Top 5 specialist wicket-keepers who were not batsmen

Godfrey Evans

Perhaps the best wicket-keeper the game has seen outside of the statistics. They do not do justice to the contribution that he made to the game itself. He developed the skill of wicket-keeping in a forgotten era. He was a live-wire on the pitch adding to the energy of the fielders on the pitch and was a bit-and-pieces player with the bat. It was his contribution behind the stumps that mattered the most in a time that could not foresee the wicket-keeper-batsman of today. In terms of what he added to the game, the skill of wicket-keeping he will remain unsurpassed.