No he wasn't.
Don,t you count the likes of Larwood and Voce?
Yeah but you probably rate Barry ahead of Bradman too, so...
He doesn't make my top 20 list, but he was in consideration for the last 4 slots or so.
It's very confusing if you say one of the greatest ever and 'pretty useful'.
You know I consider Bradman around 80 with adjusted average for any two ATGs is enough.
He was pretty dam good and definitely great.
I don't remember him being that outstanding. Just competent and safe.
Sobers and Hall is debatable.
I didn’t know you watched much of him.
To be fair you also said the two catches that Smith took in the 5th test weren't difficult or special either.
It's the closest. Hall wasn't exceptional but he was better than very good...
They weren't exceptional by elite catching standards, no.
The ones you come forward to are the most difficult slip catches to take. The first one at 1st slip was excellent. Those are often seen as half chances for others, Kohli had about two of those during the series that weren't even considered chances.
Always have.