The 4th Greatest Wicket keeper Batsman?

[Coronis]

They would unironically take Gilbert Jessop ahead of Ken Barrington.

Cook would have been dropped for both Crawley and Duckett.

 

[_00_deathscar]

Modern teams do tend tk favour the keeper who can bat. You could argue England are a bit insane maybe, but Saha was also dropped for Pant. They even dropped Jurel for Pant who actually seems to be a pretty good bat.

Also, are people still rating Pant from when he first came into the team? He’s a perfectly serviceable keeper these days - not going to win any keeping awards but he is a decent keeper.

 

[kyear2]

Modern teams do tend tk favour the keeper who can bat. You could argue England are a bit insane maybe, but Saha was also dropped for Pant. They even dropped Jurel for Pant who actually seems to be a pretty good bat.

Also, are people still rating Pant from when he first came into the team? He’s a perfectly serviceable keeper these days - not going to win any keeping awards but he is a decent keeper.

You keep saying modern teams but only referencing India, which I think helps explain the mindset of some of your younger posters.

 

[ma1978]

You keep saying modern teams but only referencing India, which I think helps explain the mindset of some of your younger posters.

England, Australia, South Africa have all made the same decisions. Even Bangladesh and Sri Lanka to an extent.

Lets be clear - the incremental value of a great field wicketkeeper is lower than 10 points of batting average.

There’s no role in cricket for today for a wicket keeper who is not a frontline batsman

 

[PlayerComparisons]

Yea someone like Knott probably wouldn’t get selected ahead of Pant or J Smith or De Kock today

 

[ma1978]

Yea someone like Knott probably wouldn’t get selected ahead of Pant or J Smith or De Kock today

this is a good thing btw. It shows cricket has developed

 

[_00_deathscar]

You keep saying modern teams but only referencing India, which I think helps explain the mindset of some of your younger posters.

Did you miss the part where I mentioned England? Other teams have done it too.
Let’s be clear - we’re talking about competent keepers. No one is picking someone genuinely **** who averages 40.

 

[Coronis]

Did you miss the part where I mentioned England? Other teams have done it too.
Let’s be clear - we’re talking about competent keepers. No one is picking someone genuinely **** who averages 40.

tbf I saw Bairstow be genuinely **** quite often

 

[_00_deathscar]

tbf I saw Bairstow be genuinely **** quite often

I did say England are a bit insane, Bairstow wasn’t even a good bat except for about 18 months. Foakes should have played more