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Old 17-04-2007, 08:43 AM in reply to Quagmire's post starting "Collingwood and Gibbs are good aerial..."
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Originally Posted by Quagmire
Collingwood and Gibbs are good aerial catchers and they are good at ground level, Symonds is not quite as good with aerial catches but he is still a lot better than most, he is the best in the world at ground level saving runs in cover, what puts Symonds so far ahead of Colly and Gibbs are these things, ground level fielding, direct hits, general speed, out fielding ability and having one of the strongest throwing arms from the deep.
Those are good points, though I want to differ slightly. Of those three, I thinks Gibbs is the best ground fielder in terms of stopping runs, closely followed by Symonds. Collingwood is a small step below those two for ground fielding, but is the best close catcher of the lot, followed by Gibbs and then Symonds.

To summarise, then:

A) Ground Fileding:
  1. Herschelle Gibbs
  2. Andrew Symonds
  3. Paul Collingwood
B) Close Catching
  1. Paul Collingwood
  2. Herschelle Gibbs
  3. Andrew Symonds
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