Global InformationList of bowlers who have taken a wicket with their first ball in a format of international cricket information
84 bowlers have taken a wicket with the first ball they bowled in one of the three formats of international cricket.
In Test cricket, 24 bowlers have taken a wicket with their first ball. The first was Australian Tom Horan, who dismissed Walter Read with his first ball on 26 January 1883, and the most recent is South African bowler Tshepo Moreki who took the wicket of Devon Conway on 4 February 2024. [1] However, this accomplishment has not always led to a long and illustrious career.[2] Only Maurice Tate, Keith Miller, Intikhab Alam and Nathan Lyon went on to play in more than ten Tests.[3][4][5][6] Arthur Coningham, Matt Henderson, Dennis Smith, and Tyrell Johnson were One-Test wonders, and Smith's only Test wicket was the one he took with his first ball.[7][8][9][10]
In One Day International (ODI) matches, 31 bowlers have taken a wicket with their first ball. The first to accomplish this was English bowler Geoff Arnold, who bowled Graeme Watson on 24 August 1972. [11] Not all of these bowlers took their first wicket in their debut match. Clive Lloyd, Inzamam-ul-Haq, Sadagoppan Ramesh, and Martin van Jaarsveld did not bowl in their debut matches, and took their first wicket on a later appearance.[12][13][14][15] Ramesh and Wavell Hinds took their first wickets during the same match on 6 September 1999; the former in the first innings of the match and the latter in the second.[16] It was also the only wicket taken by Ramesh during his ODI career.[17]
In Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket, 29 bowlers have taken a wicket with their first ball, including three women. The first to achieve this feat was Australian Michael Kasprowicz who took wickets with his first and second delivery in this format on 17 May 2005, dismissing New Zealand's Stephen Fleming and Mathew Sinclair.[18] Hong Kong's Nadeem Ahmed and Nepal's Paras Khadka took their first wickets during the same match on 16 March 2014; the former in the first innings of the match and the latter in the second.[19]
- ^ a b "Bowling records (Test matches) – Wicket with first ball in career". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
- ^ Williamson, Martin; Miller, Andrew (6 June 2006). "Curse of the first ball". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
- ^ "Player profile: Maurice Tate". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
- ^ "Player profile: Keith Miller". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
- ^ "Player profile: Intikhab Alam". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 February 2010.
- ^ "Player profile: Nathan Lyon". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
- ^ "Player profile: Arthur Coningham". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
- ^ "Player profile: Matt Henderson". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
- ^ "Player profile: Dennis Smith". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
- ^ "Player profile: Tyrell Johnson". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
- ^ "Bowling records (One Day Internationals) – Wicket with first ball in career". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 October 2018.
- ^ "Inzamam-ul-Haq: One Day International matches". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 7 May 2016. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
- ^ "Sadagoppan Ramesh: One Day International matches". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
- ^ "Clive LLoyd: One Day International matches". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
- ^ "Martin van Jaarsveld: One Day International matches". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
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- ^ "New Zealand v Australia (Australia in New Zealand 2004/05)". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 3 August 2016. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
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