5 of the best fielders in EA Cricket 07
Almost all of us who have watched or played cricket at any time in our lives have heard the oft-repeated saying ‘catches win matches’. It is a statement that is accepted within the cricket fraternity the world over and there have been innumerable instances which have justified the statement.
Catches do win matches and there is hardly anything more frustrating in a game of cricket than watching your team’s fielder ruin the chances of victory by dropping a catch he is expected to take.
While some fielders are infamous for dropping catches, there are a few who have a reputation for plucking the ball out of thin air and taking the most impossible of catches to give their team a chance of victory.
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In EA Cricket 07, too, there are a few fielders who will pouch the most difficult of catches with consummate ease. In this article, we attempt to list out the best fielders in the game. Take a look.
#1 Ricky Ponting
Ricky Ponting is recognised as one of the best batsmen to have ever played the gentleman’s game. Apart from his batting skills, “Punter” was also part of an Australian team which dominated world cricket through the 2000s, and he led Australia to consecutive World Cup triumphs in 2003 and 2007.
What the Tasmanian was not lauded for though was his agility and fielding prowess. Ponting, through his career, made a habit of taking difficult reflex catches as part of the slip cordon to bowlers like Brett Lee and Glenn McGrath. So good were his skills that by 2007, the Aussie skipper had taken more than 550 catches in his career.
When EA Cricket 07 was released, the Australian team were at their peak and in the process of winning the World Cup in the West Indies. Ponting too was at his batting and fielding best and consequently received agility and speed ratings of 96 while his catching attributes stood at an impressive 94. His special skills also include Velcro Hands and Acrobat which make him a brilliant fielder in the game.