Wicket keepers who have effected six dismissals-all caught-in a test innings.

Wicket keepers who have effected six dismissals-all caught-in a test innings.

Q de Kock of South Africa effected six dismissals (all caught} in England’s first innings in the ongoing test between South Africa and England at Centurion to provide the 30th occasion of a wicket keeper effecting six or more dismissals  {all caught} in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Player Dis Ct St Inns Team Opp Ground Start Date
1 ATW Grout 6 6 0 3 Aus SAF Johannesburg 23 Dec 1957
2 DT Lindsay 6 6 0 2 SAF Aus Johannesburg 23 Dec 1966
3 JT Murray 6 6 0 1 Eng Ind Lord’s 22 Jun 1967
4 Wasim Bari 7 7 0 1 Pak NZl Auckland 23 Feb 1979
5 RW Taylor 7 7 0 1 Eng Ind Mumbai 15 Feb 1980
6 RW Marsh 6 6 0 3 Aus Eng Brisbane 26 Nov 1982
7 SAR Silva 6 6 0 1 Srl Ind Colombo (SSC) 30 Aug 1985
8 RC Russell 6 6 0 2 Eng Aus Melbourne 26 Dec 1990
9 IDS Smith 7 7 0 2 NZl Srl Hamilton 22 Feb 1991
10 RC Russell 6 6 0 1 Eng SAF Johannesburg 30 Nov 1995
11 IA Healy 6 6 0 2 Aus Eng Birmingham 05 Jun 1997
12 AJ Stewart 6 6 0 1 Eng Aus Manchester 03 Jul 1997
13 MV Boucher 6 6 0 2 SAF Pak Port Elizabeth 06 Mar 1998
14 Rashid Latif 6 6 0 1 Pak Zim Bulawayo 14 Mar 1998
15 MV Boucher 6 6 0 2 SAF Srl Cape Town 19 Mar 1998
16 RD Jacobs 7 7 0 1 Win Aus Melbourne 26 Dec 2000
17 MV Boucher 6 6 0 3 SAF Zim Centurion 11 Mar 2005
18 GO Jones 6 6 0 1 Eng Ban Ch-le-St 03 Jun 2005
19 CMW Read 6 6 0 2 Eng Aus Melbourne 26 Dec 2006
20 MS Dhoni 6 6 0 2 Ind NZl Wellington 03 Apr 2009
21 MJ Prior 6 6 0 1 Eng Aus Melbourne 26 Dec 2010
22 Adnan Akmal 6 6 0 1 Pak NZl Wellington 15 Jan 2011
23 MV Boucher 6 6 0 3 SAF Srl Centurion 15 Dec 2011
24 AB de Villiers 6 6 0 2 SAF Pak Johannesburg 01 Feb 2013
25 BJ Watling 6 6 0 4 NZl Ind Auckland 06 Feb 2014
26 BJ Haddin 6 6 0 1 Aus Ind Brisbane 17 Dec 2014
27 BJ Watling 6 6 0 2 NZl Srl Dunedin 10 Dec 2015
28 JM Bairstow 6 6 0 1 Eng SAF Johannesburg 14 Jan 2016
29 RR Pant 6 6 0 2 Ind Aus Adelaide 06 Dec 2018
30 Q de Kock 6 6 0 2 SAF Eng Centurion 26 Dec 2019

It also provides the seventh occasion of a South African wicket keeper performing such a feat. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Player Dis Ct St Inns Team Opp Ground Start Date
1 DT Lindsay 6 6 0 2 SAF Aus Johannesburg 23 Dec 1966
2 MV Boucher 6 6 0 2 SAF Pak Port Elizabeth 06 Mar 1998
3 MV Boucher 6 6 0 2 SAF Srl Cape Town 19 Mar 1998
4 MV Boucher 6 6 0 3 SAF Zim Centurion 11 Mar 2005
5 MV Boucher 6 6 0 3 SAF Srl Centurion 15 Dec 2011
6 AB de Villiers 6 6 0 2 SAF Pak Johannesburg 01 Feb 2013
7 Q de Kock 6 6 0 2 SAF Eng Centurion 26 Dec 2019

It also provides the third occasion of a wicket keeper performing such a feat against England. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Player Dis Ct St Inns Team Opp Ground Start Date
1 RW Marsh 6 6 0 3 Aus Eng Brisbane 26 Nov 1982
2 IA Healy 6 6 0 2 Aus Eng Birmingham 05 Jun 1997
3 Q de Kock 6 6 0 2 SAF Eng Centurion 26 Dec 2019

MV Boucher of South Africa {04}, BJ Watling of New Zealand {02} and RC Russell of England {02} are the three wicket keepers to effect six dismissal – all caught – in a test innings on two or more occasions.

No Player Dis Ct St Inns Team Opp Ground Start Date
1 MV Boucher 6 6 0 2 SAF Pak Port Elizabeth 06 Mar 1998
2 MV Boucher 6 6 0 2 SAF Srl Cape Town 19 Mar 1998
3 MV Boucher 6 6 0 3 SAF Zim Centurion 11 Mar 2005
4 MV Boucher 6 6 0 3 SAF Srl Centurion 15 Dec 2011
                   
1 BJ Watling 6 6 0 4 NZl Ind Auckland 06 Feb 2014
2 BJ Watling 6 6 0 2 NZl Srl Dunedin 10 Dec 2015
                   
1 RC Russell 6 6 0 2 Eng Aus Melbourne 26 Dec 1990
2 RC Russell 6 6 0 1 Eng SAF Johannesburg 30 Nov 1995

Wasim Bari, RW Taylor, IDS Smith and RD Jacobs are the four wicket keepers who have effected seven dismissals – all caught – in a test innings. The following table furnishes the feat of these four wicket keepers

No Player Dis Ct St Inns Team Opp Ground Start Date
1 Wasim Bari 7 7 0 1 Pak NZl Auckland 23 Feb 1979
2 RW Taylor 7 7 0 1 Eng Ind Mumbai 15 Feb 1980
3 IDS Smith 7 7 0 2 NZl Srl Hamilton 22 Feb 1991
4 RD Jacobs 7 7 0 1 Win Aus Melbourne 26 Dec 2000
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