Better pure wicketkeeper: de Villiers or Flower?

[sayon basak]

Exactly

His father might rate Flower very highly, he got the FdV crush in the same manner.

 

[Johan]

His father might rate Flower very highly, he got the FdV crush in the same manner.

@capt_Luffy You're not alone in this mate, my father told me Trueman was better than Lillee and I stand by it to this day.

 

[sayon basak]

@capt_Luffy You're not alone in this mate, my father told me Trueman was better than Lillee and I stand by it to this day.

Yeah, I also rate Qadir>Warne.

 

[Thala_0710]

@capt_Luffy You're not alone in this mate, my father told me Trueman was better than Lillee and I stand by it to this day.

My father said Holding was the best WI pacer from the multiple quartets.. Don't know how much to read into it

 

[capt_Luffy]

My father said Holding was the best WI pacer from the multiple quartets.. Don't know how much to read into it

My father too lol.

 

[capt_Luffy]

His father might rate Flower very highly, he got the FdV crush in the same manner.

Not very highly, but according to him he was a "safe" keeper. Nothing spectacular, but perfectly fine behind the stumps.

 

[Johan]

My father said Holding was the best WI pacer from the multiple quartets.. Don't know how much to read into it

grew up hearing the praises of Ambrose as the best of them all here.

 

[capt_Luffy]

grew up hearing the praises of Ambrose as the best of them all here.

Didn't Ambrose belonged to the Gen you grew up watching??

 

[Johan]

Didn't Ambrose belonged to the Gen you grew up watching??

Yeah, but the others didn't, therefore my information on Marshall and before came from my parents, whom rated Ambrose as the best ever.

... thinking on it, it might've been to appease me.

 

[reyrey]

My father said Holding was the best WI pacer from the multiple quartets.. Don't know how much to read into it

grew up hearing the praises of Ambrose as the best of them all here.

Easy to understand if someone saw either of them 2 at their peak bowling scary fast

 

[Johan]

@capt_Luffy guess where I get my Gooch glaze from

 

[Johan]

Easy to understand if someone saw either of them 2 at their peak bowling scary fast

I actually saw Ambrose's Port of Spain/Trindiad in...94 I think? stupid good.

 

[shortpitched713]

@capt_Luffy guess where I get my Gooch glaze from

Ayo

 

[Athlai]

Flower had the great benefit of playing for a team where he didn't have to worry about catching the ball very often

 

[Tejretics]

...No? the OP says it's a comparison as a glovesmen, batting aside, so it's a comparison of their keeping ability solely rather than their careers as a wicketkeeper-batsmen.

Yep, my question’s entirely about pure ability with the gloves, not “greatness as a keeper-bat” or anything else.