Jonty Rhodes "Superman" CWC1992

The Jonty Rhodes legend may have begun with the diving run-out of Inzamam-ul-Haq during the 1992 World Cup but it would never have grown as it did without genuine substance. Rhodes worked harder than anyone else in a team of hard workers, frequently delaying the team bus at the end of practice for one more round of reflex catches hit from ten metres or less.

Nobody has ever fielded better in the key one-day position of backward point, where he leapt like a salmon, threw off balance, and stopped singles by reputation alone. He laboured just as hard over his batting which needed, and underwent, a complete technical overhaul in 1997 - whereupon he averaged 50 for the rest of his Test career, until he gave it up to concentrate on one-day cricket in 2000. The problem was a tendency to bring the bat down from gully and through to midwicket, a legacy of the extraordinary hockey skills that brought him selection for the Olympic Games in 1996 - an offer he had to refuse.

Few batsmen have turned the quick single into a finer art form, and his willingness to experiment and adapt enabled him to lead the way with the reverse-sweep under Bob Woolmer's tutelage.

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[mohammadzafar]

who is the best current fielder in cricket? And how does he compare to jonty?

Just wondering, i dont follow cricket too much..thanks

[goonerfromjhb]

@mohammadzafar If Jonty was a 10/10 then AB De Villiers is a 9/10 and I'll agree with Huggieg that Collingwood has been a consistently good fielder throughout his career and funny enough he and Jonty are similar in their physique so he would also be a 9/10. But still nobody these days stops singles by reputation alone like the master Jonty did, its was as much about the fielding he didnt have to do as it was the fielding he DID do.

[OffSpinner6]

Greatest fielder the game has seen! Sensational stuff!

[MrAlas99]

Quick and lightning stuff. Hail Jonty. You r the best

[Pablo34643]

One thing that must be said. Great umpiring from Steve Bucknor - it was a tight call.

[Pablo34643]

Jonty Rhodes became an overnight sensation after this. The reputation stuck well with him, he was gobsmacking awesome right until his last game.

[TheReadingStudent]

@goonerfromjhb You've forgotten another 9 if not 10/10 fielder: Ricky Ponting. His Throwing accuracy and catching in-field is spectacular.

[mohammadzafar]

@rahulu10me087 - ive been watching cricket more recently, and cant agree more with you..all AB cant do is bowl..

[rahulu10me087]

@mohammadzafar AB DE VILLIERS is the best current fielder

[luvsachkash]

@jbond110 u r funny.....lol

[gstreetboi]

shortly pakistan won the world cup...!!!

[hanahn1]

@jbond110

okay! lol :)

[hanahn1]

@mohammadzafar

Suresh raina and Ab De villiers :)