Wicket-keeper batsmen scoring nineties in a Test innings

Wicket-keeper batsmen scoring nineties in a Test innings

Mohmmad Rizwan of Pakistan scored 97 in the just concluded test at Brisbane against Australia to provide the 70th occasion of a wicket keeper batsman scoring a ninety in the annals of Test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 HB Cameron 90 1 SAF Eng Lord’s 29 Jun 1935
2 D Tallon 92 3 Aus Eng Melbourne 01 Jan 1947
3 JR Reid 93 3 NZl Eng The Oval 13 Aug 1949
4 RT Spooner 92 3 Eng Ind Kolkata 30 Dec 1951
5 Hanif Mohammad 96 3 Pak Ind Mumbai (BS) 13 Nov 1952
6 Imtiaz Ahmed 91 3 Pak Win Bridgetown 17 Jan 1958
7 Imtiaz Ahmed 98 3 Pak Eng The Oval 16 Aug 1962
8 Abdul Kadir 95 1 Pak Aus Karachi 24 Oct 1964
9 FM Engineer 90 1 Ind NZl Chennai 27 Feb 1965
10 JM Parks 91 2 Eng Win Lord’s 16 Jun 1966
11 APE Knott 96* 1 Eng Pak Karachi 06 Mar 1969
12 RW Marsh 92* 1 Aus Eng Melbourne 21 Jan 1971
13 APE Knott 96 3 Eng NZl Auckland 05 Mar 1971
14 APE Knott 90 1 Eng Ind The Oval 19 Aug 1971
15 RW Marsh 91 4 Aus Eng Manchester 08 Jun 1972
16 APE Knott 92 1 Eng Aus The Oval 10 Aug 1972
17 RW Marsh 97 1 Aus Win Kingston 16 Feb 1973
18 DL Murray 90 2 Win Aus Bridgetown 09 Mar 1973
19 DL Murray 91 1 Win Ind Mumbai 23 Jan 1975
20 RW Taylor 97 3 Eng Aus Adelaide 27 Jan 1979
21 RW Marsh 91 2 Aus NZl Perth 12 Dec 1980
22 PJL Dujon 98 1 Win Ind Ahmedabad 12 Nov 1983
23 WB Phillips 91 3 Aus Eng Leeds 13 Jun 1985
24 Saleem Yousuf 91* 1 Pak Eng Birmingham 23 Jul 1987
25 RC Russell 94 2 Eng Srl Lord’s 25 Aug 1988
26 DJ Richardson 93 2 SAF NZl Johannesburg 25 Nov 1994
27 CI Dunusinghe 91 3 Srl NZl Napier 11 Mar 1995
28 RC Russell 91 1 Eng Win The Oval 24 Aug 1995
29 Moin Khan 98 2 Pak Srl Colombo (SSC) 26 Apr 1997
30 IA Healy 90 2 Aus Ind Chennai 06 Mar 1998
31 AJ Stewart 95 1 Eng SAF Durban 26 Dec 1999
32 RD Jacobs 96* 1 Win Aus Perth 01 Dec 2000
33 MV Boucher 92 2 SAF Srl Cape Town 02 Jan 2001
34 KC Sangakkara 95 3 Srl Eng Kandy 07 Mar 2001
35 RD Jacobs 93* 2 Win SAF Port of Spain 17 Mar 2001
36 AC Gilchrist 90 2 Aus Eng Lord’s 19 Jul 2001
37 Rashid Latif 94 2 Pak Ban Dhaka 09 Jan 2002
38 AC Gilchrist 91 1 Aus SAF Durban 15 Mar 2002
39 RD Jacobs 91* 2 Win Ban Dhaka 08 Dec 2002
40 BB McCullum 96 3 NZl Eng Lord’s 20 May 2004
41 T Taibu 92 2 Zim Ban Chattogram 06 Jan 2005
42 KD Karthik 93 3 Ind Pak Kolkata 16 Mar 2005
43 BB McCullum 99 1 NZl Srl Napier 04 Apr 2005
44 AC Gilchrist 94 1 Aus ICC Sydney 14 Oct 2005
45 MS Dhoni 92 1 Ind Eng The Oval 09 Aug 2007
46 BB McCullum 97 1 NZl Eng Lord’s 15 May 2008
47 MS Dhoni 92 1 Ind Aus Mohali 17 Oct 2008
48 BJ Haddin 94 3 Aus SAF Perth 17 Dec 2008
49 MV Boucher 95 2 SAF Eng Johannesburg 14 Jan 2010
50 Mushfiqur Rahim 95 4 Ban Eng Chattogram 12 Mar 2010
51 MJ Prior 93 1 Eng Ban Manchester 04 Jun 2010
52 TD Paine 92 1 Aus Ind Mohali 01 Oct 2010
53 MS Dhoni 98 2 Ind NZl Nagpur 20 Nov 2010
54 MS Dhoni 90 3 Ind SAF Centurion 16 Dec 2010
55 MJ Prior 91 3 Eng Ind Ahmedabad 15 Nov 2012
56 MS Dhoni 99 2 Ind Eng Nagpur 13 Dec 2012
57 Mushfiqur Rahim 93 3 Ban Zim Harare 25 Apr 2013
58 AB de Villiers 90 3 SAF Pak Abu Dhabi 14 Oct 2013
59 BJ Haddin 94 1 Aus Eng Brisbane 21 Nov 2013
60 AB de Villiers 91 2 SAF Aus Centurion 12 Feb 2014
61 Sarfaraz Ahmed 96 2 Pak Srl Galle 17 Jun 2015
62 Q de Kock 91 2 SAF NZl Wellington 16 Mar 2017
63 Q de Kock 90 1 SAF NZl Hamilton 25 Mar 2017
64 JM Bairstow 99 1 Eng SAF Manchester 04 Aug 2017
65 Liton Das 94 3 Ban Srl Chattogram 31 Jan 2018
66 JM Bairstow 93 2 Eng Ind Lord’s 09 Aug 2018
67 RR Pant 92 1 Ind Win Rajkot 04 Oct 2018
68 RR Pant 92 2 Ind Win Hyd-RGS 12 Oct 2018
69 Sarfaraz Ahmed 94 1 Pak Aus Abu Dhabi 16 Oct 2018
70 Mohammad Rizwan 95 3 Pak Aus Brisbane 21 Nov 2019

It also provides the tenth occasion of a Pakistan wicket keeper scoring a ninety in a test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 Hanif Mohammad 96 3 Pak Ind Mumbai (BS) 13 Nov 1952
2 Imtiaz Ahmed 91 3 Pak Win Bridgetown 17 Jan 1958
3 Imtiaz Ahmed 98 3 Pak Eng The Oval 16 Aug 1962
4 Abdul Kadir 95 1 Pak Aus Karachi 24 Oct 1964
5 Saleem Yousuf 91* 1 Pak Eng Birmingham 23 Jul 1987
6 Moin Khan 98 2 Pak Srl Colombo (SSC) 26 Apr 1997
7 Rashid Latif 94 2 Pak Ban Dhaka 09 Jan 2002
8 Sarfaraz Ahmed 96 2 Pak Srl Galle 17 Jun 2015
9 Sarfaraz Ahmed 94 1 Pak Aus Abu Dhabi 16 Oct 2018
10 Mohammad Rizwan 95 3 Pak Aus Brisbane 21 Nov 2019

It also provides the ninth occasion of a Pakistan wicket keeper scoring a ninety in a test innings against Australia. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 Abdul Kadir 95 1 Pak Aus Karachi 24 Oct 1964
2 APE Knott 92 1 Eng Aus The Oval 10 Aug 1972
3 DL Murray 90 2 Win Aus Bridgetown 09 Mar 1973
4 RW Taylor 97 3 Eng Aus Adelaide 27 Jan 1979
5 RD Jacobs 96* 1 Win Aus Perth 01 Dec 2000
6 MS Dhoni 92 1 Ind Aus Mohali 17 Oct 2008
7 AB de Villiers 91 2 SAF Aus Centurion 12 Feb 2014
8 Sarfaraz Ahmed 94 1 Pak Aus Abu Dhabi 16 Oct 2018
9 Mohammad Rizwan 95 3 Pak Aus Brisbane 21 Nov 2019

It also provides the third occasion of a Pakistan wicket keeper scoring a ninety in a test innings against Australia. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 Abdul Kadir 95 1 Pak Aus Karachi 24 Oct 1964
2 Sarfaraz Ahmed 94 1 Pak Aus Abu Dhabi 16 Oct 2018
3 Mohammad Rizwan 95 3 Pak Aus Brisbane 21 Nov 2019

MS Dhoni of India owns the record for most nineties by a wicket keeper batsman. He has scored nineties on five occasions. APE Knott {04}, RW Marssh {04}, AC Gilchrist {03}, BB McCullum {03} and RD Jacobs {03} are the other wicket keeper batsmen who have scored nineties on three or more occasions.

No Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 MS Dhoni 92 1 Ind Eng The Oval 09 Aug 2007
2 MS Dhoni 92 1 Ind Aus Mohali 17 Oct 2008
3 MS Dhoni 98 2 Ind NZl Nagpur 20 Nov 2010
4 MS Dhoni 90 3 Ind SAF Centurion 16 Dec 2010
5 MS Dhoni 99 2 Ind Eng Nagpur 13 Dec 2012
               
1 APE Knott 96* 1 Eng Pak Karachi 06 Mar 1969
2 APE Knott 96 3 Eng NZl Auckland 05 Mar 1971
3 APE Knott 90 1 Eng Ind The Oval 19 Aug 1971
4 APE Knott 92 1 Eng Aus The Oval 10 Aug 1972
               
1 RW Marsh 92* 1 Aus Eng Melbourne 21 Jan 1971
2 RW Marsh 91 4 Aus Eng Manchester 08 Jun 1972
3 RW Marsh 97 1 Aus Win Kingston 16 Feb 1973
4 RW Marsh 91 2 Aus NZl Perth 12 Dec 1980
               
1 AC Gilchrist 90 2 Aus Eng Lord’s 19 Jul 2001
2 AC Gilchrist 91 1 Aus SAF Durban 15 Mar 2002
3 AC Gilchrist 94 1 Aus ICC Sydney 14 Oct 2005
               
1 BB McCullum 96 3 NZl Eng Lord’s 20 May 2004
2 BB McCullum 99 1 NZl Srl Napier 04 Apr 2005
3 BB McCullum 97 1 NZl Eng Lord’s 15 May 2008
               
1 RD Jacobs 96* 1 Win Aus Perth 01 Dec 2000
2 RD Jacobs 93* 2 Win SAF Port of Spain 17 Mar 2001
3 RD Jacobs 91* 2 Win Ban Dhaka 08 Dec 2002
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