10 great cricketers who were terrible fielders

2 Saeed Ajmal

Saeed Ajmal

Before his bowling action practically ended his career in international cricket, Pakistan off-spinner Saeed Ajmal was perhaps the best spinner in the world and on his way to becoming one of Pakistan's greats.

As a fielder though, he was often comically bad and had it not been for his superlative skills as a bowler, he would have found himself out of the team immediately.

Ajmal couldn't run fast, nor could he be relied upon to stop everything that came his way and last but not the least, most team-mates held their breath whenever he found himself underneath a catch. That said, his excellence as a bowler completely overshadowed his shortcomings as a fielder.