Alan Knott vs James Anderson

[PlayerComparisons]

Two excellent English players

 

[kyear2]

Knotty

 

[Johan]

Jimmy is just too strong of a bowler

 

[kyear2]

Longevity doesn't an ATG make

 

[sayon basak]

Longevity doesn't an ATG make

The greatest thing one could ever witness.

 

[kyear2]

The greatest thing one could ever witness.

??

 

[CodeOfWisden]

Specialist Wicketkeepers are not cricketers.

Liton Das > Alan Knott

What the hell are you guys smoking?

Imagine playing cricket for 20 years and the only thing you know is how to catch a ball and that too with gloves on.

Alan Knott is basically like a Tim Paine who got lucky.

 

[CodeOfWisden]

Anderson > Knott +Healy +Dujon + Kirmani + Bari + jack Russell + Ben Foakes

The only wicketkeepers pre 1980 that should be respected are

Les Ames
Lee Ervine
Farokh Engineer

 

[PlayerComparisons]

Specialist Wicketkeepers are not cricketers.

Liton Das > Alan Knott

What the hell are you guys smoking?

Imagine playing cricket for 20 years and the only thing you know is how to catch a ball and that too with gloves on.

Alan Knott is basically like a Tim Paine who got lucky.

Ben Foakes is probably a good comparison for Knott. Knott probably wouldn’t have been selected like Foakes.

 

[sayon basak]

Specialist Wicketkeepers are not cricketers.

Liton Das > Alan Knott

What the hell are you guys smoking?

Hope this is a joke.

 

[Johan]

Knott was a talented enough batsmen for sure, his away stats show that

 

[Coronis]

Hope this is a joke.

Presuming someone grew up watching cricket with Gilly etc. I doubt it would be a joke. Just foolishness.

 

[PlayerComparisons]

Is Knott considered to be an ATG on here?

 

[BazBall21]

Knott wasn't a specialist wicket keeper.

 

[Coronis]

Is Knott considered to be an ATG on here?

Yeah generally most people are picking him in their 2nd/3rd XI

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Anderson > Knott +Healy +Dujon + Kirmani + Bari + jack Russell + Ben Foakes

The only wicketkeepers pre 1980 that should be respected are

Les Ames
Lee Ervine
Farokh Engineer

What??!!

Jack Blackham > Anderson

 

[BazBall21]

Wicket keeping isn't as substantial a skill set as batting and bowling. Blackham averaged 15 with the bat. There is a case for Knott over Anderson because he was an ATG gloveman and also a very decent batsman.

 

[Coronis]

Wicket keeping isn't as substantial a skill set as batting and bowling. Blackham averaged 15 with the bat. There is a case for Knott over Anderson because he was an ATG gloveman and also a very decent batsman.

It definitely was in Blackham’s time, less so with modern gloves and less standing up to the wicket imo.

(I still maintain modern keepers gloves are truely horrendous and take away much of the skill from the discipline, the webbing between the thumb and index finger is completely unnecessary)

 

[BazBall21]

It definitely was in Blackham’s time, less so with modern gloves and less standing up to the wicket imo.

(I still maintain modern keepers gloves are truely horrendous and take away much of the skill from the discipline, the webbing between the thumb and index finger is completely unnecessary)

Re first point - could argue that gives decent batsmen who were keepers before the 90s (when the climate really began to change) more of a point of difference value.

 

[kyear2]

Is Knott considered to be an ATG on here?

I fully consider him to be one.