List of West Indies Test wicket-keepers explained

The wicket-keeper in the sport of cricket is the player on the fielding side who stands behind the wicket or stumps being guarded by the batsman currently on strike. The wicket-keeper is the only member of the fielding side permitted to wear gloves and external leg guards.[1] The West Indies cricket team, who were granted Test status in 1928,[2] have fielded numerous wicket-keepers. A chronological list of West Indian Test wicket-keepers is shown here.[3]

The following specialist keepers have filled the role for the West Indies in Test cricket since 1928, with Jeff Dujon's 272 dismissals from 81 Test matches making him the most prolific. Joshua Da Silva is the incumbent keeper. From Deryck Murray in 1963 onwards, most keepers have also kept wicket for the West Indies in at least one One-Day International.

No. Player Team Span Tests Catches Stumpings Total
dismissals
1 1928–1930[4] 4 2 0 2[5]
2 1930 3 5 0 5[6]
3 1930–1939 11 17 5 22[7]
4 1935 4 6 1 7[8]
5 1930–1939[9] 11 6 1 7[10]
6 1947–1960[11] 44 53 11 64[12]
7 Trinidad and Tobago and Canterbury[13] 1951–1956 5 9 2 11[14]
8 1953–1956 5 14 3 17[15]
9 1953 4 8 1 9[16]
10 1954–1955 6 8 1 9[17]
11 1955–1956 5 7 4 11[18]
12 Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, Western Australia, Tasmania, Warwickshire1957–1974[19] 79 50 0 50[20]
13 1957–1961 25 85 5 90[21]
14 1962–1969 20 42 5 47[22]
15 1962 2 8 2 10[23]
16 1962–1966 5 15 3 18[24]
17 1963–1980 62 181 8 189[25] [26]
18 1969–1973 10 19 2 21[27]
19 1971 19 8 0 8[28]
20 1978–1982 19 57 5 62[29] [30]
21 1981–1991[31] 81 267 5 272[32] [33]
22 1986 1 5 0 5[34] [35]
23 1992–1998 11 40 2 42[36] [37]
24 1993–2002 33 99 3 102[38] [39]
25 1995–2005 20 79 2 81[40] [41]
26 1998–2004 65 207 12 219[42] [43]
27 2003–2012 21 43 5 48[44] [45]
28 2005–2016 74 205 12 217[46] [47]
29 2009 2 10 0 10[48] [49]
30 2016–2020 35 85 5 90[50]
31 2016–2019 2 8 0 8[51] [52]
32 2019 1 5 0 5[53]
33 Joshua Da Silva 2020-present 5 13 0 18[54] [55]

Footnotes

  1. News: Law 40 The Wicket Keeper. Lords Home of Cricket. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100221064529/http://www.lords.org/laws-and-spirit/laws-of-cricket/laws/law-40-the-wicket-keeper,66,AR.html. 2010-02-21.
  2. Book: Goble. Ray. Sandiford. Keith. 75 Years of West Indies Cricket,1928-2003. 2004. Hansib Publishing (Caribbean) Ltd. 1-870518-78-0.
  3. On occasions, another player may have stepped in to relieve the primary wicket-keeper due to injury or illness. Unless the relief player was himself a recognised Test wicket-keeper, he is not included here. Due to selection policy or fielding tactics, a named player might not have been keeping wicket when taking a particular catch, but these catches are nevertheless included in the career totals given.
  4. Nunes kept wicket only in his first three Tests, in 1928.
  5. Web site: Karl Nunes. CricInfo. 20 June 2010.
  6. Web site: Errol Hunte. Cricinfo. 20 June 2010.
  7. Web site: Ivan Barrow. Cricinfo. 20 June 2010.
  8. Web site: Cyril Christiani. www.cricketarchive.com. 20 June 2010.
  9. Sealy kept wicket only in his last two Tests, in 1939.
  10. Web site: Derek Sealy. www.cricketarchive.com. 20 June 2010.
  11. Walcott kept wicket only in his first 15 Tests, from 1947 to 1951.
  12. Web site: Clyde Walcott. Cricket Archive. 20 June 2010.
  13. Guillen was one of 14 Test players to play Test cricket for two nations, in this case the West Indies and New Zealand. The statistics here show only his career for the West Indies, for his career in its entirety see CricInfo
  14. Web site: First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Sam Guillen. Cricket Archive. 20 June 2010.
  15. Web site: Alfred Binns. www.cricketarchive.com. 20 June 2010.
  16. Web site: Ralph Legall. www.cricketarchive.com. 20 June 2010.
  17. Web site: Clifford McWatt. cricketarchive. 20 June 2010.
  18. Web site: Clairmonte Depeiaza. Cricinfo. 20 June 2010.
  19. Kanhai kept wicket only in his first three Tests, in 1957.
  20. Web site: Rohan Kanhai. www.cricketarchive.com. 20 June 2010.
  21. Web site: Gerry Alexander. Cricinfo. 20 June 2010.
  22. Web site: Jackie Hendriks. www.cricketarchive.com. 20 June 2010.
  23. Web site: Ivor Mendonca. www.cricketarchive.com. 20 June 2010.
  24. Web site: David Allan. Cricinfo. 20 June 2010.
  25. Web site: Deryck Murray. Cricinfo. 20 June 2010.
  26. This player also kept in at least one One Day International game for the West Indies
  27. Web site: Mike Findlay. www.cricketarchive.com. 20 June 2010.
  28. Web site: Desmond Lewis. www.cricketarchive.com. 20 June 2010.
  29. Web site: David Murray. www.cricketarchive.com. 20 June 2010.
  30. This player also kept in at least one One Day International game for the West Indies
  31. Dujon did not keep wicket in two Tests in which he played solely as a batsman.
  32. Web site: Jeff Dujon. www.cricketarchive.com. 20 June 2010.
  33. This player also kept in at least one One Day International game for the West Indies
  34. Web site: Thelston Payne. Cricinfo. 20 June 2010.
  35. This player also kept in at least one One Day International game for the West Indies
  36. Web site: David Williams. www.cricketarchive.com. 20 June 2010.
  37. This player also kept in at least one One Day International game for the West Indies
  38. Web site: Junior Murray. Cricinfo. 20 June 2010.
  39. This player also kept in at least one One Day International game for the West Indies
  40. Web site: Courtney Browne. Cricinfo. 20 June 2010.
  41. This player also kept in at least one One Day International game for the West Indies
  42. Web site: Ridley Jacobs. Cricinfo. 20 June 2010.
  43. This player also kept in at least one One Day International game for the West Indies
  44. Web site: Carlton Baugh. www.cricketarchive.com. 25 June 2010.
  45. This player also kept in at least one One Day International game for the West Indies
  46. Web site: Denesh Ramdin. Cricket Archive. 20 June 2010.
  47. This player also kept in at least one One Day International game for the West Indies
  48. Web site: Chadwick Walton . . 25 June 2010.
  49. This player also kept in at least one One Day International game for the West Indies
  50. Web site: Shane Dowrich . . 1 September 2019.
  51. Web site: Shai Hope . . 1 September 2019.
  52. This player also kept in at least one One Day International game for the West Indies
  53. Web site: Jahmar Hamilton . . 1 September 2019.
  54. Web site: Joshua Da Silva . . 1 September 2019.
  55. This player also kept in at least one One Day International game for the West Indies

See also

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