kyear2
International Coach
Gilly was an excellent keeper.
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Andy Flower vs Alan Knott
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subshakerz
Hall of Fame Member
Agreed but why wasn't Flower?
ataraxia
International Coach
He would make all of those teams comfortably. Extremely handy batter and one of the greatest with the gloves – like a moderate downgrade on Watling.
OverratedSanity
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He'd literally make all of them. He'd even make the current Indian team on batting alone considering the form of most of the batsmen lmao.
kyear2
International Coach
Because he wasn't?
I'm lost.
He wasn't tidy behind the stumps, and he had drops. While not being nearly as tested with the quality spinners Gilly stood up to.
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kyear2
International Coach
That's extremely far fetched.
And if that was the case, that speaks more to the selectors than him.
subshakerz
Hall of Fame Member
He was a good enough bat to actually.
subshakerz
Hall of Fame Member
Ok so you remember him being average behind the stumps then? That's all I wanted to confirm.
kyear2
International Coach
Not only remembered, but watched some long form highlight clips and read match reports. Even in some highlights you get mentions of stuff like, "he holds onto this one", referencing previous drops
Again, you're the peer ratings guy. Is it possibly that he was that great and it was somehow missed by the entire cricketing community?
I imagine the Pant chatter will pop up at some point in the future as well.
subshakerz
Hall of Fame Member
I guess for me the difference between a safe vs great keeper isn't as essential. But if Flower is not even safe, then that's an issue.
honestbharani
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Who is, though?
OverratedSanity
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Kimber in the video posted before.
kyear2
International Coach
Not to mention they name an all time leftie XI and the names that were selected over the likes of
Allan Border
Alan Davidson
Graeme Pollock
Neil Harvey
Hedley Verity
Derek Underwood
The discourse was poor.
subshakerz
Hall of Fame Member
Yeah a bunch of shockers in that video. Kimber is usually sharper but that was disappointing.
kyear2
International Coach
The level of cricketing acumen from the other two was even worse, but some what clarifies some stuff for me. Especially for the younger generation.
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subshakerz
Hall of Fame Member
Not everyone can be a CW nerd.
Prince EWS
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They do it for a living though lol.
yeah but not as good as Jamie smith or rishabh pant or Alex Carey or Liton Das. And teams have rightly decided that once a keeper is acceptable there is limited marginal utility to great keeping
honestbharani
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Dats silly.