A South African warrior
December 1997: Mark Boucher watches Dave Richardson drop a catch at slip during a tour match against Tasmania. Boucher would go on to succeed Richardson as South Africa's wicketkeeper•Colin Whelan/Action Photographics
September 1998: Boucher in action during the Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, where South Africa won the gold medal•AFP
August 2000: Boucher at the Docklands Stadium in Melbourne. South Africa lost the first game, tied the second and won the third. Boucher missed the final game because he had cut his finger slicing dried meat•Getty Images
Durban, March 3, 2003: Boucher and Lance Klusener walk off Kingsmead thinking they have done enough against Sri Lanka to progress. In fact, they needed one more run. Boucher had defended what would turn out to be the last delivery of South Africa's World Cup•Getty Images
Wellington, March 2004: Boucher with Gary Kirsten, who retired after the 1-1 draw in the Test series in New Zealand•William West/AFP/Getty Images
October 2005: Boucher, Jacques Kallis and Graeme Smith were the three South Africans selected in the World XI to play the Super Test against Australia in Sydney•Hamish Blair/Getty Images
March 12, 2006: Boucher is embraced by Shaun Pollock for winning South Africa the impossible chase•Getty Images
March 2007: Rhodes came back to be the fielding coach of the South African team. Boucher was still playing•Getty Images
... and some old ones. South Africa won the two-Test series 1-0•Getty Images
Edgbaston 2008: Boucher is unbeaten on 45 as South Africa chase 281 to win their first Test series in England since 1965•Getty Images
Boucher won his first Man of the Series award in Tests when England toured South Africa in 2009-10.•Getty Images
Boucher's first tour of England was in 1998. During the ODI at Old Trafford, he ran out Alec Stewart in a 32-run victory•Getty Images
March 1999: Boucher and Jonty Rhodes in Wellington during the tour of New Zealand. South Africa won the Tests 1-0 and the ODIs 3-2.•Getty Images
Boucher shrugged off a lean patch with a gutsy 64 against Australia in the first Test in Adelaide, during the 2001-02 tour. His fighting spirit came through best while he was batting.•Getty Images
August 2003: Boucher scores 68 in the second Test at Lord's, where South Africa go on to win by an innings and 92 runs•Getty Images
January 2005: Boucher on his way to 64 against England at Wanderers•Getty Images
Perth, December 2005: Boucher and Jacques Rudolph walk off the WACA after saving the first Test•Greg Wood/Getty Images
January 2007: Mark Boucher plays his 100th Test, against Pakistan•AFP
Boucher shakes Michael Clarke's hand after South Africa were beaten in the 2007 world cup semi-final•Getty Images
November 25, 2007: Boucher celebrates winning an ODI against New Zealand in Durban off the final ball•Getty Images
January 2010: Boucher is still South Africa's first-choice wicket-keeper in Tests but he has to prove it more often than not•Getty Images
Cape Town, January 2011: Boucher ends a run of poor scores with a gritty half-century that saves the Test and the series against India•AFP
World Cup 1999: Boucher runs out Moin Khan in a three-wicket victory over Pakistan. South Africa went on to lose the semi-final against Australia, in one of the greatest matches•Getty Images
Boucher unwinds on a beach in Durban during Australia's visit in early 2002.•Getty Images
Headingley 2003: Graeme Smith hoists Boucher into the air after South Africa win by 191 runs to take a 2-1 lead in the series. It would end 2-2•Getty Images
March 2005: Boucher with coach Ray Jennings, with whom he forged a strong bond•Getty Images
March 12, 2006: Boucher and Makhaya Ntini celebrate after chasing down 434 against Australia at Wanderers. Boucher's 50 led his team to the most incredible ODI victory•Getty Images
March 2007: The tournament in the Caribbean was Boucher's last World Cup•Getty Images
October 2007: Ten years after his Test debut in the country, Boucher returns to Pakistan with some new team-mates ...•Getty Images
Boucher's former team-mate Kirsten was the India coach when South Africa won in Ahmedabad in April 2008•Getty Images
Wayne Parnell was about 8 when Boucher made his Test debut•Getty Images
Wellington, March 2012: Boucher walks off Basin Reserve with Smith and AB de Villiers after winning the Tests 1-0. He didn't know it then but it was his 147th and final Test for South Africa•Getty Images
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