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 Cricket Trivia - Fielding
  • The only wicket keeper to have stumped Sir Donald Bradman was Prabir Sen of India.
  • In a one-dayer against Australia, in Australia Ijaz Ahmed of Pakistan missed as many as 6 run out attempts.
  • The world record for the maximum catches, by an out fielder, in a one-dayer is held by arguably the best fielder in the world, Jonty Rhodes of South Africa. He took 5 catches against West Indies, in India.
  • The world record for dismissals by a wicket-keeper in a one-dayer is also 5. It is held by a large number of keepers, including three Indians - Syed Kirmani, Kiran More and Nayan Mongia.
  • Brendon Kuruppu of Sri Lanka started playing as a wicket-keeper. On debut for Sri Lanka he scored 201*.
  • Sri Lanka hosted India for a 3-test series in 1994. They used different keepers in each match - Ashley de Silva, Pubudu Dassanayake and Romesh Kaluwitharna.
  • Sir Frank Worrell, Clyde Walcott and Hashan Tilekratne all started their test careers as wicket-keepers, but went on to become full-fledged batsmen.

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