Ian Healy vs Mark Boucher vs Adam Parore

[slippy888]

Who was the better wicket keeper and batsman and all round player for you.

 

[slippy888]

I think these guys are very good 2nd level players in there batting stats compared to guys like Gilchrist and Sangakarra and Dhoni who took batting from a keeper to a different level for a wicket keeper.

 

[harsh.ag]

Jeff Dujon and Alan Knott are above them wrt batting skills in great keepers.

 

[91Jmay]

Matt Prior should be in this comparison as well. Better player than Parore for sure.

 

[Furball]

I think these guys are very good 2nd level players in there batting stats compared to guys like Gilchrist and Sangakarra and Dhoni who took batting from a keeper to a different level for a wicket keeper.

Dhoni doesn't belong in that discussion at all. He was a woeful Test batsman.

 

[Red]

Healy was the best keeper I've seen.

Didn't see Knott.

 

[Gnske]

Parore obviously

 

[mr_mister]

why not chuck in Mongia and Moin too

 

[Zinzan]

Obviously Ian Healy is the best of those 3, but make no mistake, Parore was no joke a of keeper, he was a very fine glove-man in his own right, hardly ever put of catch down.

 

[Flem274*]

boucher the best batsman, healy the best gloveman, parore is like the best fence sitter middle ground player of the three

boucher because the other two are massive ****s

 

[SteveNZ]

Parore was a pretty outstanding gloveman, under Rixon. Took a catch off Jason Gillespie in Perth (?) that was insanely good standing up to Vettori, and really never missed anything I can think of. Suffered a bit from being a major dick, and having to live up to the nickname Maverick that he was given early in life. I'm sure he would've handled Warne like Healy did, because he handled him with the bat on plenty of occasions including that Perth Test. Very, very good player of spin with the bat.

 

[vcs]

Dhoni doesn't belong in that discussion at all. He was a woeful Test batsman.

Not a great like those two, but woeful? Nonsense.

 

[Burgey]

Ian Healy was the best wicketkeeper I've seen tbh. I saw Knott but when I did he was towards the end of his career and I was pretty young. Bob Taylor was a gun too.

I don't think Boucher was too far ahead of Healy with the bat tbh. Not by the same margin that Healy was a better glove man. Didn't see a lot of Parore. Struck me as a knob tbh.

 

[SteveNZ]

If we're talking pure keepers, Jack Russell has to be up there. Some of his work up to the stumps was other-worldly. Might lose marks for lack of athleticism, I guess.

 

[Red]

Dhoni was far from a woeful test batsman. For a guy who spent the majority of his career at #7, he was perfectly ok.

Regarding Healy's batting, the guy was great when the pressure was on. Most of his tons and his 80s and 90s happened when he came to the crease with Australia at 5 for sub 200, and he got Aust into a strong position. Guy was pretty dogged.

There was good reason why he was selected in our team of the century by CA in 2000.

Arthur Morris
Bill Ponsford
Don Bradman(c)
Greg Chappell
Neil Harvey
Keith Miller(vc)
Ian Healy(k)
Ray Lindwall
Shane Warne
Dennis Lillee
Bill O’Reilly
Allan Border(12th man)

 

[Zinzan]

I'd forgotten just how much Parore put Warne to the sword in this innings at Perth. Quite brutal considering Warnie was in his pomp in Australian conditions... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2PqIIDDNoo

 

[harsh.ag]

There was good reason why he was selected in our team of the century by CA in 2000.

Arthur Morris
Bill Ponsford
Don Bradman(c)
Greg Chappell
Neil Harvey
Keith Miller(vc)
Ian Healy(k)
Ray Lindwall
Shane Warne
Dennis Lillee
Bill O’Reilly
Allan Border(12th man)

This is probably what set Burgey off I suppose.

 

[cnerd123]

Dhoni was far from a woeful test batsman. For a guy who spent the majority of his career at #7, he was perfectly ok.

Regarding Healy's batting, the guy was great when the pressure was on. Most of his tons and his 80s and 90s happened when he came to the crease with Australia at 5 for sub 200, and he got Aust into a strong position. Guy was pretty dogged.

There was good reason why he was selected in our team of the century by CA in 2000.

Arthur Morris
Bill Ponsford
Don Bradman(c)
Greg Chappell
Neil Harvey
Keith Miller(vc)
Ian Healy(k)
Ray Lindwall
Shane Warne
Dennis Lillee
Bill O’Reilly
Allan Border(12th man)

Yessssssss

The one true AB actually makes his country's ATXI, ftr

 

[morgieb]

Yessssssss

The one true AB actually makes his country's ATXI, ftr

de Villiers wouldn't be making Australia's AT XI either FWIW

 

[harsh.ag]

de Villiers wouldn't be making Australia's AT XI either FWIW

The real AB also doesn't get to play on Aussie roads most of the times either FWIW.