da bet nacional: During the Australia v Namibia match at Potchefstroom, Adam Gilchrist and Glenn McGrath became the first wicket-keeper/bowler combination to effect 50 dismissals in ODIs
ICC CWC 2003 Media Information28-Feb-2003During the Australia v Namibia match at Potchefstroom, Adam Gilchrist and Glenn McGrath became the first wicket-keeper/bowler combination to effect 50 dismissals in ODIs. The leading wicket-keeper/bowler combinations in ODIs are:
Keeper Bowler Team M Cts Sts DisAC Gilchrist GD McGrath Aus 103 50 0 50Moin Khan Saqlain Mushtaq Pak 119 16 31 47Rashid Latif Waqar Younis Pak 132 40 0 40RS Kaluwitharana M Muralitharan SL 145 16 24 40MV Boucher SM Pollock SA 132 39 0 39A Flower HH Streak Zim 148 37 0 37Rashid Latif Wasim Akram Pak 114 36 0 36DJ Richardson AA Donald SA 91 35 0 35IA Healy SK Warne Aus 68 13 21 34RS Kaluwitharana ST Jayasuriya SL 173 8 26 34
In the above table “M” is the number of matches that they have played together.Gilchrist took 4 catches off McGrath in the match. This equals the record for the most dismissals in a Limited Overs International match by a wicket-keeper/bowler combination. The following wicket-keeper/bowler combinations have taken 4 dismissals in a Limited Overs International:
Dismissals Keeper Bowler For AgainstVenue Season(4 ct) RW Marsh RM Hogg Australia EnglandLeeds 1981(4 ct) HP Tillakaratne RJ Ratnayake Sri Lanka PakistanSharjah 1990/91(4 ct) A Flower EA Brandes Zimbabwe EnglandHarare 1996/97(4 ct) MV Boucher M Ntini South Africa AustraliaDurban 1999/00(1 ct, 3 st) KC Sangakkara M Muralitharan Sri Lanka South AfricaColombo-RPS 2000(4 ct) RD Jacobs CD Collymore West Indies Sri LankaColombo-RPS 2001/02(4 ct) AC Gilchrist GD McGrath Australia NamibiaPotchefstroom 2002/03