View Full Version : Do Australia lack a quality slipper???
Calcium Man
5 Feb 2006, 18:51
I was just thinking that the ODI side especially lacks a real quality slipper. Warne and Haydos in the test are good but i dont think either are great! Hussey is a great fielder but doesnt strike me as a mark taylor type first slip!!!
Most other nations seems to have some real quality, India have dravid, England has freddie, the Windies have Gayle, Fleming for New Zealand, not sure bout the paki's??? And south Afirca have Smith and Kemp who both seem pretty good!!
Do we have any real good young guys coming thru who can field in the slips?? I know Cam White is pretty good there!! what about Jaques or anyone else??
Is it important to have a quality slips fieldsman, I mean the Aussie side still do pretty well and have close to the best 4 all round fielders in the game in Ponting, Clarke, Symonds and hussey!! So do we need one??
ManWithNoName
5 Feb 2006, 18:55
Other than Haydos and Warnie, Whiteys probably the best in the country.
I reckon Hayden's a bloody good slipper, and Warne goes well also. Dont think its too important in the one day game
Bennycoff
5 Feb 2006, 18:56
white only got a game due to his slips fielding.
our team is that good that we can make up for it and it doesnt cost us much compared to other teams.
ICanDressMyself
5 Feb 2006, 18:57
Other than Haydos and Warnie, Whiteys probably the best in the country.
Get over White! He will never cement a spot in the Aussie side! I know his bowling and batting stink but trying to say he is the countrys best slipper is beyond ridiculous.
Bennycoff
5 Feb 2006, 19:00
White is just like Warney in the slipping department. Safe hands and moves well and now needs to work on his bowling and improving his batting. :thumbsu:
Other than Haydos and Warnie, Whiteys probably the best in the country.
Might just be the attribute that forces him into the team ... ;)
Calcium Man
5 Feb 2006, 19:06
Im not sold on warne as a first slip, he takes some good ones but seems to drop some sitters as well, two i can think of are pietersen in the last test and flemo's second hatrick. Maybe im being a bit nostalgic or being harsh on warnie but taylor and waugh at first and second slip i dont think dropped anywhere near as many
I dont think you can go past Hayden at first slip , I shall never forget the image of him squatting in his catching position at first slip with Warnie's hat on his head as Warne bowls from the other end ...
Bartram_Class
5 Feb 2006, 19:16
Hayden would field all day at 1st slip if he wasnt such a good gully fielder.
Bourky23
5 Feb 2006, 19:19
does freddie slip for england?? i thought trescothick was there best slips fieldsman
Calcium Man
5 Feb 2006, 19:20
Hayden would field all day at 1st slip if he wasnt such a good gully fielder.
And warne wasn't in the side!!!
Lonie_from_50
5 Feb 2006, 19:23
Every side lacks a good slipper. It is more exposed these days.
Cameron White did get in for two reasons. a) Spinning Hopeful, and b) Slips Fielder.
Im not sold on warne as a first slip, he takes some good ones but seems to drop some sitters as well, two i can think of are pietersen in the last test and flemo's second hatrick. Maybe im being a bit nostalgic or being harsh on warnie but taylor and waugh at first and second slip i dont think dropped anywhere near as many
I can't recall the fat ex-captain ever dropping one, and remember a low-scoring ODI at the SCG against the Windies where IIRC he was named man of the match after making just 9 runs and taking three or four absolute blinders at 1st slip.
Waugh took some beauties too, but dropped the odd dolly, as many slippers do. Not Tubby though.
Admittedly, G.Chappell and Simpson were before my time, but since I've watched cricket (1985ish) Tubby has been the best by so far it's not funny, from any country.
Calcium Man
5 Feb 2006, 19:53
I personally thought Mark Waugh was the best fieldsman, certainly in catching terms that ive seen in the aussie team!
SorryIHammerChicken
5 Feb 2006, 20:12
Might just be the attribute that forces him into the team ... ;)
That's why the supersub rule suits him perfectly ;)
Calcium Man
6 Feb 2006, 13:32
That's why the supersub rule suits him perfectly ;)
A quality fielder can change a game just ask ricky bout the ashes!!
ManWithNoName
6 Feb 2006, 13:34
Get over White! He will never cement a spot in the Aussie side! I know his bowling and batting stink but trying to say he is the countrys best slipper is beyond ridiculous.
Could you point out where I said he was the countrys best Slip fieldsman?
peternorth
6 Feb 2006, 13:52
the caught m waugh took in the world cup (england wasnt it) diving to his right and backwards was a gem!
nicho_magic
6 Feb 2006, 14:47
Hussey is most certainly up to it, took a great catch a while ago