Friday 10 October 2014

5. Andrew Symonds

Greatest Fielders in History of Cricket


Andrew Symonds who is also called "Roy" is the Former Australian Middle Order Batsmen and Medium Pace Bowler. Symonds has proved himself as talented in fielding.He has every rights to stay at the fifth spot of the list.Wonderfully athletic and blessed with a powerful arm he has been responsible for moments of breathtaking brilliance. Symonds has been seen most flexlible in anticipating tha Cricket ball. He has saved many runs, has various run outs in his name and over time he has changed the scenario of the game with his brilliant fielding.

Andrew Symonds brought gusto to whatever he did, whether firing down offbreaks or mediums, hurling his ungainly bulk round the field or vigorously ruffling the bowler's hair at the celebration of a wicket. He saved his loudest grunt for his batting, where he was that rarest of modern-day creatures - an unabashed six-hitter in the mould of a George Bonnor or a Colin Milburn or a David Hookes. Batting for Gloucestershire at 20, he scythed 16 sixes in the first dig [a world record] against Glamorgan at Abergavenny, 20 for the match [another first], and then announced he couldn't care less about the milestone; he wanted only to help his team. His flaw was to attempt one six too many - invariably off the wrong ball - and get mixed up in off-field troubles.

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