Mark Boucher

Mark Boucher

Boucher playing his last game for South Africa against Somerset in July 2012
Personal information
Full name	Mark Verdon Boucher
Born	(1976-12-03) 3 December 1976 (age 47) East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Height	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right arm medium
Role	Wicketkeeper batsman
International information
National side	South Africa (1997–2012)
Test debut (cap 267)	17 October 1997 v Pakistan
Last Test	3 January 2012 v Sri Lanka
ODI debut (cap 46)	16 January 1998 v New Zealand
Last ODI	28 October 2011 v Australia
ODI shirt no.	9
T20I debut (cap 2)	21 October 2005 v New Zealand
Last T20I	10 May 2010 v Pakistan
T20I shirt no.	9
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1995/96–2002/03	Border
2004/05–2012	Warriors
2009–2010	Royal Challengers Bangalore
2011	Kolkata Knight Riders
Head coaching information
Years	Team
2019—2022	South Africa
2023—2024	Mumbai Indians
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA Matches 147 295 212 365 Runs scored 5,515 4,686 8,803 6,218 Batting average 30.30 28.57 33.34 28.19 100s/50s 5/35 1/26 10/53 2/35 Top score 125 147* 134 147* Balls bowled 8 – 32 – Wickets 1 – 1 – Bowling average 6.00 – 26.00 – 5 wickets in innings 0 – 0 – 10 wickets in match 0 – 0 – Best bowling 1/6 – 1/6 – Catches/stumpings 532/23 403/22 712/37 484/31
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 10 September 2017
Medal record Representing  South Africa Men's Cricket Commonwealth Games 1998 Kuala Lumpur List-A cricket

Mark Verdon Boucher (born 3 December 1976) is a South African cricket coach and former cricketer who played all three formats of the game. Boucher is regarded as one of the best wicket-keeper batsmen of all time, and holds the record for the most Test dismissals by a wicket-keeper, with 532 catches and 555 total dismissals. Boucher was a member of the South Africa team that won the 1998 ICC KnockOut Trophy, the only time the country has won an ICC trophy till date.

He has represented Border, Warriors, South Africa, Africa XI, ICC World XI and Royal Challengers Bangalore and Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League.

He had been a regular feature of the South African side since the 1997/1998 tour to Australia, until his retirement from international cricket in July 2012 after a serious eye injury against Somerset.^[1]

In 2021, during the Cricket South Africa's (CSA) Social Justice and Nation Building (SJN) transformation public hearings, Paul Adams claimed under oath^[2] that Mark Boucher and other teammates racially abused him by calling him a "brown shit" in a team song.^[3]