5 players you didn't know have taken Test wickets

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#1. Mark Boucher

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Boucher bowled only once in Test cricket and picked up a wicket then

Mark Boucher's name is stamped in the history of Test cricket as one of the best wicket-keepers. An essential cog of the dominating South African Test side during the first decade of the 21st century, Boucher had a safe pair of hands behind the wickets. He was also a handy batsman in the lower order.

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However, what is mostly unknown is his bowling exploits. During his 147 Test career, he came to bowl only once and importantly picked a wicket in that inning.

In the Test at Antigua in 2005, which is best remembered for Chris Gayle's triple hundred, Smith asked Boucher to replace the gloves with the red ball as the last wicket partnership between Dwayne Bravo and Dwight Washington looked threatening.

Boucher delivered his medium pace bowling which broke Bravo's concentration and the centurion batsman handed a catch to Ashwell Prince.

That was Boucher's best moment with the ball and he also became the rare bowler who picked a wicket on the last ball he delivered in Test cricket.

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