Agreed. Yes, the curse of Adam Gilchrist to the cricket world. The keeper's main job is to keep wicket and takes catches and make catches out of half chances.
I agree too that a keeper's first job is to be tidy behind the stumps......but why should n't he do both. Not only Gilchrist but also Sangakkara (for quite a while) and now Dhoni and Boucher do the same job for their respective countries. If your keeper is a good batter (agreed that should be his secondary role) as well it takes the pressure off your top 5 or 6. This batting line-up is already short on quality and experience, only Younis Khan is world-class...
And I never said if Akmal continues to drop chances that we should persist with him as a keeper