In cricket,the wicket-keeper 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,who played for 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 got used to it. When Parthiv played for the Indian team in 2002,he became the youngest wicket-keeper to represent a country in Tests. He was a part of the Indian squad which won the 2016 Asia Cup.
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.
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.
Paul Antony Gibb was an English cricketer,who played in eight Tests for England from 1938 to 1946. He played first-class cricket for Cambridge University,Yorkshire and Essex,as a right-handed opening or middle order batsman and also kept wicket in many matches.
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.
David John Balcombe is an English former cricketer who played primarily as a right-arm medium-fast bowler. Balcombe spent the majority of his professional career with Hampshire,but also played first-class cricket for Durham UCCE and Kent. In a career which spanned from 2005 to 2014,he took 196 wickets in first-class cricket.
James Stone was an English first-class cricketer and umpire. A batsman and wicket-keeper,he played for Hampshire and Glamorgan between 1900 and 1923,making over 300 first-class appearances,in which he scored over 10,000 runs and claimed over 400 dismissals as a wicket-keeper. He later stood as an umpire in nearly 240 matches between 1912 and 1934.
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 first-class cricketer. A successor as Hampshire wicket-keeper to George Brown,McCorkell made his debut in first-class cricket in 1932. He would play for Hampshire eitherside of the Second World War,with distinction as both a wicket-keeper and opening batsman. In 396 first-class matches,he scored over 16,000 runs and made 717 dismissals behind the stumps. He was Hampshire's most successful wicket-keeper until his records were surpassed by Bobby Parks. McCorkell never played Test cricket for England,largely due to the concurrent careers of the Kent wicket-keeping duo Les Ames and Godfrey Evans.
Oliver Benjamin Cox is an English cricketer who plays county cricket for Leicestershire as right-handed batsman and wicket-keeper.
Leo Harrison was an English first-class cricketer who played for Hampshire from 1939 to 1966. Making his debut in the County Championship before the Second World War,Harrison played initially as a batsman and reserve wicket-keeper to Neil McCorkell,an arrangement which continued until McCorkell's retirement in 1951,and Hampshire's brief experiment with Ralph Prouton as first-choice wicket-keeper,after which Harrison assumed the role of first-choice wicket-keeper after 1953. He played 387 first-class appearances for Hampshire,out of a total of 396 career first-class matches,and was a member of Hampshire's 1961 County Championship winning team.
The Southern Rocks is one of five Zimbabwean cricket franchises. They are a first-class cricket team,based in the Masvingo and Matabeleland South area. They play their home matches at Masvingo Sports Club in Masvingo. The team initially ceased to play after the 2013–14 season. In their 47 first-class matches they won 3,lost 27,and drew 17. However,in December 2020,Zimbabwe Cricket confirmed they would be one of the teams playing in the 2020–21 Logan Cup Southern Rocks won their first Logan Cup trophy in the same 2020–21 season.
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.
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 Rob 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.
