[Cricket] Best Cricket Fielders

[Brownstuff]

Trying to compile a world’s best fielding eleven past and present not including wicket-keepers

Jonty Rhodes
AB Villiers
Paul Collingwood
Kohli
Jadeja
Eoin Morgan
Glenn Maxwell
Chris Jordan
Herschel Gibbs
Ricky Ponting
Ben Stokes

Other notables include Steve Smith, Joe Root, Derek Randall, Graeme Smith, Lance Klusner, Jacques Kallis, Ian Botham.

Is there any others that should be on the list?

 

[Lifelong Supporter]

Paul Parker in the covers
Colin Bland of South Africa at cover point
Phil Sharpe of Yorkshire at first slip

 

[Guinness Boy]

A Sussex one - Paul Parker

 

[Sussexscots]

I'd add David Gower to the list and, from a Sussex perspective, Paul Parker was an outstanding cover fielder. His run out of Geoff Marsh, when Sussex beat the 1989 touring Australians in a one day game was exquisite.

 

[Eeyore]

Paul Phillipson at Sussex was pretty nifty.

 

[medwayseagull reborn]

Any list which does not include Colin Bland is a bit of a joke. Considered the greatest fielder of all time by many.

 

[dazzer6666]

Nick Knight was brilliant in the slips/gulley area

 

[Eeyore]

Roger Harper should be on the list

 

[Change at Barnham]

Former Sussex overseas player Dwayne Smith.

Regularly took amazing catches and had one of the strongest/fastest arms that caused many run outs when batsmen thought there was an easy extra run available.

 

[Iggle Piggle]

Jonty Rhodes was head and shoulders above anything in his era but fielding standards are so much improved in the last 20 years. I'd be really interested to see how good he is, in the modern day.

 

[amexer]

Best Sussex outfielder Paul Parker and best close fielder Peter Graves

 

[Shins]

Bavuma, Cam Green, Carberry. Probs not top 10 but really good. Green in the gulley is so good!

Who was the West Indian that we had for a while at Sussex? Around 5-10 years ago. All rounder, mainly played one day stuff but maybe a few county games. He was excellent.

 

[Gwylan]

Any list which does not include Colin Bland is a bit of a joke. Considered the greatest fielder of all time by many.

Yeah, not having Bland in a team of greatest fielders is a bit like not including Pele in an all time best football team: the guy was a freak

 

[Sid and the Sharknados]

Mark Waugh?

 

[Dave the OAP]

Where is Derrick Randall? Brilliant fielder

 

[Sid and the Sharknados]

We've all somehow forgotten the true, obvious greatest fielder of all time.

 

[The Lemming Stomper]

Where is Derrick Randall? Brilliant fielder

No idea, but can't be as good as his near namesake Derek Randall , nickname Arkle after the class racehorse

 

[Dave the OAP]

No idea, but can't be as good as his near namesake Derek Randall , nickname Arkle after the class racehorse

Classic NSC comeback. Well done.

 

[Sid and the Sharknados]

Reminded by the other thread about his retirement, Anderson would be right up there, great fielder for a fast bowler.

 

[dazzer6666]

Bavuma, Cam Green, Carberry. Probs not top 10 but really good. Green in the gulley is so good!

Who was the West Indian that we had for a while at Sussex? Around 5-10 years ago. All rounder, mainly played one day stuff but maybe a few county games. He was excellent.

Rawlins ?