The ATG Teams General arguing/discussing thread

[Prince EWS]

I get what you're saying. He's in the side more for his batting/bowling, but good enough as a fielder to make him fit the theme.

Yep, and if you want most of the batsmen fielding in the ring somewhere, that bloke kind of has to be a slipper (or a gun ring fielder, which is even rarer for a fast bowler). Anderson does it pretty well but less well than Flintoff (not to mention not being an ATG ODI player like Flintoff) and I can't really think of a heap of others off the top of my head. It's a great pick IMO. Not the best fielder available but if you wanted a bowler to field in slips who was a gun ODI player then yeah sure.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Good looking XI, RH. Personally I'd sub in Chris Cairns for Lee & Roger Harper for Hogg.

Maybe even Raina, or Clive Lloyd, for Viv, if it is after all a fielding focused side.

You still want them to be potential ATG XI players though. Cairns, Harper & Raina certainly aren't that.

(yes I realise Paul Collingwood is in there, call him the exception that proves the rule)

 

[jimmy101]

I see what you mean. I suppose Jonty Rhodes is another exception, as he isn't necessarily an ATG ODI batsman.

 

[TheJediBrah]

I see what you mean. I suppose Jonty Rhodes is another exception, as he isn't necessarily an ATG ODI batsman.

true. I guess he's so famous for his fielding thought that he trumped it

 

[mr_mister]

Was Brad Hogg an ATG fielder? Didn't know that

 

[Malcolm]

Fielding focussed ODI XI.


Mark Waugh
Ricky Ponting
Viv Richards
MS Dhoni
Andrew Symonds
Jonty Rhodes
Paul Collingwood
Andrew Flintoff
Brad Hogg
Brett Lee
Joel Garner

Trent Boult instead of Brett Lee.

 

[morgieb]

I'd be tempted to pick Anderson in that side. He's at least at Hogg's level with the ball and he gives you a slipper.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Was Brad Hogg an ATG fielder? Didn't know that

Not quite in the same league as those other guys, but be was great for a bowler.

I'd be tempted to pick Anderson in that side. He's at least at Hogg's level with the ball and he gives you a slipper.

You want a specialist spinner though.

 

[Malcolm]

ATG fielders ODI XI

Mark Waugh
Sanath Jayasuriya
Ricky Ponting
Viv Richards
AB de Villiers
Quinton de Kock
Kapil Dev
Brett Lee
Trent Boult
Muttiah Muralitharan
Joel Garner

 

[TheJediBrah]

ATG fielders ODI XI

Mark Waugh
Sanath Jayasuriya
Ricky Ponting
Viv Richards
AB de Villiers
Quinton de Kock
Kapil Dev
Brett Lee
Trent Boult
Muttiah Muralitharan
Joel Garner

a couple of genuinely poor fielders in there. Murali was terrible. He's famous for his bad fielding.

 

[Malcolm]

a couple of genuinely poor fielders in there. Murali was terrible. He's famous for his bad fielding.

Really? Young Muralitharan was a gun fielder, especially of his own bowling. I've seen him take many stunners in the outfield too.

 

[h_hurricane]

a couple of genuinely poor fielders in there. Murali was terrible. He's famous for his bad fielding.

I am genuinely sure that you have not seen a young Murali as a fielder.

Watch this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGP1lTmWNcw

 

[akilana]

Really? Young Muralitharan was a gun fielder, especially of his own bowling. I've seen him take many stunners in the outfield too.

His opinions on non-Australian players are usually terrible

 

[trundler]

His opinions on non-Australian players are usually terrible

As are your opinions on South African players

 

[NUFAN]

ATG fielders ODI XI

Mark Waugh
Sanath Jayasuriya
Ricky Ponting
Viv Richards
AB de Villiers
Quinton de Kock
Kapil Dev
Brett Lee
Trent Boult
Muttiah Muralitharan
Joel Garner

Vs

1 Herschelle Gibbs
2 Tillakaratne Dilshan
3 Allan Border c
4 Paul Collingwood
5 Jonty Rhodes
6 Andrew Symonds
7 Glenn Maxwell
8 Ravindra Jadeja
9 Chris Harris
10 Dwayne Bravo
11 James Foster+

12 Mohammad Kaif

**** that would be an exciting team to watch. Would love seeing Harris bowling hia dibbly-dobbleys with this fielding unit. AB picked as captain due to his dead-eye throw from mid wicket.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Kaif was a hero

 

[trundler]

No mention of Jadeja wtf

 

[a massive zebra]

a couple of genuinely poor fielders in there. Murali was terrible. He's famous for his bad fielding.

Murali was a magnificent fielder, truly one of the best fielders off his own bowling that I have ever seen in 25 years of watching cricket.

 

[Red]

Was Brad Hogg an ATG fielder? Didn't know that

He was pretty handy around backward square leg from memory. At that time we had him, Ponting, Symonds and Clarke. Hell of an inner ring.

AB picked as captain due to his dead-eye throw from mid wicket.

TOTAB was an absolute weapon in the field in the 80s. Best at midwicket I've ever seen. Was very good in the slips also.

 

[TheJediBrah]

I am genuinely sure that you have not seen a young Murali as a fielder.

Watch this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGP1lTmWNcw

Without even clicking that I'm guessing it's the running catch in a Test match of Vaas?

Also famous because it was Murali, usually a terrible fielder. I saw him a lot, usually at mid-on or mid-off. Maybe he was better pre-2000, I don't know, but for the last 7-8 years of his career he was probably the worst fielder going around international cricket. Always good for a laugh though

Murali was a magnificent fielder, truly one of the best fielders off his own bowling that I have ever seen in 25 years of watching cricket.

lol where is this coming from? Both you guys have mentioned specifically fielding off his bowling, maybe you're onto something. He was so bad in the field though. Constantly misfielded balls straight at him & running all around catches. I googled it just to see if I'm the only one and the again the general consensus was that he was a terrible fielder.

Maybe he was different off his own bowling.