A myth.A living legend.A player who has made the fielding an art.Who is
he? He is Jonathan neil Rhodes.He is now out from cricket.His hand has broken
and the announcement has already done by him that he takes his retirement
from the world cup as well as from the proffessional cricket.This is really
a loss for the spectators like us who watch the cricket matches for good
fielding skills.You always find during a cricket match in your area, whenever
a player takes a brilliant catch or break the wicket in one chance, the fellow
cricketers call him ’’jonty’’.
I am very disappointed at the decision made by this player.He can easily
play another 2 or 3 years.Jonty has proved that a player can get chance in any XI
for his great fielding.
Jonty was discovered by the spectators during the 1992 world cup.The brilliant
fielding of him really impressed the spectators like us.He has chosen the best fielder
in that world cup.But today he is as fit as he was in 1992.He will get 100% in any
kind of fitness test.
Jonty was also very useful batsman for his side.He is a very good runner between
the wickets.He has scored 5935runs in ODIs in average of 35 and 2532 runs in test
crickets in average of 45. .
This incredible fielder has taken 139 spectacular catches in both type of cricket.
His fielded in the point area.I am sure that in recent future the point area will regarded as
the ’’jonty area.’’