Bilal Asif of Pakistan returned with figures of 6 for 36 in Australia’s first innings in the ongoing test between the two teams at Dubai-DSC to provide the eleventh occasion of Pakistan bowler capturing five or more wickets on test debut. All such occasions are listed below

No	Player	Overs	M	Runs	W	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	Arif Butt	21.3×8	1	89	6	2	v Australia	Melbourne	04 Dec 1964
2	Mohammad Nazir	30.1	3	99	7	2	v New Zealand	Karachi	24 Oct 1969
3	Shahid Nazir	22.4	3	53	5	1	v Zimbabwe	Sheikhupura	17 Oct 1996
4	Mohammad Zahid	20.0	3	66	7	3	v New Zealand	Rawalpindi	28 Nov 1996
5	Shahid Afridi	23.3	6	52	5	1	v Australia	Karachi	22 Oct 1998
6	Mohammad Sami	15.0	4	36	5	4	v New Zealand	Auckland	08 Mar 2001
7	Shabbir Ahmed	18.1	2	48	5	3	v Bangladesh	Karachi	20 Aug 2003
8	Yasir Arafat	39.0	5	161	5	1	v India	Bengaluru	08 Dec 2007
9	Wahab Riaz	18.0	6	63	5	1	v England	The Oval	18 Aug 2010
10	Tanvir Ahmed	28.0	6	120	6	1	v South Africa	Abu Dhabi	20 Nov 2010
11	Bilal Asif	21.3	7	36	6	2	v Australia	Dubai (DSC)	07 Oct 2018

Bilal Asif of Pakistan returned with figures of 6 for 36 in Australia’s first innings in the ongoing test between the two teams at Dubai-DSC to provide the fifth occasion of Pakistan bowler capturing six or more wickets on test debut. All such occasions are listed below

No	Player	Overs	M	Runs	W	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	Arif Butt	21.3×8	1	89	6	2	v Australia	Melbourne	04 Dec 1964
2	Mohammad Nazir	30.1	3	99	7	2	v New Zealand	Karachi	24 Oct 1969
3	Mohammad Zahid	20.0	3	66	7	3	v New Zealand	Rawalpindi	28 Nov 1996
4	Tanvir Ahmed	28.0	6	120	6	1	v South Africa	Abu Dhabi	20 Nov 2010
5	Bilal Asif	21.3	7	36	6	2	v Australia	Dubai (DSC)	07 Oct 2018

Bilal Asif became the third Pakistan bowler to capture five or more wickets on test debut against Australia in test innings. Others are – Arif  Butt  and Shahid Afridi. The performance of these three bowlers are listed below

No	Player	Overs	M	Runs	W	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	Arif Butt	21.3×8	1	89	6	2	v Australia	Melbourne	04 Dec 1964
2	Shahid Afridi	23.3	6	52	5	1	v Australia	Karachi	22 Oct 1998
3	Bilal Asif	21.3	7	36	6	2	v Australia	Dubai (DSC)	07 Oct 2018

Bilal Asif’s 6 for 36 represent the best bowling figures by a Pakistan bowler on Test debut against Australia. The previous best was 6 for 89 by Arif Butt at Melbourne in Dec 1964.

No	Player	Overs	M	Runs	W	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	Bilal Asif	21.3	7	36	6	2	v Australia	Dubai (DSC)	07 Oct 2018
2	Arif Butt	21.3×8	1	89	6	2	v Australia	Melbourne	04 Dec 1964

Bilal Asif became the third Pakistan spin bowler to capture five or more wickets on test debut. The performance of these three bowlers are listed below

No	Player	Overs	M	Runs	W	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	Mohammad Nazir	30.1	3	99	7	2	v New Zealand	Karachi	24 Oct 1969
2	Shahid Afridi	23.3	6	52	5	1	v Australia	Karachi	22 Oct 1998
3	Bilal Asif	21.3	7	36	6	2	v Australia	Dubai (DSC)	07 Oct 2018

Bilal Asif became the second Pakistan spin bowler to capture five or more wickets on test debut against Australia.  The performance of these two bowlers are listed below

No	Player	Overs	M	Runs	W	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	Mohammad Nazir	30.1	3	99	7	2	v New Zealand	Karachi	24 Oct 1969
2	Shahid Afridi	23.3	6	52	5	1	v Australia	Karachi	22 Oct 1998
3	Bilal Asif	21.3	7	36	6	2	v Australia	Dubai (DSC)	07 Oct 2018

Bilal Asif’s 6 for 36 represent the best bowling figures by a Pakistan spin bowler on Test debut against Australia. The previous best was 5 for 52 by Shahid Afridi at Karachi on 22.10.98.

No	Player	Overs	M	Runs	W	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	Bilal Asif	21.3	7	36	6	2	v Australia	Dubai (DSC)	07 Oct 2018
2	Shahid Afridi	23.3	6	52	5	1	v Australia	Karachi	22 Oct 1998