WORST australian fielder of all time

[Kraken]

Bancroft

of all the things you could pick on Bancroft for, his fielding is unequivocally not one of them

 

[Son Of Coco]

Going on last night's effort, all of them.

 

[mr_mister]

Probably a lot of from his era wouldn't go well today in the field, but Bert Ironmonger was known for being hopeless with the bat and in the field.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Probably a lot of from his era wouldn't go well today in the field, but Bert Ironmonger was known for being hopeless with the bat and in the field.

Bloke was like 50 tbf

 

[social]

Yeah I assume that Bancroft being mentioned is a meme because he's a legit quality close in fielder.

He’s basically an excellent all round fielder

Harris is well below the standard required for international cricket and have no idea what’s going on with Renshaw

 

[Coronis]

Probably a lot of from his era wouldn't go well today in the field, but Bert Ironmonger was known for being hopeless with the bat and in the field.

Stolen from the CW story on him:

His only shot was a swipe in the general direction of the covers, and AG ‘Johnny’ Moyes described his appearances with the bat as a gesture to convention.

although to be fair to Ironmonger he had always had a reasonably safe pair of hands. What he did lack was mobility, and he never ran very far, and when he did get moving he wasn’t too keen on bending down, and would habitually stop the ball with his boot.


Clearly ball tampering with his boot imo.

 

[Daemon]

I’ve not seen worse than Mo Irfan. He made Munaf Patel look like Jonty Rhodes.

 

[Burgey]

Great to see renowned Australian cricketers Mo Irfan and Munaf Patel brought into the discussion here.

 

[honestbharani]

For a serious answer, it has to be Zampa. Even the worst Aussie fielders were usually either decent to safe or at the least quick and athletic relatively speaking. Zampa is almost 90s-Indian-bowler-in- the- field levels bad.

 

[Nintendo]

Does it have to be guys who have played for the national team? There's been some shocking fielders in the bbl.

 

[ashley bach]

Stoinis really embarrassed himself last night dropping that dolly. Great grandmother would of caught it most given days.

 

[quincywagstaff]

I recall reading that early 1950s spinner Jack Iverson was basically a non-fielder, matched only by his non-batting.

But he was such a destructive off-spinner -pivotal in winning an Ashes - that it didn't really matter.

 

[Spark]

Does it have to be guys who have played for the national team? There's been some shocking fielders in the bbl.

There are guys who basically can't throw from the outfield properly which is truly something I thought I'd never see at professional level, though I can personally sympathise

 

[mr_mister]

Stoinis really embarrassed himself last night dropping that dolly. Great grandmother would of caught it most given days.

They're never that simple when they're that high imo

Like Maxwell's dismissal was a dolly catch. But we can get a bit spoilt thinking we'd snaffle up those high ones

 

[Spark]

They're never that simple when they're that high imo

Like Maxwell's dismissal was a dolly catch. But we can get a bit spoilt thinking we'd snaffle up those high ones

They're not simple for amateurs for sure - god knows I struggled disproportionately with them - but for professionals they should be an absolute cakewalk. Sure everyone makes mistakes but not that many mistakes in a single game.

 

[TheJediBrah]

tbf to Stoinis he was up late the night before lifting 50 to 70kg up and down





then he went to the gym

 

[Nintendo]

tbf to Stoinis he was up late the night before lifting 50 to 70kg up and down





then he went to the gym

Zampa only weighs 48.7 kg you fat-shaming numphy.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Zampa only weighs 48.7 kg you fat-shaming numphy.

You need to take in account the gimp outfit

 

[honestbharani]

gimp

y go after @GIMH ?

 

[Tom Flint]

They're never that simple when they're that high imo

Like Maxwell's dismissal was a dolly catch. But we can get a bit spoilt thinking we'd snaffle up those high ones

Lol when they go straight up that high and your fielding in the circle they come down vertical. Underrated catch if you take that in amateur cricket! But rarely see pros spill them.