With a bandana covering half of his face, Mark Boucher posed for the camera with a … In a game where three days are washed out due to rain, he only keeps wicket for 17 overs without any scalps. He was invariably smaller, and younger, than anyone else in the age-group provincial teams he played in.
Wicketkeeper Mark Boucher, the world-record holding gloveman who retired when a bail pierced his eye during a Test in England, has spoken of his anger in … He had been a regular feature of the South African side since the 1997/1998 tour to Australia, until his retirement from international cricket in July 2012 after a serious eye injury against He once held the record for the highest score by a Later in 2006, on 20 September, he made his maiden ODI century, hitting an In the period while the team was under Shaun Pollock's leadership, Boucher was the regular vice-captain of the team and lead the team in tests four times. He was a left-handed batsman , and occasional right-arm medium-pace bowler. Boucher strutted through 75 consecutive Tests before the suits thought he needed to be brought down a peg or two and dropped him for the tour to India in 2004. He holds the record for the most Test dismissals by a wicket-keeper, with 532 catches and 555 total dismissals.. Boucher was a junior South African squash champion, and famously once played a national final with a racquet arm that had not long before emerged from a plaster cast. Mark Boucher operates the bowling machine for Rassie van DussenGraeme Smith, Enoch Nkwe, Mark Boucher and Linda Zondi at the unveiling of South Africa's new coaching structure
The visitors pile up 434, the highest ODI score, Pakistan are at the receiving end of another Boucher record, as he accounts for six dismissals in their innings in an ODI Boucher's crowning achievement, his 396th dismissal, stumping Umar Gul After announcing that the tour to England would be his last, Boucher suffers a freak injury to his eye in the first warm-up game, when a bail hits him in the left eye.
To help make this website better, to improve and personalize your experience and for advertising purposes, are you happy to accept cookies and other technologies. Mark Alan Butcher (born 23 August 1972) is a retired English Test cricketer, who played county cricket for Surrey from 1992 until his retirement from the sport in 2009. However, Boucher had no peer in terms of temperament, guts and determination, and he duly fashioned himself into one of the finest glovemen in the game. The stage Boucher takes five catches in an ODI against England Boucher goes past 1000 runs in Tests during his half-century in the first innings of the second Test against Sri Lanka In his sixth year since his debut, and in his 50th Test, Boucher is named Dave Richardson is eclipsed once again, as Boucher snaps Damien Martyn He finishes with a fighting, unbeaten 45 against Sri Lanka A major milestone for Boucher in his 201st ODI, against India Arguably, his most important contribution with the bat comes in the decider of the ODI series at home against Australia. His relative lack of pure wicketkeeping skill and ability was exposed on South Africa's 1998 tour to England when he was repeatedly undone by the swing of the ball after it had pitched. For his performances in 2007, he was named as wicket keeper in the World ODI XI by the ICC.He became the first wicketkeeper in the history of test cricket to reach the milestone of 400 dismissals when he caught Despite being South Africa's consistent wicket-keeper for a long time, age meant that batsman Boucher suffered a serious eye injury on 9 July 2012, after being struck on his left eye by a There was no damage to the retina, so it was felt that there was a chance for Boucher to recover some vision in the damaged eye.In December 2019, Boucher was appointed as head coach of the Boucher playing his last game for South Africa against Somerset in July 2012. He lost, but in five games. Mark Boucher's Test debut in Sheikhpura is a virtual non-event. The feat, at the time, is the After more than a year in the international circuit, and having played 16 Tests, Boucher gets the much-coveted first Test century.