Wicket keeper batsmen who have scored 150 plus runs in one day internationals – Q de Kock of South Africa joins the list

Wicket keeper batsmen who have scored 150 plus runs in one day internationals – Q de Kock of South Africa joins the list

Q de Kock of South Africa scored 178 against Australia at Centurion on 30.09.16 to provide the seventh occasion of a wicket keeper batsman scoring 150 plus runs in the history of one day internationals. All such occasions are listed below

No Player Runs Inns Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 MS Dhoni 183* 2 Ind Srl Jaipur 31 Oct 2005
2 Q de Kock 178 2 RSA Aus Centurion 30 Sep 2016
3 AC Gilchrist 172 1 Aus Zim Hobart 16 Jan 2004
4 L Ronchi 170* 1 NZl Srl Dunedin 23 Jan 2015
5 KC Sangakkara 169 1 Srl RSA Col-RPS 20 Jul 2013
6 D Ramdin 169 1 Win Ban Basseterre 25 Aug 2014
7 AC Gilchrist 154 1 Aus Srl Melbourne 07 Feb 1999

Q de Kock became the first South African wicket keeper batsman to score 150 plus runs in one day games. It is the highest individual innings by a South African wicket keeper batsman in one-day games. The previous best was 149 not out by AB de Villiers against West Indies at Johannesburg on 18.01.15

Q de Kock’s 178 in this game stands second in the list of wicket keeper batsmen who have scored most runs in the annals of one day games. The best score is credited to India’s MS Dhoni who had scored 183 not out against Sri Lanka at Jaipur on 31.10.05

Q de Kock’s 178 in this game stands second in the list of South African batsmen who have scored most runs in the annals of one day games. The best score is credited to G Kirsten who had scored 188 not out against UAE at Rawalpindi on 16.02.96. The following table lists the eleven occasion of South African batsmen scoring 150 plus runs in one day games.

No Player Runs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 G Kirsten 188* 1 UAE Rawalpindi 16 Feb 1996
2 Q de Kock 178 2 Australia Centurion 30 Sep 2016
3 HH Gibbs 175 2 Australia Johannesburg 12 Mar 2006
4 DJ Callaghan 169* 1 New Zealand Centurion 11 Dec 1994
5 AB de Villiers 162* 1 West Indies Sydney 27 Feb 2015
6 AC Hudson 161 1 Netherlands Rawalpindi 05 Mar 1996
7 HM Amla 159 1 Ireland Canberra 03 Mar 2015
8 HM Amla 153* 1 West Indies Johannesburg 18 Jan 2015
9 HH Gibbs 153 1 Bangladesh Potchefstroom 03 Oct 2002
10 JP Duminy 150* 1 Netherlands Amstelveen 31 May 2013
11 HM Amla 150 1 England Southampton 28 Aug 2012

Q de Kock’s 178 in this game represents his eleventh hundred as a wicket keeper batsman. His eleven hundreds is a South African record for a wicket keeper batsman who has scored most hundreds. He went past AB de Villers who had scored ten hundreds. The other wicket keepers to score ten or more hundreds are – KC Sangkkara {23} and AC Gilchrist {16}

Q de Kock’s 178 provides the 70th occasion of an opening batsman scoring 150 plus runs in one day games. It also provides the 18th occasion of an opening batsman scoring 150 plus runs in one day games. He also became the third South African batsman to score 175 plus runs after G Kirsten and HH Gibbs

No Player Runs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 G Kirsten 188* 1 UAE Rawalpindi 16 Feb 1996
2 Q de Kock 178 2 Australia Centurion 30 Sep 2016
3 HH Gibbs 175 2 Australia Johannesburg 12 Mar 2006

 

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