Sarfraz Ahmed of Pakistan becomes the seventh wicket keeper to effect ten or more dismissals in a test
Sarfraz Ahmed of Pakistan became the seventh wicket keeper in the annals of test cricket to effect ten or more dismissals in the annals of test cricket, when he pouched ten catches in the just concluded test match against South Africa at Johannesburg. The performance of these seven wicket keepers is tabulated below.
No | Player | Dis | Ct | St | Team | Opp | Ground | Start Date |
1 | RC Russell | 11 | 11 | 0 | Eng | SAF | Johannesburg | 30 Nov 1995 |
2 | AB de Villiers | 11 | 11 | 0 | SAF | Pak | Johannesburg | 01 Feb 2013 |
3 | RR Pant | 11 | 11 | 0 | Ind | Aus | Adelaide | 06 Dec 2018 |
4 | RW Taylor | 10 | 10 | 0 | Eng | Ind | Mumbai | 15 Feb 1980 |
5 | AC Gilchrist | 10 | 10 | 0 | Aus | NZl | Hamilton | 31 Mar 2000 |
6 | WP Saha | 10 | 10 | 0 | Ind | SAF | Cape Town | 05 Jan 2018 |
7 | Sarfraz Ahmed | 10 | 10 | 0 | Pak | SAF | Johannesburg | 11 Jan 2019 |
Sarfraz Ahmed became the second wicket keeper to effect ten or more dismissals in a test in South Africa-Pakistan test series. AB de Villiers of South Africa had effected eleven dismissals against Pakistan at Johannesburg in Feb 2013
No | Player | Dis | Ct | St | Team | Opp | Ground | Start Date |
1 | AB de Villiers | 11 | 11 | 0 | SAF | Pak | Johannesburg | 01 Feb 2013 |
2 | Sarfraz Ahmed | 10 | 10 | 0 | Pak | SAF | Johannesburg | 11 Jan 2019 |
Sarfraz Ahmed became the third wicket keeper to effect ten or more dismissals in a test against South Africa. All the three occasions are tabulated below. Others are RC Russell of England – 11 dismissals at Johannesburg in Nov 1995 and WP Saha of India – 10 dismissals at Cape Town in Jan 2018
No | Player | Dis | Ct | St | Team | Opp | Ground | Start Date |
1 | RC Russell | 11 | 11 | 0 | Eng | SAF | Johannesburg | 30 Nov 1995 |
2 | WP Saha | 10 | 10 | 0 | Ind | SAF | Cape Town | 05 Jan 2018 |
3 | Sarfraz Ahmed | 10 | 10 | 0 | Pak | SAF | Johannesburg | 11 Jan 2019 |
Sarfraz Ahmed now holds the record for most dismissals in a test by a Pakistan wicket keeper. He went past Rashid Latif and Kamran Akmal who had effected nine dismissals in a test. The performance of these three glove men are tabulated below
No | Player | Dis | Ct | St | Team | Opp | Ground | Start Date |
1 | Sarfraz Ahmed | 10 | 10 | 0 | Pak | SAF | Johannesburg | 11 Jan 2019 |
2 | Rashid Latif | 09 | 09 | 0 | Pak | NZl | Auckland | 10 Feb 1994 |
3 | Kamran Akmal | 09 | 09 | 0 | Pak | Win | Kingston | 03 Jun 2005 |
Sarfraz Ahmed now holds the record for most dismissals in a test by a Pakistan wicket keeper against South Africa. He went past Adnan Akmal who had effected seven dismissals in a test against South Africa at Abu Dhabi in Oct 2013. The performance of these two glove men are tabulated below
No | Player | Dis | Ct | St | Team | Opp | Ground | Start Date |
1 | Sarfraz Ahmed | 10 | 10 | 0 | Pak | SAF | Johannesburg | 11 Jan 2019 |
2 | Adnan Akmal | 07 | 05 | 02 | Pak | SAF | Abu Dhabi | 14 Oct 2013 |