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[WalkingWicket37]

I personally would rather stand back with one glove and have a shy when the batsman sets off than stand up and risk an errant delivery going for even more runs. I appreciate it won't work for everyone, but one hand to take the ball and the gloveless one to throw down the stumps has worked for me in the past.

I struggle enough to catch it wearing dinner plate sized gloves with webbing and a sticky surface, so I wouldn't make it more difficult for myself if I could help it 

[Nato]

I struggle enough to catch it wearing dinner plate sized gloves with webbing and a sticky surface, so I wouldn't make it more difficult for myself if I could help it 

Lmao!!

[mdg20]

I personally would rather stand back with one glove and have a shy when the batsman sets off than stand up and risk an errant delivery going for even more runs. I appreciate it won't work for everyone, but one hand to take the ball and the gloveless one to throw down the stumps has worked for me in the past.

if it really is the case of needing to prevent even the odd bye going through then stand up and don't give them even a chance of running. If its fired down the legside and you miss it, that's the bowlers fault not yours.
Even with the glove off, you still need to take it cleanly and then hit the stumps. Realistically you aren't going to do that every time.

[Nato]

But you're giving yourself a better chance standing back, even with one glove, of doing that, than standing up. At least this is my experience of keeping at the death anyway. That's why we love this job, we all do it in slightly different ways

[mdg20]

But you're giving yourself a better chance standing back, even with one glove, of doing that, than standing up. At least this is my experience of keeping at the death anyway. That's why we love this job, we all do it in slightly different ways

There is no chance if you stand up - as they cant/wont run.

[Damo]

if you back yourself and the bowler my thoughts are stand up, if stood back i would still wear both gloves and underarm at the stumps, on a lot of pitches i play on you do on occasion get some that shoot or fizz i dont fancy stopping them with only one glove on even more so if one goes down leg, but it also depends on what the batsman is or is not doing, every situation is different, confidence counts for a lot,