AJ Strauss’s dismissal by the first ball of the innings – caught by Amla of DW Steyn for zero – on the first day of the ongoing test between England and South Africa at Jo’burg provides the 22^nd occasion of a captain who has opened the innings dismissed by the first ball of the innings in the annals of the test match.

The following list shows all the 22 occasions with breakup of the innings in the test match

First innings of the test match
No	Captains	Runs	BF	Inns	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Yr
1	WBardsley	0	1	1	Aus	Eng	Leeds	Jul/1926
2	STJayasuriya	0	1	1	Srl	Aus	Galle	Sep/1999
3	DGanga	0	1	1	Win	Eng	Ch-le-St	Jun/2007
4	AJStrauss	0	1	1	Eng	SAF	Jo’burg	Jan/2010
Second innings of the test match
No	Captains	Runs	BF	Inns	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Yr
1	WGGrace	0	1	2	Eng	Aus	Lord’s	Jul/1890
2	WMWoodfull	0	1	2	Aus	SAF	Melbourne	Feb/1932
3	ARLewis	0	1	2	Eng	Ind	Mum/BS	Feb/1973
4	SMGavaskar	0	1	2	Ind	Win	Bangalore	Dec/1978
5	GAGooch	0	1	2	Eng	NZl	Nottingham	Jun/1990
6	MAAtherton	0	1	2	Eng	SAF	The Oval	Aug/1994
7	STJayasuriya	0	1	2	Srl	Aus	Col-SSC	Sep/1999
8	SPFleming	0	1	2	NZl	Aus	Wellington	Mar/2005
9	GCSmith	0	1	2	SAF	Aus	Durban	Mar/2006
Third innings of the test match
No	Captains	Runs	BF	Inns	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Yr
1	ACMacLaren	0	1	3	Eng	Aus	Sydney	Feb/1898
2	PFWarner	0	1	3	Eng	RSA	Jo’burg	Mar/1906
3	STJayasuriya	0	1	3	Srl	Eng	Kandy	Mar/2001
4	GCSmith	0	1	3	SAF	NZl	Auckland	Mar/2004
5	VSehwag	0	1	3	Ind	Srl	Ahmedabad	Dec/2005
Fourth innings of the test match
No	Captains	Runs	BF	Inns	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Yr
1	RSGrant	0	1	4	Win	Eng	Manchester	Jul/1939
2	DLHaynes	0	1	4	Win	Pak	Faisalabad	Nov/1990
3	MAAtherton	0	1	4	Eng	Win	Trinidad	Mar/1994
4	STJayasuriya	0	1	4	Srl	SAF	Kandy	Jul/2000

ST Jayasuriya of Sri Lanka has the unique distinction of being the only captain opener in the annals of test cricket to be dismissed by the first ball in each of the four innings of a test match. He remains the only captain opener to be dismissed by the first ball of the innings of a test match on four occasions – which is a record in this category of statistics

First innings of the test match
No	Captains	Runs	BF	Inns	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Yr
1	STJayasuriya	0	1	1	Srl	Aus	Galle	Sep/1999
Second innings of the test match
No	Captains	Runs	BF	Inns	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Yr
2	STJayasuriya	0	1	2	Srl	Aus	Col/SSC	Sep/1999
Third innings of the test match
No	Captains	Runs	BF	Inns	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Yr
3	STJayasuriya	0	1	3	Srl	Eng	Kandy	Mar/2001
Fourth innings of the test match
No	Captains	Runs	BF	Inns	Team	Opp	Ground	Mon/Yr
4	STJayasuriya	0	1	4	Srl	SAF	Kandy	Jul/2000