While batting and bowling have often sealed a plethora of Man of the Match awards, seldom there have been instances where a player’s astonishing fielding has got acknowledged with mainstream prizes.

Although, now in today’s game there might be a special category for acknowledging the deft fielding displays of cricketers, for the longest of times it was majorly the batters or an adequate proportion of bowlers, who used to get bestowed with conventional Player of match accolades.

It’s only been in recent years that the strenuous art of fielding is now widely treasured otherwise barely-there used to be an emphasis on a player’s fitness or his athleticism in fielding.

However, despite the emphasis being insignificant in the past, there were some revolutionary gun fielders who solely through their sheer fielding work had actually won games that it also had yielded them Player of the match titles.

In this list, let’s check out 5 cricketers who were adjourned as a POTM for their vehement fielding:

1. David Miller &#8211; 4 catches and 2 run-outs vs Pakistan, T20I 2019

<img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-527907" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/David-Miller.jpg" alt="David Miller" width="640" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-527907" class="wp-caption-text">David Miller. (Photo by Nick Potts/PA Images via Getty Images)</figcaption>

There’s absolutely no doubt that David Miller is now South Africa’s biggest gun fielder who often gets placed to guard the business end like the long-on and long-off fences. Whether it’s about the direct hits at either end or about safely plucking the sky catches, Miller’s overall fielding covers everything that a modern-day fielder needs to exhibit in today’s game.

While in the IPL or for South Africa we might see Miller doing his routine saves on the park as a chief fielder, not long ago against Pakistan he was principally all around the park where his overall fielding effort had completely swamped the Pakistan team to a shoddy defeat.

By neatly chasing a challenging total of 193, the Pakistani batters- <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/rashid-khan-reveals-why-virat-kohli-kane-williamson-and-babar-azam-are-world-class-players/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Babar Azam</a> and Hussian Talat had stitched a scorecard of 85 runs in the first ten overs but after Talat’s wicket there began a brim of Miller’s overall fielding quest.

It was in the 11th over of Phehlukwayo, when David Miller had first exhibited his best staggering effort by firing a direct hit at the bowler’s end from the short-mid wicket area, which never allowed Babar Azam to make it in the end. Soon after this nimble action, Miller then plucked his first of four catches, by simply catching Asif Ali’s pull with absolute precision.

Yet again in the next over of Tabraiz Shamsi, Miller then pouched a missed timed hit of Imad Wasim at the long-on region with ease. However, the best enthralling instance of Miller’s hounding had occurred when an overthrow allowed him to rocket a direct hit from deep mid-wicket to eventually remove Mohammad Rizwan, who was looking for the second run.

Eventually, with Shoaib Malik then getting stranded with bowlers, both he and Hasan Ali gave two regulation catches to Miller at long-on and long-off ends.

2. Gus Logie &#8211; 3 catches and 1 run-out against Pakistan, ODI, 1986

<img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-527908" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Gus-Logie.jpg" alt="Gus Logie" width="640" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-527908" class="wp-caption-text">Gus Logie. (Photo by Matthew Lewis-ICC/ICC via Getty Images)</figcaption>

Well, this instance is of the time when the West Indians were the sovereigns of the game and had barely required the brilliance of their fielders like Logie to win matches. With the match having an alarming presence of the legends like Sir Viv Richards and Pakistan’s Imran Khan, the ODI at Sharjah was supposedly be a captivating contest.

By winning the toss, captain Imran Khan promoted Saleem Yousuf to open with Mudassar Nazar to face the menacing bowling of Malcolm Marshall and Courtney Walsh which also then unlatched Gus Logie’s booming day at the field.

With Yousuf being specifically instructed to carry out attacking gameplay, very early at the score of 13, he eventually got caught by Logie, who later then also plucked Mudassar Nazar’s flat-batted shot. In that game, Logie had effectively used the square-leg umpire as a screen for his emulous fielding activities.

However, with Rameez Raja and <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/go-to-hell-we-will-win-this-match-kiran-more-recalls-banter-with-javed-miandad-in-the-1992-world-cup-match/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Javed Miandad</a> then trying to steady the ship for Pakistan by taking quick singles, there came a staggering run-out dismissal of Javed Miandad, who despite being the quickest of runners was unable to reach before Logie’s gunning throw at the stumps.

Later on, Logie then received his third catch which was a sky-high hit by Ijaz Ahmed ultimately grabbing it as a sitter. In the end, with Pakistan getting cheaply bowled out for 143 and with WI chasing comfortably, apparently, Gus Logie’s majestic fielding display made him yield a first Man of the Match award for fielding in the game.

3. Jonty Rhodes &#8211; 5 catches and 40 runs, vs West Indies, ODI, 1993

<img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-406382" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Jonty-Rhodes-1.jpg" alt="Jonty Rhodes" width="640" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-406382" class="wp-caption-text">Jonty Rhodes. (Photo Source: Twitter)</figcaption>

Prior to this catching masterclass, Jonty Rhodes had already received a massive adulation for his fielding causes especially when in the 1992 World Cup he had run out Inzamam-ul-Haq with his extravagant horizontal dive. Hence his comprehensive fielding acrobats had obtained him a tag of someone who could fly on the field.

While before showcasing his fielding prowess on that day, Jonty had played a vital knock of 40 runs which distinctly had helped South Africa to post a target of 181 runs. Hence, with him getting brimmed with confidence, his first catch of <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/brian-lara-refuses-to-celebrate-his-birthday-keeping-indias-fight-against-covid-19-in-mind/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Brian Lara</a> was marvellous diving caught which had made him sprint from a backward point to dismiss the legend.

His next grab which was also a stunner of Phil Simmons was again a dive to pluck it one-handed. Further, Jonty then took the catches of Jimmy Adams and Anderson Cummins wherein yet again he once had to fly to catch a slashed cut towards the third man.

His final pluck was the wicket of Desmond Haynes who had got retired hurt earlier in the innings. Overall, at Mumbai’s Brabourne Stadium, it was Jonty Rhodes’s soaring show (both with the bat or at the field) that had dismantled the West Indies despite their valiant bowling effort.

4. Mark Taylor-  4 catches, vs West Indies, ODI, 1992

<img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-527909" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Mark-Taylor.jpg" alt="Mark Taylor" width="640" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-527909" class="wp-caption-text">Mark Taylor. (Photo by Ben Curtis &#8211; PA Images/PA Images via Getty Images)</figcaption>

By being a prominent figure of his era, Mark Taylor was majorly known for his batting and for audacious captaincy, rather than as an apt slip fielder. But it was in this match that Taylor also showed his safeguarding skills at slips by grabbing four match-winning catches of West Indian batters.

With the match being played at the SCG, Australia in their scheduled 30 overs were bundled out for a score of 101 for 9 where Taylor had merely contributed a figure of nine runs. While he had definitely failed with the bat, his four outstanding catches had helped Australia to win the game by a mere margin of 14 runs.

In his four catches, Mark had caught the shoddy strokes of Gus Logie, <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/carl-hooper-interested-in-coaching-west-indies-likely-to-talk-to-head-coach-phil-simmons-for-a-role/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Carl Hooper</a>, Junior Murry, and Keith Arthurton which massively had helped Australia to win a closely fought game. Hence, for his sheer brilliance, Mark Taylor eventually got adjourned as the Player of the game.

5. Viv Richards- 3 catches vs India, ODI, 1989

<img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-527906" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Viv-Richards.jpg" alt="Viv Richards" width="640" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-527906" class="wp-caption-text">Viv Richards. (Photo by Patrick Eagar/Popperfoto via Getty Images)</figcaption>

While Sir Viv Richards must have won numerous MOM awards for his firepower batting, in this instance the West Indian great was merely rewarded for his three prominent catches. This occurrence had shaped up when India was playing the West Indies in the second semi-final of the MRF World series and with India winning the toss, instantly they decided to have a bat first.

However, the West Indian bowling had eventually restricted the Indian batting for a decent total of 165 runs wherein Sir Viv Richards had not only plucked three catches but also had extensively saved many runs.

<a href="https://www.crictracker.com/advantage-with-new-zealand-as-lack-of-match-practice-may-hurt-india-in-the-wtc-final-dilip-vengsarkar/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dilip Vengsarkar</a>, Raman Lamba, and Manoj Prabhakar were the three players who had got dismissed from Sir Viv’s fielding which perhaps had also made the total so modest that, the Calypso King did not need to come out and bat.

Hence, with West Indies coming out and fetching a convincing win, Viv Richards was apparently given the best player of the match.

While batting and bowling have often sealed a plethora of Man of the Match awards, seldom there have been instances where a player’s astonishing fielding has got acknowledged with mainstream prizes. 
Although, now in today’s game there might be a special category for acknowledging the deft fielding displays of cricketers, for the longest of times it was majorly the batters or an adequate proportion of bowlers, who used to get bestowed with conventional Player of match accolades.
It’s only been in recent years that the strenuous art of fielding is now widely treasured otherwise barely-there used to be an emphasis on a player’s fitness or his athleticism in fielding. 
However, despite the emphasis being insignificant in the past, there were some revolutionary gun fielders who solely through their sheer fielding work had actually won games that it also had yielded them Player of the match titles. 
<h3 class="p1">In this list, let’s check out 5 cricketers who were adjourned as a POTM for their vehement fielding:</h3>
<h3>1. David Miller – 4 catches and 2 run-outs vs Pakistan, T20I 2019</h3>
<figure id="attachment_527907" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-527907" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"><amp-img class="size-full wp-image-527907" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/David-Miller.jpg" alt="David Miller" width="640" height="400" layout="responsive" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"></amp-img><figcaption id="caption-attachment-527907" class="wp-caption-text">David Miller. (Photo by Nick Potts/PA Images via Getty Images)</figcaption></figure>
There’s absolutely no doubt that David Miller is now South Africa’s biggest gun fielder who often gets placed to guard the business end like the long-on and long-off fences. Whether it’s about the direct hits at either end or about safely plucking the sky catches, Miller’s overall fielding covers everything that a modern-day fielder needs to exhibit in today’s game. 
While in the IPL or for South Africa we might see Miller doing his routine saves on the park as a chief fielder, not long ago against Pakistan he was principally all around the park where his overall fielding effort had completely swamped the Pakistan team to a shoddy defeat. 
By neatly chasing a challenging total of 193, the Pakistani batters- <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/rashid-khan-reveals-why-virat-kohli-kane-williamson-and-babar-azam-are-world-class-players/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Babar Azam</a> and Hussian Talat had stitched a scorecard of 85 runs in the first ten overs but after Talat’s wicket there began a brim of Miller’s overall fielding quest. 
It was in the 11th over of Phehlukwayo, when David Miller had first exhibited his best staggering effort by firing a direct hit at the bowler’s end from the short-mid wicket area, which never allowed Babar Azam to make it in the end. Soon after this nimble action, Miller then plucked his first of four catches, by simply catching Asif Ali’s pull with absolute precision. 
Yet again in the next over of Tabraiz Shamsi, Miller then pouched a missed timed hit of Imad Wasim at the long-on region with ease. However, the best enthralling instance of Miller’s hounding had occurred when an overthrow allowed him to rocket a direct hit from deep mid-wicket to eventually remove Mohammad Rizwan, who was looking for the second run. 
Eventually, with Shoaib Malik then getting stranded with bowlers, both he and Hasan Ali gave two regulation catches to Miller at long-on and long-off ends.

<h3 class="p3">2. Gus Logie – 3 catches and 1 run-out against Pakistan, ODI, 1986</h3>
<figure id="attachment_527908" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-527908" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"><amp-img class="size-full wp-image-527908" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Gus-Logie.jpg" alt="Gus Logie" width="640" height="400" layout="responsive" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"></amp-img><figcaption id="caption-attachment-527908" class="wp-caption-text">Gus Logie. (Photo by Matthew Lewis-ICC/ICC via Getty Images)</figcaption></figure>
Well, this instance is of the time when the West Indians were the sovereigns of the game and had barely required the brilliance of their fielders like Logie to win matches. With the match having an alarming presence of the legends like Sir Viv Richards and Pakistan’s Imran Khan, the ODI at Sharjah was supposedly be a captivating contest. 
By winning the toss, captain Imran Khan promoted Saleem Yousuf to open with Mudassar Nazar to face the menacing bowling of Malcolm Marshall and Courtney Walsh which also then unlatched Gus Logie’s booming day at the field. 
With Yousuf being specifically instructed to carry out attacking gameplay, very early at the score of 13, he eventually got caught by Logie, who later then also plucked Mudassar Nazar’s flat-batted shot. In that game, Logie had effectively used the square-leg umpire as a screen for his emulous fielding activities. 
However, with Rameez Raja and <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/go-to-hell-we-will-win-this-match-kiran-more-recalls-banter-with-javed-miandad-in-the-1992-world-cup-match/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Javed Miandad</a> then trying to steady the ship for Pakistan by taking quick singles, there came a staggering run-out dismissal of Javed Miandad, who despite being the quickest of runners was unable to reach before Logie’s gunning throw at the stumps. 
Later on, Logie then received his third catch which was a sky-high hit by Ijaz Ahmed ultimately grabbing it as a sitter. In the end, with Pakistan getting cheaply bowled out for 143 and with WI chasing comfortably, apparently, Gus Logie’s majestic fielding display made him yield a first Man of the Match award for fielding in the game.

<h3 class="p3">3. Jonty Rhodes – 5 catches and 40 runs, vs West Indies, ODI, 1993</h3>
<figure id="attachment_406382" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-406382" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"><amp-img class="size-full wp-image-406382" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Jonty-Rhodes-1.jpg" alt="Jonty Rhodes" width="640" height="400" layout="responsive" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"></amp-img><figcaption id="caption-attachment-406382" class="wp-caption-text">Jonty Rhodes. (Photo Source: Twitter)</figcaption></figure>
Prior to this catching masterclass, Jonty Rhodes had already received a massive adulation for his fielding causes especially when in the 1992 World Cup he had run out Inzamam-ul-Haq with his extravagant horizontal dive. Hence his comprehensive fielding acrobats had obtained him a tag of someone who could fly on the field. 
While before showcasing his fielding prowess on that day, Jonty had played a vital knock of 40 runs which distinctly had helped South Africa to post a target of 181 runs. Hence, with him getting brimmed with confidence, his first catch of <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/brian-lara-refuses-to-celebrate-his-birthday-keeping-indias-fight-against-covid-19-in-mind/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Brian Lara</a> was marvellous diving caught which had made him sprint from a backward point to dismiss the legend. 
His next grab which was also a stunner of Phil Simmons was again a dive to pluck it one-handed. Further, Jonty then took the catches of Jimmy Adams and Anderson Cummins wherein yet again he once had to fly to catch a slashed cut towards the third man. 
His final pluck was the wicket of Desmond Haynes who had got retired hurt earlier in the innings. Overall, at Mumbai’s Brabourne Stadium, it was Jonty Rhodes’s soaring show (both with the bat or at the field) that had dismantled the West Indies despite their valiant bowling effort.

<h3 class="p3">4. Mark Taylor-&nbsp; 4 catches, vs West Indies, ODI, 1992 </h3>
<figure id="attachment_527909" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-527909" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"><amp-img class="size-full wp-image-527909" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Mark-Taylor.jpg" alt="Mark Taylor" width="640" height="400" layout="responsive" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"></amp-img><figcaption id="caption-attachment-527909" class="wp-caption-text">Mark Taylor. (Photo by Ben Curtis – PA Images/PA Images via Getty Images)</figcaption></figure>
By being a prominent figure of his era, Mark Taylor was majorly known for his batting and for audacious captaincy, rather than as an apt slip fielder. But it was in this match that Taylor also showed his safeguarding skills at slips by grabbing four match-winning catches of West Indian batters. 
With the match being played at the SCG, Australia in their scheduled 30 overs were bundled out for a score of 101 for 9 where Taylor had merely contributed a figure of nine runs. While he had definitely failed with the bat, his four outstanding catches had helped Australia to win the game by a mere margin of 14 runs. 
In his four catches, Mark had caught the shoddy strokes of Gus Logie, <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/carl-hooper-interested-in-coaching-west-indies-likely-to-talk-to-head-coach-phil-simmons-for-a-role/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Carl Hooper</a>, Junior Murry, and Keith Arthurton which massively had helped Australia to win a closely fought game. Hence, for his sheer brilliance, Mark Taylor eventually got adjourned as the Player of the game.

<h3 class="p3">5. Viv Richards- 3 catches vs India, ODI, 1989</h3>
<figure id="attachment_527906" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-527906" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"><amp-img class="size-full wp-image-527906" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Viv-Richards.jpg" alt="Viv Richards" width="640" height="400" layout="responsive" style="max-width: 100%; margin: 0;"></amp-img><figcaption id="caption-attachment-527906" class="wp-caption-text">Viv Richards. (Photo by Patrick Eagar/Popperfoto via Getty Images)</figcaption></figure>
While Sir Viv Richards must have won numerous MOM awards for his firepower batting, in this instance the West Indian great was merely rewarded for his three prominent catches. This occurrence had shaped up when India was playing the West Indies in the second semi-final of the MRF World series and with India winning the toss, instantly they decided to have a bat first. 
However, the West Indian bowling had eventually restricted the Indian batting for a decent total of 165 runs wherein Sir Viv Richards had not only plucked three catches but also had extensively saved many runs. 
<a href="https://www.crictracker.com/advantage-with-new-zealand-as-lack-of-match-practice-may-hurt-india-in-the-wtc-final-dilip-vengsarkar/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dilip Vengsarkar</a>, Raman Lamba, and Manoj Prabhakar were the three players who had got dismissed from Sir Viv’s fielding which perhaps had also made the total so modest that, the Calypso King did not need to come out and bat. 
Hence, with West Indies coming out and fetching a convincing win, Viv Richards was apparently given the best player of the match.

While batting and bowling have often sealed a plethora of Man of the Match awards, seldom there have been instances where a player’s astonishing fielding has got acknowledged with mainstream prizes. 
Although, now in today’s game there might be a special category for acknowledging the deft fielding displays of cricketers, for the longest of times it was majorly the batters or an adequate proportion of bowlers, who used to get bestowed with conventional Player of match accolades.
It’s only been in recent years that the strenuous art of fielding is now widely treasured otherwise barely-there used to be an emphasis on a player’s fitness or his athleticism in fielding. 
However, despite the emphasis being insignificant in the past, there were some revolutionary gun fielders who solely through their sheer fielding work had actually won games that it also had yielded them Player of the match titles. 
<h3 class="p1">In this list, let’s check out 5 cricketers who were adjourned as a POTM for their vehement fielding:</h3>
<h3>1. David Miller &#8211; 4 catches and 2 run-outs vs Pakistan, T20I 2019</h3>
<figure id="attachment_527907" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-527907" style="width: 640px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-527907" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/David-Miller.jpg" alt="David Miller" width="640" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-527907" class="wp-caption-text">David Miller. (Photo by Nick Potts/PA Images via Getty Images)</figcaption></figure>
There’s absolutely no doubt that David Miller is now South Africa’s biggest gun fielder who often gets placed to guard the business end like the long-on and long-off fences. Whether it’s about the direct hits at either end or about safely plucking the sky catches, Miller’s overall fielding covers everything that a modern-day fielder needs to exhibit in today’s game. 
While in the IPL or for South Africa we might see Miller doing his routine saves on the park as a chief fielder, not long ago against Pakistan he was principally all around the park where his overall fielding effort had completely swamped the Pakistan team to a shoddy defeat. 
By neatly chasing a challenging total of 193, the Pakistani batters- <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/rashid-khan-reveals-why-virat-kohli-kane-williamson-and-babar-azam-are-world-class-players/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Babar Azam</a> and Hussian Talat had stitched a scorecard of 85 runs in the first ten overs but after Talat’s wicket there began a brim of Miller’s overall fielding quest. 
It was in the 11th over of Phehlukwayo, when David Miller had first exhibited his best staggering effort by firing a direct hit at the bowler’s end from the short-mid wicket area, which never allowed Babar Azam to make it in the end. Soon after this nimble action, Miller then plucked his first of four catches, by simply catching Asif Ali’s pull with absolute precision. 
Yet again in the next over of Tabraiz Shamsi, Miller then pouched a missed timed hit of Imad Wasim at the long-on region with ease. However, the best enthralling instance of Miller’s hounding had occurred when an overthrow allowed him to rocket a direct hit from deep mid-wicket to eventually remove Mohammad Rizwan, who was looking for the second run. 
Eventually, with Shoaib Malik then getting stranded with bowlers, both he and Hasan Ali gave two regulation catches to Miller at long-on and long-off ends.

<h3 class="p3">2. Gus Logie &#8211; 3 catches and 1 run-out against Pakistan, ODI, 1986</h3>
<figure id="attachment_527908" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-527908" style="width: 640px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-527908" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Gus-Logie.jpg" alt="Gus Logie" width="640" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-527908" class="wp-caption-text">Gus Logie. (Photo by Matthew Lewis-ICC/ICC via Getty Images)</figcaption></figure>
Well, this instance is of the time when the West Indians were the sovereigns of the game and had barely required the brilliance of their fielders like Logie to win matches. With the match having an alarming presence of the legends like Sir Viv Richards and Pakistan’s Imran Khan, the ODI at Sharjah was supposedly be a captivating contest. 
By winning the toss, captain Imran Khan promoted Saleem Yousuf to open with Mudassar Nazar to face the menacing bowling of Malcolm Marshall and Courtney Walsh which also then unlatched Gus Logie’s booming day at the field. 
With Yousuf being specifically instructed to carry out attacking gameplay, very early at the score of 13, he eventually got caught by Logie, who later then also plucked Mudassar Nazar’s flat-batted shot. In that game, Logie had effectively used the square-leg umpire as a screen for his emulous fielding activities. 
However, with Rameez Raja and <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/go-to-hell-we-will-win-this-match-kiran-more-recalls-banter-with-javed-miandad-in-the-1992-world-cup-match/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Javed Miandad</a> then trying to steady the ship for Pakistan by taking quick singles, there came a staggering run-out dismissal of Javed Miandad, who despite being the quickest of runners was unable to reach before Logie’s gunning throw at the stumps. 
Later on, Logie then received his third catch which was a sky-high hit by Ijaz Ahmed ultimately grabbing it as a sitter. In the end, with Pakistan getting cheaply bowled out for 143 and with WI chasing comfortably, apparently, Gus Logie’s majestic fielding display made him yield a first Man of the Match award for fielding in the game.

<h3 class="p3">3. Jonty Rhodes &#8211; 5 catches and 40 runs, vs West Indies, ODI, 1993</h3>
<figure id="attachment_406382" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-406382" style="width: 640px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-406382" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Jonty-Rhodes-1.jpg" alt="Jonty Rhodes" width="640" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-406382" class="wp-caption-text">Jonty Rhodes. (Photo Source: Twitter)</figcaption></figure>
Prior to this catching masterclass, Jonty Rhodes had already received a massive adulation for his fielding causes especially when in the 1992 World Cup he had run out Inzamam-ul-Haq with his extravagant horizontal dive. Hence his comprehensive fielding acrobats had obtained him a tag of someone who could fly on the field. 
While before showcasing his fielding prowess on that day, Jonty had played a vital knock of 40 runs which distinctly had helped South Africa to post a target of 181 runs. Hence, with him getting brimmed with confidence, his first catch of <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/brian-lara-refuses-to-celebrate-his-birthday-keeping-indias-fight-against-covid-19-in-mind/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Brian Lara</a> was marvellous diving caught which had made him sprint from a backward point to dismiss the legend. 
His next grab which was also a stunner of Phil Simmons was again a dive to pluck it one-handed. Further, Jonty then took the catches of Jimmy Adams and Anderson Cummins wherein yet again he once had to fly to catch a slashed cut towards the third man. 
His final pluck was the wicket of Desmond Haynes who had got retired hurt earlier in the innings. Overall, at Mumbai’s Brabourne Stadium, it was Jonty Rhodes’s soaring show (both with the bat or at the field) that had dismantled the West Indies despite their valiant bowling effort.

<h3 class="p3">4. Mark Taylor-  4 catches, vs West Indies, ODI, 1992 </h3>
<figure id="attachment_527909" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-527909" style="width: 640px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-527909" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Mark-Taylor.jpg" alt="Mark Taylor" width="640" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-527909" class="wp-caption-text">Mark Taylor. (Photo by Ben Curtis &#8211; PA Images/PA Images via Getty Images)</figcaption></figure>
By being a prominent figure of his era, Mark Taylor was majorly known for his batting and for audacious captaincy, rather than as an apt slip fielder. But it was in this match that Taylor also showed his safeguarding skills at slips by grabbing four match-winning catches of West Indian batters. 
With the match being played at the SCG, Australia in their scheduled 30 overs were bundled out for a score of 101 for 9 where Taylor had merely contributed a figure of nine runs. While he had definitely failed with the bat, his four outstanding catches had helped Australia to win the game by a mere margin of 14 runs. 
In his four catches, Mark had caught the shoddy strokes of Gus Logie, <a href="https://www.crictracker.com/carl-hooper-interested-in-coaching-west-indies-likely-to-talk-to-head-coach-phil-simmons-for-a-role/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Carl Hooper</a>, Junior Murry, and Keith Arthurton which massively had helped Australia to win a closely fought game. Hence, for his sheer brilliance, Mark Taylor eventually got adjourned as the Player of the game.

<h3 class="p3">5. Viv Richards- 3 catches vs India, ODI, 1989</h3>
<figure id="attachment_527906" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-527906" style="width: 640px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" class="size-full wp-image-527906" src="https://crictracker-admin-panel-08032022.s3.ap-south-1.amazonaws.com/media/attachments/Viv-Richards.jpg" alt="Viv Richards" width="640" height="400" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px"><figcaption id="caption-attachment-527906" class="wp-caption-text">Viv Richards. (Photo by Patrick Eagar/Popperfoto via Getty Images)</figcaption></figure>
While Sir Viv Richards must have won numerous MOM awards for his firepower batting, in this instance the West Indian great was merely rewarded for his three prominent catches. This occurrence had shaped up when India was playing the West Indies in the second semi-final of the MRF World series and with India winning the toss, instantly they decided to have a bat first. 
However, the West Indian bowling had eventually restricted the Indian batting for a decent total of 165 runs wherein Sir Viv Richards had not only plucked three catches but also had extensively saved many runs. 
<a href="https://www.crictracker.com/advantage-with-new-zealand-as-lack-of-match-practice-may-hurt-india-in-the-wtc-final-dilip-vengsarkar/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dilip Vengsarkar</a>, Raman Lamba, and Manoj Prabhakar were the three players who had got dismissed from Sir Viv’s fielding which perhaps had also made the total so modest that, the Calypso King did not need to come out and bat. 
Hence, with West Indies coming out and fetching a convincing win, Viv Richards was apparently given the best player of the match.

Fielding deserves credit just like batting and bowling.

5 Cricketers who won the Player of the Match award for fielding

While batting and bowling have often sealed a plethora of Man of the Match awards, seldom there have been instances where a player's fielding