England wicketkeepers scoring a fifty and effecting five or more dismissals in a test.

England wicketkeepers scoring a fifty and effecting five or more dismissals in a test.

JM Bairstow scored 70 and effected five dismissals in the just concluded test at Birmingham against India to provide the eleventh occasion of an England wicketkeeper scoring a fifty and effecting five or more dismissals in a test. All such occasions are tabulated below. JM Bairstow’s feat at Birmingham provides  the first such feat by an England wicketkeeper against India in a test

No Player Runs Inns Dis Ct St Opposition Ground Start Date
1 RC Russell 55 4       v West Indies Bridgetown 5 Apr 1990
  RC Russell   1 5 5 0 v West Indies Bridgetown 5 Apr 1990
                   
2 AJ Stewart 56 3       v South Africa Lord’s 18 Jun 1998
  AJ Stewart   1 5 5 0 v South Africa Lord’s 18 Jun 1998
                   
3 MJ Prior 85 2       v Australia Melbourne 26 Dec 2010
  MJ Prior   1 6 6 0 v Australia Melbourne 26 Dec 2010
                   
4 MJ Prior 118 2       v Australia Sydney 03 Jan 2011
  MJ Prior   3 5 5 0 v Australia Sydney 03 Jan 2011
                   
5 MJ Prior 73 4       v South Africa Lord’s 16 Aug 2012
  MJ Prior   1 6 5 1 v South Africa Lord’s 16 Aug 2012
                   
6 MJ Prior 73 2       v New Zealand Auckland 22 Mar 2013
  MJ Prior 110* 4       v New Zealand Auckland 22 Mar 2013
  MJ Prior   1 5 5 0 v New Zealand Auckland 22 Mar 2013
                   
7 JC Buttler 59* 3       v West Indies North Sound 13 Apr 2015
  JC Buttler   2 5 5 0 v West Indies North Sound 13 Apr 2015
                   
8 JM Bairstow 140 1       v Sri Lanka Leeds 19 May 2016
  JM Bairstow   2 5 5 0 v Sri Lanka Leeds 19 May 2016
                   
9 JM Bairstow 101 1       v New Zealand Christchurch 30 Mar 2018
  JM Bairstow   2 5 5 0 v New Zealand Christchurch 30 Mar 2018
                   
10 JM Bairstow 70 1       v India Birmingham 01 Aug 2018
  JM Bairstow   4 5 5 0 v India Birmingham 01 Aug 2018

JM Bairstow’s feat at Birmingham provides his third such feat and he became the second England wicketkeeper to perform such a feat on three or more occasions. MJ Prior has  performed the feat on four occasions

No Player Runs Inns Dis Ct St Opposition Ground Start Date
1 MJ Prior 85 2       v Australia Melbourne 26 Dec 2010
  MJ Prior   1 6 6 0 v Australia Melbourne 26 Dec 2010
                   
2 MJ Prior 118 2       v Australia Sydney 03 Jan 2011
  MJ Prior   3 5 5 0 v Australia Sydney 03 Jan 2011
                   
3 MJ Prior 73 4       v South Africa Lord’s 16 Aug 2012
  MJ Prior   1 6 5 1 v South Africa Lord’s 16 Aug 2012
                   
4 MJ Prior 73 2       v New Zealand Auckland 22 Mar 2013
  MJ Prior 110* 4       v New Zealand Auckland 22 Mar 2013
  MJ Prior   1 5 5 0 v New Zealand Auckland 22 Mar 2013
                   
1 JM Bairstow 140 1       v Sri Lanka Leeds 19 May 2016
  JM Bairstow   2 5 5 0 v Sri Lanka Leeds 19 May 2016
                   
2 JM Bairstow 101 1       v New Zealand Christchurch 30 Mar 2018
  JM Bairstow   2 5 5 0 v New Zealand Christchurch 30 Mar 2018
                   
3 JM Bairstow 70 1       v India Birmingham 01 Aug 2018
  JM Bairstow   4 5 5 0 v India Birmingham 01 Aug 2018

 

 

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