For the South Africa born footballer, see Denis Lindsay (soccer).
Denis Lindsay
Denis Lindsay batting
Personal information
Full name
Denis Thomson Lindsay
Born
(1939-09-04)4 September 1939 Benoni, Transvaal, South Africa
Died
30 November 2005(2005-11-30) (aged 66) Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
Batting
Right-handed
Role
Wicketkeeper-batsman
Relations
Johnny Lindsay (father) Neville Lindsay (great-uncle)
International information
National side
South Africa
Test debut (cap 215)
6 December 1963 v Australia
Last Test
5 March 1970 v Australia
Career statistics
Competition
Test
FC
LA
Matches
19
124
6
Runs scored
1,130
7,074
160
Batting average
37.66
35.54
40.00
100s/50s
3/5
12/29
0/2
Top score
182
216
57
Balls bowled
–
17
–
Wickets
–
0
–
Bowling average
–
–
–
5 wickets in innings
–
–
–
10 wickets in match
–
–
–
Best bowling
–
–
–
Catches/stumpings
57/2
292/41
3/0
Source: Cricinfo, 10 December 2013
Denis Thomson Lindsay (4 September 1939 – 30 November 2005) was a South African cricketer who played 19 Test matches for South Africa between 1963 and 1970. His outstanding series was against Australia in 1966–67, when he scored 606 runs in seven innings, including three centuries, took 24 catches as wicketkeeper and conceded only six byes.
Of all wicketkeepers in Test history with a career of 10 Tests or more, Lindsay has the lowest number of byes per Test, with 20 byes conceded in the 15 Tests in which he kept wickets; the best keepers generally average around 3 or 4 byes per Test.[1]
He later became an international cricket referee.
During his career, Lindsay was usually erroneously listed as 'J.D. Lindsay', the same as his father, Johnny, who played three Tests for South Africa in 1947.
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