Phil Mustard, Martin Speight or Andrew Pratt; who will be voted as wicketkeeper in Durham’s combined England-Australia XI first-class XI?
You have chosen your top five in the batting order with Michael Di Venuto, Mike Hussey, David Boon, Dean Jones & Paul Collingwood all getting the nod.
The Australian-dominated XI is about to get another English touch alongside Collingwood with three Englishmen up for this week’s vote.
Read the below information & cast your vote at the bottom of the page!
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Phil Mustard
Legendary wicketkeeper Phil Mustard leads almost every wicketkeeping stat across his 14-year spell at the Club.
The 35-year-old managed a whopping 619 catches & 19 stumpings in 185 first-class matches, racking up nearly 7,500 runs during that time with five centuries & 45 fifties, becoming an integral part in all of Durham’s major successes.
He also played 12 times at international level, made up of ten One-Day Internationals & two T20 Internationals.
Martin Speight
Ex-Sussex & Durham University man Martin Speight never quite hit the heights as a batsman for Durham but his glovework did set Club records.
He set the record for catches in 1998 with 61 & his record of 197 still remains second only to Mustard in the all-time standings for Durham.
A keen artist, Speight’s closest innings to three figures came in a match-saving 97 not out against Hampshire in 1998, electing to intelligently shield Steven Lugsden from the strike.
Andrew Pratt
The eventual successor to Speight behind the stumps, Andrew Pratt was a talented glovesman & elder brother to batsman Gary.
His chance came in 2001 after injury to Speight & he seized it with both hands, using his skills in standing up to the stumps to complete 71 catches & 18 stumpings in all competitions that season.
Once touted as a replacement for England’s Alec Stewart, Pratt finished with 150 first-class catches after playing his final match in 2004.