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Old 13-04-2007, 10:23 PM in reply to Flatdog's post starting "all time greatest fielder is IMO Colin..."
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Originally Posted by Flatdog
all time greatest fielder is IMO Colin Bland but of the current crop of players, Gibbs is the one for me.
Hmmm you did say "all time" - well I would ague the best all time fielder was one 'Derek Randall' of Nott's and England, who also produced one of the best sledges to the great Denis Lillee.

Derek Randall to Lillee, after taking a glancing blow to the head: “No good hitting me there, mate, nothing to damage.”
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Randall, in a day's fielding, habitually saved 20 runs through quicksilver interceptions and the safe singles his mobility inhibited
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Randall, known as Arkle after the racehorse, was seldom far from the drama. His lightning run-out of Rick McCosker in the Test when England clinched the Ashes at Headingley in 1977 amazed all who witnessed it.
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Last edited by Ernest : 13-04-2007 at 10:28 PM.
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