The world's best 'keepers

Cricinfo has conducted an analysis of the world's wicket-keepers and comes up with some surprising figures. The one that stands out for me is the poor catching percantage of Brendon McCullum. McCullum is rated in the world's top ten wicket-keepers since 2001, but the rating mainly comes thanks to his batting average and the low number of byes he has conceeded. His percantage of chances held is only 73%, miles lower then the next worst catcher Kumar Sangakkara (81%). McCullum has only played 17 tests and did go through a bad spell where a number of clangers slipped from his hands, but this is one area of the game which he clearly needs to improve on. The other interesting stat is that McCullum's batting average of 35.72 currently sees him in 7th place on the all-time list of wicket-keepers with the highest batting averages.