The Independent Voice of West Indies Cricket

Can keep, can bat

Fri, Aug 29, '14

by S RAJESH

Statistically Speaking

The modern wicketkeeper needs to be more than capable with the bat, and West Indies and Pakistan have had some success with them recently.

"Another team which struggled to get runs from their wicketkeeper - till fairly recently - was West Indies. Ramdin has been around in international cricket for almost a decade now, but after a promising start, there was a long period when his batting had faded badly. In his first 42 Tests, Ramdin's Test average was 22.80, quite poor by today's standards, and it wasn't a surprise when he was replaced by Carlton Baugh." writes J Rajesh in an ESPNcricinfo article