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Here are some stats to confirm Gilly superiority not just with the bat
but also his tally of dismissals indicates he is well ahead of his
counterpart of past and present. Btw who is this guy Kumar Sangakkar,
obviously from the same stable as Gilly I would think.
Current
Players           M   I NO  Runs HS   Ave    SR    100  50  Ct  St
AC Gilchrist      31 44  8  2160 204* 60.00  81.63  6  11  122  10
Kumar Sangakkara  20 31  2  1537 230  53.00  50.67  4   7   54   6
Andrew Flower     61 108 19 4655 232* 52.30  44.75  12 26  149   9
Rashid Latif      30 46  7  1155 150  29.61  47.37  1   5   94  10
MV Boucher        52 72  8  1832 125  28.62  50.67  3  10  196   5

WK in their first 30 Tests(past 75 years)
Players       M    I NO  RUNS HS   AVE   100 50  0  CT  ST #OY
AC Gilchrist  30  42  8  2053 204* 60.38  6  10  4  117 10  2
Jeff Dujon    30  40  3  1628 139  44.00  4   6  2   98  2  3
Andy Flower   30  53  7  1942 156  42.21  5  12  2   71  5  5
Les Ames      30  44  6  1547 149  40.71  6   4  3   43 14  6
Rod Marsh     30  48  6  1568 132  37.33  2   8  3  109  7  3
A Stewart     30  56  4  1922 190  36.96  4  10  2   37  4  4
APE Knott     30  44  7  1354 116  36.59  2   8  2   91 13  4
MV Boucher    30  39  5  1029 125  30.26  3   5  4  122  2  3
JHB Waite     30  55  5  1501 134  30.02  3   8  6   72 13  7
Rashid Latif  30  46  7  1155 150  29.61  1   5  3   94 10  3
SMH Kirmani   30  45  6  1023  88  26.23  0   6  2   48 18  5  
DL Murray     30  47  6   873  91  21.29  0   5  5   55  3 12
Ian Healy     30  42  2   815  69  20.37  0   3  6   87  2  2
Wasim Bari    30  45 10   572  72  16.34  0   3  8   65 13 10

The above table is comparison of all the leading WKs of past 75 years
for first 30 Test, one point of interest, the last colume indicates
the number of years cricket played by each wk. Once again Gilly seems
to lead the field for obvious reason.
Finally the table below dose not favors Gilly but then he has all the
time in the world to improve on that only if he can keep Kumar out of
the race.

Wicketkeepers Scoring 250 Runs and Claiming 20 Dismissals in a Series
Denis Lindsay   SA  v Aus 1966-67    606 runs/24 dismissals
Alec Stewart    Eng v SA  1998       465 / 24
Alan Knott      Eng v Aus 1974-75    364 / 23
Adam Gilchrist  Eng v Aus 2001       340 / 26
Jeff Dujon      WI  v Eng 1988       305 / 20
Ian Healy       Aus v Eng 1993       296 / 26
Alec Stewart    Eng v Aus 1997       268 / 23
John Waite      SA  v NZ  1961-62    263 / 26

Cheers
Peter

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