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Bert OldfieldOldfield kept to Clarrie Grimmett and Bill O'Reilly, two of the great leg-spinners, and his 52 Test stumpings remain the most by any keeper. Reading wrist spin from close up, without the help of modern footage, required anticipation as much as hands. He also kept through the Bodyline series, taking…0i - 2
Godfrey EvansBorn 18 Aug 1920Evans kept for England through the 1940s and 1950s and was famous for standing up to Alec Bedser's fast-medium bowling, which let Bedser bowl leg-cutters with the batter pinned to the crease. His agility and energy lifted fielding sides, and he was the first keeper to 200 Test dismissals. Standing…0i - 3
Alan KnottBorn 9 Apr 1946Knott kept to Derek Underwood's quick left-arm spin on helpful pitches, one of the hardest jobs in cricket, and did it with fastidious footwork and stretching routines that were unusual at the time. He also kept to England's fast bowlers through the 1970s. Many players of his era regarded him as…0 - 4
Bob Taylor (cricketer)Born 17 Jul 1941Bob Taylor spent years as Knott's understudy and only became England's regular keeper in his mid-thirties, yet he holds the record for most first-class dismissals. His ten catches in a Test against India at Bombay in 1980 was a world record at the time. His neat, undemonstrative style is exactly…0i - 5
Rod MarshBorn 4 Nov 1947Iron Gloves was a nickname given in mockery early in his career, when Marsh dropped catches. He turned it around, standing back to Lillee and Thomson at their fastest and diving across the cordon for edges, and retired with what was then the world record for Test dismissals. Caught Marsh bowled…0 - 6
Syed KirmaniBorn 29 Dec 1949Kirmani kept to India's famous spin quartet, Bedi, Prasanna, Chandrasekhar and Venkataraghavan, on turning pitches where the ball spun and bounced unpredictably. Standing up to Chandrasekhar's fast googlies was a test few keepers would have passed. He was also the keeper in India's 1983 World Cup…0i - 7
Jeff DujonBorn 28 May 1956Dujon kept to the great West Indies pace attack of the 1980s, Holding, Marshall, Garner and Walsh, standing a long way back and diving athletically for edges that flew at extraordinary speed and bounce. Few keepers have faced such a volume of genuinely fast bowling. His graceful, acrobatic style…0 - 8
Ian HealyBorn 30 Apr 1964Ian Healy's stumpings off Shane Warne, often from deliveries pitched outside leg stump that spun across a batter's pads, are the textbook for keeping to wrist spin. He also took McGrath and Gillespie standing back and retired with a then-record number of Test dismissals. Watch him rise with the…0i - 9
Jack Russell (cricketer, born 1963)Born 15 Aug 1963Jack Russell was often dropped by England for a better batter, but his keeping, especially standing up to spin and medium pace for Gloucestershire, was widely rated the best in the country in the 1990s. He set a world record of 11 catches in a Test against South Africa in 1995. His case is a…0 - 10
Mark BoucherBorn 3 Dec 1976Boucher holds the record for most Test dismissals, 555, keeping to Allan Donald, Shaun Pollock, Makhaya Ntini and Dale Steyn on bouncy South African pitches for 15 years. His consistency standing back to pace bowling was the foundation. His career ended in 2012 when a bail struck his eye while…0i
