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Adam Gilchrist vs Wally Hammond

Which would add more value to the median Test team?

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trundler

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Azhar Ali was gun for a long time but Shan Masood at 3 is, er, not ideal. Add Pakistan to the thirsty for Hammond club.
 
The Sean

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For some reason I remembered - and always thought of - Younis Khan as predominantly a number 3 who also batted quite a bit at 4. It was really surprising to find that it was actually the other way around.
 
trundler

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The Sean said:
For some reason I remembered - and always thought of - Younis Khan as predominantly a number 3 who also batted quite a bit at 4. It was really surprising to find that it was actually the other way around.
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Probably because he became a #4 in the exile years and was a #3 in the iconic 2000s middle order even though that was a smaller portion of his career.
 
BazBall21

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Eight of Abbas' twelve hundreds are daddy hundreds. Amazing to watch too. Pity about his record against WI and NZ.
 
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shortpitched713 said:
I tend to rate WK bats more on the batting side (obviously no Kamran Akmals though, have to meet a decent standard), as I think the keeping side is both the more subjective, and in a way more uniformly distributed of the two talents.

That said, you have to consider who they are replacing. Gilly would replace the teams current WK, Hammond would replace the team's least useful Specialist bat/batting all-rounder. I daresay even with a bit extra value from keeping, there are some really poor Specialist bats in average Test teams, and Hammond's extra batting would go a long way in improving that, even more than the extra batting and WK Gilly adds over your current keeper.

Of course, all assuming that Hammond's skills translate, but yeah that caveat could be added to all super old timey players, especially the Pre WWII ones.
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Really comparisons across eras so far removed are not viable and somewhat odious. This is why I adopt pre CW/post CW as conditions are so different. That said I acknowledge the old time stars in their own contexts.
 
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