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[[Image:Cricket wicket keeper.jpg|thumb|Wicket-keeper in characteristic [[full squatting position]], facing a delivery from a slow pace or [[spin bowling|spin bowler]]]]
[[Image:Gilly_and_the_slips.jpg|thumb|Wicket-keeper in characteristic [[partial squatting position]] (together with [[Slip (cricket)|slip fielders]]), facing a delivery from a [[Fast bowling|fast bowler]].]]
The '''wicket-keeper''' in the sport of [[cricket]] is the player on the [[fielding (cricket)|fielding side]] who stands behind the [[wicket]] or stumps being watchful of the [[batsman]] and ready to take a [[Caught|catch]], [[Stumped|stump]] the batsman out and [[run out]] a batsman when occasion arises. The wicket-keeper is the only member of the fielding side permitted to wear gloves and external leg guards.<ref name=Law27>{{cite web |url=https://www.lords.org/mcc/laws-of-cricket/laws/law-27-the-wicket-keeper/ |title=Law 27 – The wicket-keeper |publisher=MCC |access-date=29 September 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171001123050/https://www.lords.org/mcc/laws-of-cricket/laws/law-27-the-wicket-keeper/ |archive-date=1 October 2017 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> The role of the keeper is governed by Law 27 of the [[Laws of Cricket]].<ref name=Law27/>
[[Image:Strauss_dismissal.jpg|thumb|right|[[Adam Gilchrist]] of [[Australia cricket team|Australia]] [[List of cricket terms#S|standing up]] to the stumps against [[England national cricket team|England]] during the fourth test of the [[2005 Ashes series]] in England.]]

== Stance ==
Initially, during the bowling of the ball the wicket-keeper crouches in a full [[squatting position]] but partly stands up as the ball is received. Australian wicket-keeper [[Sammy Carter]] (1878 to 1948) was the first to squat on his haunches rather than bend over from the waist (stooping).<ref>''The Oxford Companion to Australian Cricket'', Oxford, Melbourne, 1996, p. 100.</ref>

== Purposes ==

The keeper's major function is to stop deliveries that pass the batsman (in order to prevent [[run (cricket)|runs]] being scored as 'byes'), but he can also attempt to [[dismissal (cricket)|dismiss]] the batsman in various ways:
* The most common dismissal effected by the keeper is for him to ''[[catch (cricket)|catch]]'' a ball that has nicked the batsman's bat, called an ''edge'', before it bounces. Sometimes the keeper is also in the best position to catch a ball which has been hit high in the air. More catches are taken by wicket-keepers than by any other fielding position.
* The keeper can [[Stumped|stump]] the batsman by using the ball to remove the [[bail (cricket)|bails]] from the [[stump (cricket)|stumps]], if the batsman is out of his [[crease (cricket)|crease]] after a delivery has passed the stumps into the keeper's hands. The keeper must then dislodge the bail(s) and the batsman is out if he is still outside the crease.
* When the ball is hit into the outfield, the keeper moves close to the stumps to catch the return throw from a fielder and, if possible, to ''[[run out]]'' a batsman.

A keeper's position depends on the [[bowler (cricket)|bowler]]: for [[fast bowling]] he will squat some distance from the stumps, in order to have time to react to edges from the batsman, while for slower bowling, he will come much nearer to the stumps (known as "standing up"), to pressure the batsman into remaining within the crease or risk being stumped. The more skilled the keeper, the faster the bowling to which he is able to "stand up", for instance [[Godfrey Evans]] often stood up to [[Alec Bedser]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/12543.html|title=Godfrey Evans|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=8 November 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141016081830/http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/12543.html|archive-date=16 October 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

Like the other players on a cricket team, keepers will bat during the team’s batting innings. At elite levels, wicket-keepers are generally expected to be proficient batters, averaging considerably more than specialist bowlers. See [[Wicket-keeper-batsman]].

== Legal specifications of wicket-keeping gloves ==
[[File:Wicket keeping gloves along with the inner gloves.jpg|thumb|right|Wicket keeping gloves along with the inner gloves]]
[[Image:Wicket-Keeping Gloves.jpg|thumb|A pair of wicket-keeping gloves. The webbing which helps the keeper to catch the ball can be seen between the thumb and index fingers.]]
Law 27.2, which deals with the specifications for wicketkeepers' gloves, states that:
*If ... the wicket-keeper wears gloves, they shall have no webbing between the fingers except joining index finger and thumb, where webbing may be inserted as a means of support.

*If used, the webbing shall be a single piece of non-stretch material which, although it may have facing material attached, shall have no reinforcements or tucks.

*The top edge of the webbing shall not protrude beyond the straight line joining the top of the index finger to the top of the thumb and shall be taut when a hand wearing the glove has the thumb fully extended.<ref name=Law27/>

== Substitutes ==

Substitutes were previously not allowed to keep wicket, but this restriction was lifted in the 2017 edition of the [[Laws of Cricket]].

This rule was sometimes suspended, by agreement with the captain of the batting side. For example, during the England–New Zealand [[test cricket|Test Match]] at [[Lord's]] in 1986, England's specialist keeper, [[Bruce French (cricketer)|Bruce French]], was injured while batting during England's first innings. England then used four keepers in New Zealand's first innings: [[Bill Athey]] kept for the first two overs; 45-year-old veteran [[Bob Taylor (cricketer)|Bob Taylor]] was pulled out of the sponsor's tent to keep for overs 3 to 76; [[Bobby Parks (cricketer)|Bobby Parks]], the Hampshire keeper, was called up for overs 77 to 140; and Bruce French kept wicket for the final ball of the innings.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/153677.html|title=England v New Zealand 1986|website=espncricinfo.com|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120520062238/http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/153677.html|archive-date=20 May 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

[[Arthur Jones (English cricketer)|Arthur Jones]] was the first substitute to keep wicket in a Test match, when he did so [[Australian cricket team in England in 1905|against Australia]] at [[The Oval]] in 1905.<ref name="Jones">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/149540.html |title=The limpet |access-date=18 August 2017 |work=ESPN Cricinfo |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170818140101/http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/149540.html |archive-date=18 August 2017 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

==Playing without a wicket-keeper==
There is no rule stating a team must play a wicket-keeper.<ref name="FoxSport">{{cite web |url=http://www.foxsports.com.au/cricket/natwest-t20-blast-video-worcestershire-wicketkeeper-daryl-mitchell-moves-to-outfield/story-e6frf3g3-1227386920086 |title=NatWest T20 Blast video: Worcestershire wicketkeeper Daryl Mitchell moves to outfield |access-date=7 June 2015 |work=Fox Sports}}</ref> On 5 June 2015 during a [[2015 NatWest t20 Blast|T20 Blast game]] between the [[Worcestershire County Cricket Club|Worcestershire Rapids]] and the [[Northamptonshire County Cricket Club|Northamptonshire Steelbacks]], Worcestershire chose not to play a wicket-keeper in the 16th over of the match.<ref name="sportskeeda">{{cite web |url=http://www.sportskeeda.com/cricket/english-county-side-creates-controversy-by-having-no-wicket-keeper-behind-the-stumps |title=English county side creates controversy by having no wicket-keeper behind the stumps |access-date=7 June 2015 |work=sportskeeda |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150608235646/http://www.sportskeeda.com/cricket/english-county-side-creates-controversy-by-having-no-wicket-keeper-behind-the-stumps |archive-date=8 June 2015 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> Their keeper, [[Ben Cox]], became an extra fielder at [[Fielding (cricket)#Fielding position names and locations|fly slip]] while spinner [[Moeen Ali]] bowled.<ref name="sportskeeda" /> The umpires consulted with each other and agreed that there was nothing in the rules to prevent it from happening.<ref name="Cricinfo">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/county-cricket-2015/content/story/884583.html |title=Worcestershire ditch keeper as Dhoni gives idea for controversial ploy |access-date=7 June 2015 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>

==Leading international wicket-keepers==

===Test===
The following are the top 10 wicket-keepers by total dismissals in Test cricket.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283791.html|publisher=Cricinfo|access-date=15 August 2018|title=Wicketkeeping Records most Test Match dismissals in a career|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan="7"|Leading Test match wicket-keepers by dismissals<sup>1</sup>
|-
!Rank
!Name
!Country
!Matches
![[Caught]]
![[Stumped]]
!Total dismissals
|-
| 1 ||[[MS Dhoni]]||{{cr|IND}}|| 90 || 256 || 38 || 294
|-
| 2 || [[Adam Gilchrist]] || {{cr|AUS}} || 96 || 379 || 37 || 416
|-
| 3 || [[Ian Healy]] || {{cr|AUS}} || 119 || 366 || 29 || 395
|-
| 4 || [[Rod Marsh]] || {{cr|AUS}} || 96 || 343 || 12 || 355
|-
| rowspan=2|6 || [[Brad Haddin]] || {{cr|AUS}} || 66 || 262 || 8 || 270
|-
| [[Jeff Dujon]] || {{cr|WIN}} || 81 || 265 || 5 ||270
|-
| 8 || [[Alan Knott]] || {{cr|ENG}} || 95 || 250 || 19 || 269
|-
| 9 || '''[[BJ Watling]]''' || {{cr|NZ}} || 73 || 249 || 8 || 257
|-
| 10 || [[Matt Prior]] || {{cr|ENG}} || 79 || 243 || 13 || 256
|-
|colspan=7|Statistics are correct as of 13 August 2018
*'''Bold''' indicates current player
*Matches is the total number of Tests played, which is not necessarily the number of matches keeping wicket.
*Some of the players listed have additional catches in games they have played as a normal fielder.
|}

===ODI===
The following are the top 10 wicket-keepers by total dismissals in one day cricket.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283792.html|publisher=Cricinfo|access-date=23 September 2019|title=Wicketkeeping Records most ODI dismissals in a career|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan="7"|Leading one-day wicket-keepers by dismissals
|-
!Rank
!Name
!Country
!Matches
![[Caught]]
![[Stumped]]
!Total dismissals
|-
| 1 || [[MS Dhoni]] || {{cr|IND}} || 341|| 321<br />|| 123 || 444
|-
| 2 || [[Adam Gilchrist]] || {{cr|AUS}} || 287 || 417 || 55 || 472
|-
| 3 || [[MS Dhoni]] || {{cr|IND}} || 341 || 321 || 123 || 444
|-
| 4 || [[Mark Boucher]] || {{cr|RSA}} || 295 || 402 || 22 || 424
|-
| 5 || [[Moin Khan]] || {{cr|PAK}} || 219 || 214 ||73 || 287
|-
| 6 || [[Brendon McCullum]] || {{cr|NZL}} || 260 || 227 || 15 || 242
|-
| 7 || [[Ian Healy]] || {{cr|AUS}} || 168 || 194 || 39 || 233
|-
| 8 || [[Rashid Latif]] || {{cr|PAK}} || 166 || 182 || 38 || 220
|-
| 9 || '''[[Mushfiqur Rahim]] '''|| {{cr|BAN}} || 205 || 169 || 42 || 211
|-
| 10 || [[Romesh Kaluwitharana]] || {{cr|SRI}} || 189 || 131 || 75 || 206
|-

|colspan=7|
Statistics are correct as of 23 September 2019
*'''Bold''' indicates current player
*Matches is the total number of ODIs played, which is not necessarily the number of matches keeping wicket.
*A number of the players listed have additional catches in games they have played as a normal fielder.
|}

===T20I===
The following are the top 10 wicket-keepers by total dismissals in Twenty20 International cricket.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283793.html|publisher=Cricinfo|access-date=23 September 2019|title=Wicketkeeping Records most T20I Match dismissals in a career|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan="7"|Leading T20I wicket-keepers by dismissals
|-
!Rank
!Name
!Country
!Matches
![[Caught]]
![[Stumped]]
!Total dismissals
|-
| 1 || [[MS Dhoni]] || {{cr|IND}} || 98 || 57 || 34 || 91
|-
| 2 || [[Kamran Akmal]] || {{cr|PAK}} || 58 || 28 || 32|| 60
|-
| 3 || '''[[Denesh Ramdin]]''' || {{cr|WIN}} || 68 || 38 || 20 || 58
|-
| 4 || '''[[Mushfiqur Rahim]]''' || {{cr|BAN}} || 81 || 30 || 28 || 58
|-
| 5 || '''[[Mohammad Shahzad]]''' || {{cr|AFG}} || 65 || 26 || 28 || 54
|-
| 6 || '''[[Quinton de Kock]]''' || {{cr|SA}} || 38 || 36 || 10 || 46
|-
| 7 || [[Kumar Sangakkara]] || {{cr|SRI}} || 56 || 25 || 20 || 45
|-
| 8 || '''[[Sarfraz Ahmed]]''' || {{cr|PAK}} || 55 || 34 || 10 || 44
|-
| 9 || [[Brendon McCullum]] || {{cr|NZL}} || 71 || 24 || 8 || 32
|-
| 10 || [[Luke Ronchi]] || {{cr|NZL}} || 33 || 24 || 6 || 30
|-
|colspan=7|
Statistics are correct as of 23 September 2019
*'''Bold''' indicates current player
*Matches is the total number of T20Is played, which is not necessarily the number of matches keeping wicket.
*A number of the players listed have additional catches in games they have played as a normal fielder.
|}

==See also==
*[[Catcher]]
*[[Glossary of cricket terms]]
*[[Wicket-keeper's gloves]]
*[[Wicket-keeper-batsman]]

== Bibliography ==
* [[Surya Prakash Chaturvedi]], ''Bharat ke Wicket Keepers'', National Book Trust, 2011

== References ==
{{reflist}}

{{Cricket positions}}
{{Wicket-keepers in Test cricket}}
{{Portalbar|Cricket}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wicket-Keeper}}
[[Category:Cricket terminology]]
[[Category:Partial squatting position]]

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