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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-nine bowlers have taken a wicket with the very first ball they bowled in one of the three formats of international cricket. Twenty bowlers have performed this feat in Test cricket. 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 Hardus Viljoen who dismissed the England captain Alastair Cook on 15 January 2016. Seven of these twenty bowlers have been English cricketers.[1] However, this accomplishment has not always led to a long and illustrious career.[2] Only Maurice Tate, Intikhab Alam and Nathan Lyon went on to play in more than ten Tests.[3][4][5] 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.[6][7][8][9]

In One Day International (ODI) matches, twenty-four 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. The most recent is Mosaddek Hossain, from Bangladesh, who struck with his debut delivery on 28 September 2016.[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 on 6 September 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]

In Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket, fourteen bowlers have taken a wicket with their first ball. 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.[17] 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.[18] The most recent, on 3 January 2017, is Lockie Ferguson of New Zealand, who became the second bowler to achieve the feat of two T20I wickets in his first two deliveries by dismissing Sabbir Rahman and Soumya Sarkar of Bangladesh.[19]

Inzamum-ul-Haq carrying a large equipment bag
Inzamam-ul-Haq, who took a wicket with his first ODI delivery

Key

No. Numerical order of bowler
Bowler The 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 The opposing team
Batsman The batsman whose wicket was taken
Dismissal The type of dismissal

Wicket with first ball in Test career

No. Bowler Date Venue For Against Batsman Dismissal Ref(s)
1 Tom Horan 26 January 1883 Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney  Australia  England Walter Read bowled [20][21]
2 Arthur Coningham 29 December 1894 Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne  Australia  England Archie MacLaren c Harry Trott [22]
3 Bill Bradley 17 July 1899 Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester  England  Australia Frank Laver c Dick Lilley [23]
4 Ted Arnold 11 December 1903 Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney  England  Australia Victor Trumper c Dick Lilley [24]
5 Bert Vogler 2 January 19061 Old Wanderers, Johannesburg  South Africa  England Ernie Hayes caught & bowled [25]
6 Jack Crawford 2 January 19062 Old Wanderers, Johannesburg  England  South Africa Bert Volger bowled [25]
7 George Macaulay 1 January 1923 Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town  England  South Africa George Hearne c Percy Fender [26]
8 Maurice Tate 16 June 1924 Edgbaston Stadium, Birmingham  England  South Africa Fred Susskind bowled [27]
9 Matt Henderson 10 January 1930 Lancaster Park, Christchurch  New Zealand  England Eddie Dawson c Tom Lowry [28]
10 Dennis Smith 24 March 1933 Lancaster Park, Christchurch  New Zealand  England Eddie Paynter bowled [29]
11 Tyrell Johnson 19 August 1939 The Oval, London  West Indies  England Walter Keeton bowled [30]
12 Dick Howorth 18 August 1947 The Oval, London  England  South Africa Dennis Dyer c Cliff Gladwin [31]
13 Intikhab Alam 5 December 1959 National Stadium, Karachi  Pakistan  Australia Colin McDonald bowled [32]
14 Richard Illingworth 5 July 1991 Trent Bridge, Nottingham  England  West Indies Phil Simons bowled [33]
15 Nilesh Kulkarni 3 August 1997 R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo  India  Sri Lanka Marvan Atapattu c Nayan Mongia [34]
16 Chamila Gamage 29 July 2002 Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo  Sri Lanka  Bangladesh Mohammad Ashraful bowled [35]
17 Nathan Lyon 1 September 2011 Galle International Stadium, Galle  Australia  Sri Lanka Kumar Sangakkara c Michael Clarke [36]
18 Shaminda Eranga 16 September 2011 Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo  Sri Lanka  Australia Shane Watson c Tillakaratne Dilshan [37]
19 Dane Piedt 9 August 2014 Harare Sports Club, Harare  South Africa  Zimbabwe Mark Vermeulen lbw [38]
20 Hardus Viljoen 15 January 2016 Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg  South Africa  England Alastair Cook c Dane Vilas [39]
Source: ESPNcricinfo. Last updated: 24 May 2016.

Wicket with first ball in ODI career

No Bowler Date Venue For Against Batsman Dismissal Ref.
1 Geoff Arnold 24 August 1972 Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester  England  Australia Graeme Watson bowled [40]
2 Clive Lloyd 7 August 1973 The Oval, London  West Indies  England Andrew Smith bowled [41]
3 Shahid Mehboob 31 December 1982 Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore  Pakistan  India Kris Srikkanth c Zaheer Abbas [42]
4 Shane Thomson 1 March 1990 Carisbrook, Dunedin  New Zealand  India Mohammad Azharuddin c Mark Greatbatch [43]
5 Inzamam-ul-Haq 24 November 1991 Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad  Pakistan  West Indies Brian Lara c Moin Khan [44]
6 Everton Matambanadzo 3 November 1996 Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar  Zimbabwe  Pakistan Shahid Afridi c John Rennie [45]
7 Sadagoppan Ramesh 6 September 19991 Kallang Ground, Singapore  India  West Indies Nixon McLean c Debasis Mohanty [15]
8 Wavell Hinds 6 September 19992 Kallang Ground, Singapore  West Indies  India Mannava Prasad c Nehemiah Perry [15]
9 Josephat Ababu 25 September 1999 Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi  Kenya  Zimbabwe Neil Johnson bowled [46]
10 Charitha Buddhika 26 October 2001 Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah  Sri Lanka  Zimbabwe Dougie Marillier lbw [47]
11 Martin van Jaarsveld 9 October 2002 De Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberley  South Africa  Bangladesh Talha Jubair bowled [48]
12 Monde Zondeki 6 December 2002 Goodyear Park, Bloemfontein  South Africa  Sri Lanka Marvan Atapattu c Andrew Hall [49]
13 Kaushal Lokuarachchi 6 April 2003 Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah  Sri Lanka  Kenya Steve Tikolo c Avishka Gunawardene [50]
14 Rikki Clarke 17 June 2003 Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester  England  Pakistan Imran Nazir c Vikram solanki [51]
15 Fidel Edwards 29 November 2003 Harare Sports Club, Harare  West Indies  Zimbabwe Barney Rogers bowled [52]
16 Kevin O'Brien 13 June 2006 Civil Service Cricket Ground, Stormont, Belfast  Ireland  England Andrew Strauss c Andre Botha [53]
17 Elijah Otieno 18 October 2007 Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi  Kenya  Canada Mohammad Iqbal c Morris Ouma [54]
18 Thilan Thushara 15 April 2008 Beausejour Stadium, Saint Lucia  Sri Lanka  West Indies Runako Morton c Kumar Sangakkara [55]
19 Parth Desai 13 April 2010 Sabina Park, Jamaica  Canada  West Indies Andre Fletcher c Rizwan Cheema [56]
20 Bhuvneshwar Kumar 30 December 2012 MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai  India  Pakistan Mohammad Hafeez bowled [57]
21 Kenneth Kamyuka 13 October 2013 Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City, Ontario  Canada  Netherlands Daan van Bunge bowled [58]
22 Andrew Mathieson 20 June 2015 Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street  New Zealand  England Jason Roy c Martin Guptill [59]
23 Ehsan Khan 8 September 2016 The Grange Club, Edinburgh  Hong Kong  Scotland Craig Wallace lbw [60]
24 Mosaddek Hossain 28 September 2016 Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur  Bangladesh  Afghanistan Hashmatullah Shahidi lbw [61]
Source: ESPNcricinfo. Last updated: 28 September 2016.

Wicket with first ball in T20I career

No Bowler Date Venue For Against Batsman Dismissal Ref(s)
1 Michael Kasprowicz 17 May 2005 Eden Park, Auckland  Australia  New Zealand Stephen Fleming bowled [62]
2 Ajit Agarkar 1 December 2006 New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg  India  South Africa Herschelle Gibbs c Suresh Raina [63]
3 Alfonso Thomas 2 February 2007 New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg  South Africa  Pakistan Imran Nazir c AB de Villiers [64]
4 Shaun Tait 11 December 2007 Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore  Australia  New Zealand Jamie How c Adam Gilchrist [65]
5 Rory Kleinveldt 5 November 2008 New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg  South Africa  Bangladesh Junaid Siddique c AB de Villiers [66]
6 Joe Denly 15 November 2009 SuperSport Park, Centurion  England  South Africa Graeme Smith c Sajid Mahmood [67][68]
7 Pragyan Ojha 24 November 2009 Trent Bridge, Nottingham  India  Bangladesh Shakib Al Hasan c Mahendra Singh Dhoni [69]
8 Virat Kohli[n 1] 31 August 2011 Old Trafford, Manchester  India  England Kevin Pietersen st Mahendra Singh Dhoni [70]
9 Nadeem Ahmed 16 March 20141 Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong  Hong Kong    Nepal Subash Khakurel c Aizaz Khan [18]
10 Paras Khadka 16 March 20142 Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong    Nepal  Hong Kong Irfan Ahmed c Subash Khakurel [18]
11 Willie Gavera 15 July 2015 Civil Service Cricket Club, Stormont, Belfast  Papua New Guinea  Ireland Niall O'Brien bowled [71]
12 Ajay Lalcheta 21 November 2015 Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi  Oman  Hong Kong Nizakat Khan bowled [72]
13 Aamer Yamin 30 November 2015 Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah  Pakistan  England Jason Roy lbw [73]
14 Lockie Ferguson 3 January 2017 McLean Park, Napier  New Zealand  Bangladesh Sabbir Rahman c Matt Henry [74]
15 Lakshan Sandakan 22 January 2017 Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg  Sri Lanka  South Africa Mangaliso Mosehle c Chandimal [75]
Source: ESPNcricinfo. Last updated: 3 January 2017.

Wicket with first ball in women's T20I career

No Bowler[76] Date Venue For Against Batsman Dismissal Ref(s)
1 Chloe Tryon 10 May 2010 Warner Park, Basseterre  South Africa  West Indies Stafanie Taylor c Smith [77]

Notes

  1. ^ Kohli's wicket came off his first delivery, which was called a wide.[70]

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