List of West Indies Test wicket-keepers

The wicket-keeper in the sport of cricket is the player on the fielding side who stands behind the wicket or stumps being guarded by the batsman currently on strike. The wicket-keeper is the only member of the fielding side permitted to wear gloves and external leg guards.^[1] The West Indies cricket team, who were granted Test status in 1928,^[2] have fielded numerous wicket-keepers. A chronological list of West Indian Test wicket-keepers is shown here.^{[nb 1]}

The following specialist keepers have filled the role for the West Indies in Test cricket since 1928, with Jeff Dujon's 272 dismissals from 81 Test matches making him the most prolific. Denesh Ramdin is the incumbent keeper. From Deryck Murray in 1963 onwards, most keepers have also kept wicket for the West Indies in at least one One-Day International.

No.	Player	Team	Test career	Tests	Catches	Stumpings	Total dismissals
1	Karl Nunes	Jamaica	1928–1930[nb 2]	4	2	0	2[3]
2	Errol Hunte	Trinidad and Tobago	1930	3	5	0	5[4]
3	Ivan Barrow	Jamaica	1930–1939	11	17	5	22[5]
4	Cyril Christiani	British Guiana	1935	4	6	1	7[6]
5	Derek Sealy	Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago	1930–1939[nb 3]	11	6	1	7[7]
6	Clyde Walcott	Barbados and British Guiana	1947–1960[nb 4]	44	53	11	64[8]
7	Sammy Guillen	Trinidad and Tobago and Canterbury[nb 5]	1951–1956	5	9	2	11[9]
8	Alfred Binns	Jamaica	1953–1956	5	14	3	17[10]
9	Ralph Legall	Trinidad and Tobago	1953	4	8	1	9[11]
10	Clifford McWatt	British Guiana	1954–1955	6	8	1	9[12]
11	Clairmonte Depeiaza	Barbados	1955–1956	5	7	4	11[13]
12	Rohan Kanhai	Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, Western Australia, Tasmania, Warwickshire	1957–1974[nb 6]	79	50	0	50[14]
13	Gerry Alexander	Jamaica	1957–1961	25	85	5	90[15]
14	Jackie Hendriks	Jamaica	1962–1969	20	42	5	47[16]
15	Ivor Mendonca	Guyana	1962	2	8	2	10[17]
16	David Allan	Barbados	1962–1966	5	15	3	18[18]
17	Deryck Murray	Trinidad, Nottinghamshire and Warwickshire	1963–1980	62	181	8	189[19][nb 7]
18	Mike Findlay	Windward Islands	1969–1973	10	19	2	21[20]
19	Desmond Lewis	Jamaica	1971	19	8	0	8[21]
20	David Murray	Barbados	1978–1982	19	57	5	62[22][nb 7]
21	Jeff Dujon	Jamaica	1981–1991[nb 8]	81	267	5	272[23][nb 7]
22	Thelston Payne	Barbados	1986	1	5	0	5[24][nb 7]
23	David Williams	Trinidad and Tobago	1992–1998	11	40	2	42[25][nb 7]
24	Junior Murray	Windward Islands	1993–2002	33	99	3	102[26][nb 7]
25	Courtney Browne	Barbados	1995–2005	20	79	2	81[27][nb 7]
26	Ridley Jacobs	Antigua and Leeward Islands	1998–2004	65	207	12	219[28][nb 7]
27	Carlton Baugh	Jamaica	2003–2004	5	4	1	5[29][nb 7]
28	Denesh Ramdin	Trinidad and Tobago	2005–present	71	202	11	204[30][nb 7]
29	Chadwick Walton	Combined Campuses and Colleges	2009	2	10	0	10[31][nb 7]

Footnotes

1. Note that, on occasions, another player may have stepped in to relieve the primary wicket-keeper due to injury or illness. Unless the relief player was himself a recognised Test wicket-keeper, he is not included here. Note also that, due to selection policy or fielding tactics, a named player might not have been keeping wicket when taking a particular catch, but these catches are nevertheless included in the career totals given.
2. Note that Nunes kept wicket only in his first three Tests, in 1928.
3. Note that Sealy kept wicket only in his last two Tests, in 1939.
4. Note that Walcott kept wicket only in his first 15 Tests, from 1947 to 1951.
5. Note, Guillen was one of 14 Test players to play Test cricket for two nations, in this case the West Indies and New Zealand. The statistics here show only his career for the West Indies, for his career in its entirety see CricInfo
6. Note that Kanhai kept wicket only in his first three Tests, in 1957.
7. Note, this player also kept in at least one One Day International game for the West Indies
8. Note that Dujon did not keep wicket in two Tests in which he played solely as a batsman.

Notes

1. "Law 40 The Wicket Keeper". Lords Home of Cricket.
2. Goble, Ray; Sandiford, Keith. 75 Years of West Indies Cricket,1928-2003. Hansib Publishing (Caribbean) Ltd. ISBN 1-870518-78-0.
3. "Karl Nunes". CricInfo. Retrieved 20 June 2010.
4. "Errol Hunte". Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 June 2010.
5. "Ivan Barrow". Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 June 2010.
6. "Cyril Christiani". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 20 June 2010.
7. "Derek Sealy". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 20 June 2010.
8. "Clyde Walcott". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 20 June 2010.
9. "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Sam Guillen". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 20 June 2010.
10. "Alfred Binns". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 20 June 2010.
11. "Ralph Legall". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 20 June 2010.
12. "Clifford McWatt". cricketarchive. Retrieved 20 June 2010.
13. "Clairmonte Depeiaza". Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 June 2010.
14. "Rohan Kanhai". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 20 June 2010.
15. "Gerry Alexander". Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 June 2010.
16. "Jackie Hendriks". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 20 June 2010.
17. "Ivor Mendonca". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 20 June 2010.
18. "David Allan". Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 June 2010.
19. "Deryck Murray". Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 June 2010.
20. "Mike Findlay". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 20 June 2010.
21. "Desmond Lewis". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 20 June 2010.
22. "David Murray". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 20 June 2010.
23. "Jeff Dujon". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 20 June 2010.
24. "Thelston Payne". Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 June 2010.
25. "David Williams". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 20 June 2010.
26. "Junior Murray". Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 June 2010.
27. "Courtney Browne". Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 June 2010.
28. "Ridley Jacobs". Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 June 2010.
29. "Carlton Baugh". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 25 June 2010.
30. "Denesh Ramdin". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 20 June 2010.
31. "Chadwick Walton". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 25 June 2010.

See also

• List of West Indies Test cricketers