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    Posted: 27 March 2007 at 7:49pm
One man who never gets the number of mentions he deserves when talking about great fielders of yore is Roger Harper.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6olG5lqZkis
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The best i have seen are Mark Waugh and Jonty Rhodes. The best presently in my opinion are Ponting, Gibbs, Collingwood, Symonds and a bloke who i think doesnt get mentioned enough is Michael Clarke. Magnificent catcher, has a deadly arm and stops 99 out of 100 that go near him.

Edited by tonks007 - 29 March 2007 at 8:27am
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i THINK SHOAIB MALIK
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I'm thinking Caps Lock
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Of today, there is;

Gibbs, De Villers, Ponting, Symonds, Clarke, Bravo, Dwayne Smith, Kaif, Collingwood, Dilshan, Vincent - all magnificent. They are all quick around the ground and can catch with a high percentage rate!! Some are faster than some, some hit the stumps more than some but they are all terrific!!
 
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i think Gibbs by miles then collingwood and dilshan and de Villears
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In world cricket has to be Gibbs
 
In county cricket Stephen Peters of Northants seems pretty tasty
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kevin pietersen is def. the best fielder ive ever seen.
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something you don't lack sam is a sense of humour.
Good one Graham!
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Originally posted by samhache

kevin pietersen is def. the best fielder ive ever seen.
Thats a good one!LOL Got any other jokes for us sam?????
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haha glad you realised! and good to see you have a sense of humour! Nah seriously, ricky ponting or andrew symonds are the best fielders.
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Originally posted by wiseguy

A good discussion, I would say currently it would be tie between Abe, kaif, and collingwood for ground fielding, and probably ponting , Gayle and gibbs being the best with balls in the air, with their phenomenal catching ability. I have seen Abe and Kaif dropping a few sitters too!
 
I have seen Gibs dropping few sitters tooLOL But that doesn't mean he is not a fantastic fielder. But he is inconsistence so that I put Dilshan, Simonds, collinwood befor him.
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fielding is all about a combination of factors. Catching, athleticism, reflexes, throwing etc. The best fielders are the ones who are able to make that x-factor catch or run out.
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Thanks Clobber, but the clip is gone
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Not sure what your talking about there MADmax.
Good one Graham!
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I think he was reffering to the video clip Clobber posted at the top of this page.
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Gibbs, Collingwood and Ricky ponting

Obviously , Jonty Rhodes was the best...
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jonny rhodes was and is the best ever fielder in cricketing history, no doubts about that. Pity i have never seen him play or field. Has he ever dropped a catch?
Nowadays the good fielders are ponting, collingwood, dilshan, symonds , de villiers and kaif
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Vincent is a good fieldsman, so too is Fleming- excellent slipper. You've summed it up pretty well there, they're probably the most going around.
Good one Graham!
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Fielding these days have become easier as there are more lush outfields than in the past. I remember watching back some clips from in the past and you could of seen some real dry patches in the outfield that one wouldn't really want to slide on.
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the best must be collingwood. but unfortnatly not monty
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dilshan and yuvraj singh ?
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jonty rhodes defenitely the best ever. Gibbs and Collingwood of the current lot. I would like to give a special mention to Eknath Solkar, probably the bravest feilder ever. His reflexes were quite brilliant. The best close in feilder ever.
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One that never gets mentioned is Sri Lanka's Roshan Mahanama.

See this : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8a1U4qgxrwM


Edited by TheJaffa - 25 June 2007 at 3:45am
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Originally posted by sporty

. Gibbs and Collingwood of the current lot..
Have you watched the likes of Clarke, Ponting, Symonds, etc....? 
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I would like to give a special mention to Eknath Solkar, probably the bravest feilder ever. His reflexes were quite brilliant. The best close in feilder ever.


  His medium pacers gave Geoffrey Boycott problems too !   As for Solkar being the best close fielder ever , I'd think Brian Close supporters would disagree.
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Yeah I have watched gibbs tonksy, makes some good catches, but has got into the habit of dropping some sitters, important ones too. I don't think some of the guy's realise how good ponting used to be, and how good clarke is now, he certainly hit's the stumps more than jonty.
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I meant to add, collingwood is top notch as well, so good he could nearly be an aussie.
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 That'll send a shiver down Colly's spine mate!!
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Originally posted by Sledger

 That'll send a shiver down Colly's spine mate!!
So true, he could never be that good!!!LOL
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