Hope you have read part 1:
Continuing with individual performances in
Fielding:
Most dismissals (12 or more):
Boucher leads by a large margin (60) followed by de Villiers (40).
de Villiers has the most catches by a fielder (25) besides 15 catches as a keeper. Next among fielders is Kallis with 23. Note that K Verreyne has 14 in just 2 Tests.
Current players here include Saha, de Kock, Pujara and Rahane.
Most dismissals in an innings (5 or more):
Saha (twice), de Kock and newcomer Verreyne represent the current players.
Most dismissals in a match (7 or more):
Saha has the most, with 5 catches in each innings. Other current players are de Kock, Pant and Verreyne.
Most dismissals per innings (Minimum 20 innings, 0.60 or more):
Boucher leads by a large margin over Dhoni.
Apart from the “hybrid” de Villiers who played both as a keeper and fielder, GC Smith has the highest dismissal rate among fielders.
Rahane is the only current player here.
Finally: All-round performance:
Overall performance (see criteria in table):
Only SM Pollock can be called a genuine all-rounder. Kallis is not here as he bowled less than 2000 balls against India.
Match performance (at least 50+ and 5wi+):
The best of these match performances seems to be by N Boje.
Tail piece:
AK Markram has now played 29 Tests. 18 of them were won by SA and 11 were lost. None were drawn. He thus continues to hold the record for playing in the most Tests without a draw. Next is England’s GA Lohmann of long ago who played in 18 Tests (15 wins, 3 losses).
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