150 plus runs by wicket keeper batsman in a test innings

150 plus runs by wicket keeper batsman in a test innings

JM Bairstow of England scored 167 not out against Sri Lanka at Lord’s in the ongoing test to provide the 38th occasion of a wicket keeper batsman scoring 150 plus runs in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are listed below.

No Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 CL Walcott 152 1 Win Ind Delhi 10 Nov 1948
2 CL Walcott 168* 3 Win Eng Lord’s 24 Jun 1950
3 Imtiaz Ahmed 209 2 Pak NZl Lahore 26 Oct 1955
4 BK Kunderan 192 1 Ind Eng Chennai 10 Jan 1964
5 DT Lindsay 182 3 SAF Aus Johannesburg 23 Dec 1966
6 WK Lees 152 2 NZl Pak Karachi 30 Oct 1976
7 Taslim Arif 210* 2 Pak Aus Faisalabad 06 Mar 1980
8 DSBP Kuruppu 201* 1 Srl NZl Colombo (CCC) 16 Apr 1987
9 IDS Smith 173 1 NZl Ind Auckland 22 Feb 1990
10 A Flower 156 1 Zim Pak Harare 31 Jan 1995
11 NR Mongia 152 2 Ind Aus Delhi 10 Oct 1996
12 IA Healy 161* 1 Aus Win Brisbane 22 Nov 1996
13 AJ Stewart 173 2 Eng NZl Auckland 24 Jan 1997
14 AJ Stewart 164 3 Eng SAF Manchester 02 Jul 1998
15 A Flower 183* 1 Zim Ind Delhi 18 Nov 2000
16 A Flower 232* 3 Zim Ind Nagpur 25 Nov 2000
17 AC Gilchrist 152 2 Aus Eng Birmingham 05 Jul 2001
18 A Flower 199* 3 Zim SAF Harare 07 Sep 2001
19 Rashid Latif 150 1 Pak Win Sharjah 31 Jan 2002
20 AC Gilchrist 204* 1 Aus SAF Johannesburg 22 Feb 2002
21 KC Sangakkara 230 2 Srl Pak Lahore 06 Mar 2002
22 T Taibu 153 3 Zim Ban Dhaka 14 Jan 2005
23 AC Gilchrist 162 1 Aus NZl Wellington 18 Mar 2005
24 KC Sangakkara 157* 3 Srl Win Kandy 22 Jul 2005
25 Kamran Akmal 154 2 Pak Eng Lahore 29 Nov 2005
26 KC Sangakkara 185 3 Srl Pak Colombo (SSC) 26 Mar 2006
27 BJ Haddin 169 2 Aus NZl Adelaide 28 Nov 2008
28 Kamran Akmal 158* 2 Pak Srl Karachi 21 Feb 2009
29 D Ramdin 166 2 Win Eng Bridgetown 26 Feb 2009
30 HAPW Jayawardene 154* 2 Srl Ind Ahmedabad 16 Nov 2009
31 BB McCullum 185 1 NZl Ban Hamilton 15 Feb 2010
32 AB de Villiers 169 3 SAF Aus Perth 30 Nov 2012
33 MS Dhoni 224 2 Ind Aus Chennai 22 Feb 2013
34 Mushfiqur Rahim 200 2 Ban Srl Galle 08 Mar 2013
35 AB de Villiers 164 2 SAF Pak Dubai (DSC) 23 Oct 2013
36 LD Chandimal 162* 3 Srl Ind Galle 12 Aug 2015
37 JM Bairstow 150* 1 Eng SAF Cape Town 02 Jan 2016
38 JM Bairstow 167* 1 Eng Srl Lord’s 09 Jun 2016

JM Bairstow of England scored 167 not out against Sri Lanka at Lord’s in the ongoing test to provide the second occasion of his scoring 150 plus runs in a test innings. Prior to this he had scored 150 not out against South Africa at Cape Town in Jan 2016. He became the eighth wicket keeper batsman to score 150 plus runs on two occasions in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are listed below

No No Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 1 A Flower 156 1 Zim Pak Harare 31 Jan 1995
  2 A Flower 183* 1 Zim Ind Delhi 18 Nov 2000
  3 A Flower 232* 3 Zim Ind Nagpur 25 Nov 2000
  4 A Flower 199* 3 Zim SAF Harare 07 Sep 2001
                 
2 1 AC Gilchrist 152 2 Aus Eng Birmingham 05 Jul 2001
  2 AC Gilchrist 204* 1 Aus SAF Johannesburg 22 Feb 2002
  3 AC Gilchrist 162 1 Aus NZl Wellington 18 Mar 2005
                 
3 1 KC Sangakkara 230 2 Srl Pak Lahore 06 Mar 2002
  2 KC Sangakkara 157* 3 Srl Win Kandy 22 Jul 2005
  3 KC Sangakkara 185 3 Srl Pak Colombo (SSC) 26 Mar 2006
                 
4 1 AB de Villiers 169 3 SAF Aus Perth 30 Nov 2012
  2 AB de Villiers 164 2 SAF Pak Dubai (DSC) 23 Oct 2013
                 
5 1 AJ Stewart 173 2 Eng NZl Auckland 24 Jan 1997
  2 AJ Stewart 164 3 Eng SAF Manchester 02 Jul 1998
                 
6 1 CL Walcott 152 1 Win Ind Delhi 10 Nov 1948
  2 CL Walcott 168* 3 Win Eng Lord’s 24 Jun 1950
                 
7 1 JM Bairstow 150* 1 Eng SAF Cape Town 02 Jan 2016
  2 JM Bairstow 167* 1 Eng Srl Lord’s 09 Jun 2016
                 
8 1 Kamran Akmal 154 2 Pak Eng Lahore 29 Nov 2005
  2 Kamran Akmal 158* 2 Pak Srl Karachi 21 Feb 2009

JM Bairstow’s 167 not out provide the fourth occasion of an England batsman scoring 150 plus runs in a test innings. All such occasions are listed below. AJ Stewart and JM Bairstow are the only two England wicket keepers to score 150 plus runs in a test innings on two occasions

No Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 AJ Stewart 173 2 Eng NZl Auckland 24 Jan 1997
2 AJ Stewart 164 3 Eng SAF Manchester 02 Jul 1998
3 JM Bairstow 150* 1 Eng SAF Cape Town 02 Jan 2016
4 JM Bairstow 167* 1 Eng Srl Lord’s 09 Jun 2016

JM Bairstow became the third wicket keeper batsman to score 150 plus runs in a test innings against Sri Lanka after Kamran Akmal and Mushfiqur Rahim.

No Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 Kamran Akmal 158* 2 Pak Srl Karachi 21 Feb 2009
2 Mushfiqur Rahim 200 2 Ban Srl Galle 08 Mar 2013
3 JM Bairstow 167* 1 Eng Srl Lord’s 09 Jun 2016

JM Bairstow became the second batsman to score 150 plus runs in a test innings at Lord’s. Prior to this CL Walcott of West Indies had scored 168 not out at Lord’s in Jun 1980. JM Bairstow owns the record of becoming the only England batsman to score 150 plus runs in a test innings at Lord’s.

No Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 CL Walcott 168* 3 Win Eng Lord’s 24 Jun 1950
2 JM Bairstow 167* 1 Eng Srl Lord’s 09 Jun 2016

 

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