Best Batting-Wicketkeeper

Hard to get better than sangakarra. The recent 200 n.o. shows that.

Right.

I would have them on par, kumar is a better batsman though.

Originally posted by Sledger  Boucher has never stood to a class slow bowler and never to a talented leg spinner . Healy and Gilchrist both performed brilliantly when standing up to Warne. Sangakarra has done a good job with Murali , but in my opinion the Australians were/are tidier behind the pegs.

Quite true Sledge, that's why down here little Kalu is regarded as a better glove man than Sanga. Kalu is one of the better stumpers in cricket history, 26 stumpings off 49 test matches, which is a quite high number.

Local expertise agrees that in recent past Kalu was the best SL gloveman, and in entire SL cricket history that place goes to Mahesh Goonathilaka. He was compared with Alan Knott those days because of the  similarities in their speed to the ball that both of them were seldom seen diving for catches.

Sanga comes in the modern breed of Wicket Keeper batsman category, a trend started by ones like Parore, Brendon Kuruppu, Hashan Tillakaratne, Moin Khan, Ian Healy, Rod Marsh, Dujon etc and perfected by the trio of Gilly, Sanga and Andy Flower.

I would say the best wicketkeeper batsman is -Adam Gilchrist!Without any doubt he is the best!

This is how I would rank wicket-keeper batsmen 1-8 descending order.

1. Adam Gilchrist [AUS]
   
2. Mark Boucher [SA]
   
3. Kumar Sangarkara [SL]
   
4. MS Dhoni [IND]
   
5. Brendon McCullum [NZL]
   
6. Kamran Akmal [PAK]
   
7. Dinesh Karthik [IND]
8. M Prior [ENG]
   

Yes I think I made a mistake.He would been at the 5th spot and McCullum and Akmal move 1 spot below.   

Well I don't think so.Oh of coarse you have your own way of thinking.I think of him differently.He has got a great temperament and he has room for improvement!

Originally posted by cricketchampion Yes I think I made a mistake.He would been at the 5th spot and McCullum and Akmal move 1 spot below.

In terms of batting yes, your right. If this were purely a keeping thread I'd have McCullum in 2nd spot just behind Gilchrist at this point in his career.

Originally posted by bondy If this were purely a keeping thread I'd have McCullum in 2nd spot just behind Gilchrist at this point in his career.

Ok right, McCullum is literally like a cat behind the stumps! His ability to catch the ball at all flights is amazing, plus he has the ability to smash the ball when needed. I dont think Gilly should be no.1 at the moment, that spot should go to Sangakkara. But, thank god tyke has given justice to McCullum!

Edited by samhache - 26 July 2007 at 3:48am

my rankings would be: 

Edited by Monty - 26 July 2007 at 7:57pm

Gilly hasnt really been performing in tests recently tho

Originally posted by Monty Gilly hasnt really been performing in tests recently tho

 Sarcasm - I should've guessed !!