Is Vettori better than Jesus?

I think most people know the score with DV. Hes a very handy cricketer, averaging 28 with the bat and 35 with the ball, good fielder, intelligent young man. He does very well in a poor NZ side and shows a lot of fight. I like to see him do well and I'm sure a lot of other people feel the same. Not world class but a good player to have in the game.

aye!

Ash wrote:dhoni is probably the best keeper in the world atm looking at form over the past 12-18 months.

Give it a rest. And I thought I was one-eyed......

Who do you think is the best international 'keeper at the moment, PearlJ?

Henry wrote:Who do you think is the best international 'keeper at the moment, PearlJ?

I would say Boucher or McCullum. Dhoni is solid but nowhere near the best.

Lara Lara Laughs wrote:I'd take McCullum over Dhoni any day of the week.

And Sangakkara was a quality 'keeper after an inauspicious start. He ended up being at least as good as Gilchrist was.

Too damn right he was. I can only go on what I've seen with my own two eyes and I've never seen Sangakkara keep wicket as badly as Gilchrist did during the 2005 Ashes series.

Geoffrey Trueman wrote:

Lara Lara Laughs wrote:I'd take McCullum over Dhoni any day of the week.

And Sangakkara was a quality 'keeper after an inauspicious start. He ended up being at least as good as Gilchrist was.

Too damn right he was. I can only go on what I've seen with my own two eyes and I've never seen Sangakkara keep wicket as badly as Gilchrist did during the 2005 Ashes series.

But Gilly didn't wimp out of keeping like Sanga has.

PearlJ wrote:

Henry wrote:Who do you think is the best international 'keeper at the moment, PearlJ?

I would say Boucher or McCullum. Dhoni is solid but nowhere near the best.

Do you even watch cricket matches?

PearlJ wrote:

Henry wrote:Who do you think is the best international 'keeper at the moment, PearlJ?

I would say Boucher or McCullum. Dhoni is solid but nowhere near the best.

Oh FFS. I'm beyond getting angry....

I'm reasonably peturbed that Dhoni's being mentioned as some catching god. He's not.

Brass Monkey wrote:I'm reasonably peturbed that Dhoni's being mentioned as some catching god. He's not.

He has improved a lot since last summer. Him and McCullum are probably the two best going around at the moment.

Carpet Monster wrote:Also with those glasses and that beard, he is hawt

He's hot without them, too.

My Jesus is better than your Jesus

Nath wrote:My Jesus is better than your Jesus

only a chocolate Jesus can satisfy my soul . . .

Nath wrote:My Jesus is better than your Jesus

PMSL

doremi wrote:

PearlJ wrote:

Henry wrote:Who do you think is the best international 'keeper at the moment, PearlJ?

I would say Boucher or McCullum. Dhoni is solid but nowhere near the best.

Do you even watch cricket matches?

The response on someone who has no more points left. Well done.

Boucher a better keeper than Dhoni. Not far-fetched is it?

I'd like to see how Boucher goes 'keeping to Kumble and Bhajji on a 5th day pitch in Delhi.

PearlJ wrote:

Boucher a better keeper than Dhoni. Not far-fetched is it?

Not at all.

Henry wrote:I'd like to see how Boucher goes 'keeping to Kumble and Bhajji on a 5th day pitch in Delhi.

Yeah... I'd like to see Dhoni keep to some firebrands on a 1st day greener in SA... IIRC, he did wank the last time he was there. Wasn't too crash hot for the first two English tests either.

PearlJ wrote:

doremi wrote:

PearlJ wrote:

Henry wrote:Who do you think is the best international 'keeper at the moment, PearlJ?

I would say Boucher or McCullum. Dhoni is solid but nowhere near the best.

Do you even watch cricket matches?

The response on someone who has no more points left. Well done.

Boucher a better keeper than Dhoni. Not far-fetched is it?

Nice. Go back to the 1st page and look up your reply to my post.

Dhoni is the best WK standing up to the stumps, going around at the moment, and hardly misses any chances to the pacers standing back. He sometimes is a bit reliant on 1st slip (which being Dravid or Tendulkar, isn't too much of a bad thing), which is his only fault. He does his job with minimal mistakes and no flashy stuff and that works out brilliantly.

And considering the wreck he was behind the stumps when he made his debut, his improvement is close to remarkable.

Brass Monkey wrote:

Henry wrote:I'd like to see how Boucher goes 'keeping to Kumble and Bhajji on a 5th day pitch in Delhi.

Yeah... I'd like to see Dhoni keep to some firebrands on a 1st day greener in SA... IIRC, he did wank the last time he was there. Wasn't too crash hot for the first two English tests either.

Yeah, he was a poor 'keeper from 2004 to 2007, but if you've seen him in the last 6-8 months you'll see a far, far better 'keeper. As Doremi said, his work standing up to the stumps has been brilliant. I've seen him stump a batsman (I think it was Ponting) quick as a flash off a 140 kph Pathan delivery down the leg side.

Henry wrote:
I've seen him stump a batsman (I think it was Ponting) quick as a flash off a 140 kph Pathan delivery down the leg side.

I've seen GO Jones do that, with Kabir Ali... I've seen the second quickest stumping and it was by GO Jones to Monty... I don't see anyone giving him a rusty trombone.

Let's all just calm down and agree that I'm better than Jesus. Something that we can all agree on.

Ah diplomacy - it may well be my calling.

I KNEW you'd bring up that Geraint/Kabir stumping you observent English cricket following piece of shite with a good memory you! I thought about it myself when mentioning the Dhoni/Pathan one.

Dhoni has a lot less f*ck ups than Geraint did, though. I can't remember him making a single mistake on the recent Australia tour.

Henry wrote:I KNEW you'd bring up that Geraint/Kabir stumping you observent English cricket following piece of shite with a good memory you! I thought about it myself when mentioning the Dhoni/Pathan one.

Dhoni has a lot less f*ck ups than Geraint did, though. I can't remember him making a single mistake on the recent Australia tour.

Apart form using illegal gloves.

Lara Lara Laughs wrote:Let's all just calm down and agree that I'm better than Jesus. Something that we can all agree on.

Ah diplomacy - it may well be my calling.

You're almost as good at whinging and kicking up a stink as Jesus, you're far worse in the sack, carpentry and turning water into wine... so f*ck off.