Lightning McQueen wrote:bennymacca wrote:Jim05 wrote:bennymacca wrote:[quote="mighty_tiger_79"]Brad Haddin retires from First Class cricket
Great career. We have had some cracking glove men in the last 20 years.
His batting in the last ashes at home was insane. Saved us so many times.
Dont put Haddin and cracking gloveman in the same sentence!
A decent batsman come shortstop at best.
you dont get 270 test dismissals if you are average, no matter how good a batsman you are.
Everyone would agree he isnt as good as Gilchrist, Healy or Marsh, but they are also the only australians ahead of him on the dismissals list.
I have man love for Gilly and I'm not a massive fan of Haddin but I reckon Hadds was better behind the stumps than Gilly, Gilly's amazing batting nulled any flaws in his glovework IMO.
It's much easier to get dismissals as a keeper with McGrath, Dizzy and Warnie finding edges on a regular basis.[/quote]
Also probably didn't matter that much if he dropped one because another edge was coming in 2 overs anyway.