Sarfraz Ahmed of Pakistan becomes the seventh wicket keeper to effect ten or more dismissals in a test

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
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