10 bowler-fielder combinations with most dismissals in Tests

#5 Lance Gibbs and Garry Sobers - 39 (1961 - 1973)

Lance Gibbs (front, fifth from left), Garry Sobers (front, third from left) got together for 39 Test dismissals

A brilliant off-spinner in the company of deadly fast bowlers like Michael Holding, Joel Garner, Malcolm Marshall et al, Lance Gibbs’ most outstanding feature in the longest format of the game will be his exceptional economy rate of 1.98 after 79 Tests. On the other hand of his achievements lay the talismanic all-rounder Garry Sobers, with whom he joined hands to get 39 dismissals. Gibbs got 309 Test wickets – the fourth highest for the West Indies – while Sobers’ 109 catches also remain behind three of his countrymen.

The most successful bowler-fielder pairing from their nation, however, unfortunately, could not witness a repeat of their journey with West Indies’ status as the rulers of cricket dwindling from the early 1990’s.