Media Park wrote:It's all perception isn't it...?
Obviously there's a couple of blokes on here that don't think JK is highly rated... Then there's four or five blokes who rate him as one of the best...
I suppose everyone looks at the game differently...
I rate him as one of the best iv ever seen, i just think when the media beat up players, Kallis doesnt get the accolades he deserves.
Media Park wrote:15 years, 140 tests.... Kallis...
Boucher for me as well...
Has played more tests than any other keeper (130-odd, so he'd be right up there on the all time list), and with no real successor, he will play for a while yet...Most dismissals as keeper EVER... (again, that's rising...)
Over 5000 runs (averages a touch over 30)
Can bat for ever (had played a few epic rearguard knocks), and can physically dominate an attack if he so desires...
He would have been gone 3-4 years ago IMO if South Africa had in form batsman. If they did, AB De Villiers would be batting a tad lower and keeping for them. But since JP Duminy (of late), Gibbs for the last 4 years and no real gun test batters on the way up, AB is expected to play as a batsman and Boucher to keep. I dare say AB will take over Boucher very soon