Test Match Championship 2019-21: List of All Assigned Wicketkeepers
The 2019-21 World Test Championship, the inaugural edition of the competition, saw 17 designated wicketkeepers in action. Among them, a South African wicketkeeper stood out by scoring the most runs with 838, averaging 41.90. However, the names of this wicketkeeper and the other top performers are not disclosed in the given context.
Four other wicketkeepers also scored over 700 runs during the tournament. One of these four had the highest average, but the identity of this player remains undisclosed. Another Pakistani wicketkeeper among them had the second-highest average, but the name of this player is also not revealed.
Notably, during this championship, active wicketkeepers for Pakistan included Kamran Akmal and Shahzaib Hasan. Both were part of the squad, but they were primarily batsmen and captains, not wicketkeepers in this specific tournament. Other prominent players like Steve Smith and Shubman Gill were also primarily batsmen and captains, not wicketkeepers in the 2019-21 WTC.
The series-based points system awarded a maximum of 120 points per series, distributed per match. The tournament was played between August 1, 2019, and June 23, 2021, and New Zealand emerged as the champions after winning the final. The final match also marked the end of the most successful wicketkeeper's career for the New Zealand team, but the name of this player remains unknown.
Following the conclusion of the 2019-21 WTC, the ICC introduced the Percentage Points (PCT) metric for a fairer ranking system. The average of the wicketkeepers during the 2019-21 WTC cycle is not mentioned in the available data.
