...my gut instinct is to say Bouch because he averaged less with the bat
after a bit of thought i'll still go Bouch but it's very close
it's a joke
dw it was obvious that it was a jokeit's a joke
if you want to be seen as a keeping God, average buckleys with the bat (Strudwick, Evans, Grout, Tallon, Russell)
if you want be seen as a batsman who took up keeping later in life as a part time hobby, bat like a beast (Sanga, Gilly, Flower)
I must be one of the finest keepers the world has seen
How useful is that statistic in terms of comparing keepers? After all, the better the bowling attack, the more opportunities that should come the keeper's way. So does Gilchrist having more dismissals per innings mean that he was a better keeper or that he kept to better bowlers (or a combination of the two)?Gilly has more dismissals per innings, a much more consistant year to year, and in all places performance. In fact, the guy hardly varied from his career 2.178 dismissals per innings. Boucher at 1.975 is hardly far off, yet he varies more, particularly in Oceana.
That number is just a rule of thumb. However, I feel it is fair to say that South Africa's fast bowling attack was the equal to Australia's. For instance, Pollock was almost a McGrath clone for a long while and Donald was better than Gillespie. Fair enough, Boucher never got to keep to a decent spinner. To be honest, I think there is hardly anything in it.How useful is that statistic in terms of comparing keepers? After all, the better the bowling attack, the more opportunities that should come the keeper's way. So does Gilchrist having more dismissals per innings mean that he was a better keeper or that he kept to better bowlers (or a combination of the two)?
He kept for a long time to Paul Adams. I think he was fairly easy to read though, his wrong 'un was always flatter than his stock ball (although his stock ball was actually the wrong-un, if you get my meaning).He did keep to Symcox, Harris etc., which is not the same but still.