FDM Karunaratne of Sri Lanka was dismissed caught by JA Burns of MA Starc in the ongoing second test at Galle between Sri Lanka and Australia to provide the 30^th occasion of a batsman dismissed by the first ball in a test in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are listed below

No	Batsman	Bowler	Match	Ground	Season
1	AC MacLaren	A Coningham	Eng v Aus	Melbourne	1894/95
2	TW Hayward	AEE Vogler	Eng v SAF	The Oval	1907
3	W Bardsley	MW Tate	Aus v Eng	Leeds	1926
4	H Sutcliffe	FT Badcock	Eng v NZl	Christchurch	1932/33
5	TS Worthington	EL McCormick	Eng v Aus	Brisbane	1936/37
6	CC Hunte	Fazal Mahmood	Win v Pak	Port-of-Spain	1957/58
7	EJ Barlow	GD McKenzie	SAF v Aus	Durban	1966/67
8	RC Fredericks	S Abid Ali	Win v Ind	Port-of-Spain	1970/71
9	KR Stackpole	RJ Hadlee	Aus v NZl	Auckland	1973/74
10	SM Gavaskar	GG Arnold	Ind v Eng	Birmingham	1974
11	SS Naik	AME Roberts	Ind v Win	Kolkata	1974/75
12	JFM Morrison	GG Arnold	NZl v Eng	Christchurch	1974/75
13	Mohsin Khan	N Kapil Dev	Pak v Ind	Jullundur	1983/84
14	SM Gavaskar	MD Marshall	Ind v Win	Kolkata	1983/84
15	SM Gavaskar	Imran Khan	Ind v Pak	Jaipur	1986/87
16	WV Raman	RJ Hadlee	Ind v NZl	Napier	1989/90
17	SJ Cook	N Kapil Dev	SAF v Ind	Durban	1992/93
18	G Kirsten	CEL Ambrose	SAF v Win	Cape Town	1998/99
19	ST Jayasuriya	GD McGrath	Srl v Aus	Galle	1999
20	LV Garrick	AA Donald	Win v SAF	Kingston	2000/01
21	SS Das	M Dillon	Ind v Win	Bridgetown	2001/02
22	Hannan Sarkar	PT Collins	Ban v Win	Dhaka	2002/03
23	Hannan Sarkar	PT Collins	Ban v Win	Gros Islet	2004
24	Hannan Sarkar	PT Collins	Ban v Win	Kingston	2004
25	W Jaffer	Mashrafe Mortaza	Ind v Ban	Chittagong (CDS)	2007
26	D Ganga	RJ Sidebottom	Win v Eng	Chester-le-Street	2007
27	TG McIntosh	Mohammad Aamer	NZl v Pak	Dunedin	2009/10
28	AJ Strauss	DW Steyn	Eng v SAF	Johannesburg	2009/10
29	CH Gayle	RAS Lakmal	Win v Srl	Pallekele	2010/11
30	FDM Karunaratne	MA Starc	Srl v Aus	Galle	2016

FDM Karunaratne became the second Sri Lankan batsman to suffer from such an ignominy after ST Jayasuriya. It is interesting to note that ST Jayasuriya was also dismissed by the first ball of the test against Australia by GD McGrath in 1999. Both ST Jayasuriya and FDM Karunaratne were dismissed in a test at Galle is yet another coincidence

No	Batsman	Bowler	Match	Ground	Season
1	ST Jayasuriya	GD McGrath	Srl v Aus	Galle	1999
2	FDM Karunaratne	MA Starc	Srl v Aus	Galle	2016

SM Gavaskar of India and Hannan Sarkar of Bangladesh are the two batsmen to be dismissed by the first ball of the test on three occasions. The following table lists the performance of these two batsmen.

No	Batsman	Bowler	Match	Ground	Season
1	SM Gavaskar	GG Arnold	Ind v Eng	Birmingham	1974
2	SM Gavaskar	MD Marshall	Ind v Win	Kolkata	1983/84
3	SM Gavaskar	Imran Khan	Ind v Pak	Jaipur	1986/87
1	Hannan Sarkar	PT Collins	Ban v Win	Dhaka	2002/03
2	Hannan Sarkar	PT Collins	Ban v Win	Gros Islet	2004
3	Hannan Sarkar	PT Collins	Ban v Win	Kingston	2004

GG Arnold, N Kapil Dev and RJ Hadlee are the two bowlers who have dismissed the batsmen by the first ball of the test on two occasions. PT Collins of West Indies is the only bowler in the list  to have dismissed a batsman by the first ball of the test on three occasions.

What is interesting in PT Collin’s case is that the batsman dismissed by the first ball of the test is Hannan Sarkar of Bangladesh on all the three occasions.

No	Batsman	Bowler	Match	Ground	Season
1	SM Gavaskar	GG Arnold	Ind v Eng	Birmingham	1974
2	JFM Morrison	GG Arnold	NZl v Eng	Christchurch	1974/75
1	Mohsin Khan	N Kapil Dev	Pak v Ind	Jullundur	1983/84
2	SJ Cook	N Kapil Dev	SAF v Ind	Durban	1992/93
1	Hannan Sarkar	PT Collins	Ban v Win	Dhaka	2002/03
2	Hannan Sarkar	PT Collins	Ban v Win	Gros Islet	2004
3	Hannan Sarkar	PT Collins	Ban v Win	Kingston	2004
1	KR Stackpole	RJ Hadlee	Aus v NZl	Auckland	1973/74
2	WV Raman	RJ Hadlee	Ind v NZl	Napier	1989/90

Christchurch, Durban, Galle, Kingston, Kolkata and Port of Spain are the six grounds which have witnessed the batsmen dismissed by the first ball of the test on two occasions. Galle joining the list with FDM Karunaratne’s dismissal in the ongoing test

No	Batsman	Bowler	Match	Ground	Season
1	H Sutcliffe	FT Badcock	Eng v NZl	Christchurch	1932/33
2	JFM Morrison	GG Arnold	NZl v Eng	Christchurch	1974/75
1	EJ Barlow	GD McKenzie	SAF v Aus	Durban	1966/67
2	SJ Cook	N Kapil Dev	SAF v Ind	Durban	1992/93
1	ST Jayasuriya	GD McGrath	Srl v Aus	Galle	1999
2	FDM Karunaratne	MA Starc	Srl v Aus	Galle	2016
1	LV Garrick	AA Donald	Win v SAF	Kingston	2000/01
2	Hannan Sarkar	PT Collins	Ban v Win	Kingston	2004
1	SS Naik	AME Roberts	Ind v Win	Kolkata	1974/75
2	SM Gavaskar	MD Marshall	Ind v Win	Kolkata	1983/84
1	CC Hunte	Fazal Mahmood	Win v Pak	Port-of-Spain	1957/58
2	RC Fredericks	S Abid Ali	Win v Ind	Port-of-Spain	1970/71