Senor Moto Gadili wrote:Trader wrote:Tony Clifton wrote:How do they decide wicket keeper in the team of the year? Are there votes from umpires each game?
Number of dismissals not necessarily a good indicator of quality IMO
Correct, umpires votes over the season, each keeper then gets an average (must have kept a minimum of 8 of the 11 games I think).
So, as an example, Fonseka averaged 8.44 over 9 games, which means he must have accumulated 76 votes. I haven't seen him keep wickets, but obviously the umpires were impressed because he won it quite convincingly
Yup, basically if you keep well in your first couple of games, you get a great score, then for the rest of the year one umpire is like, i've had him before, he's good, and you get high scores for the rest of the season.
Also, if you're in a team of medium pacers you don't concede byes and you get good scores keeping back, while other keepers might keep up and concede the odd bye.
NB: Not saying this is the case with Fonseka, no idea if he is or isn't good.