ENGLAND FACING KEEPING DILEMMA

Dan Whiting enters the England wicketkeeping debate and suggests some potential candidates for a call up

The inclusion of James Bracey for the first two Test matches of the summer against New Zealand was an experiment that ended in humiliation for the young man. The ultimate form of the game offers no hiding place and it was a painful start to the Gloucestershire gloveman’s Test career. The old question of whether England should pick a wicket keeper who can add value with the bat or a batter who can don the gloves is again being discussed.
It all started in the 1990s. Adam Gilchr...

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