Wicket keepers who have scored 90 plus runs and effected five or more dismissals in an innings.

Wicket keepers who have scored 90 plus runs and effected five or more dismissals in an innings.

Q de Kock of South Africa  scored 95 and effected six dismissals in the ongoing test against New Zealand at Centurion to provide the 12th occasion of a wicket keeper batsman scoring 90 plus runs and effecting five or more dismissals in an innings in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Player FI SI Ct St Team Opp Ground Start Date
1 DT Lindsay 182 6 0 SAF Aus Jo’burg 23 Dec 1966
2 RW Marsh 91 5 0 Aus Eng Manchester 08 Jun 1972
3 SAR Silva 111 5 0 Srl Ind Col-PSS 06 Sep 1985
4 MJ Prior 118 5 0 Eng Aus Sydney 03 Jan 2011
5 AB de Villiers 103* 6+5 0 SAF Pak Jo’burg 01 Feb 2013
6 MJ Prior 110* 5 0 Eng NZl Auckland 22 Mar 2013
7 BJ Watling 124 5 0 NZl Ind Wellington 14 Feb 2014
8 JM Bairstow 140 5 0 Eng Srl Leeds 19 May 2016
9 Q de Kock 90 5 0 SAF NZl Hamilton 25 Mar 2017
10 JM Bairstow 101 5 0 Eng NZl Christchurch 30 Mar 2018
11 BJ Watling 105* 5 0 NZl Srl Col-PSS 22 Aug 2019
12 Q de Kock 95 6 0 SAF Eng Centurion 26 Dec 2019

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

No Player FI SI Ct St Team Opp Ground Start Date
1 DT Lindsay 182 6 0 SAF Aus Jo’burg 23 Dec 1966
2 AB de Villiers 103* 6+5 0 SAF Pak Jo’burg 01 Feb 2013
3 Q de Kock 90 5 0 SAF NZl Hamilton 25 Mar 2017
4 Q de Kock 95 6 0 SAF Eng Centurion 26 Dec 2019

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

No Player FI SI Ct St Team Opp Ground Start Date
1 RW Marsh 91 5 0 Aus Eng Manchester 08 Jun 1972
2 Q de Kock 95 6 0 SAF Eng Centurion 26 Dec 2019

BJ Waitling of South Africa, JM Baitstow of England, MJ Prior of England and Q de Kock of South Africa are the four wicket keepers in the annals of test cricket to perform such a feat on two occasions. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Player FI SI Ct St Team Opp Ground Start Date
1 BJ Watling 124 5 0 NZl Ind Wellington 14 Feb 2014
2 BJ Watling 105* 5 0 NZl Srl Col-PSS 22 Aug 2019
                   
1 JM Bairstow 140 5 0 Eng Srl Leeds 19 May 2016
2 JM Bairstow 101 5 0 Eng NZl Christchurch 30 Mar 2018
                   
1 MJ Prior 118 5 0 Eng Aus Sydney 03 Jan 2011
2 MJ Prior 110* 5 0 Eng NZl Auckland 22 Mar 2013
                   
1 Q de Kock 90 5 0 SAF NZl Hamilton 25 Mar 2017
2 Q de Kock 95 6 0 SAF Eng Centurion 26 Dec 2019

DT Lindsay, AB de Villiers and Q de Kock are the three wicket keeper batsmen to score 90 plus runs and effect six dismissals in an innings. It is interesting to note that all these three wicket keepers are from South Africa

No Player FI SI Ct St Team Opp Ground Start Date
1 DT Lindsay 182 6 0 SAF Aus Jo’burg 23 Dec 1966
2 AB de Villiers 103* 6+5 0 SAF Pak Jo’burg 01 Feb 2013
3 Q de Kock 95 6 0 SAF Eng Centurion 26 Dec 2019

AB de Villiers is the only wicket keeper in the annals of test cricket to score a century and effect eleven dismissals in a test. He effected six dismissals in the first innings and five in the second innings. His performance came against Pakistan at Johannesburg in Feb 2013

No Player FI SI Ct-FI Ct-SI Team Opp Ground Start Date
1 AB de Villiers 103* 6 5 SAF Pak Jo’burg 01 Feb 2013
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