Thread: Who should be England's wicket-keeper?
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Old 05-01-2007, 12:37 PM in reply to Rachael's post starting "What I want to know is why so many..."
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Originally Posted by Rachael
What I want to know is why so many people who've never been top glovemen OR Test batsmen are prepared to question Rod Marsh's judgements {a} that it's easier to teach a gloveman to bat than to teach a batsman to keep; and {b} that Read is an outstanding choice for England number 7.

Rod Marsh is no mug, and doesn't suffer imposters: if he thought Read was a no-hoper he'd say so... but he doesn't.

ps. One thing he HAS said is that Prior will never be a wicket-keeper: he doesn't rule out Prior playing as a batsman and great outfielder.. but sees no future for Prior behind the stumps.
Maybe because being a top gloveman or Test batsman doesn't mean your opinions are always right!!!

There is absolutley nothing OUTSTANDING about Chris Read. Nothing!

And it might well be easier to teach a gloveman to bat, but Read is 28 and he better start learning fast!!!
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