London, July 11 -- England right-hand batter Jamie Smith on Friday levelled the record of South African cricketer Quinton de Kock in scoring 1000 runs in the fewest innings of a Test match by a wicketkeeper.

Smith achieved this landmark during the first session of the second day of the Lord's Test. He completed this milestone in 21 innings, which is the joint-highest with De Kock, who retired from the longest format back in December 2021.

Sri Lanka's Dinesh Chandimal and England batter Jonny Bairstow are joint second in this list with 22 innings behind Smith and De Kock.

Sri Lanka's legendary batter Kumar Sangakkara and former South Africa captain AB de Villiers are joint third in the list with 23 innings, and former West Indies wicket...