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Old 20-03-2008, 04:35 AM in reply to Rachael's post starting "Does Chris Hartley..."
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Originally Posted by Rachael View Post
Does Chris Hartley have any genuine rivals in glovework? Any fool can be taught to bat: an 'A' side should concentrate on good hands!
I don't know if Ronchi has ever played County cricket, but you shouldn't let his reputation with the bat blind you to his 'keeping. On his CricInfo profile, it calls him "an accomplished gloveman." And that's all that needs to be said. He may not be unobtrusive in the classical style, but he has great reflexes behind the stumps, and he is as far as I know a natural gloveman- not a manufactured one in the manner of Stewart or Dhoni. Saying that, Dhoni lately has been looking very good behind the stumps, and I'd say that Ronchi is about the same standard.
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