If Superman can fly, there is no reason that Spiderman can't and also there is the word "man" in both of their names. So Superman is equal to Spiderman. And Batman is just an a***hole but since there is "man" he is equivalent to Superman and Spiderman. Therefore it's logical to conclude, Superman = Spiderman = Batman
I generally don't agree with anything PEWS says, but at least he attempted to give and explanation to his logic and we were able agree to disagree and move on - this is why he one of the best posters in this sites history despite differences of opinion. This reply however is the epitome of useless posting.
The think with ABdV as a 'keeper is that he clearly wasn't much of a wicketkeeper, per se, rather he's an absolute gun who can do anything and is a ridiculously talented freak. The big criticism levelled at him, from a "Why I don't have ABdV keep in an ATG XI" scenario, is that he is so, so reliant on his athleticism and freakish abilities to catch the ball -- he's not much in the way of a technical wicketkeeper with his footwork. Sure, it looks impressive when he dives across in front of first slip to take a one-handed catch, but someone like Peter Nevill probably takes that in a completely regulation way, on his feet, with his gloves at his inside hip (i.e. the technically correct way).
You two go and hug, kiss and get a room now.
Agree pretty much. I actually didn't say I would pick De Villiers as an ATXI keeper just to clarify, its still Knott for me. My point was actually IF I wanted to pick a keeper for his extra batting strength in the ATXI, who actually averaged 50+ vs good bowlers ([pace & spin) because Gilly's 50+ average from 99-05 was inflated by runs vs poor pace attacks on roads - De Villiers would be the better choice. However its not one I would take up in any case.
You. Vastly. Underestimate. Gilly's. Keeping. Skills.
Except for Gilly. He's more or less in the right ballpark with the others, but his opinions on Gilly's keeping are greatly out of sync with reality.
I dunno. Gilchrist's keeping often does get under-rated but putting him behind guys like Knott and Healy on glovework alone doesn't really seem like an under-rating to me.
If that was all it was, it would be fine. At different points of time in the thread, the keeping skills of Sangakkara, Flower, Stewart and some others have been compared favorably with Gilly's.
Sanga's glovework was actually excellent when he was a keeper so I've got no qualms with that one. Gilchrist was a league or two ahead of Flower and Stewart as glovemen though.
Sanga is at least as good as Gilchrist with the gloves.
Nah i checked this one out years ago when people for eg would suggest Walcott as keeper in a Windies ATXI, he definitely was just a stop gap keeper - probably the equivalent of some of the times Jimmy Maher & Rahul Dravid keeping for AUS/IND in ODIs in the mid 2000s. Walcott just did the job for team balance sake in the 50s because up to that point WI had not produced a good enough keeper, until Gerry Alexander emerged.
