South Africa vs England Test Series : Rival wicket keepers scoring fifites in a test match

South Africa vs England Test Series : Rival wicket keepers scoring fifites in a test match

MV Boucher (51) and MJ Prior {52*} scored fifties in the third test between South Africa and England at Cape Town as at the end of the second day, providing the 70th occasion of rival wicketkeepers registering fifties in a test match. All the seventy occasions are listed below

No Wicket keeper Runs Team Opp Ground Mon/Yr
1 EAC Hunte 58 Win Eng Trinidad Feb 1930
LEG Ames 105 Eng Win Trinidad Feb 1930
2 RE Grieveson 75 SAF Eng Durban Mar 1939
LEG Ames 84 Eng SAF Durban Mar 1939
3 GRA Langley 53 Aus Win Bridgetown May 1955
CC Depeiaza 122 Win Aus Bridgetown May 1955
4 PG Joshi 52* Ind Pak Mum-BS Dec 1960
Imtiaz Ahmed 69 Pak Ind Mum-BS Dec 1960
5 FM Engineer 53 Ind Win Kingston Mar 1962
IL Mendonca 78 Wi Ind Kingston Mar 1962
6 JM Parks 51* Eng Ind Kanpur Feb 1964
BK Kunderan 55 Ind Eng Kanpur Feb 1964
7 JM Parks 59 Eng SAF Cape Town Jan 1965
DT Lindsay 50 SAF Eng Cape Town Jan 1965
8 APE Knott 90 Ind Ind The Oval Aug 1971
FM Engineer 59 Eng Eng The Oval Aug 1971
9 Wasim Bari 72 Aus Aus Adelaide Dec 1972
RW Marsh 118 Pak Pak Adelaide Dec 1972
10 FM Engineer 121 Ind Eng Mum-BS Feb 1973
APE Knott 56 Eng Ind Mum-BS Feb 1973
FM Engineer 66 Ind Eng Mum-BS Feb 1973
11 RW Marsh 78 Aus Win Bridgetown Mar 1973
DL Murray 90 Win Aus Bridgetown Mar 1973
12 APE Knott 87 Eng Win Bridgetown Mar 1974
DL Murray 53* Win Eng Bridgetown Mar 1974
APE Knott 67 Eng Win Bridgetown Mar 1974
13 RW Marsh 55 Aus Eng Adelaide Jan 1975
APE Knott 106* Eng Aus Adelaide Jan 1975
14 SMH Kirmani 52 Ind Eng Bangalore Jan 1977
APE Knott 81* Eng Ind Bangalore Jan 1977
15 DL Murray 52 Win Pak Bridgetown Feb 1977
Wasim Bari 60* Pak Win Bridgetown Feb 1977
16 APE Knott 57 Eng Aus Leeds Aug 1977
RW Marsh 63 Aus Eng Leeds Aug 1977
17 RW Marsh 71 Aus Pak Faisalabad Mar 1980
Taslim Arif 210* Pak Aus Faisalabad Mar 1980
18 RW Marsh 52 Eng Eng The Oval Aug 1981
APE Knott 70* Aus Aus The Oval Aug 1981
19 Ashraf Ali 58 Pak Srl Faisalabad Mar 1982
HM Goonatilleke 56 Srl Pak Faisalabad Mar 1982
20 PJL Dujon 62 Win Ind Chennai Dec 1983
SMH Kirmani 63* Ind Win Chennai Dec 1983
21 SMH Kirmani 102 Ind Eng Mumbai Nov 1984
PR Downton 62 Eng Ind Mumbai Nov 1984
22 PJL Dujon 60* Win NZl Georgetown Apr 1985
IDS Smith 53 NZl Win Georgetown Apr 1985
23 IDS Smith 173 NZl Ind Auckland Feb 1990
KS More 50 Ind NZl Auckland Feb 1990
24 KS More 67* Ind Aus Melbourne Dec 1991
IA Healy 60 Aus Ind Melbourne Dec 1991
25 IA Healy 66* Aus Srl Col-SSC Aug 1992
RS Kaluwitharana 132* Srl Aus Col-SSC Aug 1992
26 IA Healy 71 Aus Srl Moratuwa Sep 1992
HP Tillakaratne 82 Srl Aus Moratuwa Sep 1992
27 AJ Stewart 76 Eng Aus The Oval Aug 1993
IA Healy 83* Aus Eng The Oval Aug 1993
28 Rashid Latif 68* Pak Zim Karachi Dec 1993
A Flower 63 Zim Pak Karachi Dec 1993
29 IA Healy 55 Aus SAF Durban Mar 1994
DJ Richardson 59 SAF Aus Durban Mar 1994
30 A Flower 61 Zim Pak Faisalabad Oct 1996
Moin Khan 58 Pak Zim Faisalabad Oct 1996
31 A Flower 112 Zim Eng Bulawayo Dec 1996
AJ Stewart 73 Eng Zim Bulawayo Dec 1996
32 AJ Stewart 87 Eng Aus Nottingham Aug 1997
IA Healy 63 Aus Eng Nottingham Aug 1997
33 IA Healy 85 Aus NZl Perth Nov 1997
AC Parore 63 NZl Aus Perth Nov 1997
34 RSKaluwitharana 51 Srl Zim Col-SSC Jan 1998
A Flower 105* Zim Srl Col-SSC Jan 1998
35 NR Mongia 58 Ind Aus Chennai Mar 1998
IA Healy 90 Aus Ind Chennai Mar 1998
36 AC Parore 67 Srl Srl Col-RPS May 1998
RSKaluwitharana 72 NZl NZl Col-RPS May 1998
37 MV Boucher 100 SAF Win Centurion Jan 1999
RD Jacobs 78 Win SAF Centurion Jan 1999
38 Moin Khan 60 Pak Ind Chennai Jan 1999
NR Mongia 52 Ind Pak Chennai Jan 1999
39 Moin Khan 61 Pak Aus Brisbane Nov 1999
AC Gilchrist 81 Aus Pak Brisbane Nov 1999
40 AJ Stewart 95 Eng SAF Durban Dec 1999
MV Boucher 108 SAF Eng Durban Dec 1999
41 RD Jacobs 96* Aus Aus Perth Dec 2000
AC Gilchrist 50 Win Win Perth Dec 2000
42 AC Parore 50* NZl Zim Wellington Dec 2000
A Flower 79 Zim NZl Wellington Dec 2000
43 AC Gilchrist 87 Aus Win Sydney Jan 2001
RD Jacobs 62 Win Aus Sydney Jan 2001
44 AJ Stewart 54 Eng Srl Kandy Mar 2001
KC Sangakkara 95 Srl Eng Kandy Mar 2001
45 AJ Stewart 65 Eng Aus Birmingham Jul 2001
AC Gilchrist 152 Aus Eng Birmingham Jul 2001
46 MV Boucher 68* SAF Ind P Elizabeth Nov 2001
D Dasgupta 63 Ind SAF P Elizabeth Nov 2001
47 AC Parore 110 NZl Aus Perth Nov 2001
AC Gilchrist 83* Aus NZl Perth Nov 2001
48 A Ratra 115* Ind Win St John’s May 2002
RD Jacobs 118 Win Ind St John’s May 2002
49 AC Gilchrist 66* Aus Pak Col-PSS Oct 2002
Rashid Latif 66 Pak Aus Col-PSS Oct 2002
50 AC Gilchrist 54 Aus Eng Adelaide Nov 2002
AJ Stewart 57 Eng Aus Adelaide Nov 2002
51 AJ Stewart 71 Eng Aus Sydney Jan 2003
AC Gilchrist 133 Aus Eng Sydney Jan 2003
52 RD Jacobs 54* Win Aus Georgetown Apr 2003
AC Gilchrist 77 Aus Win Georgetown Apr 2003
53 AJ Stewart 72 Eng SAF Nottingham Aug 2003
MV Boucher 52 SAF Eng Nottingham Aug 2003
54 T Taibu 83 Zim Win Harare Nov 2003
RD Jacobs 60* Win Zim Harare Nov 2003
55 T Taibu 59 Zim Ban Harare Feb 2004
T Taibu 58 Zim Ban Harare Feb 2004
Khaled Mashud 61 Ban Zim Harare Feb 2004
56 BB McCullum 54 NZl Eng Leeds Jun 2004
GO Jones 100 Eng NZl Leeds Jun 2004
57 GO Jones 73 Eng SAF Durban Dec 2004
AB de Villiers 52* SAF Eng Durban Dec 2004
58 MS Dhoni 148 Ind Pak Faisalabad Jan 2006
Kamran Akmal 78 Pak Ind Faisalabad Jan 2006
59 KD Karthik 63 Ind SAF Cape Town Jan 2007
MV Boucher 50 SAF Ind Cape Town Jan 2007
60 MV Boucher 54 SAF Pak Lahore Oct 2007
Kamran Akmal 52 Pak SAF Lahore Oct 2007
61 HAPWJayawardene 51 Srl Eng Kandy Dec 2007
MJ Prior 63 Eng Srl Kandy Dec 2007
62 Kamran Akmal 65 Pak Ind Bangalore Dec 2007
KD Karthik 52 Ind Pak Bangalore Dec 2007
63 MushfiqurRahim 65 Ban SAF Centurion Nov 2008
MV Boucher 117 SAF Ban Centurion Nov 2008
64 MJ Prior 53* Eng Ind Chennai Dec 2008
MS Dhoni 53 Ind Eng Chennai Dec 2008
65 MJ Prior 63 Eng Win Ch-le-St May 2009
D Ramdin 55 Win Eng Ch-le-St May 2009
66 MJ Prior 56 Eng Aus Cardiff Jul 2009
BJ Haddin 121 Aus Eng Cardiff Jul 2009
67 MJ Prior 61 Eng Aus Lord’s Jul 2009
BJ Haddin 80 Aus Eng Lord’s Jul 2009
68 MS Dhoni 110 Aus Srl Ahmedabad Nov 2009
HAPWJayawardene 154* Srl Ind Ahmedabad Nov 2009
69 BB McCullum 78 NZl Pak Dunedin Nov 2009
Kamran Akmal 82 Pak NZl Dunedin Nov 2009
70 MV Boucher 51 SAF Eng Cape Town Jan 2010
MJ Prior 52* Eng SAF Cape Town Jan 2010

MV Boucher (51) and MJ Prior {52*} scored fifties in this test providing the sixth occasion of rival wicketkeepers registering fifties in a test match in the test series between South Africa and England.

No Wicket keeper Runs Team Opp Ground Mon/Yr
1 REGrieveson 75 SAF Eng Durban Mar 1939
LEG Ames 84 Eng SAF Durban Mar 1939
2 JM Parks 59 Eng SAF Cape Town Jan 1965
DT Lindsay 50 SAF Eng Cape Town Jan 1965
3 AJ Stewart 95 Eng SAF Durban Dec 1999
MV Boucher 108 SAF Eng Durban Dec 1999
4 AJ Stewart 72 Eng SAF Nottingham Aug 2003
MV Boucher 52 SAF Eng Nottingham Aug 2003
5 GO Jones 73 Eng SAF Durban Dec 2004
ABdeVilliers 52* SAF Eng Durban Dec 2004
6 MV Boucher 51 SAF Eng Cape Town Jan 2010
MJ Prior 52* Eng SAF Cape Town Jan 2010

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