# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mark-boucher
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:24:30.190Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mark-boucher"
name: "Mark Boucher"
slug: "mark-boucher"
description: "Mark Verdon Boucher is a South African cricket coach and former cricketer who played all three formats of the game. Boucher is regarded as one of the best wicket-keeper batsmen of all time, and holds the record for the most Test dismissals by a wicket-keeper, with 532 catches and 555 total dismissals. Boucher was a member of the South Africa team that won the 1998 ICC KnockOut Trophy, the only time the country had won an ICC trophy until the 2025 World Test Championship final."
tagline: "South African cricketer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Markboucher.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
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  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1976-12-03"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.109764
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump