Bowlers who have captured seven or more wickets in an innings on test debut

Bowlers who have captured seven or more wickets in an innings on test debut

T Murphy of Australia captured seven for 124 in the just concluded test against India at Nagpur to provide the 23rd occasion of a bowler capturing seven or more wickets in an innings on test debut. All such occasions are tabulated below.

NoPlayerOversBPOMRunsWITeamOppGroundStart Date
1TK Kendall33.14125574AusEngMelbourne15 Mar 1877
2WH Ashley43.14189571SAFEngCape Town25 Mar 1889
3AE Trott27.06104384AusEngAdelaide11 Jan 1895
4AE Hall37.36126374SAFEngCape Town01 Jan 1923
5James Langridge17.0645673EngWinManchester22 Jul 1933
6AV Bedser29.16114971EngIndLord’s22 Jun 1946
7JC Laker37.06910371EngWinBridgetown21 Jan 1948
8AL Valentine50.061410481WinEngManchester08 Jun 1950
9Mohammad Nazir30.1639972PakNZlKarachi24 Oct 1969
10RAL Massie32.5678481AusEngLord’s22 Jun 1972
11RAL Massie27.2695383AusEngLord’s22 Jun 1972
12JK Lever23.0664672EngIndDelhi17 Dec 1976
13ND Hirwani18.3636182IndWinChennai11 Jan 1988
14ND Hirwani15.2637584IndWinChennai11 Jan 1988
15DG Cork19.3654374EngWinLord’s22 Jun 1995
16L Klusener21.3646484SAFIndEden Gardens27 Nov 1996
17Mohammad Zahid20.0636673PakNZlRawalpindi28 Nov 1996
18DJG Sammy21.3626673WinEngManchester07 Jun 2007
19JJ Krejza43.56121581AusIndNagpur06 Nov 2008
20M de Lange23.2638171SAFSrlDurban26 Dec 2011
21KJ Abbott11.4642972SAFPakCenturion22 Feb 2013
22Abrar Ahmed22.06111471PakEngMultan09 Dec 2022
23T Murphy47.061212472AusIndNagpur09 Feb 2023

It also provides the sixth occasion of an Australian bowler capturing seven or more wickets in an innings on test debut. All such occasions are tabulated below

NoPlayerOversBPOMRunsWITeamOppGroundStart Date
1TK Kendall33.14125574AusEngMelbourne15 Mar 1877
2AE Trott27.06104384AusEngAdelaide11 Jan 1895
3RAL Massie32.5678481AusEngLord’s22 Jun 1972
4RAL Massie27.2695383AusEngLord’s22 Jun 1972
5JJ Krejza43.56121581AusIndNagpur06 Nov 2008
6T Murphy47.061212472AusIndNagpur09 Feb 2023

It also provides the fifth occasion of a bowler capturing seven or more wickets in an innings against India on test debut. All such occasions are tabulated below

NoPlayerOversBPOMRunsWITeamOppGroundStart Date
1AV Bedser29.16114971EngIndLord’s22 Jun 1946
2JK Lever23.0664672EngIndDelhi17 Dec 1976
3L Klusener21.3646484SAFIndEden Gardens27 Nov 1996
4JJ Krejza43.56121581AusIndNagpur06 Nov 2008
5T Murphy47.061212472AusIndNagpur09 Feb 2023

It also provides the second occasion of an Australian bowler capturing seven or more wickets in an innings against India on test debut. Both such occasions are tabulated below

NoPlayerOversBPOMRunsWITeamOppGroundStart Date
1JJ Krejza43.56121581AusIndNagpur06 Nov 2008
2T Murphy47.061212472AusIndNagpur09 Feb 2023

It also provides the fifteenth occasion of a bowler capturing exact seven wickets in an innings  on test debut. All such occasions are tabulated below

NoPlayerOversBPOMRunsWITeamOppGroundStart Date
1TK Kendall33.14125574AusEngMelbourne15 Mar 1877
2WH Ashley43.14189571SAFEngCape Town25 Mar 1889
3AE Hall37.36126374SAFEngCape Town01 Jan 1923
4James Langridge17.0645673EngWinManchester22 Jul 1933
5AV Bedser29.16114971EngIndLord’s22 Jun 1946
6JC Laker37.06910371EngWinBridgetown21 Jan 1948
7Mohammad Nazir30.1639972PakNZlKarachi24 Oct 1969
8JK Lever23.0664672EngIndDelhi17 Dec 1976
9DG Cork19.3654374EngWinLord’s22 Jun 1995
10Mohammad Zahid20.0636673PakNZlRawalpindi28 Nov 1996
11DJG Sammy21.3626673WinEngManchester07 Jun 2007
12M de Lange23.2638171SAFSrlDurban26 Dec 2011
13KJ Abbott11.4642972SAFPakCenturion22 Feb 2013
14Abrar Ahmed22.06111471PakEngMultan09 Dec 2022
15T Murphy47.061212472AusIndNagpur09 Feb 2023
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