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Born in Mitcham, Surrey, Strudwick took to wicket-keeping, apparently on the advice of a local lady, at the age of ten.He first played for Surrey in a few games in 1902, but during his first full season the following year dismissed a record 91 batsmen (71 catches and 20 stumpings) – a feat made more remarkable by the decline of Surrey's top fast bowlers Tom Richardson and William Lockwood ...
[1] [2] Wicket-keepers plays an important role in test cricket and, over time, the role has evolved into a specialist position. [3] Ireland were granted full membership and therefore Test status at the International Cricket Council's annual conference held on 22 June 2017, after having been one of the leading associate members for many years. [4]
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.
Stephenson played in the first few first-class matches of the 1964 season as Somerset captain and wicketkeeper, but was then injured. In his absence, the side was captained by the veteran Australian Alley, and Peter Eele , who had deputised for Stephenson in the injury-hit 1958 season, returned to keep wicket.
Owing to his superior batting potential he was selected ahead of incumbent keeper Barry Milburn, who had been first choice during the earlier home Test series against the West Indies. In the early days of his Test career Wadsworth's wicketkeeping seemed to weigh heavily on his batting and, after as many as 11 Tests, his batting average was no ...
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.
An England cricket team toured Australia in the 1897–98 season to play a five-match Test series against the Australia national cricket team.The team was captained by Andrew Stoddart and, except in the Test matches when it was called England, it was generally known as A. E. Stoddart's XI.
John Henry Bickford Waite (19 January 1930 – 22 June 2011) [1] was a South African cricketer who played in fifty Tests from 1951 to 1965.. He was born in Johannesburg, Transvaal, and educated at Hilton College and Rhodes University. [2]