Wicket keeper batsmen scoring zero and a century in a test – SO Dowrich of West Indies joins the list

Wicket keeper batsmen scoring zero and a century in a test – SO Dowrich of West Indies joins the list

SO Dowrich of West Indies scored zero and 116 not out against England at Bridgetown in the just concluded test to provide the fourteenth occasion of a wicket keeper batsman scoring a zero and a century in a test in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below

No Player FI SI Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 IM Barrow 105 0 Win Eng Manchester 22 Jul 1933
2 Imtiaz Ahmed 209 0 Pak NZl Lahore 26 Oct 1955
3 Imtiaz Ahmed 122 0 Pak Win Kingston 26 Feb 1958
4 FCM Alexander 0 108 Win Aus Sydney 13 Jan 1961
5 NR Mongia 152 0 Ind Aus Delhi 10 Oct 1996
6 MV Boucher 0 108 SAF Eng Durban 26 Dec 1999
7 D Dasgupta 100 0* Ind Eng Mohali 03 Dec 2001
8 AC Gilchrist 0 144 Aus Srl Kandy 16 Mar 2004
9 Kamran Akmal 113 0* Pak Ind Karachi 29 Jan 2006
10 AC Gilchrist 0 102* Aus Eng Perth 14 Dec 2006
11 HAPW Jayawardene 0 120 Srl Pak Abu Dhabi 18 Oct 2011
12 BJ Watling 103 0 NZl Ban Chattogram 09 Oct 2013
13 BJ Watling 0 124 NZl Ind Wellington 14 Feb 2014
14 SO Dowrich 0 116* Win Eng Bridgetown 23 Jan 2019

It also provides the third occasion of a West Indian wicket keeper batsman scoring a zero and a century in a test. All the three occasions are listed below

No Player FI SI Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 IM Barrow 105 0 Win Eng Manchester 22 Jul 1933
2 FCM Alexander 0 108 Win Aus Sydney 13 Jan 1961
3 SO Dowrich 0 116* Win Eng Bridgetown 23 Jan 2019

It also provides the fifth occasion of a wicket keeper batsman scoring a zero and a century in a test against England. All such occasions are listed below.

No Player FI SI Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 IM Barrow 105 0 Win Eng Manchester 22 Jul 1933
2 MV Boucher 0 108 SAF Eng Durban 26 Dec 1999
3 D Dasgupta 100 0* Ind Eng Mohali 03 Dec 2001
4 AC Gilchrist 0 102* Aus Eng Perth 14 Dec 2006
5 SO Dowrich 0 116* Win Eng Bridgetown 23 Jan 2019

It also provides the second occasion of a West Indian wicket keeper batsman scoring a zero and a century in a test against England. Both the occasions are listed below. SO Dowrich emulated IM Barrow in achieving the feat against England  after a gap of 86 yearss

No Player FI SI Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 IM Barrow 105 0 Win Eng Manchester 22 Jul 1933
2 SO Dowrich 0 116* Win Eng Bridgetown 23 Jan 2019

Imtiaz Ahmed of Pakistan and BJ Watling of New Zealand and AC Gilchirst of Australia are the three wicket keepers to achieve the feat of scoring a zero and a century in a test on two occasions.

No Player FI SI Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 Imtiaz Ahmed 209 0 Pak NZl Lahore 26 Oct 1955
2 Imtiaz Ahmed 122 0 Pak Win Kingston 26 Feb 1958
               
1 BJ Watling 103 0 NZl Ban Chattogram 09 Oct 2013
2 BJ Watling 0 124 NZl Ind Wellington 14 Feb 2014
               
1 AC Gilchrist 0 144 Aus Srl Kandy 16 Mar 2004
2 AC Gilchrist 0 102* Aus Eng Perth 14 Dec 2006

SO Dowrich became the second wicket keeper batsman to achieve the feat of scoring a zero and a century on West Indian soil. Imtiaz Ahmed of Pakistan has scored 122 and zero against West Indies at Kingsotn in Feb 1958.

No Player FI SI Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 Imtiaz Ahmed 122 0 Pak Win Kingston 26 Feb 1958
2 SO Dowrich 0 116* Win Eng Bridgetown 23 Jan 2019

Imtiaz Ahmed of Pakistan and NR Mongia of India are the two wicket keepers to score 150 plus runs and a zero in a test. Imtiaz Ahmed of Pakistan remains the only wikcet keepr batsman to score a double century and zero  in a test

No Player FI SI Team Oppn Ground Start Date
1 Imtiaz Ahmed 209 0 Pak NZl Lahore 26 Oct 1955
2 NR Mongia 152 0 Ind Aus Delhi 10 Oct 1996
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