McGrath and Gilchrist set new records
During the Australia v Namibia match at Potchefstroom, Adam Gilchrist and Glenn McGrath became the first wicket-keeper/bowler combination to effect 50 dismissals in ODIs
ICC CWC 2003 Media Information
28-Feb-2003
During the Australia v Namibia match at Potchefstroom, Adam Gilchrist and Glenn McGrath became the first wicket-keeper/bowler combination to effect 50 dismissals in ODIs. The leading wicket-keeper/bowler combinations in ODIs are:
Keeper Bowler Team M Cts Sts Dis AC Gilchrist GD McGrath Aus 103 50 0 50 Moin Khan Saqlain Mushtaq Pak 119 16 31 47 Rashid Latif Waqar Younis Pak 132 40 0 40 RS Kaluwitharana M Muralitharan SL 145 16 24 40 MV Boucher SM Pollock SA 132 39 0 39 A Flower HH Streak Zim 148 37 0 37 Rashid Latif Wasim Akram Pak 114 36 0 36 DJ Richardson AA Donald SA 91 35 0 35 IA Healy SK Warne Aus 68 13 21 34 RS Kaluwitharana ST Jayasuriya SL 173 8 26 34
In the above table "M" is the number of matches that they have played together.
Gilchrist took 4 catches off McGrath in the match. This equals the record for the most dismissals in a Limited Overs International match by a wicket-keeper/bowler combination. The following wicket-keeper/bowler combinations have taken 4 dismissals in a Limited Overs International:
Dismissals Keeper Bowler For Against Venue Season (4 ct) RW Marsh RM Hogg Australia England Leeds 1981 (4 ct) HP Tillakaratne RJ Ratnayake Sri Lanka Pakistan Sharjah 1990/91 (4 ct) A Flower EA Brandes Zimbabwe England Harare 1996/97 (4 ct) MV Boucher M Ntini South Africa Australia Durban 1999/00 (1 ct, 3 st) KC Sangakkara M Muralitharan Sri Lanka South Africa Colombo-RPS 2000 (4 ct) RD Jacobs CD Collymore West Indies Sri Lanka Colombo-RPS 2001/02 (4 ct) AC Gilchrist GD McGrath Australia Namibia Potchefstroom 2002/03