Best fielder?

  Great fighting spirit Colly , 143. Did you know he's a direct descendant of Admiral Collingwood , who led the attack at The Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 ?

   Nelson got all the acclaim , but Collingwood drove through the line of the French and Spanish ships , I think you Aussies call that ticker!

but get me wrong the aussies are good at fielding but u cant beat colly

Colly probably takes better catches, i'd think clarke edges him out slightly on runouts though so i'd say they are about on par, they both make exceptional stops at backward point and save alot of runs for the team.

I would have to agree with all the fielders mentioned because all of them are exceptional. I think though that as an inner ring fielder, my vote would go with Jonty. However what makes a great fielder in my opinion, is someone who slots seamlessly into many different fielding positions and looks just as good as a specialist in that position. In that case its.... Ponting

Edited by Lean Guy - 27 June 2007 at 2:53pm

  Jonty set the benchmark and others aspired to join him. I'd say there's little difference between the top guys and they all keep batsmen honest !

 They cannot be better than Jonty.
 
 He was the best!!!

well there are 2 types of feilding Ground and In the air

I'd say Michael Clarke, Ten Doeschate and Collingwood are best at the momment

Yeah skipper is a superb fielder. Dwayne Smith and Bravo are brillant as well.

except michael clarke is probably better than all of them, he certainley hits the stumps more than jonty did, you probably need to compare positions when rating fielders, mark taylor took some amazing catches in the slips, I don't think someone like symonds would be as good in that position.

Great days WG and Gower on the other side - top notch , both of 'em!

There are some NZ'ers who are also excellent fielders, e.g - Lou Vincent, Ross Taylor and Hamish Marshall ( I said excellent fielders, not batsmen in Marshalls case anyway).

For some reason I didn't need to be told that Vincent carted the aussies all over the WACA.

Edited by bondy - 29 July 2007 at 3:46am

Fleming's a pretty useful slip fieldsman too. In terms of a fielding unit as a whole I think both Australia and New Zealand are the best- especially in the slips and inside the circle.

I'd go with Gary Pratt just for producing the best and most amusing piece of fielding I've ever seen.