Top 10 wicket keepers with most Test centuries

Top 10 wicket keepers with most Test centuries: Wicket keepers are the ‘Men behind the Stumps’ for a team. Test cricket is the longest and toughest format of cricket, wicket-keeping for 50 long overs seems like a rough task, Test matches on the other hand stretch for days. Long overs of wicket keeping and coming out to bat again we can only imagine the labor that is to be put in. These wicket keeper batsmen have gone against all the odds to win matches for their teams and carve their names in the history of world cricket. Here are Top 10 wicket keepers with most Test centuries: 10. Mark Boucher (South Africa) – 5 centuries: Mark Boucher. (© Getty Images) The Protea wicket keeper batsman for a long period of 15 years from 1997-2012 has played 206 innings in his career with an overall average of 30.30. Boucher scored 5 centuries and 35 half centuries with a total of 5515 runs in his Test wicket keeping career. His best score was 125. Also Read – Top 10 Wicket-keepers with Most Stumpings in International Cricket 9. Alec Stewart (England) – 6 centuries: Alec Stewart. (Photo Source: Getty Images) The English batsman who played as a wicket keeper for the England team from 1991-2003 is the next in the list with 6 centuries and 23 half centuries in 145 innings. With a best score of 173, Stewart has 4540 total Test runs as a wicket keeper at an overall average of 34.92. 8. Kamran Akmal (Pakistan) – 6 centuries: Kamran Akmal. (© Getty Images) 33-year old Pakistani cricketer played the role of a wicket keeper from 2002 up until 2010, with a total of 2648 runs in 92 innings at an average of 30.79, Akmal was one of the most prominent wicket keepers for the Pakistan side. He scored 6 hundreds and 12 fifties with a best of 158*. 7. MS Dhoni (India) – 6 centuries: MS Dhoni. (© Getty Images) The best captain and wicket keeper that the Indian team has ever had, Dhoni has now retired from the Test cricket. He was the Man behind stumps for India from 2005-2014. In his 9 years of service as a wicket keeper he played 144 innings with a total run of 4876 at an average of 38.09. Mahi has 33 half centuries and 6 centuries and has played a brilliant knock of 224, his best in the Test. 6. Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka) – 7 centuries: Kumar Sangakkara. (© Getty Images) A legend of the cricketing world, Sangakarra kept the stumps for Sri Lanka for eight years from 2000-2008, with a total of 81 innings. 3117 runs with a massive best of 230, Sanga also hit 11 fifties along with his 7 centuries. He played with an overall average of 40.48. Also Read: Top 10 Wicket keepers with most runs in ODIs 5. Matt Prior (England) – 7 centuries: Matt Prior. (© Getty Images) The English wicket keeper also, with 7 centuries in the list has been the Man behind the stumps for England from 2007-2014. Prior’s 7 years have an aggregate of 123 innings with a total of 4099 runs at an average of 40.18. He has 28 half centuries in his wicket keeping Test career with a best of 131*. 4. AB de Villiers (South Africa) – 7 centuries: Ab de Villiers. (Photo Source: AFP) Another one with 7 centuries in the Test cricket as a wicket keeper, AB is a batting legend in making (many might opt to call him a legend already). The wicket keeper from 2004-2015 has recently left the position. In 37 innings with a total of 1981 runs at an average of 58.26 the best in the list he has also scored 7 fifties. AB’s best knock in Test cricket as a wicket keeper is 169. 3. Leslie George Ames (England) – 8 centuries: Les Ames. (Photo Source: Getty Images) A name from the early cricket days back in 1920s, Leslie is regarded as one of the greatest wicket keeper batsmen ever. He played for the tenure of 10 years guarding the stumps for the English side from 1929-1939. Ames has a total of 2387 runs in 67 innings at an average of 43.40. He also scored 7 fifties in his 10-year career as a Test wicket keeper batsman with the best knock of 149. 2. Andy Flower (Zimbabwe) – 12 centuries: Andy Flower. (© Getty Images) The best batsman as well as wicket keeper Zimbabwe cricket has ever produced is 2nd in this list, his decade long service as a wicket keeper in Test cricket for Zimbabwe from 1992-2002 has a total of 100 innings with 4404 runs at an average of 53.70. Andy’s best knock is 232*, he has 23 fifties under his name as well. 1. Adam Gilchrist (Australia) – 17 centuries: Adam Gilchrist. (© Getty Images) Regarded as the best wicket keeper batsman in the cricket world, Adam Gilchrist tops the list with 17 centuries under his name. He kept the wickets for Australia from 1999-2008, where he played 137 innings with a total of 5570 runs at an average of 46.60. Gilly’s best knock was of 204*. His 137 innings also includes 26 half centuries. Also Read – Top 10 Wicket keepers with most runs in ODIs (All Stats updated till 22nd August, 2015)