Wisden - an English biased book

Spot on Maf.

Might I ask who from the Jamaica Post posted that ridiculous comment? Or was it a random poster!

Knott was a better technician which allowed him to keep well in all conditions on all wickets. Gilchrist conversely went through some poor periods of form behind the stumps, due to him not being as solid.

Maybe they didn't go diving around so much? What on earth gives you that idea? Perhaps when you seem Gilly diving around though, it was often due to not getting himself set and having to pull off a pearler.

Knott did keep to some very good bowlers and a great spinner at that but Warne and McGrath were something altogether different.

I haven't contradicted myself anywhere. I've acknowledged Gilchrist as a wicketkeeper-batsman but there were better keepers out there.

Although I picked Gilly ahead of Knott, I have a high regard for Knott as kept wickets to Underwood, who was unplayable on wet and drying wickets (in those days pitches were uncovered). Underwood was a quick and skiddy spinner.

Arlott's quote on Underwood: England must always carry Underwood like an umbrella just in case it rains and it always does in England.

Chandrasekar was another bowler from that era who would have been very difficult for keeper as he said he often didn't what came out his hand, a fast spinner, supposedly a leg-spinner, but mostly bowled top-spinners, googlies, flippers, and yorkers.

About that Jamaican Post quote, did Ziggy Marley say that when he was stoned?

My all time 11
Gavaskar
Gooch
Bradman
Tendulkar
Richards
Botham
Gilchrist
Imran khan
Warne
Marshall
Mcgrath

my world 11
Hayden
Gavaskar
Bradman
Tendulkar
Lara
Sobers
Gilchrist
Mcgrath
Akram
Warne
Marshall

All Time XI, in my humble opinion

Hobbs
Gavaskar
Bradman
Tendulkar
Lara
Sobers
Knott
Warne
Marshall
Ambrose
Barnes

Hobbs
Hutton
Bradman
Headley
Tendulkar
Sobers
Knott
Warne
Marshall
McGrath
Barnes

So far, the unanimous selections on this board are:
Bradman
Tendulkar
Sobers
Marshall

Going back to Knotty, whilst there may have been "better" keepers on the test scene, you could count on him to bag a century or two every test series. That's gotta count for a missed stumping or dropped catch no?

If a keeper is chosen for batting, then Gilchrist over Knott.