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Which type of players are hardest to find ?
- Thread starter Sunil1z
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Slifer
International Captain
I couldn't think of any other atg wk/batsmen.
Sunil1z
International Regular
Knott ?
Slifer
International Captain
Knott is an atg keeper but mostly for his keeping skills.
Prince EWS
Global Moderator
It's the keeper/bats but that's because the expectations of the role have changed so much. We've seen a lot more being able to keep well and effectively hold their place on batting alone lately (Watling, Pant, de Kock, Chandimal, Prior, Rizwan etc) even if they don't have the real top quality or longevity to be ATGs. I reckon we'll see more of them join that list in the next couple of decades than spinners or openers.
smash84
The Tiger King
You really like his pole don't you?
honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
sliding down with joy, is he?You really like his pole don't you?
RossTaylorsBox
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Ghost-Bug type probably
honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
Maybe the reason there are so few ATG great openers is because if batsman demonstrate exceptional potential as juniors then they'll probably be told to bat in the middle order.
Also potential ATG wkt/bats would probably be told to give up the gloves and bat higher up the order. If Gilchrist played for any other team in the 00s he'd probably have played as a specialist batsman and batted at 5. Similarly if AB or Sanga kept and played for 00s Australia batting at 7 then they'd probably have the numbers and body of work to be ATG wkt/bats
Also potential ATG wkt/bats would probably be told to give up the gloves and bat higher up the order. If Gilchrist played for any other team in the 00s he'd probably have played as a specialist batsman and batted at 5. Similarly if AB or Sanga kept and played for 00s Australia batting at 7 then they'd probably have the numbers and body of work to be ATG wkt/bats
Patience and Accuracy+Gut
State Regular
Spinners probably. Openers very close 2nd too. Not to create any mess here but I legit think Barry had the potential to be ATG. For Spinners, we had a ATG in first 100 Years in O’Reilly and after Warne/ Murali era I don’t see a ATG coming in decades.
ataraxia
International Coach
Personally I try to keep the numbers of ATGs for each position equivalent to the number in the team (with the possible exception that involves lumping openers and MOBs together). But I suspect the answer I'm supposed to give is keepers, because given that they've been misplayed for most of the time period we consider (since WWI) I'd consider someone like de Kock to be a borderline ATG.
Red
The normal awards that everyone else has
Grimmett is absolutely an all time great spinner.
Fuller Pilch
Hall of Fame Member
ATG left arm quicks
Even though there are now far more in the 250+ club than 10 years ago, only Akram and Davidson are ATGs.
Even though there are now far more in the 250+ club than 10 years ago, only Akram and Davidson are ATGs.
Fuller Pilch
Hall of Fame Member
Migara
Cricketer Of The Year
Flower is a batting wicket keeper. So is Sangakkara. In addition Quinton de Koch, Dinesh Chandimal, Rishabh Pant all are in this bracket, and pick ATG out of them.
The list should have players like Healy, Russell, PJ, Bari, Latif, Kirmani, MSD or Engineer other than given above, to pick from.