Glovemen batting at number eight scoring centuries in a test innings – WP Saha’s 117 at Ranchi provides the 25th such instance

Glovemen batting at number eight scoring centuries in a test innings – WP Saha’s 117 at Ranchi provides the 25th such instance

WP Saha’s 117 in the just concluded Ranchi Test between India and Australia provides the 25th occasion of a wicket keeper batsman batting at number eight scoring a century in a test innings in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are listed below

 

No Player Runs Inns Pos Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 H Wood 134* 2 8 Eng SAF Cape Town 19 Mar 1892
2 TG Evans 104 1 8 Eng Win Manchester 08 Jun 1950
3 CC Depeiaza 122 2 8 Win Aus Bridgetown 14 May 1955
4 Imtiaz Ahmed 209 2 8 Pak NZl Lahore 26 Oct 1955
5 JM Parks 101* 3 8 Eng Win Port of Spain 25 Mar 1960
6 FCM Alexander 108 3 8 Win Aus Sydney 13 Jan 1961
7 IDS Smith 113* 1 8 NZl Eng Auckland 10 Feb 1984
8 WB Phillips 120 1 8 Aus Win Bridgetown 30 Mar 1984
9 SMH Kirmani 102 2 8 Ind Eng Mumbai 28 Nov 1984
10 DJ Richardson 109 2 8 SAF NZl Cape Town 02 Jan 1995
11 Moin Khan 105 1 8 Pak Eng Leeds 08 Aug 1996
12 MV Boucher 100 1 8 SAF Win Centurion 15 Jan 1999
13 A Ratra 115* 1 8 Ind Win St John’s 10 May 2002
14 MV Boucher 122* 1 8 SAF Win Cape Town 02 Jan 2004
15 Khaled Mashud 103* 3 8 Ban Win Gros Islet 28 May 2004
16 Kamran Akmal 109 3 8 Pak Ind Mohali 08 Mar 2005
17 AC Gilchrist 121 2 8 Aus NZl Christchurch 10 Mar 2005
18 Kamran Akmal 154 2 8 Pak Eng Lahore 29 Nov 2005
19 Kamran Akmal 113 1 8 Pak Ind Karachi 29 Jan 2006
20 MS Dhoni 132* 2 8 Ind SAF Kolkata 14 Feb 2010
21 MJ Prior 118 2 8 Eng Aus Sydney 03 Jan 2011
22 MS Dhoni 144 1 8 Ind Win Kolkata 14 Nov 2011
23 MJ Prior 110* 4 8 Eng NZl Auckland 22 Mar 2013
24 BJ Watling 103 1 8 NZl Ban Chittagong 09 Oct 2013
25 WP Saha 117 2 8 Ind Aus Ranchi 16 Mar 2017

 

WP Saha’s 117 in the just concluded Ranchi Test between India and Australia provides the 25th occasion of a wicket keeper batsman batting at number eight scoring a century in a test innings against Austalia. All such occasions are listed below

 

No Player Runs Inns Pos Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 CC Depeiaza 122 2 8 Win Aus Bridgetown 14 May 1955
2 FCM Alexander 108 3 8 Win Aus Sydney 13 Jan 1961
3 MJ Prior 118 2 8 Eng Aus Sydney 03 Jan 2011
4 WP Saha 117 2 8 Ind Aus Ranchi 16 Mar 2017

 

WP Saha’s 117 in the just concluded Ranchi Test between India and Australia provides the fifth occasion of an Indian wicket keeper batsman batting at number eight scoring a century in a test innings. WP Saha became the fourth Indian batsman to accomplish such a feat. All such occasions are listed below

 

No Player Runs Inns Pos Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 MS Dhoni 144 1 8 Ind Win Kolkata 14 Nov 2011
2 SMH Kirmani 102 2 8 Ind Eng Mumbai 28 Nov 1984
3 A Ratra 115* 1 8 Ind Win St John’s 10 May 2002
4 MS Dhoni 132* 2 8 Ind SAF Kolkata 14 Feb 2010
5 WP Saha 117 2 8 Ind Aus Ranchi 16 Mar 2017

 

Kamran Akmal {03}, MJ Prior (02}, MS Dhoni {02} and MV Boucher {02} are the four wicket keeper batsmen who have scored two or more centuries while batting at number eight in a test innings. The performance of these four wicket keepers are furnished below

 

No Player Runs Inns Pos Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 Kamran Akmal 109 3 8 Pak Ind Mohali 08 Mar 2005
2 Kamran Akmal 154 2 8 Pak Eng Lahore 29 Nov 2005
3 Kamran Akmal 113 1 8 Pak Ind Karachi 29 Jan 2006
                 
1 MJ Prior 118 2 8 Eng Aus Sydney 03 Jan 2011
2 MJ Prior 110* 4 8 Eng NZl Auckland 22 Mar 2013
                 
1 MS Dhoni 132* 2 8 Ind SAF Kolkata 14 Feb 2010
2 MS Dhoni 144 1 8 Ind Win Kolkata 14 Nov 2011
                 
1 MV Boucher 100 1 8 SAF Win Centurion 15 Jan 1999
2 MV Boucher 122* 1 8 SAF Win Cape Town 02 Jan 2004

 

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