Article: Ramis
Muhammad Ramis Shah25-Feb-2002
Adam Gilchrist
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On February 23, during the 1st Test match (no. 1590) between Australia and South Africa at Johannesburg, Australian wicketkeeper/batsman Adam Gilchrist smashed a stunning unconquered 204* to help lift his team to a gigantic total of 652 for 7, shattering all sorts of records in the process.Gilchrist’s double-ton was the fifth by any wicketkeeper in Test cricket. Imtiaz Ahmed, Taslim Arif, Brendon Kuruppu and Andy Flower complete the famous five. However, the best still remains, the unbeaten 232 by Zimbabwe’s Andy Flower.Playing his 29th Test, it was Gilchrist’s fifth hundred and he also bettered his personal best of 152 – made against England at Edgbaston in 2001. He also improved the highest score by an Australian wicketkeeper – registered by Ian Healy (161 not out against West Indies at Brisbane in 1996-97).Gilchrist’s double-hundred came off just 212 deliveries, and is the fastest-known in terms of balls faced in the history of Test cricket. The previous-quickest was Ian Botham’s against India at The Oval in 1982, which came off 220 balls. Interestingly, Don Bradman reached 200 in 214 minutes at Headingley in 1930, but the number of balls he faced was not recorded.Gilchrist, in the mean time, along with Damien Martyn added 317 for the sixth-wicket – second highest stand for the sixth wicket in Test history, behind Jack Fingleton and Don Bradman’s 346 against England at the MCG in 1936-37, and the fourth-highest against South Africa for any wicket.It will be interesting to have a look at the list of all the 110 centuries scored by wicketkeepers so far in Test cricket. On rechecking my database I found that there have also been some instances when a player acting as an emergency wicketkeeper scored a century in a Test match, so I have updated this article accordingly.All hundreds by wicketkeeper’s in Test cricket (110)
Wicketkeeper
Score
Vs
Test
Venue
Year
AFlower (Zim)
232*
Ind
2nd
Nagpur
2000
TaslimArif (Pak)
210*
Aus
2nd
Faisalabad
1980
ImtiazAhmed (Pak)
209
NZ
2nd
Lahore
1955
ACGilchrist (Aus)
204*
SA
1st
Johannesburg
2002
DSBPKuruppu (SL)
201*
NZ
1st
Colombo(CCC)
1987
AFlower (Zim)
199*
SA
1st
Harare
2001
BKKunderan (Ind)
192
Eng
1st
Chennai
1964
AFlower (Zim)
183*
Ind
1st
Delhi
2000
DTLindsay (SA)
182
Aus
1st
Johannesburg
1966
IDSSmith (NZ)
173
Ind
3rd
Auckland
1990
AJStewart (Eng)
173
NZ
1st
Auckland
1997
CLWalcott (WI)
168*
Eng
2nd
Lord’s
1950
AJStewart (Eng)
164
SA
3rd
OldTrafford
1998
IAHealy (Aus)
161*
WI
1st
Brisbane
1996
AFlower (Zim)
156
Pak
1st
Harare
1995
CLWalcott (WI)
152
Ind
1st
Delhi
1948
WKLees (NZ)
152
Pak
3rd
Karachi
1976
NRMongia (Ind)
152
Aus
1st
Delhi
1996
ACGilchrist (Aus)
152
Eng
1st
Edgbaston
2001
RashidLatif (Pak)
150
WI
1st
Sharjah
2002
ACGilchrist (Aus)
149*
Pak
2nd
Hobart
1999
LEGAmes (Eng)
149
WI
4th
Kingston
1930
LEGAmes (Eng)
148*
SA
5th
TheOval
1935
AFlower (Zim)
142
SA
1st
Harare
2001
KSangakkara (SL)
140
WI
1st
Galle
2001
PJLDujon (WI)
139
Aus
1st
Perth
1984
LEGAmes (Eng)
137
NZ
1st
Lord’s
1931
DTLindsay (SA)
137
Aus
3rd
Durban
1967
ImtiazAhmed (Pak)
135
Ind
4th
Chennai
1961
APEKnott (Eng)
135
Aus
3rd
TrentBridge
1977
HWood (Eng)
134*
SA
1st
CapeTown
1892
JHBWaite (SA)
134
Aus
3rd
Durban
1958
IAHealy (Aus)
134
Eng
1st
Brisbane
1998
CJRichards (Eng)
133
Aus
2nd
Perth
1986
RSKaluwitharana (SL)
132*
Aus
1st
Colombo(SSC)
1992
RWMarsh (Aus)
132
NZ
3rd
Adelaide
1974
DTLindsay (SA)
131
Aus
4th
Johannesburg
1967
PJLDujon (WI)
130
Aus
2nd
Port-of-Spain
1984
AFlower (Zim)
129
SL
2nd
Harare
1999
RCRussell (Eng)
128*
Aus
4th
OldTrafford
1989
KSangakkara (SL)
128
Zim
1st
Colombo(SSC)
2001
LEGAmes (Eng)
126
WI
4th
Kingston
1935
WWWade (SA)
125
Eng
5th
PortElizabeth
1949
MVBoucher (SA)
125
Zim
1st
Harare
1999
AJStewart (Eng)
124*
Zim
1st
Lord’s
2000
RCRussell (Eng)
124
Ind
2nd
Lord’s
1996
CCDepeiza (WI)
122
Aus
4th
Bridgetown
1955
ImtiazAhmed (Pak)
122
WI
3rd
Kingston
1958
ACGilchrist (Aus)
122
Ind
1st
Mumbai
2001
FMEngineer (Ind)
121
Eng
5th
Mumbai
1973
LEGAmes (Eng)
120
Aus
2nd
Lord’s
1934
WBPhillips (Aus)
120
WI
3rd
Bridgetown
1984
VLManjrekar (Ind)
118
WI
5th
Kingston
1953
RWMarsh (Aus)
118
Pak
1st
Adelaide
1972
ACGilchrist (Aus)
118
NZ
1st
Brisbane
2001
MoinKhan (Pak)
117*
SL
3rd
Sialkot
1995
APEKnott (Eng)
116
Pak
1st
Edgbaston
1971
APEKnott (Eng)
116
WI
4th
Headingley
1976
HPTillakaratne (SL)
116
Zim
3rd
Harare
1994
MoinKhan (Pak)
115*
Aus
3rd
Lahore
1994
PWSherwell (SA)
115
Eng
1st
Lord’s
1907
LEGAmes (Eng)
115
SA
2nd
CapeTown
1938
JHBWaite (SA)
115
Aus
1st
Johannesburg
1957
AFlower (Zim)
115
Ind
1st
Delhi
1993
AFlower (Zim)
114*
BD
2nd
Chittagong
2001
IDSSmith (NZ)
113*
Eng
3rd
Auckland
1984
IAHealy (Aus)
113*
NZ
1st
Perth
1993
AFlower (Zim)
113*
WI
1st
Port-of-Spain
2000
RDJacobs (WI)
113*
SA
3rd
Bridgetown
2001
JHBWaite (SA)
113
Eng
3rd
OldTrafford
1955
JTMurray (Eng)
112
WI
5th
TheOval
1966
AFlower (Zim)
112
Eng
1st
Bulawayo
1996
SARSilva (SL)
111
Ind
2nd
Colombo(RPS)
1985
RWMarsh (Aus)
110*
Eng
1st
Melbourne
1977
PJLDujon (WI)
110
Ind
5th
St.John’s
1983
ACParore (NZ)
110
Aus
3rd
Perth
2001
FMEngineer (Ind)
109
WI
3rd
Chennai
1967
DJRichardson (SA)
109
NZ
3rd
CapeTown
1995
JMParks (Eng)
108*
SA
1st
Durban
1964
CLWalcott (WI)
108
Ind
3rd
Calcutta
1948
FCMAlexander (WI)
108
Aus
3rd
Sydney
1961
MVBoucher (SA)
108
Eng
3rd
Durban
1999
APEKnott (Eng)
106*
Aus
5th
Adelaide
1975
PJLDujon (WI)
106*
Pak
2nd
Port-of-Spain
1988
AFlower (Zim)
105*
SL
2nd
Colombo(SSC)
1998
KSangakkara (SL)
105*
Ind
1st
Galle
2001
LEGAmes (Eng)
105
WI
2nd
Port-of-Spain
1930
IBarrow (WI)
105
Eng
2nd
OldTrafford
1933
MoinKhan (Pak)
105
Eng
2nd
Headingley
1996
AJStewart (Eng)
105
WI
3rd
OldTrafford
2000
TGEvans (Eng)
104
WI
1st
OldTrafford
1950
TGEvans (Eng)
104
Ind
2nd
Lord’s
1952
LEGAmes (Eng)
103
NZ
1st
Christchurch
1933
RSKaluwitharana (SL)
103
NZ
1st
Dunedin
1997
SARSilva (SL)
102*
Eng
1st
Lord’s
1984
IAHealy (Aus)
102*
Eng
1st
OldTrafford
1993
SMHKirmani (Ind)
102
Eng
1st
Mumbai
1984
JMParks (Eng)
101*
WI
5th
Port-of-Spain
1960
SMHKirmani (Ind)
101*
Aus
6th
Mumbai
1979
JRMurray (WI)
101*
NZ
2nd
Wellington
1995
AJStewart (Eng)
101*
Zim
2nd
Harare
1996
JHBWaite (SA)
101
NZ
2nd
Johannesburg
1961
APEKnott (Eng)
101
NZ
2nd
Auckland
1971
PJLDujon (WI)
101
Eng
4th
OldTrafford
1984
ACParore (NZ)
100*
WI
1st
Christchurch
1995
AFlower (Zim)
100*
Pak
1st
Bulawayo
1998
BKKunderan (Ind)
100
Eng
4th
Delhi
1964
MVBoucher (SA)
100
WI
5th
Centurian
1999
RSKaluwitharana (SL)
100
Pak
3rd
Lahore
1999
DDasgupta (Ind)
100
Eng
1st
Mohali
2001
– All data updated to 27.02.2002