This is a list of bowlers who have taken a wicket with the first ball they bowled in one of the three formats of international cricket.
In Test cricket, 25 bowlers have taken a wicket with their first delivery. The first to do so was Australian Tom Horan, who dismissed Walter Read with his first ball on 26 January 1883. However, this accomplishment has not always led to a long and illustrious career. Only Maurice Tate, Keith Miller, Intikhab Alam and Nathan Lyon went on to play in more than ten Tests. Arthur Coningham, Matt Henderson, Dennis Smith, and Tyrell Johnson were One-Test wonders. Smith's first-ball wicket was also the only wicket he took in Test cricket.
In One Day International (ODI) matches, 33 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. 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. 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. It was also the only wicket taken by Ramesh during his ODI career.
In Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket, 36 bowlers have taken a wicket with their first ball, including 4 women cricketers. 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. Nadeem Ahmed of Hong Kong and Paras Khadka of Nepal 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. The first woman cricketer to do this was Chloe Tryon who did it against West Indies in 2010.
Key No. Numerical order of bowler Bowler The name of the bowlerDate The date the wicket was takenVenue The cricket ground where the wicket was takenFor The team the bowler was playing forAgainst The opposing teamBatsman The batsman whose wicket was takenDismissal The type of dismissal
Wicket with first ball in Test career No. Bowler Date Venue For Against Batsman Dismissal Ref(s) 1 Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney bowled 2 Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne c Harry Trott 3 Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester c Dick Lilley 4 Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney c RE Foster 5 1 Old Wanderers, Johannesburg caught & bowled 6 2 Old Wanderers, Johannesburg bowled 7 Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town c Percy Fender 8 Edgbaston Stadium, Birmingham bowled 9 Lancaster Park, Christchurch c Tom Lowry 10 Lancaster Park, Christchurch bowled 11 The Oval, London bowled 12 Basin Reserve, Wellington bowled 13 The Oval, London c Cliff Gladwin 14 National Stadium, Karachi bowled 15 Trent Bridge, Nottingham bowled 16 R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo c Nayan Mongia 17 Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo bowled 18 Galle International Stadium, Galle c Michael Clarke 19 Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo c Tillakaratne Dilshan 20 Harare Sports Club, Harare lbw 21 Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg c Dane Vilas 22 Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur c Afsar Zazai 23 Adelaide Oval, Adelaide c Justin Greaves 24 Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui lbw 25 Centurion Park, Centurion c Marco Jansen . Source: ESPNcricinfo.
Wicket with first ball in ODI career No Bowler Date Venue For Against Batsman Dismissal Ref. 1 Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester bowled 2 The Oval, London bowled 3 Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore c Zaheer Abbas 4 Carisbrook, Dunedin c Mark Greatbatch 5 Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad c Moin Khan 6 Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar c John Rennie 7 1 Kallang Ground, Singapore c Debasis Mohanty 8 2 Kallang Ground, Singapore c Nehemiah Perry 9 Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi bowled 10 Charitha Buddhika Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah lbw 11 Martin van Jaarsveld De Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberley bowled 12 Goodyear Park, Bloemfontein c Andrew Hall 13 Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah c Avishka Gunawardene 14 Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester Imran Nazir c 15 Harare Sports Club, Harare bowled 16 Stormont, Belfast c Andre Botha 17 Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi c Morris Ouma 18 Beausejour Stadium, Saint Lucia c Kumar Sangakkara 19 Sabina Park, Jamaica c Rizwan Cheema 20 MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai bowled 21 Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City, Ontario bowled 22 Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street c Martin Guptill 23 The Grange Club, Edinburgh lbw 24 Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur lbw 25 Harare Sports Club, Harare Javed Ahmadi lbw 26 Sportpark Het Schootsveld, Deventer Tobias Visee lbw 27 Malahide Cricket Club Ground, Malahide Andy McBrine c Quinton de Kock 28 7 September 2021Al Amerat Cricket Stadium (Turf 1), Al AmeratTony Urabowled29 7 September 2021R. Premadasa Stadium, ColomboJanneman Malanc Dhananjaya de Silva30 14 November 2022 Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur lbw 31 17 September 2023 Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg c Michael Neser 32 22 July 2024Forthill, DundeeZeeshan Maqsoodlbw33 22 December 2024Wanderers Stadium, JohannesburgAiden Markramc Kamran Ghulam . Source: ESPNcricinfo.
Wicket with first ball in T20I career No Bowler Date Venue For Against Batsman DismissalRef(s) 1 Eden Park, Auckland bowled 2 New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Bowled 3 New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg c Raina 4 New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg c de Villiers 5 WACA Ground, Perth c Gilchrist 6 New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg c de Villiers 7 New Wanderers, Johannesburg c Ponting 8 Trent Bridge, Nottingham Shakib Al Hasan c Dhoni 9 SuperSport Park, Centurion c Sajid Mahmood 10 Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester st MS Dhoni 11 1 Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong c Aizaz Khan 12 2 Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong c Subash Khakurel 13 Civil Service Cricket Club, Stormont, Belfast bowled 14 Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi bowled 15 Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah lbw 16 McLean Park, Napier c Matt Henry 17 Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg c Chandimal 18 Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka c Mahmudullah 19 Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington bowled 20 Kinrara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur bowled 21 Desert Springs Cricket Ground, Almería lbw 22 Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur c Henry Nicholls 23 R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo lbw 24 Coolidge Cricket Ground Caught 25 Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah c Azam Khan 26 Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium bowled 27 Achimota Oval, Accra c Gerard Mwendwa28 Happy Valley Ground, Episkopi bowled 28 Titwood, Glasgow c Scott Edwards 29 Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai c Sandeep Lamichhane 30 Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka c Tim Robinson 31 Stormont Cricket Ground, Belfast bowled . Source: ESPNcricinfo.
Wicket with first ball in women's T20I career No Bowler Date Venue For Against Batsman DismissalRef(s) 1 Warner Park, Basseterre c Alicia Smith 2 Lochlands, Arbroath c Nadia Gruny 3 Reforma Athletic Club, Naucalpan c Sindhu Sriharsha 4 24 April 2024Udayana Cricket Ground, Bali Tsendsuren Ariuntsetsegc I Gusti Pratiwi . Source: ESPNCricInfo.
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