Mark
Boucher extended his own wicketkeeping records, becoming the first gloveman in
the game's history to complete 500 Test catches.
His
catch of Phil Hughes off the bowling of Vernon Philander in the Cape Town Test
got him to the landmark.
Here's a
list of wicketkeepers with 250-plus Test catches.
|
No |
Player |
Team |
Mat |
Inns |
Dis |
Ct |
St |
|
1 |
MV Boucher |
SAF |
140 |
266 |
522 |
500 |
22 |
|
2 |
AC Gilchrist |
Aus |
96 |
191 |
416 |
379 |
37 |
|
3 |
IA Healy |
Aus |
119 |
224 |
395 |
366 |
29 |
|
4 |
RW Marsh |
Aus |
96 |
182 |
355 |
343 |
12 |
|
5 |
PJL Dujon |
Win |
79 |
150 |
270 |
265 |
5 |
|
6 |
APE Knott |
Eng |
95 |
174 |
269 |
250 |
19 |
Boucher's
record broken up team-wise:
|
Opposition |
Mat |
Inns |
Dis |
Ct |
St |
Max Dis |
|
Australia |
20 |
38 |
64 |
62 |
2 |
5 (5ct 0st) |
|
Bangladesh |
8 |
16 |
40 |
38 |
2 |
5 (5ct 0st) |
|
England |
25 |
47 |
105 |
103 |
2 |
5 (5ct 0st) |
|
India |
14 |
27 |
60 |
58 |
2 |
5 (5ct 0st) |
|
New Zealand |
14 |
27 |
39 |
38 |
1 |
4 (4ct 0st) |
|
Pakistan |
15 |
28 |
55 |
48 |
7 |
6 (6ct 0st) |
|
Sri Lanka |
14 |
26 |
57 |
53 |
4 |
6 (6ct 0st) |
|
West Indies |
24 |
45 |
77 |
77 |
0 |
5 (5ct 0st) |
|
Zimbabwe |
6 |
12 |
25 |
23 |
2 |
6 (6ct 0st) |
|
Total |
140 |
266 |
522 |
500 |
22 |
6 (6ct 0st) |
Boucher
is one among the three Test wicketkeepers to effect five or more dismissals in
an innings on ten plus occasions.
Boucher
has done it 13 times. The other two are Australian greats Rodney Marsh (12) and
Ian Healy (11).
Their
‘fivers' are as follows:
|
No |
Dis |
Ct |
St |
Opposition |
Ground |
Start Date |
|
Mark Boucher's ‘Fivers' |
||||||
|
1 |
6 |
6 |
0 |
v Pakistan |
Port Elizabeth |
06 Mar 1998 |
|
2 |
6 |
6 |
0 |
v Sri Lanka |
Cape Town |
19 Mar 1998 |
|
3 |
6 |
6 |
0 |
v Zimbabwe |
Centurion |
11 Mar 2005 |
|
4 |
5 |
5 |
0 |
v England |
Lord's |
18 Jun 1998 |
|
5 |
5 |
5 |
0 |
v England |
Johannesburg |
25 Nov 1999 |
|
6 |
5 |
5 |
0 |
v India |
Mumbai |
24 Feb 2000 |
|
7 |
5 |
5 |
0 |
v West Indies |
Kingston |
19 Apr 2001 |
|
8 |
5 |
5 |
0 |
v Sri Lanka |
Centurion |
15 Nov 2002 |
|
9 |
5 |
5 |
0 |
v Australia |
Johannesburg |
31 Mar 2006 |
|
10 |
5 |
5 |
0 |
v Bangladesh |
Chittagong |
29 Feb 2008 |
|
11 |
5 |
5 |
0 |
v England |
Leeds |
18 Jul 2008 |
|
12 |
5 |
5 |
0 |
v England |
Centurion |
16 Dec 2009 |
|
13 |
5 |
5 |
0 |
v India |
Durban |
26 Dec 2010 |
|
Rodney Marsh's ‘Fivers' |
||||||
|
1 |
6 |
6 |
0 |
v England |
Brisbane |
26 Nov 1982 |
|
2 |
5 |
5 |
0 |
v England |
Manchester |
08 Jun 1972 |
|
3 |
5 |
5 |
0 |
v England |
Nottingham |
13 Jul 1972 |
|
4 |
5 |
5 |
0 |
v New Zealand |
Sydney |
05 Jan 1974 |
|
5 |
5 |
5 |
0 |
v New Zealand |
Christchurch |
08 Mar 1974 |
|
6 |
5 |
5 |
0 |
v West Indies |
Melbourne |
26 Dec 1975 |
|
7 |
5 |
5 |
0 |
v New Zealand |
Christchurch |
18 Feb 1977 |
|
8 |
5 |
5 |
0 |
v West Indies |
Brisbane |
01 Dec 1979 |
|
9 |
5 |
5 |
0 |
v India |
Sydney |
02 Jan 1981 |
|
10 |
5 |
5 |
0 |
v Pakistan |
Perth |
13 Nov 1981 |
|
11 |
5 |
5 |
0 |
v Pakistan |
Perth |
11 Nov 1983 |
|
12 |
5 |
5 |
0 |
v Pakistan |
Sydney |
02 Jan 1984 |
|
Ian Healy's ‘Fivers' |
||||||
|
1 |
6 |
6 |
0 |
v England |
Birmingham |
05 Jun 1997 |
|
2 |
5 |
5 |
0 |
v Pakistan |
Adelaide |
19 Jan 1990 |
|
3 |
5 |
5 |
0 |
v England |
Melbourne |
26 Dec 1990 |
|
4 |
5 |
5 |
0 |
v England |
Adelaide |
25 Jan 1991 |
|
5 |
5 |
5 |
0 |
v New Zealand |
Brisbane |
03 Dec 1993 |
|
6 |
5 |
5 |
0 |
v Pakistan |
Rawalpindi |
05 Oct 1994 |
|
7 |
5 |
5 |
0 |
v England |
Brisbane |
25 Nov 1994 |
|
8 |
5 |
5 |
0 |
v England |
Melbourne |
24 Dec 1994 |
|
9 |
5 |
5 |
0 |
v Sri Lanka |
Adelaide |
25 Jan 1996 |
|
10 |
5 |
5 |
0 |
v South Africa |
Johannesburg |
28 Feb 1997 |
|
11 |
5 |
5 |
0 |
v England |
Perth |
28 Nov 1998 |
Note : All
stats are as of at lunch on the first day of the Test between South Africa and
Australia at Cape Town on 09 Nov 2011.
