris Read had 11 bad games then, so Jones is doing ok?

and ive never denied that he isnt doing better than read or that he doesnt deserve a place in the side...in fact i was the one who suggested that read be dropped for him before the series against NZ, and at the time that was against popular opinion on these forums.

 

[Richard]

In spite of the fact he'd already been dropped by then?

 

[Richard]

obviously there are certain deliveries that are always there to be hit....youd want to put away half volleys and long hops early on in your innings and get some confidence into yourself.

Not to mention balls missing leg, regardless of the length.

and where have i ever denied that what is there to be hit depends from all of those conditions? the problem with geraint jones is that even when he isnt seeing the ball of the middle of the bat he is still trying to play his shots when the ball is not there to be hit.

So he tries to hit balls he should not be trying to hit, basically.
You should have phrased it better, in other words.

 

[tooextracool]

Not to mention balls missing leg, regardless of the length.

yes add that too...something that players like atherton were very good at.

So he tries to hit balls he should not be trying to hit, basically.
You should have phrased it better, in other words.

i think ive phrased it well enough for people to understand it......

 

[Richard]

And of course you can tell that for certain, given that no-one else has commented on the matter...

 

[tooextracool]

And of course you can tell that for certain, given that no-one else has commented on the matter...

im afraid if you couldnt figure out from this:
"the problem that he has is that he plays too many shots before getting set, and as players like vaughan have realised you only go for your shots early on in your innings if its there to be hit"
that i meant this:
"So he tries to hit balls he should not be trying to hit, basically."

then theres really no reason for me to explain myself.

 

[Sanz]

Worst Fielder, Nehra, Harbhajan come to mind. Laxman isn't far behind.

 

[FRAZ]

Yasir Hameed , Sami

 

[Sanz]

Sami ?? You are kidding me? Sami is one of the better fielders in Pakistan. He is also very athletic. He has the most accurate throw as well.

 

[FRAZ]

But no safe pair of hands , Hav dropped quite a few and some times his throws are wayward .

 

[Nate]

But no safe pair of hands , Hav dropped quite a few and some times his throws are wayward .

that sounds like samis bowling... "sometimes his throws are wayward"

jokes people

 

[FRAZ]

Yup and a good one

 

[Richard]

im afraid if you couldnt figure out from this:
"the problem that he has is that he plays too many shots before getting set, and as players like vaughan have realised you only go for your shots early on in your innings if its there to be hit"
that i meant this:
"So he tries to hit balls he should not be trying to hit, basically."

then theres really no reason for me to explain myself.

Maybe you could figure it out - you still phrased it poorly.

 

[Legglancer]

Graham Smith is pretty bad, He cant throw to save his life especially in the series against SL he bungles up quite a few possible runouts.

 

[Richard]

He can catch, though.

 

[Legglancer]

He can catch, though.

Yeah I havent seen him drop many sitters .... Avika Gunwardana is also quite pathetic on the field.

 

[Richard]

I cannot for the life of me work-out why he plays as much as he has done.
It's ridiculous, he's not much of a batsman at all.

 

[Legglancer]

I cannot for the life of me work-out why he plays as much as he has done.
It's ridiculous, he's not much of a batsman at all.

I wholeheartedly agree with you his technique sucks and his feet are cemented to the wicket ..... I cannot for the life of me figure out how he scored those runs against SA .....

Even the new Guy Samam Jayanta is a quite bad fielder but quite a attractive stroke player though.

 

[luckyeddie]

Going back to the title of this thread again, it's interesting just how much of a curate's egg the fielding and/or catching was once again today in the latest clash between Bangladesh and West Indies.

Bravo (I think it was, but it might have been Sammy - I wasn't paying attention) grassed, off successive balls, the easiest caught and bowled chances I have EVER seen spurned by an international cricketer. Meanwhile, Crystal 'Oops I mean yours' Gayle enhanced his own reputation as the only serious rival to VVS 'Bob' Cantcatchit as international cricket's worst slipper.

Then you had the ground fielding and general butterfingeredness of any Bangladeshi fielder you could choose at random.

Amongst that whole field of swine (that's not an insult but a literary term) you had one or two pearls - Bravo's flying effort to end the game off the hapless Crystal, and a couple of the three held by Sammy warrant a mention (one of which was simply extraordinary).

 

[Deja moo]

. Meanwhile, Crystal 'Oops I mean yours' Gayle enhanced his own reputation as the only serious rival to VVS 'Bob' Cantcatchit as international cricket's worst slipper.

You cant be serious

VVS had just one bad game in the slips (unfortunately it was a final , and a rare occasion when Australia could have been dismissed for less than 150 in a final).
Otherwise he has been superb .