Jonty Rhodes "Superman" CWC1992

• Posted By goonerfromjhb
  
  

  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.

Comments on Jonty Rhodes "Superman" CWC1992

• WhatElseExceptNature
  @mounika6018 Greatest batsman - Sachin Tendulkar / Brian Lara Greatest bowler - Muttiah Muralitharan / Shane Warne Greatest fielder - AB de Villers / Paul Collingwood What you are talking about is history.

• damandeep
  HAHAHA @ INZAMAM. EVEN HE WAS SLIM, HE STIL GOT RUN OUT. THUMBS UP

• Victorthesgb
  no fielder has been better than Jonty Rhodes!! He is king of fielding!!!

• mounika6018
  great batsman - tendulkar great bowler - wasim akram great fielder - jonty rhodes

• ehopeinjesus
  The best fielder ever. Use to watch SA games just for his fielding. He is the reason why fielding standards have improved in cricket.

• TheShowstopper0715
  ..jonty rhodes.. ..h.gibbs... .ab de villiers.. south africans are dominating the field.

• nishantgrover1992
  u r the best. no one can ever reach upto ur standard

• hippybackpacker
  Without a doubt the best fielder ever....I was in high school and saw this match with special permission from mom due to finals at school and I am glad I did.

• bestcreation004
  yeah we won this world cup :P.. and yes great fielding.. this is the only area in which pakistan is stil behind..

• xxygal
  @Winafone I Hate S.a But I Must Say...I Love Jonty! :P

• lucksy0110
  just look at his flight....literally a bird.

• manis13mani
  best fielder

• lanpakkar
  One of the best fielders ever

• Stealth22764
  pretty nice out

• donmelaka
  nice video

• TheArslan48
  I am a Pakistani but appreciate jonty rhodes

• ganskudige
  look how fast he gets up after he dives...

• mounika6018
  jonty d grt , he was born on 26 th july ..same as me ,.. i am proud to say that

• jakegeneric
  growing up Jonty was my favourite non-australian player.. always so good to watch

• yashdungarwal
  He is God Of Fielding.

• TheTikTalk
  yea thats reall gr8 decision even watching at a slow motion its hard for me to decide .... Amazing Jonty hes the person who brought the importance of Fielding!

• Thardy93
  Far out... thats amazing. :P

• dilshanf69
  im telling you. these south africans are machines. shhhh

• Shaanujaanu
  @sonyjtp steve bucknor was a great umpire...sadly he didnt go when his time came and that ruined his reputation a lil with bad calls etc.

• reckz420
  bloody hell .. what these guys are made of? I mean he slams himself onto the ground hitting the bails and then immediately gets up with not even a minor limp ... as if he had been running all along.