Best ODI fielder in this list

[ankitj]

The one & only Sir Christopher Harris head & shoulders above the pack...

So far ahead of his time, the skills of the top fielders going around today

If Migara was a Kiwi ??

 

[Zinzan]

If Migara was a Kiwi ??

Migara wouldn't have the arm Harris did.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

I think Ponting is better in close catching positions like slips or silly point but other than that, Rhodes was just a level above everyone at cover-point and midwicket and then among the joint best in the deep fielding in the slog overs.

His anticipation, speed across the turf, and diving technique makes him the best LO fielder ever, IMO.

If we are talking tests, where the catching positions mean so much more, then it is a different conversation.

Ponting and Harry were better at hitting the stumps though.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

The one & only Sir Christopher Harris head & shoulders above the pack...

So far ahead of his time, the skills of the top fielders going around today

Also genius catches and probably consistently the best at caught and bowleds the game has seen.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

If Migara was a Kiwi ??

Migara wouldn't have the arm Harris did.

I thought ankitj was referring to the old guy in the brown top.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Young Murali.

@TheJediBrah

Hard to beat 800 run outs

 

[Zinzan]

Hard to beat 800 run outs

Really? That old boring trope?

 

[Migara]

Mahanama

 

[Molehill]

To save runs - Rhodes
To take great catches - Collingwood
To hit the stumps - Ponting
To create fear and menace - Symonds
To be cool wherever you put him - AB

 

[honestbharani]

Ponting and Harry were better at hitting the stumps though.

Yeah but Jonty got there so much faster the option was always there to effect the run out. I really dont think people comprehend how a level above he was when it comes to speed, agility, anticipation and physical flexibility.

 

[Brook's side]

Pretentious people not voting for Rhodes.

To me, Rhodes is the Gilchrist to Ponting's Alan Knott.

 

[Brook's side]

Fairbrother > Collingwood

Also don't forget Randall.

 

[thierry henry]

Ponting.

I'd stopped noticing ODIs by the time ABdV was (presumably?) strutting his stuff in the ring, so have no opinion of him.

So, Ponting out of the rest. Ahead of Rhodes on directhittedness. Don't really get the Symonds fielding hype, although I'd probably dismissed him in my mind early as another CH9 commentary Ian Harvey-like hot air fuss over nothing.

Symonds always seemed very lumbering/cumbersome to be in the top fielder conversation.

 

[Brook's side]

1. Rhodes
2. Randall
3. Trevor Penney
4. Fairbrother
5. Collingwood
6. Harper
7. M Waugh
8. G Pratt
9. Ponting

 

[Migara]

1. Rhodes
2. Randall
3. Trevor Penney
4. Fairbrother
5. Collingwood
6. Harper
7. M Waugh
8. G Pratt
9. Ponting

Mahanama and Dilshan are better than significant number of those names. If you want to throw in non regular names Jehan Mubarak was elite too.

 

[Prince EWS]

Mahanama and Dilshan are better than significant number of those names. If you want to throw in non regular names Jehan Mubarak was elite too.

Cool post, needs more Sri Lankans.

 

[Brook's side]

Mahanama and Dilshan are better than significant number of those names. If you want to throw in non regular names Jehan Mubarak was elite too.

Penny and Randall are the only real challengers to Rhodes that I've seen (Randall before my time but have seen highlights and know that he was the original special powers fielder), so interesting that these guys you mention are better.

 

[Prince EWS]

Penny and Randall are the only real challengers to Rhodes that I've seen (Randall before my time but have seen highlights), so interesting that these guys you mention are better.

To be fair he said a significant number, not all of them.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Best ODI fielding units

Australia
SA/NZ
Zimbabwe late 90s - early 2000s & WI 75-90
Ireland/Sri Lanka/England
Modern India (post Sachin)
Bangladesh/Pakistan/Afghanistan

Big gap between the top 5 and the rest
Also another big gap between 6-8 and 9-12

Interesting between Jadeja, G Phillips, Jordan, and Maxwell as to who the best is now. It might've been Neesham or Guptill but both have probably played their last ODI.

 

[Brook's side]

To be fair he said a significant number, not all of them.

Yeah but the other ones everyone else had already mentioned! (apart from Gary Pratt) (oh and apart from Fairbrother but he was also absolutely exceptional).

Have just watched a Mahanama medley and whilst there's a couple of stunnas in there but nothing to suggest he was anywhere near Fairbrother, Randall or Penney as a fielder.

Randall here:

Derek Randall - Great Fielding - YouTube