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The wicket must be properly put down in accordance with Law 29 of the Laws of cricket: using either the ball itself or a hand or arm that is in contact with the ball at the point of breaking the wicket. A stumping is also valid if the ball merely rebounds from the wicket-keeper and breaks the wicket just as if the wicket had been thrown down.
Bert Oldfield, Australia's fifth-most capped wicket-keeper, [158] holds the record for the most stumpings in Test cricket with 52. He is followed by England's Godfrey Evans with 46 to his name. Indian glovemen Syed Kirmani and MS Dhoni are both equal third on 38 and Gilchrist is fifth on the list with 37. [157]
Donald Tallon (17 February 1916 – 7 September 1984) was an Australian cricketer who played 21 Test matches as a wicket-keeper between 1946 and 1953. He was widely regarded by his contemporaries as Australia's finest ever wicket-keeper and one of the best in Test history, [1] with an understated style, an ability to anticipate the flight, length and spin of the ball and an efficient stumping ...
Widely regarded as the greatest wicket-keeper-batsman in the history of the game, [2] [3] Gilchrist held the world record for the most dismissals by a wicket-keeper in One Day International (ODI) cricket until it was surpassed by Kumar Sangakkara in 2015 and the most by an Australian in Test cricket.
On one occasion in 1986, two replacement wicket-keepers were called on, neither of whom were members of the side, and one was a member of the crowd. Former England keeper, Bob Taylor, aged 45 and retired from professional cricket, stepped in at a Test match to replace Bruce French, with the permission of the New Zealand captain, after French ...
Mahendra Singh Dhoni, holds the record for most dismissals by an Indian wicket-keeper in Test cricket. This is a chronological list of India Test wicket-keepers. [1] This list only includes players who have played as the designated keeper for a match.
This is a chronological list of wicket-keepers who have played for India in Twenty20 International (T20I) matches since the team's first match on 1 December 2006, against South Africa. [1] The wicket-keeper in that match was MS Dhoni, who holds the record for most dismissals, stumpings and catches in T20Is as a wicket-keeper. [2] [3] [4]
As of March 2024, former Sri Lankan cricketer Muttiah Muralitharan has the highest aggregate with 800 wickets. [6] He also holds the record for the most five-wicket hauls (67) and ten-wicket hauls in a match (22); his 16 wickets for 220 runs against England in 1998 is the fifth-best bowling performance by a player in a match.