Thursday, June 19, 2014

150 and 6 dismissals in an innings by a keeper in first-class cricket

DT Lindsay 69 & 182 and 6 cts & 2 cts
South Africa v Australia at Johannesburg, 1966
RJ East 163* & 2* and 6cts, 1 st & 2 cts
Orange Free State v Western Province B at Cape Town, 1985
RS Kaluwitharana 166 & 4* and 1 ct, 1 st & 4 cts, 2 sts
Western Province (SL) v Uva Province at Colombo-RPS, 2004
C Kieswetter 153 and 6 cts & 2 cts
Somerset v Lancashire at Taunton, 2009
W Bossenger 168 and 3 cts & 6 cts
Griqualand West v Border at East London, 2009
DJ Vilas 187 and 6 cts & 4 cts
Cape Cobras v Knights at Kimberley, 2012
JM Bairstow 161* and 6 cts
Yorkshire v Sussex at Arundel, 2014

Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Four wickets in four balls in the County Championship

FJ Shacklock for Nottinghamshire v Somerset at Nottingham, 1893
AW Mold for Lancashire v Nottinghamshire at Nottingham, 1895
W Brearley for Lancashire v Somerset at Manchester, 1905
AE Trott for Middlesex v Somerset at Lord's, 1907
FA Tarrant for Middlesex v Gloucestershire at Bristol, 1907
A Drake for Yorkshire v Derbyshire at Chesterfield, 1914
SG Smith for Northamptonshire v Warwickshire at Birmingham, 1914
HA Peach for Surrey v Sussex at The Oval, 1924
RK Tyldesley for Lancashire v Derbyshire at Derby, 1929
AR Gover for Surrey v Worcestershire at Worcester, 1935
WH Copson for Derbyshire v Warwickshire at Derby, 1937
F Ridgway for Kent v Derbyshire at Folkestone, 1951
AK Walker for Nottinghamshire v Leicestershire at Leicester, 1956
PI Pocock for Surrey v Sussex at Eastbourne, 1972
GP Butcher for Surrey v Derbyshire at The Oval, 2000
AC Thomas for Somerset v Sussex at Taunton, 2014
Copson and Pocock both took 5 in 6