AJ Strauss became the 28^th batsman in the history of one day games to be dismissed by the first ball of the test match in the annala of test cricket when he was dismissed caught by Amla of DW Steyn in the on the first day of the fourth and final test match between England and South Africa at Jo’burg. The following table lists out all the 28 occasions

No	Batsman	Match	Location	Season
1	ACMacLaren	Eng v Aus	Melbourne	1894/95
2	TWHayward	Eng v SAF	The Oval	1907
3	WBardsley	Aus v Eng	Leeds	1926
4	HSutcliffe	Eng v NZl	Christchurch	1932/33
5	TSWorthington	Eng v Aus	Brisbane	1936/37
6	CCHunte	Win v Pak	Trinidad	1957/58
7	EJBarlow	SAF v Aus	Durban	1966/67
8	RCFredericks	Win v Ind	Trinidad	1970/71
9	KRStackpole	Aus v NZl	Auckland	1973/74
10	SMGavaskar	Ind v Eng	Birmingham	1974
11	SS Naik	Ind v Win	Kolkata	1974/75
12	JFMMorrison	NZl v Eng	Christchurch	1974/75
13	Mohsin Khan	Pak v Ind	Jullundur	1983/84
14	SMGavaskar	Ind v Win	Kolkata	1983/84
15	SMGavaskar	Ind v Pak	Jaipur	1986/87
16	WVRaman	Ind v NZl	Napier	1989/90
17	SJCook	SAF v Ind	Durban	1992/93
18	GKirsten	SAF v Win	Cape Town	1998/99
19	STJayasuriya	Srl v Aus	Galle	1999
20	LVGarrick	Win v SAF	Kingston	2000/01
21	SSDas	Ind v Win	Bridgetown	2001/02
22	HannanSarkar	Ban v Win	Dhaka	2002/03
23	HannanSarkar	Ban v Win	Gros Islet	2004
24	HannanSarkar	Ban v Win	Kingston	2004
25	W Jaffer	Ind v Ban	Chittagong	2007
26	D Ganga	Win v Eng	Ch-le-St	2007
27	TGMcIntosh	NZl v Pak	Dunedin	2009/10
28	AJStrauss	Eng v RSA	Jo’burg	2009/10

AJ Strauss is the fifth England batsman after AC Maclaren, TW Hayword, H Sutcliffe and TS Worthington to be dismissed by the first ball of the test match

No	Batsman	Match	Location	Season
1	AC MacLaren	Eng v Aus	Melbourne	1894/95
2	TW Hayward	Eng v SAF	The Oval	1907
3	H Sutcliffe	Eng v NZl	Christchurch	1932/33
4	TSWorthington	Eng v Aus	Brisbane	1936/37
5	AJ Strauss	Eng v RSA	Jo’burg	2009/10