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Test Cricket - Dismissal Records and Statistics - Bowlers
Bowlers Taking a Wicket with First Ball* of Match
Bowler
Country
Match
Versus
Ground
Batsman
S Abid Ali
India
06/03/1971
West Indies
Queen's Park Oval
R C Fredericks
C E L Ambrose
West Indies
02/01/1999
South Africa
Newlands
G Kirsten
J M Anderson*
England
26/12/2019
South Africa
SuperSport Park
D Elgar*
G G Arnold
England
04/07/1974
India
Edgbaston
S M Gavaskar
G G Arnold
England
28/02/1975
New Zealand
AMI Stadium
J F M Morrison
F T Badcock
New Zealand
24/03/1933
England
AMI Stadium
H Sutcliffe
P T Collins
West Indies
08/12/2002
Bangladesh
Bangabandhu National Stadium
Hannan Sarkar
P T Collins
West Indies
28/05/2004
Bangladesh
Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium
Hannan Sarkar
P T Collins
West Indies
04/06/2004
Bangladesh
Sabina Park
Hannan Sarkar
A Coningham
Australia
29/12/1894
England
Melbourne Cricket Ground
A C MacLaren
M V Dillon
West Indies
02/05/2002
India
Kensington Oval
S S Das
A A Donald
South Africa
19/04/2001
West Indies
Sabina Park
L V Garrick
Fazal Mahmood
Pakistan
26/03/1958
West Indies
Queen's Park Oval
C C Hunte
R J Hadlee
New Zealand
22/03/1974
Australia
Eden Park
K R Stackpole
R J Hadlee
New Zealand
09/02/1990
India
McLean Park
W V Raman
Imran Khan
Pakistan
21/02/1987
India
Sawai Mansingh Stadium
S M Gavaskar
Kapil Dev
India
13/11/1992
South Africa
Kingsmead
S J Cook
Kapil Dev
India
24/09/1983
Pakistan
Gandhi Stadium
Mohsin Khan
R A S Lakmal*
Sri Lanka
16/11/2017
India
Eden Gardens
K L Rahul*
R A S Lakmal*
Sri Lanka
01/12/2010
West Indies
Pallekele International Cricket Stadium
C H Gayle*
M D Marshall
West Indies
10/12/1983
India
Eden Gardens
S M Gavaskar
Mashrafe Mortaza
Bangladesh
18/05/2007
India
Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium
W Jaffer
E L McCormick
Australia
04/12/1936
England
Brisbane Cricket Ground
T S Worthington
G D McGrath
Australia
22/09/1999
Sri Lanka
Galle International Stadium
S T Jayasuriya
G D McKenzie
Australia
20/01/1967
South Africa
Kingsmead
E J Barlow
Mohammad Amir*
Pakistan
24/11/2009
New Zealand
University Oval
T G McIntosh
B Muzarabani*
Zimbabwe
02/03/2021
Afghanistan
Sheikh Zayed Stadium
Abdul Malik*
A M E Roberts
West Indies
27/12/1974
India
Eden Gardens
S S Naik
R J Sidebottom
England
15/06/2007
West Indies
Riverside Ground
D Ganga
M A Starc*
Australia
08/12/2021
England
Brisbane Cricket Ground
R J Burns*
M A Starc*
Australia
04/08/2016
Sri Lanka
Galle International Stadium
D Karunaratne*
D W Steyn
South Africa
14/01/2010
England
Wanderers Stadium
A J Strauss
M W Tate
England
10/07/1926
Australia
Headingley
W Bardsley
A E E Vogler
South Africa
19/08/1907
England
Kennington Oval
T W Hayward
No. of Players = 34
* Wides and No Balls ignored / Run Outs off first ball excluded
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