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

[Red]

 

[Prince EWS]

Another reason not to have him bowling ten overs. A waste of a perfectly good fielder to have him at the bowling crease.

 

[Red]

Only reason not to have him bowling ten overs. A waste of a perfectly good fielder to have him at the bowling crease.

 

[Flem274*]

im convinced the continual shortening of your username is going to culminate in 'r' then eventually regrow to 'real andrew symonds'

 

[TheJediBrah]

Always thought he was as a kid. Ponting was more well-rounded being a great slip fielder though. Rhodes did some pretty crazy stuff too.

But if I had to pick one guy to field at cover or midwicket it would be Symonds.

 

[Line and Length]

For me, Jonty Rhodes was ahead of Symonds. Both were excellent fieldsmen but Rhodes has the edge when it comes to run outs with direct hits.

How can we enter a poll that only has two positives - "Yes" and "Definitely"?

 

[Red]

How can we enter a poll that only has two positives - "Yes" and "Definitely"?

Only one answer I guess

 

[honestbharani]

How can we enter a poll that only has two positives - "Yes" and "Definitely"?

By being biased and wrong, obviously ?

 

[JBMAC]

Colin Bland (SA), Allan Border (Aus), Derek Randall (Eng) , Colin Cowdrey (Eng) are just 4 who are better than Symonds. Given time i could come up with a lot more.

 

[Daemon]

Too big, too slow, someone smaller and more agile like mominul probably better

 

[Prince EWS]

Too big, too slow, someone smaller and more agile like mominul probably better

One thing is for sure - Mominul would bowl a better set of ten against an All Time World XI.

 

[Spark]

I wouldn't have even had him as the best fielder in his own team at any point in his career.

 

[Daemon]

One thing is for sure - Mominul would bowl a better set of ten against an All Time World XI.

Yes, but it’d be a win by default because there’s no way Symonds is bowling 10 in an ATG XI.

 

[Coronis]

No.

 

[Dan]

How can we enter a poll that only has two positives - "Yes" and "Definitely"?

Pakistan ODI uniform the correct answer, obvs

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Jonty, Chris Harris, Ponting imo

 

[trundler]

Ponting was fantastic. Australia just had a **** load of insanely good fielders didn't they? Clarke goes under the radar but he was awesome too.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Jonty
Jadeja
Ponting

Symonds a bit below those 3

 

[Spark]

Jonty
Jadeja
Ponting

Symonds a bit below those 3

I was actually thinking about Jadeja when wondering who of the current lot would make the list of truly ATG LO fielders. He definitely stands out in the current crowd IMO. Maybe ABdV at his peak was comparable, but he was more a catching specialist than the ground fielder that Jadeja is.

 

[trundler]

Warner?