Best WK Batsman ?

[don_corleone840]

In ODIS, Dhoni is miles ahead of any current wk batsman. In test though gap is not that big. 1 matt prior 2 ms dhoni 3 Brad haddin 4 M.boucher

[Lord]

obviously Kamran Akmal

[Desi Cartman]

Kamran Akmal

[DomainK]

I enjoy watching Kamran's keeping more than any other keeper's. Every other keeper is boring. Kamran keeps everyone entertained with his spills, looks and shouts. Genius. And his batting is also quite interesting these days...if not as much as his keeping.

[Clayton Bigsby]

Saba Karim

[Lord]

Saba Karim

:fail: the thread is about current test WKs

[Clayton Bigsby]

He could play now, that's how good he is

[Lord]

^ he can certainly play for Pak,cant do worse than Akma:hehe:

[Hell Raiser]

Its not because of lack of skills that kamran akmal drop catches. Its his teeth that hinder his vision whenever he goes to catch a ball.

[Lord]

^:giggle:

[kabira]

Matt Prior ahead of Dhoni?? LOL its Dhoni all the way if you consider keeping and batting if only keeping than it has to be Jayawardane.

[Lord]

^ i dont think thats the order anyway,i rate Boucher ahead of Dhoni,we tend to look at batting averages but forget that Boucher is a much better keeper.with 482 catches.his dismissal per inning average is 1.976 compared to Dhoni's 1.607 n Jayawardena is overrated.hes good against spin,but i've seen him drop lot of catches keeping against pacers

[Manny_Pacquiao]

kamran akmal without a shadow of a doubt. wicketkeeper par excellence, gutsy and incredibly stylish batsman.

[Sir john]

MATT PRIOR is bestB->

[SachDan]

Best keeper - Prasanna Jayawardane Best Keeper/ batsman - Dhoni

[Serani]

Dhoni is an average keeper and an average batsman, he loves easy runs coming in at 400/5. Prior gets runs when it matters, look at his knock yesterday england were in severe trouble [although everyone knew Pak wouldnt get the runs anyway]

[King]

Close call between Dhoni and Sangakkara. Sangakkara is a better test batsman than Dhoni but Dhoni is a better ODI batsman than Sanga. Sanga followed by Dhoni. Boucher, Haddin and McCullum are all good enough and are ahead of Matt Prior. Matt Prior doesn't hold a spot in the ODI team and that is for a reason.

[Zelig]

Tatenda Taibu needs a mention. Yes, he has not kept against quality spin, but that's shouldn't devalue his contribution. It's a shame that he plays for Zimbabwe.

[achilles]

Rahul Dravid. He's been there, done that. From the 4 you mentioned, I'd like you to add a few names - 1. Kamran Akmal 2. Tatenda Taibu

[dial_100]

^ i dont think thats the order anyway,i rate Boucher ahead of Dhoni,we tend to look at batting averages but forget that Boucher is a much better keeper.with 482 catches.his dismissal per inning average is 1.976 compared to Dhoni's 1.607 n Jayawardena is overrated.hes good against spin,but i've seen him drop lot of catches keeping against pacers

Now this what I call misuse of stats. Aaare bhai, with this pathetic bowling we have, bowl hardly goes past bat. With world class bowlers, naturally boucher should have more dismissal under his belt. I have hardly seen him so can;t really compare but seen dhoni a lot and can safely say that he doesn';t drop that many.