5 best slip fielders in world cricket today

# Alastair Cook

Alastair Cook is already a legend in test cricket, scoring a mammoth number of runs and has a great chance of surpassing Sachin Tendulkar's tally of most runs in the longest form of the game. But what Cook brings to this English side with his slip catching is tremendous, since he has made that position his own in the past decade.

He has remained one of the safest first slip fielders ever, and could be easily counted as one of the greats in that position, a list that includes the likes of Mark Waugh and Rahul Dravid.

He makes excellent use of his bucket hands and seldom drops a catch, and has taken a total of 190 catches in all formats. Even with age catching up to him, Cook still inspires a lot of confidence with the bat and in the field.