Kapil Dev vs Allan Donald

[kyear2]

Wicket keepers are not all rounders

All that's argued these days is that wicketkeepers are expected to bat and can no longer just be selected based on their keeping alone. They occupy the 2nd all rounder slot for most teams.

 

[sayon basak]

Funny, People here think Imran was consistent and Kapil was Hit or Miss.

Imran was not a quality bowler after 1988.
Imran took more than 5 innings on average to score a 40 until then. Kapil scored a 40 in every 3.5 innings. Even better than Botham in that regard.

Don't know man. Feels like you're pick-and-choosing the number "40" to support your claims.

 

[sayon basak]

Wicket keepers are not all rounders

Depends on what your definition of an AR is.

 

[Pap Finn Keighl]

1. Sobers
2. Don
3.WG
4.Procter
5.Gavaskar
6.Hadlee
7.Sachin
8.Viv
9.Imran
10.Akram
11.Marshall
12.Lara
13.Murali
14.Barnes
15.KAPIL DEV
16.G.Pollock
17.Botham
18.Lillee
19.Gilly
20.Steyn
21.Hutton
22.Hammond
23.Mcgrath
24.Hobbs
25.Miller
26.Warne
27.Headley
28.Kallis
29.Trueman
30.Ranji
31.Trumper
32.B.Richards
33.Knott
34.DONALD
35.Chappell
36.O'Reilly
37.Sutcliffe
38.Davidson
39.Ponting
40.Ambrose
41.Border
42.Sanga
43.Worrell
44.Holding
45.Waqar
46.Miandad
47.S.Pollock
48.Lindwall
49.Barrington
50.Dravid

Without considering Smith, Bumrah and Cummins

 

[Pap Finn Keighl]

Don't know man. Feels like you're pick-and-choosing the number "40" to support your claims.

Ok.. Lets take 80 then.

Kapil in every 14 innings
Imran in every 21 innings (until 89 )

 

[kyear2]

Ok.. Lets take 80 then.

Kapil in every 14 innings
Imran in every 21 innings (until 89 )

No one is having Imran was the better batsman, but when the bowling gulf is this incredibly massive, it doesn't matter.

 

[Pap Finn Keighl]

No one is having Imran was the better batsman, but when the bowling gulf is this incredibly massive, it doesn't matter.

Yeah.. The difference in bowling is huge... Similar to Ponting and Hayden as batsmen.

 

[kyear2]

Yeah.. The difference in bowling is huge... Similar to Ponting and Hayden as batsmen.

I would say much larger.