Best 'keeper of the 90s

[Burgey]

Yeah one of my faves of the decade tbh

 

[Shady Slim]

Sri Lanka had the knack of producing batsman keepers, who later give up gloves to another batsman keeper. List starts with Brendon Kuruppu, Asanka Gurusinha, Hashan Tillekaratne, TM Dilshan, Kumar Sangakkara, Kusal Mendis to Kusal Perera. Kaluwitharana and Prasanna Jayawardane were the two genuine keepers we had who could handle a bat properly.

assuming dilshan has a test five-for and a test stumping how many others out there would have a stumping, a five for and a century?

if not for tests then surely he does for odis

 

[Migara]

In the middle of all this there were a bunch of guys who seemed to be competing with Kaluwitharana in the 90s, Ashley de Silva, Pudubu Dasanayake, Dunusinghe (think he played a good knock in SL's famous win in Napier in 95) and Lanka de Silva (remembered in India for being felled by a Srinath bouncer). Although Kalu was ever-present in the side it seems like he was continually looking over his shoulder. Can't remember if any of these was a serious contender though Lanka's glovework was talked up when he visited India in '97.

Prasanna was certainly a terrific keeper, genuine contender for best of the 00's.

There were quite a number. None of them grabbed the opportunity and we had to go back to Kalu, till we stumbled upon Sangakkara.

 

[Migara]

assuming dilshan has a test five-for and a test stumping how many others out there would have a stumping, a five for and a century?

if not for tests then surely he does for odis

Dilshan's best in a test in 4/10, and 4/4 in ODIs. Never had a 5 for. Nor did Asanka Gurusinha. Guru's FC bowling average of 21.5 as a seamer, shows he was pretty good at it when he was fir.

 

[Shady Slim]

Dilshan's best in a test in 4/10, and 4/4 in ODIs. Never had a 5 for. Nor did Asanka Gurusinha. Guru's FC bowling average of 21.5 as a seamer, shows he was pretty good at it when he was fir.

oh! tbh that's a surprise, i would have thought if anything it would've been the stumping requirement that precluded him from that club

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

assuming dilshan has a test five-for and a test stumping how many others out there would have a stumping, a five for and a century?

if not for tests then surely he does for odis

An easy one this...Mahmudullah Riyad.

 

[trundler]

John Reid

 

[Dan]

John Reid

Change the criteria from a stumping to any wk dismissal and you add Woolley, Congdon and L Amarnath to that list.

 

[_Ed_]

Andrew Hall is another worth mentioning in that regard - three ODI fifties with a best of 81, a five-wicket haul, and I'm sure he kept wicket in a series against Australia as well.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Change the criteria from a stumping to any wk dismissal and you add Woolley, Congdon and L Amarnath to that list.

Let's not forget Mahmudullah, please.

 

[TheJediBrah]

Change the criteria from a stumping to any wk dismissal and you add Woolley, Congdon and L Amarnath to that list.

Change the criteria to local club cricket and you can add me that list

 

[Dendarii]

Andrew Hall is another worth mentioning in that regard - three ODI fifties with a best of 81, a five-wicket haul, and I'm sure he kept wicket in a series against Australia as well.

He kept for just one match, but didn't pick up any dismissals.

https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/15654/scorecard/64667/australia-vs-south-africa-3rd-odi-south-africa-tour-of-australia-2000

 

[honestbharani]

He kept as a substitude against India once too. Guy kept and then bowled the last over as well for a close win I think, when they had someone else keep..

 

[TheJediBrah]

He kept as a substitude against India once too. Guy kept and then bowled the last over as well for a close win I think, when they had someone else keep..

possibly one of the most versatile cricketers

also against India was sent to open in a Test and batted the whole day for 70-odd not out.

would take a bullet for the team

 

[_Ed_]

would take a bullet for the team

I see what you did there.

Not many cricketers whose Wiki pages have a section titled 'Mugging incidents' (yep, plural).

 

[Dendarii]

possibly one of the most versatile cricketers

also against India was sent to open in a Test and batted the whole day for 70-odd not out.

He got more than the 70 not out - he went on to make 163.

https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/14933/scorecard/64109/india-vs-south-africa-1st-test-south-africa-tour-of-india-2004-05

He probably would have played more tests for South Africa if his career hadn't overlapped with that of Kallis and Pollock. Having those two in the side meant that Hall's versatility wasn't as useful as it might have been for another team.

 

[Flem274*]

monica lewinsky

 

[TheJediBrah]

He got more than the 70 not out - he went on to make 163.

https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/14933/scorecard/64109/india-vs-south-africa-1st-test-south-africa-tour-of-india-2004-05

He probably would have played more tests for South Africa if his career hadn't overlapped with that of Kallis and Pollock. Having those two in the side meant that Hall's versatility wasn't as useful as it might have been for another team.

correct, but he batted the whole first day for 70-odd not out. Which is what really stood out to me. That kind of stone-walling is rarer these days than someone hitting 130-140 on day 1.