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Wriggling Snake Aug 2020 1:36pm, 13 Aug 2020 28,082 posts	0 Wriggling Snake Is Burns usually a slip, I thought he was cover/point sort of fielder...
fetcheveryone Aug 2020 1:52pm, 13 Aug 2020 24,511 posts	0 fetcheveryone He was in the gully in the last test.
Diogenes Aug 2020 1:55pm, 13 Aug 2020 52,026 posts	0 Diogenes Gully, or point, were my favourite fielding positions (if I wasn't keeping wicket) Scully in the gully was (one of) my cricketing nicknames.
57.5 Degrees of Pain Aug 2020 2:02pm, 13 Aug 2020 6,128 posts	0 57.5 Degrees of Pain Alan McGilvray was my favourite of the TMS overseas contributors, closely followed by Tony Cozier. Never heard Donna Symmonds on TMS but she was excellent when I picked up radio from Barbados in 1996/7 while living in St Vincent.
TRO Saracen Aug 2020 2:03pm, 13 Aug 2020 21,685 posts	0 TRO Saracen OBO reckons the slips are in the wrong position and too close, possibly due to no Stokes' and his organisation. Best slip fielder we've had? Can't remember Ian Terrence spilling any, although he must have...
57.5 Degrees of Pain Aug 2020 2:05pm, 13 Aug 2020 6,129 posts	0 57.5 Degrees of Pain ITB was certainly the best at the 'standing close with hands on knees' method.
Nicholls595 Aug 2020 2:07pm, 13 Aug 2020 22,067 posts	0 Nicholls595 Mike (bucket hands) Hendrick
Oscar the Grouch Aug 2020 3:49pm, 13 Aug 2020 1,853 posts	0 Oscar the Grouch Donna S has been on TMS and agree, excellent. I don't recall big Fred dropping many, although he must have, particularly in his drinking days (did he drink during a match? ITB certainly used to burn both ends)
Oscar the Grouch Aug 2020 3:51pm, 13 Aug 2020 1,854 posts	0 Oscar the Grouch Dio - the demise of the nickname is a sad loss. I don't count rthe modern 'Fetchy' as a nickname. You'd be looking for something tangential like Rover. We have also lost the ones like 'Dasher' Denning.
Diogenes Aug 2020 4:06pm, 13 Aug 2020 52,040 posts	0 Diogenes (Oscar, another I had was Roadrunner - when I was chasing a ball in the field my teammates would make beep-beep noises, the bastards.)