The 4th Greatest Wicket keeper Batsman?

[sayon basak]

IMO the top 3 all time wicket keeper batters are:-
1. Adam Gilchrist
2. Kumar Sangakkara
3. Allan Knott
(You could argue against it if you disagree)

So, who is the 4th greatest wicket keeper batter? Is it Flower? Is it Ames? is it Watling?or is it someone like kirmani or engineer? Is Watling close to the other two mentioned?

Personally wouldn't rate Watling so high and think I would put him somewhere close to Dhoni.

 

[Johan]

Clearly, Joss Buttler

 

[sayon basak]

Clearly, Joss Buttler

Serious-lee?

 

[Patience and Accuracy+Gut]

Knott wasn’t a better batsman than Ames.

 

[sayon basak]

Knott wasn’t a better batsman than Ames.

Yeah, but what about wicket keeping?

 

[_00_deathscar]

If batting is a crucial part (but keeping obviously still important), it’s Pant already.

 

[Thala_0710]

IMO the top 3 all time wicket keeper batters are:-
1. Adam Gilchrist
2. Kumar Sangakkara
3. Allan Knott
(You could argue against it if you disagree)

So, who is the 4th greatest wicket keeper batter? Is it Flower? Is it Ames? is it Watling?or is it someone like kirmani or engineer? Is Watling close to the other two mentioned?

Personally wouldn't rate Watling so high and think I would put him somewhere close to Dhoni.

As only a pure wicket keeper batter, is Sanga 2nd? Because his batting went down massively while keeping + he only kept in a minority part of his career. As good a batsman as he was, it doesn't feel right keeping him in second

 

[sayon basak]

As only a pure wicket keeper better, is Sanga 2nd? Because his batting went down massively while keeping + he only kept in a minority part of his career. As good a batsman as he was, it doesn't feel right keeping him in second

Valid point. But sanga's average while keeping was 40, where Knott's career batting average was 32.8. Don't think he is much better better with the bat while keeping.

 

[sayon basak]

Watling played in comparatively high scoring matches and had plenty reliable sub 28 averaging bowlers in his own team.


Don't get why he is that highly rated.

 

[sayon basak]

Watling tied with Flower! Just shows how grossly overrated Watling is on CW

And really, nobody advocating for kirmani or engineer? TG Evans could be a shout too.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

If batting is a crucial part (but keeping obviously still important), it’s Pant already.

Serious question, but is Pant better than Rizwan?? He is very poor against the moving ball.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Watling played in comparatively high scoring matches and had plenty reliable sub 28 averaging bowlers in his own team.
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Don't get why he is that highly rated.

If it wasn't for his safe gloves their averages would be worse!

 

[sayon basak]

If it wasn't for his safe gloves their averages would be worse!

I don't think his wicket keeping was good enough to exceed Flower's batting. My guy couldn't perform against Bangladesh at home.

 

[sayon basak]

If batting is a crucial part (but keeping obviously still important), it’s Pant already.

Guess that's how Watling got that overrated

 

[BazBall21]

Well Flower is obviously the best batsman of them, was he an acceptable wicket keeper?

 

[BazBall21]

Serious question, but is Pant better than Rizwan?? He is very poor against the moving ball.

Yeah think so. More fear factor and pretty consistent with that.

 

[PlayerComparisons]

Could Pant end up at the same level as Gilchrist?

 

[BazBall21]

Probably not, but I think he's probably the best batsman to have kept-wicket regularly since Gilchrist.

 

[PlayerComparisons]

Maybe Jamie Smith could end up at Pants level (maybe better as a bat)

 

[Prince EWS]

Waite tbh