Andy Flower's Wicket Keeping, just how good was he?

[Thala_0710]

With the less amount of footage available for older Zimbabwe matches, was really interested in knowing how was Flower rated as a keeper?
Some have described him as a fine keeper, safe and forgettable, which is a good quality for a keeper. Some describe him as not test standard, poor to the extent his keeping would be a big liability if he were to be handed the gloves.
So just how good was he?

 

[Starfighter]

@TheJediBrah

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

He was a safe keeper

 

[Thala_0710]

He was a safe keeper

Safe like Rizwan? Msd?

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Safe like Rizwan? Msd?

Between Kamran Akmal and Ian Healy

 

[Thala_0710]

Between Kamran Akmal and Ian Healy

Seems correct

 

[OverratedSanity]

Below average. Slightly lower than Pant level imo.

 

[sayon basak]

Below average. Slightly lower than Pant level imo.

Did he miss a lot of catches?

 

[Coronis]

@Prince EWS

 

[CricAddict]

People speak as if he is Kamran Akmal. His playing career was the peak of me watching cricket and I can attest that he was a safe wicket keeper. While not acrobatic like a Gilchrist or De Villiers, he didn't drop any catches as well. Kept to both pace and spin well. In CW, people have just tarnished his reputation as a keeper saying he was terrible with the gloves. He was not.

 

[Prince EWS]

He was bad.

 

[OverratedSanity]

People speak as if he is Kamran Akmal.

He was somewhat better than that, true.

 

[CricAddict]

He was somewhat better than that, true.

Somewhat better also means you say that he was terrible. Any proof of that in terms of cricket articles or footage?

 

[TheJediBrah]

In CW, people have just tarnished his reputation as a keeper saying he was terrible with the gloves

Literally the opposite. But we've been through this like half a dozen times at length, clearly never gotten us anywhere

 

[Prince EWS]

Literally the opposite.

@TheJediBrah

 

[shortpitched713]

Between Kamran Akmal and Ian Healy

Agreed. Definitely better than Healy, but no way he reaches the heights with the glove that Akmal had to SINGLE HANDEDLY turn matches. No other wicketkeeper ever will.

 

[TheJediBrah]

If Kamran played today he'd be fine, just injure himself in the first innings and a specialist keeper sub can keep while he bats

Though if Pakistan did that I'm sure the ICC would change the law back in a heartbeat