CW's Ranking of WicketKeeper-Batsmen (Tests)

[gftw]

A short list for wicket keeper batsmen should be interesting. Similarly to the all rounder's list, it is up to you to decide how much value you put on the batting and the wicket keeping.

The vote for the #1 test wicketkeeper-batsmen of all-time begins now.

 

[ataraxia]

Gilchrist

 

[PlayerComparisons]

Gilchrist

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Should it be the perfect wk batsman? as in 50-50?

 

[Lillian Thomson]

1. Gilchrist
2. Knott

That’s my only input into this thread. The rest are nowhere.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Dismissals per innings:

Quinton de Kock- 2.367
AB de Villiers- 2.355
Tim Paine- 2.308
Courtney Browne- 2.250
Adam Gilchrist- 2.178

 

[kyear2]

Has to be Gilchrist

 

[Justo]

Gilchrist

 

[CricAddict]

Gilchrist

 

[h_hurricane]

Gilchrist

Pant obliterates him in B-G trophy though.

 

[Nikhil99.99]

Gilchrist

 

[tony p]

Greg Dyer.?

 

[CricAddict]

Dismissals per innings:

Quinton de Kock- 2.367
AB de Villiers- 2.355
Tim Paine- 2.308
Courtney Browne- 2.250
Adam Gilchrist- 2.178

Says nothing.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Gilchrist

 

[gftw]

Gilchrist - 9

The List
1. Adam Gilchrist

The vote for the #2 test wicketkeeper-batsmen of all-time begins now.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Knott

 

[CricAddict]

Knott

 

[Nikhil99.99]

les ames.
Wisden obituary
Leslie Ethelbert George Ames, CBE, who died suddenly at his home in Canterbury on February 26, 1990, aged 84, was without a doubt the greatest wicketkeeper-batsman the game has so far produced

 

[Line and Length]

A. Knott

 

[Bitmap]

Knott