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Old 23-12-2005, 10:15 AM in reply to bevo's post "gilly"
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Originally Posted by bevo
gilly will be the best keeper ever
Well.. only if you forget his two great predecessors... both of whom were better wicketkeepers... and only if you completely forget to look elsewhere in the world: even Jack Russell and Chris Read tower over Gilchrist as a wicket-keeper... and Godfrey Evans towers over them!

Sangakkara shouldn't even be talked of as a wicket-keeper: he's a batsman. Even Cricinfo notes "During the early days his wicketkeeping could be ragged at times" and that's flattering him: he was considerably worse than "iron hands" Boucher at the start and (like the South African) ain't EVER going to be great for the simple reason that he's not a natural.

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