Worst fielders in the modern game?

[stereotype]

Inzi is a fair slipper...but not too great anywhere else

 

[Simbazz]

Monty is a beast His fielding has come on leaps and bounds with just a year in the England set up, he's 24 so think at 26 he will be improved to a good standard.

Worst infield player would be Inzi, havin two men to protect himself is a bit wierd and stupid.

Worst outfield player i'd say is any India player Im fully aware i will be shouted at alot with that comment, they have some decent fielders, Yuvraj isnt too bad but on a whole they are quite terrible

 

[siddharth2002]

Yeah, they are actually, although some new young guys are doing pretty well. Generally, Indians have been lax in the field, its more of an attitude problem rather than fitness.

 

[Simbazz]

Yeah, they are actually, although some new young guys are doing pretty well. Generally, Indians have been lax in the field, its more of an attitude problem rather than fitness.

By the coaching staff. Look at those over-seas who have played in England, there fielding developments compared to the rest of the Indian squad are greatly shown. Take the Sri lanka squad if you like, Before Murali came over he couldnt catch a beach ball, now he has spent time he is a very capable fielder.

I think the coaching in the Asian countries need to be toned down a little bit to cater for the fielding drills. At the moment they seem to push the batting and bowling, which is all good but fielding will kill you if your giving away silly boundries and runs. Look at Sreesanth, he can field to save his life, balls fly through his legs and he doesnt have a clue.

 

[stereotype]

By the coaching staff. Look at those over-seas who have played in England, there fielding developments compared to the rest of the Indian squad are greatly shown. Take the Sri lanka squad if you like, Before Murali came over he couldnt catch a beach ball, now he has spent time he is a very capable fielder.

I think the coaching in the Asian countries need to be toned down a little bit to cater for the fielding drills. At the moment they seem to push the batting and bowling, which is all good but fielding will kill you if your giving away silly boundries and runs. Look at Sreesanth, he can field to save his life, balls fly through his legs and he doesnt have a clue.

and Tony Greig mentioned this summer how the gap between fielding coaches in Australia and England are so far apart...England dont even get taught some of the things we learn in schools, like how to throw a ball without injury, how to slide properly, you see the Aussies do it perfectly, but you see the likes of Simon Jones, Steve Harmison, Monty Panesar do something that will more likely end their career's than save 4 runs.....

 

[Simbazz]

and Tony Greig mentioned this summer how the gap between fielding coaches in Australia and England are so far apart...England dont even get taught some of the things we learn in schools, like how to throw a ball without injury, how to slide properly, you see the Aussies do it perfectly, but you see the likes of Simon Jones, Steve Harmison, Monty Panesar do something that will more likely end their career's than save 4 runs.....

Somthing which is amazingly well portrayed by Greig is that of fielding, and i remember nodding along as he talked about this.

I wasnt told how to slide, or throw, and as a result have spent a good year of my life having to work towards a new technique as i could niether throw a ball overly far or do it without twinging somthing.

Sliding is a very difficult art, you can watch TV and thing all there doing is jumping to the floor, but get your spikes stuck and its 2 years out with a broken leg and hip.

Australians are taught a to z of cricket before reaching the age of 15, whilst English folk like me are still learning fairly basic stuff, such as sliding and throwing. I dont worry too much about throwing as im a slipper, but if an outfielder didnt learn how to utalise his throw correctly its gifting 20 runs a game or even more.

 

[stereotype]

yeah here, cricket is a passtime.....the Australian side has than ex baseball coach from the US...catching wise Australia isnt really ahead of England but ground fielding, anticipation and throwing seems to be about 20-30% better based on this summer anyway

 

[Simbazz]

The thing is, you watch the Australians field it from the boundry, and they instinctively know to throw to keeper or bowler ends, and its done while the arm is pulling back to throw, England have to look and then throw which is 5 seconds of running for the batsmen.

I dont think Aus are ahead in catching when the ball is in the air, but i believe they are more confident. Look at Steve Harmison, he can catch anything on his day but given a knock, such as one drop, his confidence is knocked and he is tentitive to field anything high again. Look at Mike Hussey, actually unfair comparison, Brett Lee...If he drops one, you can see him thinking, ah well ill get on with it, and he wills the next ball to come to him....Its not neccesarily skills, its more mental attitude

 

[BigCrickNan]

yeah here, cricket is a passtime.....the Australian side has than ex baseball coach from the US...catching wise Australia isnt really ahead of England but ground fielding, anticipation and throwing seems to be about 20-30% better based on this summer anyway

Our fielding is of a decent standard but not brilliant, but we do have two of the best in the world probably in JD and Collingwood. Best fielding team is South Africa by a mile, great athleticism and the ability to pull off stunning catches and run-outs (AB de Villiers mostly)

 

[Simbazz]

Our fielding is of a decent standard but not brilliant, but we do have two of the best in the world probably in JD and Collingwood. Best fielding team is South Africa by a mile, great athleticism and the ability to pull off stunning catches and run-outs (AB de Villiers mostly)

Its been Gibbs for years, but AB is a WK by nature so id be disappointed if he lacked athleticism.

Yeah, SA are the best team for fielding by far, and its because of grass-roots, which the ECB dont back 100%. They have lately been getting with it but it'll take 10 years to get good players churning through to beat Aus

 

[puddleduck]

Yet strangely enough South Africa's fielding has been fairly poor in test cricket, whilst pretty breathtaking in Odis. Their fielding cost them a test or two against Australia, they dropped Ponting on more than one occassion, and as we found out to our own misery that's a big no-no.

 

[BigCrickNan]

Yeah, SA are the best team for fielding by far, and its because of grass-roots, which the ECB dont back 100%. They have lately been getting with it but it'll take 10 years to get good players churning through to beat Aus

I'm not sure if this is the same everywhere but generaly coaches for young teams are pretty crap, my coach last year knew nothing really about technique it was all he said was like play straight or bowl a bit fuller, never really helped that much .

 

[stereotype]

Our fielding is of a decent standard but not brilliant, but we do have two of the best in the world probably in JD and Collingwood. Best fielding team is South Africa by a mile, great athleticism and the ability to pull off stunning catches and run-outs (AB de Villiers mostly)

Collingwood is a very very good fielder.....he saves more runs than any of his team mates...

Australia are alot better than they were 5 or 10 years ago in terms of ground fielding...all of the batsmen are world class at fielding....Hayden, Clarke, Symonds, Ponting, Hodge, Hussey...as well as Lee and Hogg....

South Africa have always been outplayed particularly in the field against Australia...I watch them against other nations and they field like demons..i think Australia have more good fielders...Ponting, Symonds and Clarke in particular are like brick walls

 

[Simbazz]

Yet strangely enough South Africa's fielding has been fairly poor in test cricket, whilst pretty breathtaking in Odis. Their fielding cost them a test or two against Australia, they dropped Ponting on more than one occassion, and as we found out to our own misery that's a big no-no.

Tis a BIG BIG BIG no-no

SA seem to thrive in 20-20 and 50 over stuff, but seem to do a lot of work on the first innings whilst fielding and have no petrol left for the second innings. You'll see because of SA enthusiasm they will nearly always take the upper hand after the first innings .

 

[puddleduck]

Tis a BIG BIG BIG no-no

SA seem to thrive in 20-20 and 50 over stuff, but seem to do a lot of work on the first innings whilst fielding and have no petrol left for the second innings. You'll see because of SA enthusiasm they will nearly always take the upper hand after the first innings .

Interesting point, as they do seem to start test matches pretty well and especially against Australia seemed to fade away through the final days.