| Player | Innings | Runs | Avg | 100s/50s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rishabh Pant (IND) | 21 | 898 | 42.76 | 4/3 |
| MS Dhoni (IND) | 23 | 778 | 37.04 | 0/8 |
| Rodney Marsh (AUS) | 35 | 773 | 24.93 | 0/6 |
| John Waite (SA) | 27 | 684 | 29.73 | 1/6 |
| Ian Healy (AUS) | 24 | 624 | 31.20 | 1/3 |
| Jeff Dujon (WI) | 20 | 604 | 31.78 | 1/4 |
| Farokh Engineer (IND) | 17 | 563 | 37.53 | 0/4 |
| Adam Gilchrist (AUS) | 14 | 521 | 40.07 | 1/2 |
| Brad Haddin (AUS) | 18 | 513 | 30.17 | 1/3 |
| Horace Cameron (SA) | 14 | 501 | 38.53 | 0/5 |
Key Stats – Analysing the Best Visiting Wicketkeeper Batting Performances in England
14 visiting wicket-keeper batters have scored 400 or more Test runs in England. Apart from the 10 mentioned here, Mark Boucher (493) of South Africa, Deryck Murray (437) & Denesh Ramdin (411) of the West Indies, and Tom Blundell (417) of New Zealand are the others to aggregate 400 or more runs in England being a visiting batter.
Only Rishabh Pant has scored multiple Test centuries among visiting wicket-keeper batters in England. 14 other batters have scored a solitary Test century in the country.
MS Dhoni holds the record for scoring the most 50+ scores in England among visiting wicket-keeper batters. While he didn’t convert any into a century, he has 8 fifty-plus scores, and Johnny Waite comes in next with 7 fifty-plus scores.
Tom Blundell’s batting average of 69.50 is the highest among away wicket-keeper batters with a minimum of 400 Test runs, and he is followed by Adam Gilchrist, whose average is just over 40.
Sir Clyde Walcott’s 168* is the highest Test score by a visiting wicket-keeper batter in England. He made this score at Lord’s during the West Indies tour of England, and it remains the highest to date. Adam Gilchrist’s 152 at Birmingham in 2001 comes in second, followed by Pant’s 146 in the same venue in 2021.
