Wicket-keeper batsman scoring 200 plus runs in Test innings.

Wicket-keeper batsman scoring 200 plus runs in Test innings.

BJ Watling of New Zealand scored 205 in the just concluded test at Mount Mounganui against England to provide the tenth occasion of a wicket-keeper batsman scoring 200 plus runs in Test innings. He became the ninth batsman to achieve the feat. All such occasions are tabulated below. Mushfiqur Rahim of Bangladesh remains the only wicket-keeper batsman to score 200 plus runs on two occasions.

No Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 Imtiaz Ahmed 209 2 Pak NZl Lahore 26 Oct 1955
2 Taslim Arif 210* 2 Pak Aus Faisalabad 06 Mar 1980
3 DSBP Kuruppu 201* 1 Srl NZl Colombo (CCC) 16 Apr 1987
4 A Flower 232* 3 Zim Ind Nagpur 25 Nov 2000
5 AC Gilchrist 204* 1 Aus SAF Johannesburg 22 Feb 2002
6 KC Sangakkara 230 2 Srl Pak Lahore 06 Mar 2002
7 MS Dhoni 224 2 Ind Aus Chennai 22 Feb 2013
8 Mushfiqur Rahim 200 2 Ban Srl Galle 08 Mar 2013
9 Mushfiqur Rahim 219* 1 Ban Zim Dhaka 11 Nov 2018
10 BJ Watling 205 2 NZl Eng Mt Maunganui 21 Nov 2019
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