Wicket keeper batsmen scoring nineties in a test innings.

Wicket keeper batsmen scoring nineties in a test innings.

Q de Kock of South Africa scored 95 in the ongoing test against England at Centurion to provide the 71st occasion of a wicket keeper batsman scoring a ninety in an innings in the annals o Test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below

Infact, the first ever ninety in a test innings by a wicket keeper batsman has been credited to a South African wicket keeper batsman HB Cameron. HB Cameron scored 90 against England at Lord’s in Jun 1935.

No Player Runs Inns Team Opp 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 En 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
71 Q de Kock 95 1 SAF Eng Centurion 26 Dec 2019

It also provides the ninth occasion of a South African wicket keeper batsman scoring a ninety in a test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Player Runs Inns Team Opp Ground Start Date
1 HB Cameron 90 1 SAF Eng Lord’s 29 Jun 1935
2 DJ Richardson 93 2 SAF NZl Johannesburg 25 Nov 1994
3 MV Boucher 92 2 SAF Srl Cape Town 02 Jan 2001
4 MV Boucher 95 2 SAF Eng Johannesburg 14 Jan 2010
5 AB de Villiers 90 3 SAF Pak Abu Dhabi 14 Oct 2013
6 AB de Villiers 91 2 SAF Aus Centurion 12 Feb 2014
7 Q de Kock 91 2 SAF NZl Wellington 16 Mar 2017
8 Q de Kock 90 1 SAF NZl Hamilton 25 Mar 2017
9 Q de Kock 95 1 SAF Eng Centurion 26 Dec 2019

It also provides the 18th occasion of a wicket keeper batsman scoring a ninety in a test innings against England. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Player Runs Inns Team Opp 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 Imtiaz Ahmed 98 3 Pak Eng The Oval 16 Aug 1962
5 RW Marsh 92* 1 Aus Eng Melbourne 21 Jan 1971
6 RW Marsh 91 4 Aus Eng Manchester 08 Jun 1972
7 WB Phillips 91 3 Aus Eng Leeds 13 Jun 1985
8 Saleem Yousuf 91* 1 Pak Eng Birmingham 23 Jul 1987
9 KC Sangakkara 95 3 Srl Eng Kandy 07 Mar 2001
10 AC Gilchrist 90 2 Aus Eng Lord’s 19 Jul 2001
11 BB McCullum 96 3 NZl Eng Lord’s 20 May 2004
12 MS Dhoni 92 1 Ind Eng The Oval 09 Aug 2007
13 BB McCullum 97 1 NZl Eng Lord’s 15 May 2008
14 MV Boucher 95 2 SAF Eng Johannesburg 14 Jan 2010
15 Mushfiqur Rahim 95 4 Ban Eng Chattogram 12 Mar 2010
16 MS Dhoni 99 2 Ind Eng Nagpur 13 Dec 2012
17 BJ Haddin 94 1 Aus Eng Brisbane 21 Nov 2013
18 Q de Kock 95 1 SAF Eng Centurion 26 Dec 2019

It also provides the third occasion of a South African wicket keeper batsman scoring a ninety in a test innings against England. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Player Runs Inns Team Opp Ground Start Date
1 HB Cameron 90 1 SAF Eng Lord’s 29 Jun 1935
2 MV Boucher 95 2 SAF Eng Johannesburg 14 Jan 2010
3 Q de Kock 95 1 SAF Eng Centurion 26 Dec 2019

Q de Kock  holds the record for most nineties by a wicket keeper batsman. He has scored three nineties in a test innings. His 95 in the ongoing test was his third ninety. Other South African wicket keeper batsman to score nineties on two occasions are MV Boucher and AB de Villers.

No Player Runs Inns Team Opp Ground Start Date
1 MV Boucher 92 2 SAF Srl Cape Town 02 Jan 2001
2 MV Boucher 95 2 SAF Eng Johannesburg 14 Jan 2010
               
1 AB de Villiers 90 3 SAF Pak Abu Dhabi 14 Oct 2013
2 AB de Villiers 91 2 SAF Aus Centurion 12 Feb 2014
               
1 Q de Kock 91 2 SAF NZl Wellington 16 Mar 2017
2 Q de Kock 90 1 SAF NZl Hamilton 25 Mar 2017
3 Q de Kock 95 1 SAF Eng Centurion 26 Dec 2019

Q de Kock’s three nineties makes him to join the  select band of sis other wicket keeper batsmen who have scored three or more nineties in a test innings. The following table furnishes all such occasions of these seven wicket keepers

No No Player Runs Inns Team Opp Ground Start Date
1 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
                 
2 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
                 
3 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
                 
4 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
                 
5 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
                 
6 1 Q de Kock 91 2 SAF NZl Wellington 16 Mar 2017
  2 Q de Kock 90 1 SAF NZl Hamilton 25 Mar 2017
  3 Q de Kock 95 1 SAF Eng Centurion 26 Dec 2019
                 
7 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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