Mark Boucher - a sad way to leave cricket

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Arguably the second best wicket-keeper batsman of all time (after Gilchrist)

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**A record 998 international dismissals!

**Tests: 555 (a world record)
ODIs: 424 (only Gilchrist 472 has more dismissals)
T20Is: 19 (Kamran Akmal 45 has the most dismissals)

**cricinfo profile:
**Mark Boucher | South Africa Cricket | Cricket Players and Officials | ESPN Cricinfo

**Wicket-keeping records

**Tests: Records | Test matches | Wicketkeeping records | Most dismissals in career | ESPN Cricinfo

ODIs: Records | One-Day Internationals | Wicketkeeping records | Most dismissals in career | ESPN Cricinfo

T20Is: Records | Twenty20 Internationals | Wicketkeeping records | Most dismissals in career | ESPN Cricinfo

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Re: Mark Boucher - a sad way to leave cricket

One of my favi player :(

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Re: Mark Boucher - a sad way to leave cricket

He needed one more dismissal to get to 1,000 in international cricket. Unfortunate way to end his career.

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Re: Mark Boucher - a sad way to leave cricket

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MV Boucher (Afr/ICC/SA)

1997-2012

467

596

998

952

46

6 (6ct 0st)

1.674

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AC Gilchrist (Aus/ICC)

1996-2008

396

485

905

813

92

6 (6ct 0st)

1.865

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IA Healy (Aus)

1988-1999

287

392

628

560

68

6 (6ct 0st)

1.602

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KC Sangakkara (Asia/ICC/SL)

2000-2012

476

406

565

453

112

5 (5ct 0st)

1.391

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MS Dhoni (Asia/India)

2004-2012

304

356

496

398

98

6 (6ct 0st)

1.393

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RW Marsh (Aus)

1970-1984

188

274

479

463

16

6 (6ct 0st)

1.748

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PJL Dujon (WI)

1981-1991

250

316

474

448

26

5 (5ct 0st)

1.500

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Moin Khan (Pak)

1990-2004

288

327

434

341

93

5 (5ct 0st)

1.327

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BB McCullum (NZ)

2002-2012

312

299

433

400

33

5 (5ct 0st)

1.448

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Kamran Akmal (Pak)

2002-2011

228

270

412

337

75

5 (5ct 0st)

1.525

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RD Jacobs (WI)

1996-2004

212

267

408

367

41

7 (7ct 0st)

1.528

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AJ Stewart (Eng)

1989-2003

303

278

404

375

29

6 (6ct 0st)

1.453

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http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283384.html

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Re: Mark Boucher - a sad way to leave cricket

actually 2 more.

His cricinfo profile is erroneously showing 425 ODI dismisslas instead of 424

HowSTAT (right hand corner) also confirming that

http://www.howstat.com.au/cricket/Statistics/Players/PlayerOverview_ODI.asp?PlayerID=2116

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Re: Mark Boucher - a sad way to leave cricket

I’m not even sure this will be matched anytime soon.

Two dropped catches, a couple of missed chances, oh dear.

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Re: Mark Boucher - a sad way to leave cricket

I doubt if Boucher's test record (555) will ever be broken

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Re: Mark Boucher - a sad way to leave cricket

Yeah, for that to be, it has to be a very young keeper that plays on till late 30s, and in a good bowling side. :hoonh: So that practically rules out pretty much all Asian nations with their batting friendly conditions. Yup, it’s going to be a fair while that these numbers are broken. Nevertheless, this further proves how cruel the game of cricket is - just a dismissal or two here and there and it would have been perfection.

As things stand, he’s still one of the very best wicketkeepers of all times. Just a sad way to go, that’s all.