West Indies’ debutant Shamar Joseph claimed a wicket in the first ball of his career after dismissing Steve Smith in the AUS vs WI 1st Test match in Adelaide on Wednesday. Shamar became the second West Indian to clinch this feat in his maiden Test match. Here is the list of players who have taken wickets in the first ball of their career.
Wicket with first ball in career
BowlerBatterMatchVenue Year TP HoranWW ReadAus v EngSydney1882-83A ConinghamAC MacLarenAus v EngMelbourne1894-95WM BradleyF LaverEng v AusManchester1899EG ArnoldVT TrumperEng v AusSydney1903-04AEE VoglerEG HayesSA v EngJohannesburg1905-06JN CrawfordAEE VoglerEng v SAJohannesburg1905-06GG MacaulayGAL HearneEng v SACape Town1922-23MW TateMJ SusskindEng v SABirmingham1924M HendersonEW DawsonNZ v EngChristchurch1929-30HD SmithE PaynterNZ v EngChristchurch1932-33TF JohnsonWW KeetonWI v EngThe Oval1939Keith MillerWalter HadleeAus v NZWellington1945-46R HoworthDV DyerEng v SAThe Oval1947Intikhab AlamCC McDonaldPak v AusKarachi1959-60RK IllingworthPV SimmonsEng v WINottingham1991NM KulkarniMS AtapattuInd v SLColombo1997MKGCP LakshithaMohammad AshrafulSL v BanColombo2002NM LyonKC SangakkaraAus v SLGalle2011RMS ErangaSR WatsonSL v AusColombo (SSC)2011DL PiedtMA VermeulenSA v ZimHarare2014GC ViljoenAN CookSA v EngJohannesburg2015-16Nijat MasoodZakir HasanBan v AfgMirpur2023Shamar JosephSteven SmithAus v WIAdelaide2024
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