Jonty Rhodes
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"Jonathan Neil "Jonty" Rhodes" is a former South African Test cricket/Test and One Day International cricketer who played for the South African cricket team between 1992 and 2003.

Rhodes was born in Pietermaritzburg, Natal Province, South Africa. Whilst being noted for his quick run (cricket)/running as a right-handed batting (cricket)/batsman, he was especially noted for his fielding (cricket)/fielding, particularly catching, ground fielding, and throwing from his most common position of Cricket fielding positions/backward point.

A report prepared by Cricinfo in late 2005 showed that since the 1999 Cricket World Cup, he had effected the ninth highest number of run outs in ODI cricket of any fieldsman, with the third highest success rate.

During his career he also played club cricket for the University of Natal in Pietermaritzburg and first-class cricket for Gloucestershire County Cricket Club, Nashua Dolphins/KwaZulu-Natal and Natal. Rhodes retired from Test cricket in 2000, and from one day cricket in 2003 after an injury during the 2003 Cricket World Cup.

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I am happy that every team is now focusing on improving their fielding. When South Africa went to Australia last year, they dropped 11 catches while Australians dropped just one. Australia beat us 2-0 in the series. If we had held those catches, the story would have been different.

I have been invited by Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer. I would be going for two weeks before the Pakistan team's tour to England, mainly to help them improve their fielding.

I will be assisting Pakistan for only two weeks before their England tour.

He is fast, has a strong arm, is accurate and doesn't drop them. What more do you need?