In cricket, they say that “catches win matches.” If a team shows an excellent fielding performance, their chances of winning the match increase. The performance of both batsmen and bowlers is depended on their ongoing form, whereas a good fielder performs consistently and saves runs for the team. We have seen many fielders who always gave their best to contribute a little but a vital part through their fielding performance, and here we have a list of the top ten cricketers with the most significant number of catches in a career.
10. Denesh Ramdin
Denesh Ramdin is a right-handed wicket-keeper batsman of the West Indies who made his international debut in July 2005 in a test match against Sri Lanka. Ramdin holds the highest individual score by a West Indian wicket-keeper in ODIs (169 runs). Denesh has taken 429 catches in his international career and is in the tenth position on the list.
9. Quinton De Kock
Quinton de Kock is a left-handed wicket-keeper batsman who once captained South Africa in all three formats of cricket. De Kock made his international debut in December 2012 in a T20 match against New Zealand. He has played in 231 innings with more than 10,000 runs scored at an average of 41. Quinton has gained a lot of experience in wicket-keeping at a very young age and has taken 433 catches in his International career, making it into the ninth position on the list.
8. Jeff Dujon
Jeff Dujon is a former right-handed wicket-keeper batsman who played his first international match in December 1981 in a test match against Australia and played till 1991 for West Indies. Dujon is famous for his wicket-keeping performance with an excellent presence of mind and is in the eighth position on the list with 448 catches in his international career.
7. Brad Haddin
Brad Haddin is a former right-handed wicket-keeper batsman who played in all three formats of cricket for Australia from 2001 to 2015. He made his international debut in 2001 in an ODI match against Zimbabwe and played a vital role in the Australian World Cup-winning squad at the 2015 ICC World Cup. He is in 7th position on the list with 449 catches in his international career.
6. Rod Marsh
Rod Marsh is a retired left-handed wicket-keeper batsman who played for Australia from 1970 to 1984 in ODIs and tests. Marsh played in 96 tests and 92 ODIs with more than 4,800 runs scored. Rod had a controversial start to his Test career as media called him ‘Iron Gloves’ after dropping a few catches in his debut test. He is in the sixth position with 463 catches in his international career.
5. Kumar Sangakkara
Kumar Sangakkara is a former left-handed top-order wicket-keeper batsman. He played for Sri Lanka from 2000 to 2015 and held the most significant number of wicket-keeping dismissals in ODIs. Kumar has several world records, with two of them being ‘the first and only batsman to score four consecutive hundreds’ and ‘scored the greatest number of Test centuries batting at number 3 position’. Sangakkara is in the fifth position with 539 catches in his international career.
4. Ian Healy
Ian Healy is a former left-handed middle-order wicket-keeper batsman who made his international debut for Australia in September 1988 in a test match against Pakistan and continued playing till 1999. He was the world record holder for the highest number of Test dismissals by a wicket-keeper and is in the fourth position on the list with 560 catches in his international career.
3. Mahendra Singh Dhoni
MS Dhoni is a former right-handed middle-order wicket-keeper batsman and captain of India who played from 2004 to 2020, is considered the most successful captain of the Indian cricket team. He is the only captain to win all ICC trophies and holds the record for the most international matches played as a captain (332). Dhoni is in the third position on the list with 634 catches and 161 stumpings in his International career.
2. Adam Gilchrist
Adam Gilchrist is a former left-handed top-order wicket-keeper batsman who made his international debut for Australia in October 1996 in an ODI match against South Africa and played for 14 years. Gilchrist was an attacking batsman with 17 test and 16 ODI centuries and is in the second position on the list which 813 catches in his International career.
1. Mark Boucher
Mark Boucher is a former right-handed wicket-keeper batsman who played for South Africa in all three formats from 1997 to 2012, is considered the most successful wicket-keeper of all time. Boucher scored more than 10,000 runs internationally and held a world record for most byes conceded by a wicket-keeper in a T20 inning (15). Currently, Mark is the head coach of the South Africa National Cricket Team and is in the top position on the list with 952 catches in his international career.
