The wicket-keeper in the sport of cricket is the player on the fielding side who stands behind the wicket or stumps being watchful of the batsman and ready to take a catch,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. The role of the keeper is governed by Law 27 and of the Laws of Cricket.
Parthiv Ajay Patel is a former Indian professional cricketer,wicketkeeper-batsman,and was a member of the Indian national cricket team. He is a left-handed batsman and played for Gujarat in domestic cricket. Having lost a finger at the age of 9,he initially found it hard to keep wickets,but after enough practice,he was used to it. When Parthiv played for the Indian team in 2002,he became the youngest wicket-keeper to represent a country in Tests. With the emergence of MS Dhoni as wicketkeeper-batsman,Parthiv Patel's chance of becoming the first choice keeper for India faded away.
Herbert Strudwick was an English wicket-keeper. His record of 1,493 dismissals is the third-highest by any wicket-keeper in the history of first-class cricket.
Warren Kevin Hegg is an English former professional cricketer. He played County Cricket for Lancashire. Although primarily a wicket-keeper,Hegg was also a handy lower-order batsman,and made several first-class hundreds. He represented England in two Test matches,however his international career was hampered due to England's selectors choosing Alec Stewart to act as an all-rounder. Hegg represented Lancashire for 19 years,captaining them for three between 2002 and 2004. He retired from competitive cricket in 2005.
James Savin Foster is an English cricket coach and former cricketer. A wicket-keeper who played seven Tests and 11 One Day Internationals in 2001–02 and 2002–03.
Alan Christopher Smith,often known as A. C. Smith,is an English former Test cricketer,who appeared in six Tests matches for England. Primarily a wicket-keeper,Smith was also a capable right-handed middle-order batsman and right-arm seam bowler. Very unusually for a regular wicket-keeper,he was sometimes selected by Warwickshire as a frontline bowler.
James Michael Parks was an English cricketer. He played in forty-six Tests for England,between 1954 and 1968. In those Tests,Parks scored 1,962 runs with a personal best of 108 not out,and took 103 catches and made 11 stumpings.
David Henry Kilner Smith was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Derbyshire between 1965 and 1970 and for Orange Free State between 1976 and 1978.
Michael Burns is an English first-class list cricket umpire and former first-class cricketer who played county cricket for Warwickshire and Somerset in a first-class career which spanned from 1992 until 2005. He also played Minor Counties cricket for Cumberland and Cornwall. An adaptable cricketer,he appeared for Cumberland and Warwickshire as a wicket-keeper,but when he moved to Somerset he developed into an aggressive batsman who bowled at medium-pace when needed.
Gareth David Cross is an English cricketer who plays as a right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper who occasionally bowls right arm medium-fast. He played for Lancashire from 2005 until his release in 2013,and the following year signed for Derbyshire. In 2015 he returned to Clifton as professional having earlier come through their junior ranks.
Thomas Marychurch Russell,birth registered as Thomas Marychurch Freeman,was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper who played for Essex and Marylebone Cricket Club. He was born in Lewisham and died in Leyton.
Stephen David Snell is a former English cricketer a right-handed batsman who played as a choice wicket keeper. He is currently Head of Performance for Cricket Scotland.
Neil Thomas McCorkell was an English cricketer. He was right-handed batsman who fielded as a wicket-keeper. He was born at Portsmouth,Hampshire. Debuting for Hampshire County Cricket Club in 1932,McCorkell played first-class cricket for Hampshire in two periods,from 1932 to 1939,then after World War II from 1946 to 1951. Statistically he ended his first-class career as Hampshire's most successful wicket-keeper in first-class cricket,with 677 dismissals,although Bobby Parks later overtook that total. Following his retirement he emigrated to South Africa,where he still resided until his death. In 2012,he became the 16th first-class cricketer to reach 100 years of age.
Charles Robson was an English first-class cricketer,who played as a wicket-keeper for Middlesex between 1881 and 1883,and for Hampshire from 1891 to 1906,for whom he served as captain for three years from 1900 to 1902.
Oliver Benjamin Cox is an English cricketer who plays county cricket for Worcestershire as right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper.
Michael David Bates is an English cricketer. Bates is a right-handed batsman who plays as a wicket-keeper. Bates is regarded by some as England's best wicket-keeper,but consider his batting is not up to the same standards.
Adam Paul Rouse is a Zimbabwean-born English former professional cricketer. Rouse played as a right-handed batsman who fielded as a wicket-keeper,although he was considered versatile enough to play solely as a specialist batsman. Rouse played for England at under-19 level and made his first-class debut in 2013 for Hampshire County Cricket Club. He played for Gloucestershire in 2014 before joining Kent County Cricket Club ahead of the 2016 season. He retired from professional cricket at the start of the 2020 season.
Thomas Philip Alsop is an English first-class cricketer. Born in High Wycombe,Buckinghamshire,Alsop is a left-handed batsman who plays as a wicket-keeper,and plays for Sussex.
In 2016,Kent County Cricket Club competed in Division Two of the County Championship,the Royal London One-Day Cup and the NatWest t20 Blast. The season was the fifth,and last,in charge for head coach Jimmy Adams and the first for new club captain Sam Northeast,who took over from Robert Key at the end of the 2015 season,having captained the side on the field for much of the season.
In 2017,Hampshire County Cricket Club will compete in Division One of the County Championship,the Royal London One-Day Cup and the NatWest t20 Blast.
