Most Test Runs by Visiting Wicketkeepers in England

Most Test Runs by Visiting Wicketkeepers in England

Key Stats – Analysing the Best Visiting Wicketkeeper Batting Performances in England

14 visiting wicketkeeper-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 wicketkeeper.

Only Rishabh Pant has scored multiple Test centuries among visiting wicketkeeper-batters in England. 14 other batters have scored a solitary Test century in the country.

Pant holds the record for knocking the most 50+ scores in England among visiting wicketkeeper-batters. He went past the 50-run mark nine times. MS Dhoni comes second with eight fifty-plus scores, while Johnny Waite is third with seven fifty-plus scores.

Tom Blundell’s batting average of 69.50 is the highest among away wicketkeeper-batters with a minimum of 400 Test runs, and he is followed by Pant, whose average is just over 43.

Sir Clyde Walcott’s 168* is the highest Test score by a visiting wicketkeeper-batter in England. He made this score at Lord’s during the West Indies tour of England. Adam Gilchrist’s 152 at Birmingham in 2001 comes in second, followed by Pant’s 146 at the same venue in 2021.

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