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Old 18-11-2012, 07:10 PM   #1139 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by NUFAN View Post
Is it just me or does anyone else think that Gilchrist gets too much praise for his keeping off Warne.

I don't really see how Warne, during Gilchrist's career would have been that difficult. He hardly bowled any googly's or flippers towards the end of his career - MacGill and Hogg would have been more difficult.
Keeping to leg spinners is the hardest task for a keeper. Losing sight of the ball etc. So any leggie is tough to keep to.

I agree, MacGill would've been tougher to keep to. Big ripping leggies are hard.

I don't know if Gilchrist gets too much praise. For a while it seemed the consensus among a lot of people was that he wasn't a very good keeper really. I thought he was very good.
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