Best Wicketkeeper Since 1990?

[morgieb]

Russell, Healy and Latif come to mind.

ftr, I think the best pure keepers never played tests as they were ordinary with the bat.

 

[smash84]

Not the best video of Latif but watching Kamran Akmal drop catches for the last more than half a decade this kind of wicketkeeping for Pakistan seems ages ago

YouTube - ‪rashid latif‬‏

 

[Anku31]

Dinesh Karthik was superb keeper at the start of his career.But probably,he is way too 'active' that he makes mess of the catches. :P

 

[Dan]

Just found this epic catch by Gilly. (1:38)

That catch is ridiculous. How do you pull that off?

Gotta feel sorry for the batsman in that situation TBH, caught 'behind' having middled a sweep...

 

[_Ed_]

Parore was also under-rated i think.Both with bat & gloves.

Definitely underrated with the gloves - he was superb. But I don't think he was anything special with the bat.

And he's a douche, tbf.

 

[Anku31]

Definitely underrated with the gloves - he was superb. But I don't think he was anything special with the bat.

And he's a douche, tbf.

He used to bat at 8.So,not much opportunities.

 

[Dan]

He used to bat at 8.So,not much opportunities.

To be fair, he used to bat at 8 because he was the 8th best batsman in the side. Also helps when your front line bowlers are guys like Chris Cairns, that can also bat in the top 7.

His FC record isn't that flash either.

 

[_Ed_]

His FC record isn't that flash either.

And he batted much higher in the order for Auckland. I think he often batted at 3, in fact.

 

[weldone]

Who are the best batsmen (while wicketkeeping) of the last 20 years or so? I think I shall have the following order:

1. Adam Gilchrist
2. Andy Flower
3. Kumar Sangakkara

I personally rate Sangakkara higher than the other two in batting alone. But this list is about batting while you're a wicketkeeper too. I personally won't argue if somebody keeps Flower ahead of Gilchrist, as I think they are very comparable as batsmen. Obviously, I don't rate Flower very highly as a wicketkeeper, but he was a world-class wicketkeeper-batsman for a substantial period.

 

[vcs]

Just found this epic catch by Gilly. (1:38)



Haha, yeah, that's what I meant.

That actually looked like a no-ball by Warne.

 

[wpdavid]

I'd go for Jack Russell on the basis he had a relatively long test career (though as has been said not as long as it should have been) but tbh as a pure keeper I think James Foster is his equal

But not when he actually played his test cricket, surely. IIRC he dropped lots of chances when he played those series in 2001/02.

 

[kiwiviktor81]

I remember seeing Gilchrist standing up to McGrath, and then stumping Craig McMillan. That was impressive.

 

[fredfertang]

But not when he actually played his test cricket, surely. IIRC he dropped lots of chances when he played those series in 2001/02.

I hadn't seen much of him before that series and as a result of his less than impressive showing there took no notice of him again until three or four years ago. Then when Essex turned up on Sky several times in quick succession he looked nothing like the bloke I remembered - he seemed to have reinvented himself and his keeping stood up to the quicker men was comfortably the best I've seen

 

[wpdavid]

I hadn't seen much of him before that series and as a result of his less than impressive showing there took no notice of him again until three or four years ago. Then when Essex turned up on Sky several times in quick succession he looked nothing like the bloke I remembered - he seemed to have reinvented himself and his keeping stood up to the quicker men was comfortably the best I've seen

Fair enough. tbh when I was typing my previous post, I couldn't believe it was almost 10 years since he played test cricket. He's entitled to have improved since then,of course.

 

[TumTum]

Gotta feel sorry for the batsman in that situation TBH, caught 'behind' having middled a sweep...

Came of the fielder though, Vettori-Dravid-McCullum is the most epic.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjpd7b03uaM

 

[Cevno]

Dinesh Karthik was superb keeper at the start of his career.But probably,he is way too 'active' that he makes mess of the catches. :P

He got dropped from the reserve wicketkeeper position even due to his poor keeping in Srilanka.

While his batting improved,his keeping really deteriorated.

 

[Athlai]

Came of the fielder though, Vettori-Dravid-McCullum is the most epic.
YouTube - ‪Brendon McCullum - One of the greatest wicketkeeper catches ever‬‏

Baz takes some spectacular catches.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNmcQX3KLCQ&feature=related

 

[Borges]

But not when he actually played his test cricket, surely. IIRC he dropped lots of chances when he played those series in 2001/02.

Yup. As far as 'pure' keepers go, I'd place Jack Russel among with the all time greats. But he kept so, so much better in FC cricket than in test cricket.

Healy too was one of the very best ever, but I think Russel was even better.

 

[Anku31]

He got dropped from the reserve wicketkeeper position even due to his poor keeping in Srilanka.

While his batting improved,his keeping really deteriorated.

Yeah.Agree.And now,even his batting is not that good.

 

[DocHead]

Meh, apparently the keeper with the most dismissals in test history barely merits a mention, sees off 7 other suitors, Jack Russell couldn't see off Alec Stewart, but he's the best 'keeper since 1990?