Battle Of The Fieldsmen

[Turbinator]

1) Ricky Ponting
2) Mark Waugh
3) Mark Taylor
4) Roger Harper
5) Viv Richards
6) Clive Lloyd
7) Derek Randall
8) Jonty Rhodes
9) Herschelle Gibbs
10) Bob Simpson
11) Garry Sobers
12) Gus Logie
13) Sachin Tendulkar
14) Mohammad Kaif
15) Yuvraj Singh
16) Paul Collingwood
17) Mohammad Azharuddin
18) Trescothick
19) Suresh Raina
20) Brian Lara
21) Andrew Flintoff
22) Ian Chappell
23) Mike Hussey
24) Ajay Jadeja
25) Greg Chappell
26) Paul Strang
27) Tillakaratne Dilshan
28) Roshan Mahanama
29) Dwayne Bravo
30) Andrew Symonds
31) Michael Clarke
32) Wally Hammond
33) Dwayne Smith
34) Ian Botham
35) Steve Waugh
36) Colin Bland
37) Lou Vincent
38) David Boon
39) Stephen Fleming
40) Eknath Solkar
41) Chris Harris
42) Monty Noble
43) Matthew Hayden
44) Aakash Chopra
45) Allan Border
46) Gilbert Jessop
47) Brian McMillan
48) Chris Cairns
49) Learie Constantine
50) Clem Hill
51) KS Duleepsinhji
52) Grant Flower
53) Syed Abid Ali
54) Rahul Dravid
55) Shane Warne
56) Neil Harvey Fairbrother
57) Hamish Marshall
58) Keith Miller
59) Brian Close
60) Tony Lock
61) Graham Roope
62) Jeremy Coney
63) Graeme Hick
64) Jack Gregory

Okay Final List... Round One starting soon!

 

[Turbinator]

Here we go!

Round 1, Battle 1


David Boon

vs.

Gilbert Jessop

 

[adharcric]

Jessop

 

[Langeveldt]

Pfft, no Trevor Penney and no Stuart Carlisle.. Both better than Hick, probably Yuvraj Singh and Kaif as well.. I arrived here a bit late

 

[superkingdave]

Jessop

If he had never made a run or taken a wicket, Jessop's name would still be among the immortals. His fielding in the cover area was unsurpassed, and the photos of his throwing action in the Beldam and Fry book have become classics. He was so fast over the ground that he could afford to stand deeper than most, and he delighted in luring the batsman to destruction; it is reckoned that he seldom missed the wicket when he threw at it.

Fielders like Bland and Lloyd at their best give some idea of what Jessop was like, though he was a smaller man. In one season he threw out 30 batsmen, and AC MacLaren said that he wanted him on any Test side he captained because of the likelihood of his running out some top Australian batsmen.

 

[adharcric]

Pfft, no Trevor Penney and no Stuart Carlisle.. Both better than Hick, probably Yuvraj Singh and Kaif as well.. I arrived here a bit late

If Yuvraj and Kaif shouldn't be in that list, there are at least 15 others who shouldn't either.

 

[Turbinator]

You guys will love some of these battles that our coming up near the end of Round 1... All credit goes to the creation of randomizers.

 

[silentstriker]

All credit goes to SS

Very true.

 

[Turbinator]

Very true.

Let me edit that post for you.....here......fixed!

 

[Johnners]

Jessop

 

[luffy]

David Boon any chance of some stats though?

 

[adharcric]

any chance of some stats though?

How would that help?

 

[cameeel]

Boon

And Adharcic, number of catches in x number of matches probably does help to indicate who was the better fieldsman. A better fielder will usually field in a position with a high number of catching chances, and hence that could help sway a vote one way or another.

 

[Turbinator]

David Boon any chance of some stats though?

I have given a link with there names to the cricinfo page where you could get a hold of the stats and there is a bit said about most of them on their feilding in the profile section...

 

[adharcric]

Boon

And Adharcic, number of catches in x number of matches probably does help to indicate who was the better fieldsman. A better fielder will usually field in a position with a high number of catching chances, and hence that could help sway a vote one way or another.

Slip fielders get more chances than anyone else despite not necessarily being the best fielders. Point fielders (the best IMO) don't get as many chances as their fielding ability would merit. Finally, fielding is about a lot more than just number of catches. Saved runs, blinders, dropped chances, brilliant run-outs, etc . . .

 

[grecian]

I have given a link with there names to the cricinfo page where you could get a hold of the stats and there is a bit said about most of them on their feilding in the profile section...

I think that is fair enough TBH, stats would be fairly meaningless in this instance IMO (a bit like they were in the battle of the captains).

Jessop, btw.

 

[Turbinator]

So far it's 4-2 in favour of Jessop!

If you don't want Boon to go, hurry in with your votes!

 

[chaminda_00]

Jessop

 

[oz_fan]

Boon

 

[Perm]

David Boon