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General Cricket => Players => Topic started by: six and out on November 15, 2016, 08:27:54 AM
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Their is an interesting mini discussion going on on another thread that i thought i would open up on it's own one etc...
Who's the Best Keeper in the World at the moment.... below are all the current keepers in the various international teams -
England Test - YJB
England ODI - Buttler
India Test - Saha
India ODI - Dhoni
SA Both - QDK
Aus Test - Nevill
Aus ODI - Wade
Pak Both - Sarfraz
NZ Both - Ronchi
WI Both - Ramdin
SL Both - Perera
Bang Both - Mushfiqur
You can debate this how you like best Test/ODI/both/Batter/Keeper etc.... it is an interesting one as i think the keeper role is changing again.
For me it is very close between YJB and QDK. But as a keeper i prefer QDK.
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As a technical gloveman, probably Sarfraz. If you are discounting the specialists who don't make Test sides.
As an all round cricketer, who would you pick? In Tests, YJB, in ODIs De Kock.
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De Kock is good enough to open in ODIs without keeping. I'm not sure Bairstow warrants a place in white ball cricket if he doesn't keep.
Sarfraz is the most fun to watch.
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Are we still allowed to count Foster & Read?
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The best keeper I've ever seen live doesn't even play professionally any more.
On pure glovework Michael Bates was the best young keeper around, but his batting wasn't "up to scratch" apparently :(
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is he the guy Hants let go and now is without a County contract. think I read an article about him in the paper recently
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is he the guy Hants let go and now is without a County contract. think I read an article about him in the paper recently
Yeah, that's him.
He was on Somerset's books for a while after Kieswetter's injury.
I think he was playing Minor Counties for Wiltshire this year
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So if he was that good and without a contract, maybe the 'moneybags' ECB could employ him in some sort of coaching role or youth development.
Would be a shame for outstanding natural talent to go to waste.
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Quinton de Kock.
If there hadn't already been Gilchrist, he'd be the one changing keeping forever. His batting is so good, his keeping seems to go under the radar, but his glovework is immaculate.
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BJ Watling is the New Zealand test keeper, not Ronchi, and has a reasonable claim over the past few years. Across all formats, De Kock.
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Quinton DeKock across all three formats but as I stated on the initial thread at the moment I'd pick YJB in a purely test match world xi.
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For me Sarah Taylor is better than all of them. Phenomenal hands, high class footwork
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Quinton de Kock.
If there hadn't already been Gilchrist, he'd be the one changing keeping forever. His batting is so good, his keeping seems to go under the radar, but his glovework is immaculate.
Ditto
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BJ Watling is the New Zealand test keeper, not Ronchi, and has a reasonable claim over the past few years. Across all formats, De Kock.
Yep sorry completely forgot about him! i do rate him quite highly from what i have seen
Regards including Read etc... as the title suggests 'Keeper at the moment' otherwise it opens a massive can of worms about a whole other debate :)
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In terms of hands, if Michael Bates was still playing county cricket, he'd be the best! Shame his batting has let him down.
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unfortunately in the modern game you pick a batsmen who can keep so keeping standards have gone down I think over past 15 years as keepers cannot put the time in they once did as they need to work on batting just as much
I like Sarfraz and would prob pick him as love the fight/unorthodoxness and good gloveman from what I have seen
But modern wise its between YJB and QDK
All time only 1 man for me and that's Jack Russell best keepers I ever saw
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Bates did have some of the best hands, I was wondering where he had gone to - Here's a little training video of him for those who have missed him in the past
https://vimeo.com/28011194
For me its Buttler in the shorter forms and between QDK and YJB in the longer form. Buttler wins games and I havent seen enough of QDK to give him the ODI/T20 position.
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Not quite sure how there's any comparison between de Kock and Bairstow TBH. Bairstow scored loads of runs but his record is padded up by filling his boots against the dreadful Sri Lankan side that rocked up in that early part of the summer. IIRC de Kock was recalled to the South African side after they'd gone 9 matches without a win. Bairstow averages 41 and de Kock 55. There's no real comparison. Then factor in de Kock is a sensational keeper whereas Bairstow isn't even as good as Buttler.
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Watling is a very tidy keeper and seems to go under the radar a little. Watched him in the test series in Windies a few years back on pitches that were turning square, some of the catches he took up to the stumps were unbelievable, he can bat a bit too. Anyone mentioning YJB even in the top 5 keepers in the world is off their head, and i'm a Yorkie. He's not even the best at Yorkshire
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Chris Read and James Foster remain the best keepers in the world right now.
Wasn't that the question?
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Chris Read and James Foster remain the best keepers in the world right now.
Wasn't that the question?
Reckon Nixon would run these two close. Although, admittedly his not a current player. :)
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For me it has to be Quinton DeKock. Playing out of his skin in tests and has a wonderful ODI record to boot. Plus his glove work has been amazing. Reckon he is the best keeper standing back.
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Chris Read