The best team in the field ?

[dontcloseyoureyes]

Haha didn't we put the mockers on.

 

[NUFAN]

South Africa definitely have the best fielding team in the world.

 

[Migara]

Sri Lanka has some pretty crap fielders, no way are they #1.

I'd put India and SL slightly behind England.

Apart from Samaraweera, I am struggling to find crap fieldsman in the test side. And he's a good cacther Vandort is a good catcher in gully. Warnapura, short leg, so cannot be crap. Sangakkara, Jayawardane in slips, not the worst either. Dilshan is among the top 5 fieldsman in the world. Vaas is still good in the field, used to be magnificient in his early days. Prasad has a bullet arm. Herath is one of those brillian fielders in FC cricket. Murali, due to age, is not that quick silver fielder used to be, but still catching is good. And P. Jayawardane is possibly the best gloveman in the world at least according to Sangakkara.

When Evermind say ENG is better in field than SL, he must be out of his mind

 

[TazzX]

He is one of the worst fielders in the game. He may be moderately athletic but he has zero coordination.

He is terrible for a fast bowler. Harmison is a better fielder, just by the fact he makes the stops he is supposed to. Any ball going to Ntini is a lottery.

put down the crack pipe son! Nothing wrong with Ntini's fielding. Excellent and always doing his bit ...

SA is a better fielding team than anything else out there. One drop catch in the last 2 games compared to ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ... cant keep count when it comes to Aus.

 

[krkode]

Speaking of great fielders, we've all identified some really good ones - guys like Ponting, Hussey, Dravid, etc. are well-regarded. But everyone has a bad day and even the former three have been known to put the odd catch down and let up a chance.

That brings me to wonder - has there ever been anyone who was virtually 100% reliable with his catching/fielding? Has Jonty Rhodes, for example, ever been known to drop a catch? Did Rhodes ever have a "bad day" in the field?

 

[Evermind]

Speaking of great fielders, we've all identified some really good ones - guys like Ponting, Hussey, Dravid, etc. are well-regarded. But everyone has a bad day and even the former three have been known to put the odd catch down and let up a chance.

That brings me to wonder - has there ever been anyone who was virtually 100% reliable with his catching/fielding? Has Jonty Rhodes, for example, ever been known to drop a catch? Did Rhodes ever have a "bad day" in the field?

I've never seen ABDV drop a catch. Same with Collingwood.

Ponting, Hussey, Symonds have all dropped catches. Yuvraj has dropped some sitters, Dravid too.

 

[Migara]

Have you seen TM Dilshan drop a catch?

 

[Jono]

Pretty sure I've seen Collingwood drop a catch. Can't remember what match though.

 

[Neil Pickup]

Pretty sure I've seen Collingwood drop a catch. Can't remember what match though.

There's been a few. I can't remember specifics, but he struggled at slip, particularly to the spinners, when he first started playing Test cricket and his preferred backward point became superfluous.

 

[Neil Pickup]

Murali is not that quick silver fielder [he] used to be

Thanks for that, needed a good chuckle.

 

[Evermind]

Apart from Samaraweera, I am struggling to find crap fieldsman in the test side. And he's a good cacther Vandort is a good catcher in gully. Warnapura, short leg, so cannot be crap. Sangakkara, Jayawardane in slips, not the worst either. Dilshan is among the top 5 fieldsman in the world. Vaas is still good in the field, used to be magnificient in his early days. Prasad has a bullet arm. Herath is one of those brillian fielders in FC cricket. Murali, due to age, is not that quick silver fielder used to be, but still catching is good. And P. Jayawardane is possibly the best gloveman in the world at least according to Sangakkara.

When Evermind say ENG is better in field than SL, he must be out of his mind

Dilshan is the only decently athletic fielder in the SL side. They're mostly good catchers, and if fielding restrictions ever allow 9 slips, I'd be sure to count SL in.

You must be ****ting me about Vaas and Murali. Vaas was never magnificent, and Murali is one of the worst fielders out there. There was a match I saw in which his fielding was Panesar standard. Get real!

Dilshan is pretty good, maybe Yuvraj/Raina standard, but he ain't touching the best out there.

 

[slowfinger]

Australia
SA/NZ/Sri Lanka
Bangladesh
India
England/Pakistan
West Indies

I agree but India should be with West Indies

 

[Jungle Jumbo]

I can't say I've paid much attention to his fielding in internationals, but I remember being very impressed by Murali in the outfield back in his Lancashire days - he could slide and throw in one move, for sure.

 

[zaremba]

I can't say I've paid much attention to his fielding in internationals, but I remember being very impressed by Murali in the outfield back in his Lancashire days - he could slide and throw in one move, for sure.

Not so sure about the sliding, but he could certainly throw.

 

[Evermind]

Not so sure about the sliding, but he could certainly throw.

Sometimes even when not required to.

 

[Jigga988]

Sometimes even when not required to.

thought that was coming ....

I think Windies are definitely alongside the likes of Sri Lanka and India. Catching has been sub-standard lately for the Windies but ground fielding is good and at least, (unlike Sri Lanka and India) the Windies actually have natural athletes... Dwayne Bravo is a brilliant fielder, had a couple brilliant C and B's.

 

[Evermind]

I remember being very impressed by Murali in the outfield back in his Lancashire days - he could slide and throw in one move, for sure.

I was especially impressed with Murali because he could grimace, run up and throw in one move.

 

[Uppercut]

I agree but India should be with West Indies

Don't know about India now. When they last toured England their fielding was beyond a joke but they improve with every series i watch them in. Yuvraj replacing Ganguly is a big plus too.

 

[JimmyGS]

I think Windies are definitely alongside the likes of Sri Lanka and India. Catching has been sub-standard lately for the Windies but ground fielding is good and at least

After the T20 in Hamilton last night, Windies are the worst fielding team in the world.

 

[JimmyGS]

England have some outstanding fielders and then some shockers like Cook

I vividly remember Cook taking some absolute stunners against NZ last summer. Absolute beauties.