Stats: Players with most Test innings before being stumped

Shivnarine Chanderpaul

The West Indies batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul now holds the record for playing the highest number of Test innings (265) before being stumped. Having played 193 innings, former South African captain Graeme Smith previously held the record.

Following the just concluded final Test between New Zealand and the West Indies of the 3-match series at the Carribean islands, which ?the visitors won 2-1, the 39-year-old, who got stumped off the bowling off off-spinner Mark Craig, overtook him to snatch the top spot.

Player	Country	Number of Test innings
Shivnarine Chanderpaul	West Indies	265
Graeme Smith	South Africa	193
Daniel Vettori	New Zealand	165
Sanath Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka	155
Alec Stewart	England	155
Sachin Tendulkar	India	142
Andrew Strauss	England	141

Note: Stats updated till 1 July 2014.