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Jonny Bairstow, former England Test wicket-keeper. This is a chronological list of England Test wicket-keepers.The list comprises players who were the designated wicket-keeper at the toss, so the number of matches does not include times when a player has acted as a stand-in keeper, or appeared as a batsman only.
England suffered their greatest defeat by an innings at The Gabba in the first Test of the 1946–47 Ashes series, the first Test match to be played in Australia after the Second World War. [ 64 ] [ 65 ] Going down to the hosts by an innings and 332 runs, this is the fourth-heaviest defeat in Test cricket history.
Foakes had been in line to play his maiden home Test series but due to a hamstring injury he was not part of England's Test squad for their series against New Zealand in 2021. [27] He played as first-choice wicket-keeper in both 2022 home Test series against New Zealand and South Africa , making important contributions behind the stumps and ...
The fourth Test was equally unspectacular for Taylor, though England took a series-lead with a 93-run victory. [38] On 27 January 1979, Geoffrey Boycott and Brearley walked out to bat at the Adelaide Oval for the fifth Test, having been put in by Australia. The tourists were routed for 169 all out with Taylor only making four runs.
[a] During that time England played 147 Test matches, resulting in 45 victories, 77 draws and 25 defeats. [3] Their win to loss ratio of 1.80 was the best in Test cricket during this period. [4] In the English summer of 1965, England played their last Test series against South Africa for almost 30 years, due to the sporting boycott of South ...
In sealing the series by a 4-1 margin, India scored 477 runs in its first innings while England was 218 and 195 in reply. Anderson takes 700th test wicket but England loses by an innings and 64 ...
Thomas Godfrey Evans CBE (18 August 1920 – 3 May 1999) was an English cricketer who played for Kent and England.Described by Wisden as 'arguably the best wicket-keeper the game has ever seen', Evans collected 219 dismissals in 91 Test match appearances between 1946 and 1959 and a total of 1066 in all first-class matches.
England secured a dominant clean sweep in the three-match T20 series against South Africa with a nine-wicket win in Centurion. The tourists raced to their below-par target of 125 with 51 balls to ...