Top 10 slip fielders of all time

#2 Rahul Dravid

Rahul Dravid is one of the most classical players to have played the game. He exuded class in whatever he did – batting, keeping or fielding. Since he kept wickets in his early days, slip fielding wasn’t a very difficult job for him.

But still, the way he fielded in the slip cordon was a treat to watch. He had excellent reflexes and great concentration.

His exploits in the slips are no mean feat. He has the most number of catches by a non-keeper in Test history – 210. He is one of five players (ranked 4th) who’ve taken more than 300 catches in all forms of cricket.

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#1 Mark Waugh

The best slip fielder of all time has to be the younger of the Waugh twins – Mark. He used to make slip catching look ridiculously simple. Graham Gooch described him as ‘the greatest natural catcher’.

You would hardly see anything go past the younger Waugh as he was so accurate and focused. His position in the slips never changed for the entire duration of his career. Along with Mark Taylor, Shane Warne and Ricky Ponting, he completed a formidable slip cordon.

Waugh took 181 catches in a 128-Test match career.

However, it was not the number of catches he took, but the number of catches that went down or past him. He hardly dropped any. The only instance of him dropping catches was in his final Test series against Pakistan where he dropped three on the bounce.

But apart from that, you could never spot him dropping a catch and thus, is the greatest slip fielder to have played the game.