wicket-keeper
Sign in to savethumb|Wicket-keeper MS Dhoni in characteristic [[full squatting position, facing a delivery from a slow pace or spin bowler]] thumb|Wicket-keeper in characteristic partial squatting position (together with slip fielders), facing a delivery from a fast bowler. In cricket, the wicket-keeper is the player on the fielding side who stands behind the wicket, ready to stop deliveries that pass the batsman, and take a catch, stump the batsman out, or run out a batsman when occasion arises. The wicket-keeper is the only member of the fielding side permitted to wear gloves and external leg guards. The r
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12 sectionsContents
- Stance
- Purposes
- Legal specifications of wicket-keeping gloves
- Substitutes
- Playing without a wicket-keeper
- Leading male international wicket-keepers
- Test
- ODI
- T20I
- See also
- Bibliography
- References
thumb|Wicket-keeper MS Dhoni in characteristic [[full squatting position, facing a delivery from a slow pace or spin bowler]] thumb|Wicket-keeper in characteristic partial squatting position (together with slip fielders), facing a delivery from a fast bowler. In cricket, the wicket-keeper is the player on the fielding side who stands behind the wicket, ready to stop deliveries that pass the batsman, and take a catch, stump the batsman out, or run out a batsman when occasion arises. The wicket-keeper is the only member of the fielding side permitted to wear gloves and external leg guards. The role of the keeper is governed by Law 27 of the Laws of Cricket. thumb|right|Adam Gilchrist of Australia standing up to the stumps against England during the fourth test of the [[2005 Ashes series in England.]] thumb|Affie Jarvis in wicket-keeping equipment, c. 1897
== Stance == Initially, during the bowling of the ball the wicket-keeper crouches in a full squatting position but partly stands up as the ball is received. Australian wicket-keeper Sammy Carter (1878 to 1948) was the first to squat on his haunches rather than bend over from the waist (stooping).