Batsmen dismissed by the first ball of a test

Batsmen dismissed by the first ball of a test

YBK Jaiswal of India was dismissed by the first ball – leg before wicket by MA Starc of Australia in the on-going test at Adelaide between Australia and India to provide the 35th occasion of a batsman dismissed by the first ball of a test in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below

NoBatsmanBowlerTeamOppositionGroundSeason
1AC MacLarenA ConinghamEnglandAustraliaMelbourne1894/95
2TW HaywardAEE VoglerEnglandSouth AfricaThe Oval1907
3W BardsleyMW TateAustraliaEnglandLeeds1926
4H SutcliffeFT BadcockEnglandNew ZealandChristchurch1932/33
5TS WorthingtonEL McCormickEnglandAustraliaBrisbane1936/37
6CC HunteFazal MahmoodWest IndiesPakistanPort-of-Spain1957/58
7EJ BarlowGD McKenzieSouth AfricaAustraliaDurban1966/67
8RC FredericksS Abid AliWest IndiesIndiaPort-of-Spain1970/71
9KR StackpoleRJ HadleeAustraliaNew ZealandAuckland1973/74
10SM GavaskarGG ArnoldIndiaEnglandBirmingham1974
11SS NaikAME RobertsIndiaWest IndiesKolkata1974/75
12JFM MorrisonGG ArnoldNew ZealandEnglandChristchurch1974/75
13Mohsin KhanN Kapil DevPakistanIndiaJullundur1983/84
14SM GavaskarMD MarshallIndiaWest IndiesKolkata1983/84
15SM GavaskarImran KhanIndiaPakistanJaipur1986/87
16WV RamanRJ HadleeIndiaNew ZealandNapier1989/90
17SJ CookN Kapil DevSouth AfricaIndiaDurban1992/93
18G KirstenCEL AmbroseSouth AfricaWest IndiesCape Town1998/99
19ST JayasuriyaGD McGrathSri LankaAustraliaGalle1999
20LV GarrickAA DonaldWest IndiesSouth AfricaKingston2000/01
21SS DasM DillonIndiaWest IndiesBridgetown2001/02
22Hannan SarkarPT CollinsBangladeshWest IndiesDhaka2002/03
23Hannan SarkarPT CollinsBangladeshWest IndiesGros Islet2004
24Hannan SarkarPT CollinsBangladeshWest IndiesKingston2004
25W JafferM MortazaIndiaBangladeshChittagong (CDS)2007
26D GangaRJ SidebottomWest IndiesEnglandCh-le-St2007
27TG McIntoshMohd AamerNew ZealandPakistanDunedin2009/10
28AJ StraussDW SteynEnglandSouth AfricaJohannesburg2009/10
29CH GayleRAS LakmalWest IndiesSri LankaPallekele2010/11
30FDM KarunaratneMA StarcSri LankaAustraliaGalle2016
31KL RahulRAS LakmalIndiaSri LankaKolkata2017/18
32D ElgarJM AndersonSouth AfricaEnglandCenturion2019/20
33Abdul Malik (1)B MuzarabaniAfghanistanZimbabweAbu Dhabi2020/21
34RJ BurnsMA StarcEnglandAustraliaBrisbane2021/22
35YBK JaiswalMA StarcIndiaAustraliaAdelaide2024/25

YBK Jaiswal of India was dismissed by first ball – leg before wicket by MA Starc of Australia in the on-going test at Adelaide between Australia and India to provide the ninth occasion of a batsman dismissed by the first ball of a test in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below

NoBatsmanBowlerTeamOppositionGroundSeason
1SM GavaskarGG ArnoldIndiaEnglandBirmingham1974
2SS NaikAME RobertsIndiaWest IndiesKolkata1974/75
3SM GavaskarMD MarshallIndiaWest IndiesKolkata1983/84
4SM GavaskarImran KhanIndiaPakistanJaipur1986/87
5WV RamanRJ HadleeIndiaNew ZealandNapier1989/90
6SS DasM DillonIndiaWest IndiesBridgetown2001/02
7W JafferM MortazaIndiaBangladeshChittagong (CDS)2007
8KL RahulRAS LakmalIndiaSri LankaKolkata2017/18
9YBK JaiswalMA StarcIndiaAustraliaAdelaide2024/25

YBK Jaiswal of India was dismissed by the first ball – leg before wicket by MA Starc of Australia in the on-going test at Adelaide between Australia and India to provide the seventh occasion of a batsman dismissed by the first ball of a test in the annals of test cricket by an Australian bowler. All such occasions are tabulated below

NoBatsmanBowlerTeamOppositionGroundSeason
1AC MacLarenA ConinghamEnglandAustraliaMelbourne1894/95
2TS WorthingtonEL McCormickEnglandAustraliaBrisbane1936/37
3EJ BarlowGD McKenzieSouth AfricaAustraliaDurban1966/67
4ST JayasuriyaGD McGrathSri LankaAustraliaGalle1999
5FDM KarunaratneMA StarcSri LankaAustraliaGalle2016
6RJ BurnsMA StarcEnglandAustraliaBrisbane2021/22
7YBK JaiswalMA StarcIndiaAustraliaAdelaide2024/25

Hannan  Sarkar of Bangladesh and SM Gavaskar of India are the two batsmen in the annals of test cricket to be dismissed by the first ball of a test on three occasions. Hannan Sarkar’s dismissals are unique as he was dismissed by the same bowler PT Collins of West Indies on all the three occasions.

NoBatsmanBowlerTeamOppositionGroundSeason
1Hannan SarkarPT CollinsBangladeshWest IndiesDhaka2002/03
2Hannan SarkarPT CollinsBangladeshWest IndiesGros Islet2004
3Hannan SarkarPT CollinsBangladeshWest IndiesKingston2004
       
1SM GavaskarGG ArnoldIndiaEnglandBirmingham1974
2SM GavaskarMD MarshallIndiaWest IndiesKolkata1983/84
3SM GavaskarImran KhanIndiaPakistanJaipur1986/87

MA Starc of Australia and PT Collins of Bangladesh are the two bowlers in the annals of test cricket to dismiss the batsmen by the first ball of a test on three occasions.  PT Collins’ dismissals are unique as he has dismissed by the same batsman Hannan Sarkar of Bangladesh on all the three occasions

NoBatsmanBowlerTeamOppositionGroundSeason
1FDM KarunaratneMA StarcSri LankaAustraliaGalle2016
2RJ BurnsMA StarcEnglandAustraliaBrisbane2021/22
3YBK JaiswalMA StarcIndiaAustraliaAdelaide2024/25
       
1Hannan SarkarPT CollinsBangladeshWest IndiesDhaka2002/03
2Hannan SarkarPT CollinsBangladeshWest IndiesGros Islet2004
3Hannan SarkarPT CollinsBangladeshWest IndiesKingston2004
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