Instances of two wicketkeepers making their debut in the same match
In the third Test between India and Sri Lanka played at Sinhalese Sports Club (SSC) in Colombo both the teams bring in players who are making their debut in Tests and they are the wicketkeepers as well. For Sri Lanka, as Kumar Sangakkara has retired after the second Test, he is replaced by Kusal Perera. They do have their wicketkeeper-batsman who kept wickets in the first two Tests (Dinesh Chandimal) but Kusal Perera is playing as a wicketkeeper and Chandimal as a non-wicketkeeper.
For India, due to Wriddhiman Saha’s injury they called up Naman Ojha for the replacement. Thus, Naman Ojha is making his Test debut as a wicketkeeper. So for both teams the wicketkeepers are making their Test debut in the same match. The last such occasion was way back in 2000 in Bangladesh’s debut Test match against India at Dhaka. Khaled Mashud, the wicketkeeper, and all the Bangladeshi players made their Test debut as it was Bangladesh’s first ever Test match. For India, Saba Karim, the wicketkeeper, made his Test debut.
Overall, it is the 14th instances of two wicketkeepers making their Test debut in the same match. The first was obviously the first ever test match where everyone was making his debut - Australia vs England at Melbourne Cricket Ground on March 15, 1877. And there are instances where one of the teams was making its Test debut and a wicketkeeper from the other team, just like the Bangladesh vs India mentioned above.
The table below lists the instances of wicketkeepers from both the sides making their debut in the same match in Tests, ODIs and T20Is.
Two wicketkeepers making their test debut in the same match
|
Wicketkeeper 1 |
Wicketkeeper 2 |
Teams |
Venue |
Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Jack Blackham |
Jack Selby |
Australia v England |
Melbourne |
1876/77 |
|
Dick Lilley |
James Kelly |
England v Australia |
Lord's |
1896 |
|
Murray Bisset |
Jack Board |
South Africa v England |
Johannesburg |
1898/99 |
|
Sammy Carter |
Dick Young |
Australia v England |
Sydney |
1907/08 |
|
Tom Campbell |
Bert Strudwick |
South Africa v England |
Johannesburg |
1909/10 |
|
Barlow Carkeek |
Tommy Ward |
Australia v South Africa |
Manchester |
1912 |
|
Jock Cameron |
Rony Stanyforth |
South Africa v England |
Johannesburg |
1927/28 |
|
Harry Smith |
Karl Nunes |
England v West Indies |
Lord's |
1928 |
|
Ken James |
Tich Cornford |
New Zealand v England |
Christchurch |
1929/30 |
|
Dilawar Hussain |
Hopper Levett |
India v England |
Kolkata |
1933/34 |
|
Nana Joshi |
Dick Spooner |
India v England |
Delhi |
1951/52 |
|
Dave Williams |
Dave Richardson |
West Indies v South Africa |
Bridgetown |
1992 |
|
Khaled Mashud |
Saba Karim |
Bangladesh v India |
Dhaka |
2000/01 |
|
Kusal Perera |
Naman Ojha |
Sri Lanka v India |
Colombo SSC |
2015 |
- As mentioned earlier, the first instance was in the first ever test match played.
- It was the debut Test for West Indies (1928), New Zealand (1930) and Bangladesh (2000) and the wicketkeeper from opposition team also made his debut.
- The most successful wicketkeeper among the names in the above table is Dave Richardson with 152 wicketkeeping dismissals in his 42 tests spanning from 1992 to 1998. He made his Test debut in South Africa’s first Test after readmission to International cricket where ten cricketers involving Richardson were playing their first Test match.
- Sammy Carter scored 61 in his debut Test as wicketkeeper whereas Dilawar Hussain scored 59 & 57 in his debut Test. These are the only two to score 50+ on their debut amongst the above names.
Now let’s see the similar list for ODIs and T20Is.
Two wicketkeepers making their ODI debut in the same match
|
Wicketkeeper 1 |
Wicketkeeper 2 |
Teams |
Venue |
Season |
|
Rod Marsh |
Alan Knott |
Australia v England |
Melbourne |
1970/71 |
|
Ken Wadsworth |
Wasim Bari |
New Zealand v Pakistan |
Christchurch |
1972/73 |
|
Bob Taylor |
Deryck Murray |
England v West Indies |
Leeds |
1973 |
|
John Maclean |
Roger Tolchard |
Australia v England |
Sydney |
1978/79 |
|
Mark Burgess |
Sunil Jayasinghe |
New Zealand v Sri Lanka |
Nottingham |
1979 |
|
Taslim Arif |
Clive Lloyd |
Pakistan v West Indies |
Karachi |
1980/81 |
|
Nayan Mongia |
Nisal Fernando |
India v Sri Lanka |
Rajkot |
1993/94 |
|
Craig Wallace |
Darren Ramasammy |
Scotland v Canada |
Ayr |
2012 |
- The first instance was as known the first ever ODI match.
- The second was also the match where both teams were making their ODI debut.
- Darren Ramsammy was making his List-A debut as well.
Two wicketkeepers making their T20I debut in the same match
|
Wicketkeeper 1 |
Wicketkeeper 2 |
Teams |
Venue |
Season |
|
Brendon McCullum |
Adam Gilchrist |
New Zealand v Australia |
Auckland |
2004/05 |
|
Chris Read |
Kamran Akmal |
England v Pakistan |
Bristol |
2006 |
|
Mushfiqur Rahim |
Brendan Taylor |
Bangladesh v Zimbabwe |
Khulna |
2006/07 |
|
Rustam Bhatti |
Wesley Barresi |
Canada v Netherlands |
Dubai DSC |
2011/12 |
|
Jamie Atkinson |
Subash Khakurel |
Hong Kong v Nepal |
Chittagong |
2013/14 |
- It was the first match for both teams in three of the five occasions listed above – The first, third and the fifth.
- In the second instance, Pakistan was making its T20I debut.