What should form part of a selector or coach thought process when considering two wicket keepers who are both good keepers and have similar batting records?

If two keepers have similar batting records and ability you should always pick the best wicket keeper.
If you genuinely believe both wicket keepers are of equal ability with the gloves and bat here are some thoughts, you might like to consider
• Is one keeper more competent and reliable keeping to the spinners.
• Which keeper has the better work ethic and trains harder. If one is training properly, more often and harder they’ll be less likely to make mistakes.
• Which of the two keepers is the better leader within the team. Which keeper provides greater support to the bowlers and fielders and drives and sets the fielding standards?
• If they do have similar batting records have a look at how and when both keepers score runs. Is one scoring their runs more often is tough conditions when the team really needs the runs.
• If one of the keepers shows greater potential with the bat is the captain and the coach communicating, encouraging, and challenging the keeper to score more runs?

It’s so important to pick the keeper less likely to make mistakes as taking the catches and stumpings brings greater confidence to the team and will win you games. Dropped catches and missed stumpings can be extremely costly and adds enormous pressure on the team to score more runs to win games.
Best of luck.