Sunday 14 September 2014

Top 10 Greatest Wicket-Keeper Batsmen of All Time

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“Greatest Wicket-Keeper Batsmen” Modern day cricket has redefined the role of a wicket-keeper. An Inclusion into the Team as a Wicket-keeper is much difficult now. Wicket-Keeper Have to perform the Dual Role for His Team, Behind the Stumps and Front of Stumps. Here is the List of Top 10 Greatest Wicket-Keeper Batsmen of All Time. Who Are Superb especially Front of Stumps. Very Tough List For Me, Because There is Many Many Candidates Around the World. Lets Start.

1. Kumar Sangakara

Sangakkara is described as one of the “most polished and prudent of batsmen” in cricket. Currently Kumar Sangakkara is placed at number 2 in ICC test rankings. With 8 double centuries, he is the third in the list of Test double century-makers, behind Donald Bradman (12) and Brian Lara (9). He is also the first cricketer ever to score 150+ scores in four consecutive Test matches. As the wicket keeper, he has contributed to the 3rd highest number of dismissals in ODIs—382. It includes 81 stumpings, which is the highest for a wicket keeper in one-day international cricket. in 2011he was named the ODI Cricketer of the Year at the ICC awards ceremony. In 2012, he was honored as one of the top-five Wisden Cricketers of the Year.

Kumar Sangakara Career Statistics in All Three Formates

	Mat	Runs	HS	Ave	SR	100	50	Ct	St
Tests	117	10486	287	56.98	53.97	33	42	169	20
ODIs	351	11632	169	39.69	76.29	16	77	346	84
T20Is	43	1080	78	30.00	120.94	0	6	20	17

2. Ab Devilliars

Stylish South African Wicket-Keeper batsmen is 2nd in the List of “Greatest Wicket-Keeper batsmen”. Devilliars was occasional wicket-keeper for South Africa Until 2012 After the retirement of their regular Keeper “Mark Boucher” started to regularly keep wicket for the national side in Tests, ODIs and T20s. Ab Devilliars Topped the ICC Batting Ranking for several Times, Currently He is No1 Ranked ODI Batsmen.

Ab DevilliarsCareer Statistics in All Three Formates

	Mat	Runs	HS	Ave	SR	100	50	Ct	St
Tests	85	6364	278*	50.50	54.66	16	32	142	2
ODIs	145	5715	146	49.26	93.30	14	33	122	3
T20s	45	818	79*	22.72	122.08	0	4	42	6

3. Adam Gilchrist

One of the Most (if not most) Destructive Batsmen World of Cricket Ever Seen. Only Player Who Hits 100 Sixes In Test Career. Record Holder For 2nd Fastest Century. Gilly Also holds the unique record of scoring at least 50 runs in successive World Cup finals (in 1999, 2003 and 2007)

Adam Gilchrist Career Statistics in All Three Formats

	Mat	Runs	HS	Ave	SR	100	50	Ct	St
Tests	96	5570	204*	47.60	81.95	17	26	379	37
ODIs	287	9619	172	35.89	96.94	16	55	417	55
T20Is	13	272	48	22.66	141.66	0	0	17	0

4. MS Dhoni

The First Indian player to Receive ICC ODI Player of the Year award for Two Successive Years (2008, 2009). Dhoni is The Most Destructive Batsmen in Indian Team, named as the Best Finisher in Cricket History after M Bevan. His Career Statistics Will Tell the Whole Story.

MS Dhoni Career Statistics in All Three Formats

	Mat	Runs	HS	Ave	SR	100	50	Ct	St
Tests	77	4209	224	39.70	60.04	6	28	212	36
ODIs	226	7358	183*	51.45	88.17	8	48	212	75
T20Is	42	748	48*	31.16	114.90	0	0	21	8

5. Andrew Flower

South African born Great Zimbabwean Wicket-Keeper Batsmen, The Only Player From His Country in ICC’s Top 100 All-time Test Batting rankings. Flower was so phenomenally consistent that he has no rival as the best player in Zimbabwe’s history. he Make His place at No.5 in Our List.

Andrew Flower Career Statistics in All Three Formats

	Mat	Runs	HS	Ave	SR	100	50	Ct	St
Tests	63	4794	232*	51.54	45.07	12	27	151	9
ODIs	213	6786	145	35.34	74.59	4	55	141	32
T20Is	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

6. Alec Stevart

Stylish Right handed English Player, Very Classy at Cover Drive and Pull Shot on His Day. Stevart Played 133 Test matches, Which is 2nd Highest Numbers of Matches for Any Wicket-Keeper Batsmen in History of the Game.

Alec Stevart Career Statistics in All Three Formats

	Mat	Runs	HS	Ave	SR	100	50	Ct	St
Tests	133	8463	190	39.54	48.66	15	45	263	14
ODIs	170	4677	116	31.60	68.36	4	28	159	15
T20Is	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

7. Mark Boucher

From the time he replaced Dave Richardson until his retirement, Boucher was South Africa’s first-choice wicket-keeper, and is widely regarded as one of the, if not the, greatest wicket-keepers South Africa has ever had. With The Bat, A Real Fighter Low Down The Order For South Africa.

Mark Boucher Career Statistics in All Three Formats

	Mat	Runs	HS	Ave	SR	100	50	Ct	St
Tests	147	5515	125	30.30	50.11	5	35	532	23
ODIs	295	4686	147*	28.57	84.76	1	26	403	22
T20Is	25	268	36*	17.86	97.45	0	0	18	1

8. Brendon McCullum

Current Captain of New Zealand in all Three Forms of the International Game. Brendon McCullum can bruise bowling attacks like few other men in international cricket. Very Aggressive in His Approach, Leading Runs Scorer in T20 Format.

Brendon McCullum Career Statistics in All Three Formats

	Mat	Runs	HS	Ave	SR	100	50	Ct	St
Tests	77	4459	225	35.38	60.41	6	28	182	11
ODIs	218	4952	166	30.75	89.98	4	25	240	15
T20Is	62	1882	123	35.50	135.49	2	11	34	8

9. Mat Prior

First Ever England Wicket-keeper to Score a Century on Debut With an unbeaten 126 at Lord’s. Dashing Lower Order Test Batsmen in Test, and his Aggressive Right-Handed Batting Enables him to Open the Innings in ODI Matches.

Mat Prior Career Statistics in All Three Formats

	Mat	Runs	HS	Ave	SR	100	50	Ct	St
Tests	69	3719	131*	43.24	62.86	7	26	197	13
ODIs	68	1282	87	24.18	76.76	0	3	71	8
T20Is	10	127	32	21.16	127.00	0	0	6	3

10. Kamran Akmal

Kamran Akmal is a Very Talented Wicket-Keeper Batsmen For Pakistan. With Quick-Scoring Ability He Could Change the Game Any Time Against Any Team. his 109 From the Number Eight Position at Mohali, was The Very Vital Innings From Pakistan Prospective.

Kamran Akmal Career Statistics in All Three Formats

	Mat	Runs	HS	Ave	SR	100	50	Ct	St
Tests	53	2648	158*	30.79	63.10	6	12	184	22
ODIs	154	3168	124	26.18	83.83	5	10	156	31
T20Is	50	849	73	21.76	123.22	0	5	24	30

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