Australia has emerged victorious in the Ashes series 2025-26, winning the five-match Test series 4-1. The series win was significantly influenced by the outstanding performance of wicketkeeper-batsman Alex Carey.
Carey played a crucial role both behind the stumps and with the bat. In eight innings across five Tests, he scored 323 runs at an average of 46.14, including one century and two half-centuries. He was the fourth-highest run-scorer of the series. Additionally, Carey made 28 dismissals as a wicketkeeper, setting a new record for the most dismissals by a wicketkeeper in a single Ashes series.
This achievement allowed Carey to surpass former Australian wicketkeepers Ian Healy and Adam Gilchrist. Healy had held the record with 27 dismissals (24 catches and 3 stumpings) in the 1998-99 Ashes series, while Gilchrist recorded 26 dismissals in 2001. Carey has now moved ahead of both with his 28 dismissals.
While the record for the most runs by a wicketkeeper in an Ashes series is held by Brad Haddin, who scored 493 runs in 2013-14, Ian Healy still holds the record for the most career dismissals as a wicketkeeper in Ashes matches. Between 1989 and 1999, Healy made 135 dismissals in 33 Tests, including 123 catches and 12 stumpings.
Alex Carey ranks ninth in terms of most dismissals in Ashes history, having made 77 dismissals (71 catches and 6 stumpings) in 15 Tests from 2021 to 2026.
The 34-year-old Carey made his Test debut in 2021. In 48 Tests and 73 innings, he has amassed 2,333 runs, including three centuries and thirteen half-centuries. Behind the stumps, he has taken 186 catches and effected 19 stumpings so far.
Carey’s record-breaking Ashes performance highlights his valuable contribution to Australia’s success in the series and establishes him as one of the leading wicketkeeper-batsmen in the world.
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