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. 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