Best 'bad fielders' XI

[Dazinho]

I recall hearing about a dreadful drop by Gatt. Here's one I found.
S24 destinations 16x9 30s (youtube.com)

Not opened it yet but...Ian Salisbury?

Could have been the beginning of him becoming our Shane Warne - oh...Gatt!!

 

[AndrewB]

That really was the tour from hell, wasn't it.

I vaguely remember another occasion when Gatting initially caught one that was almost as easy but it slipped out of his grasp and the umpire ruled that he didn't have the ball under control. Possibly the Lord's test in 1985 when Aus chased down a small total?

From Mike Gatting: I had some horrible moments in Ashes Tests at Lord’s… but I love the ground really! | The Cricketer

"People say I dropped Allan Border on 87 at short-leg, but I dispute I never had it. He ran down the wicket and I went with him. He got a thick inside edge off his pad and it went into my chest, but I never had my hands around it. I was trying to knock it up to catch it again. I wasn’t throwing it up in celebration. It was so close to me and so quick."

 

[Migara]

Zoysa was the worst we've had by some distance.

Lahiru Kumara trying very hard to follow him. Duleep Mendis was god awful too, mainly because he was unfit. Ranatunga with all his weight was a sublime catcher and had a pretty strong arm.
The best player who was a bad fielder I guess from SL is Duleep Mendis.

 

[Migara]

1.Colin Milburn
2.Dean Elgar (Slip Fielder)
3.Hashim Amla (Slip Fielder)
4.Colin Cowdrey
5.Inzamam Ul Haq
6.Arjuna Ranatunga (C)
7.Kamran Akmal (WK)
8.Vernon Philander
9.Ravichandran Ashwin
10.Shoaib Akthar
11.Courtney Walsh

He was a damn good slipper. And in out field don't get fooled by the man mountain moving slowly. He literally had the hardest throw in cricket to compensate.

Philander out, Srinath in.
Ashwin out Tufnell in.
Rantunga out, Mendis in.

 

[howitzer]

He was a damn good slipper. And in out field don't get fooled by the man mountain moving slowly. He literally had the hardest throw in cricket to compensate.

Philander out, Srinath in.
Ashwin out Tufnell in.
Rantunga out, Mendis in.

A great shout there. He was geuinely horrendous.

 

[Starfighter]

Mohammed Yousuf was a poor fielder.

Surprised he hasn't got more mention. Just been watching some WSC highlights from 2000 and he featured heavily - getting into dire territory when Chappell says "and once again, it's Yousuf Youhana". Wasn't any better on later tours either

 

[BazBall21]

Surprised he hasn't got more mention. Just been watching some WSC highlights from 2000 and he featured heavily - getting into dire territory when Chappell says "and once again, it's Yousuf Youhana". Wasn't any better on later tours either

Yes he was a seriously bad fielder. Wasn't very good between the wickets too.

 

[howitzer]

Surprised he hasn't got more mention. Just been watching some WSC highlights from 2000 and he featured heavily - getting into dire territory when Chappell says "and once again, it's Yousuf Youhana". Wasn't any better on later tours either

Yeah I'd forgotten how bad he was. Even on his demon tour in I think it was 2006 he was bad enough in the field for my friend to (jokingly) suggest his batting wasn't worth his fielding.

 

[trundler]

Gul was pretty horrendous also

 

[howitzer]

Gul was pretty horrendous also

He was perhaps even worse but I feel like we're looking for people who were otherwise pretty decent Test cricketers.

Edit: Or else Aamer Sohail would be available

 

[Zinzan]

Mark Richardson - pretty sure he had some sort of medical issue that inhibited his running and fielding.

Lol Richardson was an ordinary fieldsman but there was no medical issue, he was just slow. Hence why he liked to challenge the slowest player from the opposition to a race. This one against Lehmann, which included hurdling a keg, Rigor won.

 

[howitzer]

Lol Richardson was an ordinary fieldsman but there was no medical issue, he was just slow. Hence why he liked to challenge the slowest player from the opposition to a race. This one against Lehmann, which included hurdling a keg, Rigor won.

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Lehmann looks like he's about to change his mind and go sideways in the first photo lmao.

 

[peterhrt]

Michael Vaughan.

 

[Chin Music]

Not opened it yet but...Ian Salisbury?

Could have been the beginning of him becoming our Shane Warne - oh...Gatt!!

Yep that was the one!

 

[Prince EWS]

He was a damn good slipper. And in out field don't get fooled by the man mountain moving slowly. He literally had the hardest throw in cricket to compensate.

Philander out, Srinath in.
Ashwin out Tufnell in.
Rantunga out, Mendis in.

Indeed.

 

[Starfighter]

Indeed.

Funnily enough, Wayne Holdsworth, who posts videos of himself on youtube, put up footage of the inaugural U19 World Cup and Inzamam bowled ordinary orthodox non-spinners.

 

[TheJediBrah]

lol I noticed those Wayne Holdsworth videos popping up they are actually awesome

 

[honestbharani]

Funnily enough, Wayne Holdsworth, who posts videos of himself on youtube, put up footage of the inaugural U19 World Cup and Inzamam bowled ordinary orthodox non-spinners.

Is that Steve Waugh at the non striker's end when Inzy gets the wicket?

 

[ankitj]

Look at Tendulkar's bat at the time of release. That's why Indian batsmen rarely get Mankaded.

 

[Coronis]

Man I forgot how much I missed Greig’s pronunciation of Murali. (and Greig in general)