Wicket keeper batsmen who have scored 150 plus runs in one day internationals – Q de Kock of South Africa joins the list
Q de Kock of South Africa scored 178 against Australia at Centurion on 30.09.16 to provide the seventh occasion of a wicket keeper batsman scoring 150 plus runs in the history of one day internationals. All such occasions are listed below
| No | Player | Runs | Inns | Team | Oppn | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | MS Dhoni | 183* | 2 | Ind | Srl | Jaipur | 31 Oct 2005 |
| 2 | Q de Kock | 178 | 2 | RSA | Aus | Centurion | 30 Sep 2016 |
| 3 | AC Gilchrist | 172 | 1 | Aus | Zim | Hobart | 16 Jan 2004 |
| 4 | L Ronchi | 170* | 1 | NZl | Srl | Dunedin | 23 Jan 2015 |
| 5 | KC Sangakkara | 169 | 1 | Srl | RSA | Col-RPS | 20 Jul 2013 |
| 6 | D Ramdin | 169 | 1 | Win | Ban | Basseterre | 25 Aug 2014 |
| 7 | AC Gilchrist | 154 | 1 | Aus | Srl | Melbourne | 07 Feb 1999 |
Q de Kock became the first South African wicket keeper batsman to score 150 plus runs in one day games. It is the highest individual innings by a South African wicket keeper batsman in one-day games. The previous best was 149 not out by AB de Villiers against West Indies at Johannesburg on 18.01.15
Q de Kock’s 178 in this game stands second in the list of wicket keeper batsmen who have scored most runs in the annals of one day games. The best score is credited to India’s MS Dhoni who had scored 183 not out against Sri Lanka at Jaipur on 31.10.05
Q de Kock’s 178 in this game stands second in the list of South African batsmen who have scored most runs in the annals of one day games. The best score is credited to G Kirsten who had scored 188 not out against UAE at Rawalpindi on 16.02.96. The following table lists the eleven occasion of South African batsmen scoring 150 plus runs in one day games.
| No | Player | Runs | Inns | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | G Kirsten | 188* | 1 | UAE | Rawalpindi | 16 Feb 1996 |
| 2 | Q de Kock | 178 | 2 | Australia | Centurion | 30 Sep 2016 |
| 3 | HH Gibbs | 175 | 2 | Australia | Johannesburg | 12 Mar 2006 |
| 4 | DJ Callaghan | 169* | 1 | New Zealand | Centurion | 11 Dec 1994 |
| 5 | AB de Villiers | 162* | 1 | West Indies | Sydney | 27 Feb 2015 |
| 6 | AC Hudson | 161 | 1 | Netherlands | Rawalpindi | 05 Mar 1996 |
| 7 | HM Amla | 159 | 1 | Ireland | Canberra | 03 Mar 2015 |
| 8 | HM Amla | 153* | 1 | West Indies | Johannesburg | 18 Jan 2015 |
| 9 | HH Gibbs | 153 | 1 | Bangladesh | Potchefstroom | 03 Oct 2002 |
| 10 | JP Duminy | 150* | 1 | Netherlands | Amstelveen | 31 May 2013 |
| 11 | HM Amla | 150 | 1 | England | Southampton | 28 Aug 2012 |
Q de Kock’s 178 in this game represents his eleventh hundred as a wicket keeper batsman. His eleven hundreds is a South African record for a wicket keeper batsman who has scored most hundreds. He went past AB de Villers who had scored ten hundreds. The other wicket keepers to score ten or more hundreds are – KC Sangkkara {23} and AC Gilchrist {16}
Q de Kock’s 178 provides the 70th occasion of an opening batsman scoring 150 plus runs in one day games. It also provides the 18th occasion of an opening batsman scoring 150 plus runs in one day games. He also became the third South African batsman to score 175 plus runs after G Kirsten and HH Gibbs
| No | Player | Runs | Inns | Opposition | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | G Kirsten | 188* | 1 | UAE | Rawalpindi | 16 Feb 1996 |
| 2 | Q de Kock | 178 | 2 | Australia | Centurion | 30 Sep 2016 |
| 3 | HH Gibbs | 175 | 2 | Australia | Johannesburg | 12 Mar 2006 |