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Mark Verdon Boucher (born 3 December 1976) is a South African cricket coach and former cricketer who played all three formats of the game. Boucher is regarded as one of the best wicket-keeper batsmen of all time, and holds the record for the most Test dismissals by a wicket-keeper, with 532 catches and 555 total dismissals.
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.
Dismissal Opposition Tournament Most dismissals (wicketkeeper) [59] Adam Gilchrist: 4 Zimbabwe: 2007: Matt Prior South Africa: Kamran Akmal Netherlands: 2009: Niall O'Brien Sri Lanka: MS Dhoni Afghanistan: 2010: AB de Villiers Zimbabwe: 2012: MS Dhoni Pakistan: Denesh Ramdin: 2014: Richmond Mutumbami Scotland: 2016: Quinton de Kock Afghanistan ...
A wicketkeeper and right-hand middle-order batsman, he first played international cricket in 1988, after six first-class games. Over the next decade, Healy was a member of the side as it enjoyed a period of success. By the time of his retirement, Healy held the world record for most Test dismissals by a wicket-keeper.
Haddin was recalled to the Australia squad for the 2013 Ashes series, [19] was named as vice-captain and selected as wicketkeeper for the first test. During the series, Haddin set a new record for the most dismissals by a wicketkeeper in a Test series with 29 dismissals, all caught. [20]
He made 55 first-class dismissals in his first season, the most by any wicketkeeper in Australian domestic cricket in 1994–95. [22] However, he struggled with the bat, scoring 398 runs at 26.53 with seven single figure scores, although he recorded his maiden first-class century in the latter stages of the season, with 126 against South ...
In August 1911 Huish made ten dismissals in a single match against Surrey at The Oval, [2] a Kent record he holds jointly with Hubble. [7] Nine of the dismissals were stumpings, the only time a wicket-keeper has claimed nine victims stumped in a match, beating the previous record of eight stumpings by Ted Pooley in 1878.
[a] [16] Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara is the record holder for the most number dismissals and stumpings taken as a wicket-keeper at the World Cup with 54 and 13, respectively. [17] [18] The World Cup record for most catches as a wicket-keeper is held by Australian gloveman Adam Gilchrist with 45. [19]