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Mark Boucher

Mark Boucher

Age
Matches
467
Batting Style
Bowling Style

Mark Verdon Boucher is a former South African wicket-keeper and right-handed batsman, and a coach of the South Africa cricket team, who is regarded as one of the best wicket-keeper batsmen of all time in cricket history. Born on December 3, 1976, he was trained by English coach Richard Pybus. He made his international Test debut in 1997 against Pakistan. As of 2021, he holds the record for maximum dismissals (555) by a wicketkeeper in Test cricket and the most dismissals (999) by a wicketkeeper in all forms of cricket. Boucher is regarded as a highly consistent performer in all three forms of cricket. He made his One Day International (ODI) debut in January 1998 and T20 International debut against New Zealand. He has played 467 international matches. As of 2021, he holds the record for taking most catches as a wicket-keeper in all forms of cricket (952), most byes conceded by a wicketkeeper in T20 International innings, and has played the most T20 innings without a career duck (76). He was named 2017 Coach of the Year at the annual awards organized by Cricket South Africa. He was conferred with the South Africa Player of the Year Award in 1998, 2000, 2006 and the Wisden Cricketer of the Year Award in 2009. He retired in 2012 following an eye injury.

Career Stats

Format Mat Inns Runs HS Avg BF SR 100s 50s 4s 6s
Test
147
206
5515
125
30.30
11005
50.11
5
35
656
20
ODI
295
221
4686
147*
28.57
5528
84.76
1
26
356
83
T20I
25
21
268
36*
17.86
275
97.45
0
0
22
2
Format Mat Inns Balls Runs Wkts Best Avg Econ SR 5W
Test
147
1
8
6
1
1/6
6.00
4.50
8.00
0
ODI
295
0
0
0
0
0
T20I
25
0
0
0
0
0

Opposition Breakdown Stats

VS TEAM Span Mat Inns NO Runs HS Avg BF SR 100s 50s 0s 4s 6s
Vs England
1998-2010
25
37
4
1141
108
34.57
2126
53.66
1
6
3
141
4
Vs West Indies
1998-2010
24
33
5
793
122*
28.32
1750
45.31
2
3
3
86
2
Vs Australia
2001-2011
21
38
3
779
89
22.25
1687
46.17
0
5
5
96
2
Vs Sri Lanka
1998-2012
17
26
2
775
92
32.29
1517
51.08
0
7
1
91
3
Vs Pakistan
1997-2010
15
22
1
646
78
30.76
1249
51.72
0
6
1
79
6
Vs India
2000-2011
14
20
4
546
70
34.12
995
54.87
0
5
1
61
2
Vs New Zealand
1999-2012
17
19
2
372
76
21.88
807
46.09
0
1
3
46
0
Vs Bangladesh
2002-2008
8
7
2
251
117
50.20
490
51.22
1
1
0
30
0
Vs Zimbabwe
1999-2005
6
4
1
212
125
70.66
384
55.20
1
1
0
26
1
VS TEAM Span Mat Inns NO Runs HS Avg BF SR 100s 50s 0s 4s 6s
Vs New Zealand
1998-2009
39
28
8
709
58
35.45
790
89.74
0
3
4
60
8
Vs Australia
1999-2011
40
37
10
676
76
25.03
847
79.81
0
5
6
46
11
Vs Sri Lanka
1998-2009
35
31
5
598
70
23.00
740
80.81
0
4
2
43
9
Vs India
1999-2010
33
22
5
558
68
32.82
755
73.90
0
3
1
41
4
Vs Pakistan
1998-2007
33
22
3
477
78
25.10
596
80.03
0
4
1
36
12
Vs England
1998-2009
32
26
6
460
55
23.00
614
74.91
0
1
1
42
1
Vs West Indies
1998-2010
36
25
7
425
52
23.61
480
88.54
0
2
1
29
9
Vs Zimbabwe
1999-2009
19
14
8
345
147*
57.50
295
116.94
1
0
0
25
15
Vs Asia XI
2005-2007
5
5
0
163
73
32.60
186
87.63
0
1
0
15
2
Vs Kenya
1999-2008
9
4
3
139
57*
139.00
93
149.46
0
2
0
7
7
Vs Netherlands
2007
1
1
1
75
75*
31
241.93
0
1
0
9
4
Vs Bangladesh
2002-2008
9
4
0
38
12
9.50
62
61.29
0
0
0
2
1
Vs Canada
2003
1
1
0
21
21
21.00
36
58.33
0
0
0
1
0
Vs Ireland
2007
2
1
1
2
2*
3
66.66
0
0
0
0
0
Vs Scotland
2007
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
VS TEAM Span Mat Inns NO Runs HS Avg BF SR 100s 50s 0s 4s 6s
Vs Australia
2006-2009
5
5
2
98
36*
32.66
77
127.27
0
0
0
11
1
Vs India
2007-2010
3
3
1
51
36
25.50
58
87.93
0
0
0
5
0
Vs New Zealand
2005-2010
5
5
1
40
23
10.00
48
83.33
0
0
0
2
0
Vs England
2007-2010
4
2
0
38
29
19.00
40
95.00
0
0
0
3
0
Vs West Indies
2007-2009
3
2
1
23
17*
23.00
29
79.31
0
0
0
0
1
Vs Pakistan
2009-2010
2
2
1
12
12
12.00
14
85.71
0
0
0
1
0
Vs Afghanistan
2010
1
1
0
4
4
4.00
6
66.66
0
0
0
0
0
Vs Scotland
2009
1
1
0
2
2
2.00
3
66.66
0
0
0
0
0
Vs Bangladesh
2007
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
VS TEAM Span Mat Inns Overs Mdns Runs Wkts BBI Avg Econ SR 4w 5w
Vs West Indies
1998-2010
24
1
1.20
0
6
1
1/6
6.00
4.50
8.00
0
0
Vs Australia
2001-2011
21
0
0
0
0
0
0
Vs Bangladesh
2002-2008
8
0
0
0
0
0
0
Vs England
1998-2010
25
0
0
0
0
0
0
Vs India
2000-2011
14
0
0
0
0
0
0
Vs New Zealand
1999-2012
17
0
0
0
0
0
0
Vs Pakistan
1997-2010
15
0
0
0
0
0
0
Vs Sri Lanka
1998-2012
17
0
0
0
0
0
0
Vs Zimbabwe
1999-2005
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
VS TEAM Span Mat Inns Overs Mdns Runs Wkts BBI Avg Econ SR 4w 5w
Vs Asia XI
2005-2007
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
Vs Australia
1999-2011
40
0
0
0
0
0
0
Vs Bangladesh
2002-2008
9
0
0
0
0
0
0
Vs Canada
2003
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Vs England
1998-2009
32
0
0
0
0
0
0
Vs India
1999-2010
33
0
0
0
0
0
0
Vs Ireland
2007
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
Vs Kenya
1999-2008
9
0
0
0
0
0
0
Vs Netherlands
2007
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Vs New Zealand
1998-2009
39
0
0
0
0
0
0
Vs Pakistan
1998-2007
33
0
0
0
0
0
0
Vs Scotland
2007
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Vs Sri Lanka
1998-2009
35
0
0
0
0
0
0
Vs West Indies
1998-2010
36
0
0
0
0
0
0
Vs Zimbabwe
1999-2009
19
0
0
0
0
0
0
VS TEAM Span Mat Inns Overs Mdns Runs Wkts BBI Avg Econ SR 4w 5w
Vs Afghanistan
2010
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Vs Australia
2006-2009
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
Vs Bangladesh
2007
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Vs England
2007-2010
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
Vs India
2007-2010
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
Vs New Zealand
2005-2010
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
Vs Pakistan
2009-2010
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
Vs Scotland
2009
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Vs West Indies
2007-2009
3
0
0
0
0
0
0

No opposition breakdown in this format.

Year-wise Stats

YEAR Mat Inns NO Runs HS Avg BF SR 100s 50s 0s 4s 6s
1997
1
1
0
6
6
6.00
12
50.00
0
0
0
1
0
1998
13
19
1
359
78
19.94
839
42.78
0
3
2
46
2
1999
10
10
3
479
125
68.42
986
48.58
3
1
1
61
1
2000
11
16
2
339
76
24.21
627
54.06
0
2
2
41
0
2001
13
18
1
492
92
28.94
887
55.46
0
4
4
57
4
2002
9
13
3
349
63
34.90
627
55.66
0
2
1
43
1
2003
12
17
1
520
72
32.50
914
56.89
0
4
1
69
1
2004
7
9
2
238
122*
34.00
495
48.08
1
1
1
35
0
2005
11
16
3
345
64
26.53
771
44.74
0
2
2
38
0
2006
11
21
1
544
85
27.20
1089
49.95
0
5
1
72
2
2007
9
12
1
334
54
30.36
666
50.15
0
2
0
35
4
2008
15
19
3
528
117
33.00
1156
45.67
1
2
0
53
0
2009
6
11
1
335
89
33.50
733
45.70
0
2
1
36
2
2010
10
12
1
389
95
35.36
711
54.71
0
3
0
36
3
2011
5
8
0
150
65
18.75
266
56.39
0
2
1
18
0
2012
4
4
1
108
46
36.00
226
47.78
0
0
0
15
0
YEAR Mat Inns NO Runs HS Avg BF SR 100s 50s 0s 4s 6s
1998
16
10
3
68
26*
9.71
101
67.32
0
0
1
5
0
1999
27
22
5
248
51
14.58
354
70.05
0
1
3
18
2
2000
37
25
6
591
68
31.10
805
73.41
0
6
1
46
7
2001
21
10
5
170
51*
34.00
206
82.52
0
1
0
10
4
2002
36
28
5
614
70
26.69
712
86.23
0
5
2
45
11
2003
23
16
4
372
55
31.00
477
77.98
0
1
0
33
2
2004
18
14
2
262
58
21.83
283
92.57
0
1
3
23
5
2005
26
21
6
470
49
31.33
561
83.77
0
0
1
39
3
2006
24
21
4
713
147*
41.94
802
88.90
1
5
1
45
20
2007
30
23
6
631
78
37.11
620
101.77
0
5
2
51
18
2008
14
10
4
190
57*
31.66
202
94.05
0
1
0
14
4
2009
16
15
6
310
37*
34.44
324
95.67
0
0
2
24
7
2010
4
3
0
25
14
8.33
58
43.10
0
0
0
1
0
2011
3
3
1
22
13*
11.00
23
95.65
0
0
0
2
0
YEAR Mat Inns NO Runs HS Avg BF SR 100s 50s 0s 4s 6s
2005
1
1
0
4
4
4.00
8
50.00
0
0
0
0
0
2006
1
1
0
29
29
29.00
21
138.09
0
0
0
5
0
2007
6
4
0
95
36
23.75
103
92.23
0
0
0
9
0
2008
1
1
0
6
6
6.00
17
35.29
0
0
0
0
0
2009
11
9
4
105
36*
21.00
92
114.13
0
0
0
7
2
2010
5
5
2
29
12
9.66
34
85.29
0
0
0
1
0
YEAR Mat Inns Overs Mdns Runs Wkts BBI Avg Econ SR 4w 5w
1997
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1998
13
0
0
0
0
0
0
1999
10
0
0
0
0
0
0
2000
11
0
0
0
0
0
0
2001
13
0
0
0
0
0
0
2002
9
0
0
0
0
0
0
2003
12
0
0
0
0
0
0
2004
7
0
0
0
0
0
0
2005
11
1
1.20
0
6
1
1/6
6.00
4.50
8.00
0
0
2006
11
0
0
0
0
0
0
2007
9
0
0
0
0
0
0
2008
15
0
0
0
0
0
0
2009
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
2010
10
0
0
0
0
0
0
2011
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
2012
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
YEAR Mat Inns Overs Mdns Runs Wkts BBI Avg Econ SR 4w 5w
1998
16
0
0
0
0
0
0
1999
27
0
0
0
0
0
0
2000
37
0
0
0
0
0
0
2001
21
0
0
0
0
0
0
2002
36
0
0
0
0
0
0
2003
23
0
0
0
0
0
0
2004
18
0
0
0
0
0
0
2005
26
0
0
0
0
0
0
2006
24
0
0
0
0
0
0
2007
30
0
0
0
0
0
0
2008
14
0
0
0
0
0
0
2009
16
0
0
0
0
0
0
2010
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
2011
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
YEAR Mat Inns Overs Mdns Runs Wkts BBI Avg Econ SR 4w 5w
2005
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
2006
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
2007
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
2008
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
2009
11
0
0
0
0
0
0
2010
5
0
0
0
0
0
0