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Full name Mark Verdon Boucher
Born December 3, 1976, East London, Cape Province
Current age 28 years 222 days
Major teams South Africa, Border
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Fielding position Wicketkeeper
class mat inns no runs hs ave bf sr 100 50 4s 6s ct
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Tests 84 113 15 3007 125 30.68 5939 50.63 4 18 377 9 309 14
ODIs 193 137 35 2567 70 25.16 3179 80.74 0 15 200 34 265 14
First-class 139 200 31 5969 134 35.31 8 35 472 26
List A 250 192 45 3775 98 25.68 0 23 327 22
Twenty-20 7 7 3 183 57* 45.75 170 107.64 0 1 5 2
class mat balls runs wkts bbi bbm ave econ sr 4 5 10
Tests 84 8 6 1 1/6 1/6 6.00 4.50 8.00 0 0 0
ODIs 193 0 0 0 - - - - - 0 0 0
First-class 139 26 26 1 1/6 26.00 6.00 26.00 0 0
List A 250 0 0 0 - - - - - 0 0 0
Twenty-20 7 0 0 0 - - - - - 0 0 0
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Test debut Pakistan v South Africa at Sheikhupura - Oct 17-21, 1997
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Last Test West Indies v South Africa at St John's - Apr 29-May 3,
2005 scorecard
ODI debut New Zealand v South Africa at Perth - Jan 16, 1998
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Last ODI West Indies v South Africa at Port of Spain - May 15, 2005
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First-class span 1995/96 - 2004/05
List A span 1995/96 - 2004/05
Twenty-20 span 2003/04
It is a measure of the rapidity of Mark Boucher's
rise that no-one is quite sure exactly how many cricketing records
he currently holds. Fastest man to a 100 dismissals here, highest
score by a nightwatchman there, most innings without a bye over the
road - they've tumbled out so quickly that it has been difficult to
keep up. Probably his most significant achievement, however, came in
only his second Test match, his first on home soil, against Pakistan
at the Wanderers in February 1998 when he and Pat Symcox put on 195
to set a new Test ninth-wicket partnership record. The real
relevance of this feat lay not so much in its numbers, but in the
fact that it was built with South Africa in desperate trouble at 166
for 8. Boucher had made his Test debut still short of his 21st
birthday a few months previously when he was rushed to Sheikhupura
to stand in for the injured Dave Richardson. He served his
apprenticeship on South Africa's 1997-98 tour of Australia, and took
over as the first-choice keeper when Richardson retired at the end
of that series. Boucher was not everyone's first choice to succeed
Richardson - Gauteng's Nic Pothas had been waiting in the wings for
some time - but once Boucher got his hands on the position, he
refused to let it go. He found conditions in England difficult, both
on the 1998 tour and during the 1999 World Cup, but he demonstrated
courage, determination and nous in what became a run of 75
consecutive Tests before he was left out for the tour of India late
in 2004. Those qualities brought him three Test hundreds in his
first 25 Tests, and earmarked him as a possible future No. 5 or No.
6 batsman. He was also awarded the South African vice-captaincy when
Shaun Pollock took over from Hansie Cronje, recognition of his
willingness to get down and scrap when his team needs it - and he
promised a scrap to regain the wicketkeeping gloves when a form dip
eventually did cost him his place.
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