Wicket-keepers plays an important role in test cricket and, over time, the role has evolved into a specialist position.

In Test cricket, only 34 wicket-keepers have kept wicket in a match for Australia.

Jack Blackham was the first and longest-serving wicket-keeper who kept wicket for Australia and is considered first of the modern great wicketkeepers. He played in thirty-five Test matches between 1877 and 1894 for Australia against England in which he caught 36 catches and stumped 24. He was also the first wicket-keeper captain of the Australian cricket team.

Jack Blackham, Billy Murdoch, Barry Jarman, Adam Gilchrist, and Tim Paine are the only wicket-keepers who have captained the Australian cricket team. Paine is the longest serving wicket-keeper Test captain for Australia.

This list only includes players who have played as the designated keeper for a match. On occasions, another player may have stepped in to relieve the primary wicket-keeper due to injury or the keeper bowling, for example, David Warner replaced an injured Brad Haddin in a game against Pakistan where Azhar Ali was caught behind by Warner off the bowling of Mitchell Starc.

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No. Player Span Tests Catches Stumpings Totaldismissals 1 Jack Blackham 1877–1894 32 35 24 59 2 Billy Murdoch 1882 1 2 0 2 3 Affie Jarvis 1885–1895 9 8 9 17 4 Frederick Burton 1887 1 0 1 1 5 Jim Kelly 1896–1905 36 43 20 63 6 Sammy Carter 1907–1921 28 44 21 65 7 Barlow Carkeek 1912 6 6 0 6 8 Bert Oldfield 1920–1937 54 78 52 130 9 Hammy Love 1932–1933 1 3 0 3 10 Ben Barnett 1938 4 3 2 5 11 Don Tallon 1946–1953 21 50 8 58 12 Ron Saggers 1948–1950 6 16 8 24 13 Gil Langley 1951–1956 26 83 15 98 14 Len Maddocks 1955–1956 7 19 1 20 15 Wally Grout 1957–1966 51 163 24 187 16 Barry Jarman 1959–1969 19 50 4 54 17 Brian Taber 1966–1970 16 56 4 60 18 Rod Marsh 1970–1984 96 343 12 355 19 Steve Rixon 1977–1985 13 42 5 47 20 John Maclean 1978–1979 4 18 0 18 21 Kevin Wright 1978–1980 10 31 4 35 22 Roger Woolley 1983–1984 2 7 0 7 23 Wayne B. Phillips 1984–1986 18 43 0 43 24 Tim Zoehrer 1985–1987 10 18 1 19 25 Greg Dyer 1986–1988 6 22 2 24 26 Ian Healy 1988–1999 119 366 29 395 27 Phil Emery 1994 1 5 1 6 28 Adam Gilchrist 1999–2008 96 379 37 416 29 Brad Haddin 2008–2015 66 262 8 270 30 Graham Manou 2009 1 3 0 3 31 Tim Paine 2010–2021 35 150 7 157 32 Matthew Wade 2012–2017 22 63 11 74 33 Peter Nevill 2015–2016 17 61 2 63 34 Alex Carey 2021–present 45 171 18 189

See also List of Australian Test cricketers List of Australia ODI wicket-keepers List of Australia T20I wicket-keepers

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