List of bowlers who have taken a wicket with their first ball in international cricket

Black and white image of Tom Horan.
Tom Horan was the first bowler to take a wicket with his very first delivery in Test cricket.[1]

Fifty bowlers have taken a wicket with the very first ball they bowled in an international cricket match. Twenty bowlers have performed this feat in Test cricket. The first was Australian Arthur Coningham, who dismissed Archie MacLaren with his first ball in 1895.[2] The most recent is South African bowler Hardus Viljoen who joined the record holders on 15 January 2016, when he dismissed the England captain Alastair Cook. Seven of these twenty bowlers have been English cricketers.[1] However, this accomplishment has not always led to a long and illustrious career.[3] Only Maurice Tate, Intikhab Alam and Nathan Lyon went on to play in more than ten Tests.[4][5] Arthur Coningham, Matt Henderson, Dennis Smith, and Tyrell Johnson played just one match each, and Smith's only Test wicket was the one he took with his first ball.[6][7][8][9]

In One Day International (ODI) matches, 22 bowlers have taken a wicket with their first ball. The first to accomplish this was English bowler Geoff Arnold, who bowled out Graeme Watson in 1972. The most recent is Andrew Mathieson, from New Zealand, on 20 June 2015.[10] 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.[11][12][13][14] Ramesh and Wavell Hinds took their first wickets during the same match in 1999, the former in the first innings of the match and the latter in the second.[15] It was also the only wicket taken by Ramesh during his ODI career.[16]

Inzamam-ul-Haq took his first ODI wicket with his very first delivery of his career.

Key

Name Name of the bowler
Date The date the wicket was taken.
Venue The cricket ground where the wicket was taken
For The team the bowler was playing for
Against Opposing team
Batsman The Batsman whose wicket was taken
Dismissal Type of dismissal

Wicket with first ball in Test career

Bowler Date Venue For Against Batsman Dismissal Ref(s)
Horan, TomTom Horan 26 January 1883 Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney  Australia  England Walter Read bowled [17][18]
Coningham, ArthurArthur Coningham 29 December 1894 Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne  Australia  England Archie MacLaren c Harry Trott [19]
Bradley, BillBill Bradley 17 July 1899 Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester  England  Australia Frank Laver c Dick Lilley [20]
Arnold, TedTed Arnold 11 December 1903 Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney  England  Australia Reggie Duff c Dick Lilley [21]
Vogler, BertBert Vogler 2 January 1906 Old Wanderers, Johannesburg  South Africa  England Ernie Hayes caught & bowled [22]
Crawford, JackJack Crawford 2 January 1906 Old Wanderers, Johannesburg  England  South Africa Bert Vogler Bowled [22]
Macaulay, GeorgeGeorge Macaulay 1 January 1923 Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town  England  South Africa George Hearne c Percy Fender [23]
Tate, MauriceMaurice Tate 16 June 1924 Edgbaston Stadium, Birmingham  England  South Africa Fred Susskind bowled [24]
Henderson, MattMatt Henderson 10 January 1930 Lancaster Park, Christchurch  New Zealand  England Eddie Dawson c Tom Lowry [25]
Smith, DennisDennis Smith 24 March 1933 Lancaster Park, Christchurch  New Zealand  England Eddie Paynter bowled [26]
Johnson, TyrellTyrell Johnson 19 August 1939 The Oval, London  West Indies  England Walter Keeton bowled [27]
Howorth, DickDick Howorth 18 August 1947 The Oval, London  England  South Africa Dennis Dyer c Cliff Gladwin [28]
Alam, IntikhabIntikhab Alam 5 December 1959 National Stadium, Karachi  Pakistan  Australia Colin McDonald bowled [29]
Illingworth, RichardRichard Illingworth 5 July 1991 Trent Bridge, Nottingham  England  West Indies Phil Simmons bowled [30]
Kulkarni, NileshNilesh Kulkarni 3 August 1997 R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo  India  Sri Lanka Marvan Atapattu c Nayan Mongia [31]
Gamage, ChamilaChamila Gamage 29 July 2002 Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo  Sri Lanka  Bangladesh Mohammad Ashraful bowled [32]
Lyon, NathanNathan Lyon 1 September 2011 Galle International Stadium, Galle  Australia  Sri Lanka Kumar Sangakkara c Michael Clarke [33]
Eranga, ShamindaShaminda Eranga 16 September 2011 Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo  Sri Lanka  Australia Shane Watson c Tillakaratne Dilshan [34]
Piedt, DaneDane Piedt 9 August 2014 Harare Sports Club, Harare  South Africa  Zimbabwe Mark Vermeulen lbw [35]
Viljoen, HardusHardus Viljoen 15 January 2016 Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg  South Africa  England Alastair Cook c Dane Vilas [36]

Wicket with first ball in ODI career

Bowler Date Venue For Against Batsman Dismissal Ref.
Arnold, GeoffGeoff Arnold 24 August 1972 Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester  England  Australia Graeme Watson bowled [37]
Lloyd, CliveClive Lloyd 7 August 1973 The Oval, London  West Indies  England Mike Smith bowled [38]
Mehboob, ShahidShahid Mehboob 31 December 1982 Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore  Pakistan  India Kris Srikkanth c Zaheer Abbas [39]
Thomson, ShaneShane Thomson 1 March 1990 Carisbrook, Dunedin  New Zealand  India Mohammad Azharuddin c Mark Greatbatch [40]
, Inzamam-ul-HaqInzamam-ul-Haq 24 November 1991 Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad  Pakistan  West Indies Brian Lara c Moin Khan [41]
Matambanadzo, EvertonEverton Matambanadzo 3 November 1996 Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar  Zimbabwe  Pakistan Shahid Afridi c John Rennie [42]
Ramesh, SadagoppanSadagoppan Ramesh 6 September 1999 Kallang Ground, Singapore  India  West Indies Nixon McLean c Debasis Mohanty [15]
Hinds, WavellWavell Hinds 6 September 1999 Kallang Ground, Singapore  West Indies  India Mannava Prasad c Nehemiah Perry [15]
Ababu, JosephatJosephat Ababu 25 September 1999 Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi  Kenya  Zimbabwe Neil Johnson bowled [43]
Martin van Jaarsveld 9 October 2002 De Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberley  South Africa  Bangladesh Talha Jubair bowled [44]
Zondeki, MondeMonde Zondeki 6 December 2002 Goodyear Park, Bloemfontein  South Africa  Sri Lanka Marvan Atapattu c Andrew Hall [45]
Lokuarachchi, KaushalKaushal Lokuarachchi 6 April 2003 Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah  Sri Lanka  Kenya Steve Tikolo c Avishka Gunawardene [46]
Clarke, RikkiRikki Clarke 17 June 2003 Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester  England  Pakistan Imran Nazir c Vikram Solanki [47]
Edwards, FidelFidel Edwards 29 November 2003 Harare Sports Club, Harare  West Indies  Zimbabwe Barney Rogers bowled [48]
O'Brien, KevinKevin O'Brien 13 June 2006 Civil Service Cricket Ground, Stormont, Belfast  Ireland  England Andrew Strauss c Andre Botha [49]
Thushara, ThilanThilan Thushara 15 April 2008 Beausejour Stadium, Saint Lucia  Sri Lanka  West Indies Runako Morton c Kumar Sangakkara [50]
Kumar, BhuvneshwarBhuvneshwar Kumar 30 December 2012 MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai  India  Pakistan Mohammad Hafeez bowled [51]
Kamyuka, KennethKenneth Kamyuka 13 October 2013 Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City (NW)  Canada  Netherlands Daan Van Bunge bowled [52]
Mathieson, AndrewAndrew Mathieson 20 June 2015 Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street  New Zealand  England Jason Roy c Martin Guptill [53]

Wicket with first ball in T20I career

Bowler Date Venue For Against Batsman Dismissal Ref(s).
*Kasprowicz, MichaelMichael Kasprowicz 17 May 2005 Eden Park, Auckland  Australia  New Zealand Stephen Fleming bowled [54]
Thomas, AlfonsoAlfonso Thomas 2 February 2007 New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg  South Africa  Pakistan Imran Nazir c AB de Villiers [55]
Tait, ShaunShaun Tait 11 December 2007 Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore  Australia  New Zealand Jamie How c Adam Gilchrist [56]
Kleinveldt, RoryRory Kleinveldt 5 November 2008 New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg  South Africa  Bangladesh Junaid Siddique c AB de Villiers [57]
Ojha, PragyanPragyan Ojha 24 November 2009 Trent Bridge, Nottingham  India  Bangladesh Shakib Al Hasan c Mahendra Singh Dhoni [58]
Denly, JoeJoe Denly 15 November 2009 SuperSport Park, Centurion  England  South Africa Graeme Smith c Sajid Mahmood [59][60]
**Kohli, ViratVirat Kohli 31 August 2011 Old Trafford, Manchester  India  England Kevin Pietersen st Mahendra Singh Dhoni [61]
Ahmed, NadeemNadeem Ahmed 16 March 2014 Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong  Hong Kong    Nepal Subash Khakurel c Aizaz Khan [62]
Khadka, ParasParas Khadka 16 March 2014 Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong    Nepal  Hong Kong Irfan Ahmed c Subash Khakurel [62]
***Gavera, WillieWillie Gavera 15 July 2015 Civil Service Cricket Club, Stormont, Belfast  Papua New Guinea  Ireland Niall O'Brien bowled [63]
Lalcheta, AjayAjay Lalcheta 21 November 2015 Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi (neutral venue)  Oman  Hong Kong Nizakat Khan bowled [64]
Source: ESPNcricinfo. Last updated: 29 November 2015.

Note:

(*) Kasprowicz took wickets with his first 2 balls.

(**) Kohli's wicket came off his first delivery, which was called a wide.

(***) Gavera took wickets with his first and third balls

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