Glovemen at the gallop

In Adam Gilchrist, Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Kamran Akmal, three of the most thrilling batsmen of the moment are also three glovemen. Peter Roebuck reflects on the changing status of wicketkeepers, remarking that their current role is a far cry from the eccentric days of yore, when "one county keeper used to ignore anything down the leg side on the grounds that incompetence was not to be encouraged"