Will we ever see a pure wicket-keeper selected to play tests for Australia again?

[mr_mister]

all good. and yeah manou is the perfect example

 

[marc71178]

he was a great keeper and a great character but yeah his batting average was lower than his peers, which is the only reason i brought him up

Except it really wasn't that bad. For the majority of his career, the so-called batsman-keeper averaged about 3 or 4 more than Jack did whilst not being half the keeper Jack was.

 

[GIMH]

Jono stinking the place up. Awful

 

[Lillian Thomson]

i thought for about 2 seconds before choosing the thread title.

As long as that? You do surprise me.

 

[JBMAC]

If you are looking for "the greatest" keeper who could not bat then you are talking about Don Tallon. .....and I do not anticipate we will see his likes again because of the way the game has evolved. It appears to have become a prerequisite for the selectors to select a Batsman/Stumper than the other way around

 

[mr_mister]

yeah Bradman picked Tallon in his team of the century, chosen in 2000. It was a pretty boring list, like 8 of the 12 players were from the bradman's era(a big era but still)

 

[Jono]

Jono stinking the place up. Awful

Speaking of not pure...

 

[OverratedSanity]

Pretty glad I'm a verb.

 

[Red]

yeah Bradman picked Tallon in his team of the century, chosen in 2000. It was a pretty boring list, like 8 of the 12 players were from the bradman's era(a big era but still)

Bradman had

A.Morris
B.Richards
D.Bradman
S.Tendulkar
G.Sobers
D.Tallon
R.Lindwall
D.Lillee
A.Bedser
B.O'Reilly
C.Grimmett


Such an odd team that could have been improved markedly by replacing Bedser with any of Chappell, Richards, Hammond, or even Miller if he felt the need to have 6 bowlers for whatever reason. Tallon at 6 is stupid.

 

[mr_mister]

Hammond was 12th man. Lol I guessed right 8 of those 12 played with or against Bradman


and I have the book. He reckoned Tallon was better trained at keeping to that particular attack since he actually experienced Grimmett, Lindwall and O'Reilly. Pretty meta of ol' Braddy

And he really rated Lindwall's batting lol, enough to include him as a second allrounder

Lastly, it wasn't bradman's words but the authors, but since Bradman averaged double most of these guys he counted him as 'two' batsmen so felt the need to add more bowlers. But the author definitely wasn't happy with Bradman's team it seemed. Bradman demanded no argument from him over the choices though


Gilly had scored his magical 149* against Pakistan but played less than 10 tests at the time of writing. If Bradman lived to even '05 or '06 i reckon the team would be very different

 

[flibbertyjibber]

I don't think many sides will go back to a proper keeper now. I guess the most likely will be one of the asian sides if they start producing complete bunsen burners and need a quality keeper to take the chances they may provide. Other than that only if you get a side that is like the current England side and has two all rounders in it already (would need them to be far more established than just potential though) and Buttler got injured but then we'd pick Bairstow anyway.

 

[Lillian Thomson]

Hammond was 12th man. Lol I guessed right 8 of those 12 played with or against Bradman


and I have the book. He reckoned Tallon was better trained at keeping to that particular attack since he actually experienced Grimmett, Lindwall and O'Reilly. Pretty meta of ol' Braddy

And he really rated Lindwall's batting lol, enough to include him as a second allrounder

Lastly, it wasn't bradman's words but the authors, but since Bradman averaged double most of these guys he counted him as 'two' batsmen so felt the need to add more bowlers. But the author definitely wasn't happy with Bradman's team it seemed. Bradman demanded no argument from him over the choices though


Gilly had scored his magical 149* against Pakistan but played less than 10 tests at the time of writing. If Bradman lived to even '05 or '06 i reckon the team would be very different

Presumably it was called "Team of the Century" for a reason. Namely it was a team based on performances in the 20th Century. Even if Bradman had discovered the secret of eternal life it doesn't mean Gilchrist, or anyone else who peaked in the 21st Century, is going to be included.

 

[mr_mister]

it was actually just his meant to be his all time best team not really a team of the century... however it turned out that way. I was wrong when referring to it as such earlier

 

[harsh.ag]

And he really rated Lindwall's batting lol, enough to include him as a second allrounder

Nah he just hated Miller and all English players. Only the magnificent Bedser gets in. Was looking for any excuse to leave out Englishmen. Pretty sure that's why he created the myth of "he looks like me when he bats" Tendulkar

 

[mr_mister]

haha, but didnt he also hate bill o'reilly? still threw him in over warne who grovelled at his feet during his last few years, requesting private tea parties in bradman's backyard and stuff

 

[harsh.ag]

haha, but didnt he also hate bill o'reilly? still threw him in over warne who grovelled at his feet during his last few years, requesting private tea parties in bradman's backyard and stuff

The one he picked over Warne was Grimmett. It was a shoot out between Barnes and O'Reilly for that spot, and as much as he hated the latter, it was basically "Oz before Hoes"

 

[Lillian Thomson]

Judging by Haddin's performance in the current Test they should fly one over for next week.

 

[Tangles]

Judging by Haddin's performance in the current Test they should fly one over for next week.

Nev is already there. He's the best of the domestic keepers.

 

[honestbharani]

Will they let Haddin go though?

 

[mr_mister]

this was a great thread