List of bowlers who have taken a wicket with their first ball in a format of international cricket

This is a list of bowlers who have taken a wicket with the first ball they bowled in one of the three formats of international cricket.

Tom Horan was the first bowler to take a wicket with his first delivery in Test cricket.^[1]

In Test cricket, 25 bowlers have taken a wicket with their first ball. The first was Australian Tom Horan, who dismissed Walter Read with his first ball on 26 January 1883.^[1] However, this accomplishment has not always led to a long and illustrious career.^[2] Only Maurice Tate, Keith Miller, Intikhab Alam and Nathan Lyon went on to play in more than ten Tests.^[3][4][5][6] Arthur Coningham, Matt Henderson, Dennis Smith, and Tyrell Johnson were One-Test wonders, and Smith's only Test wicket was the one he took with his first ball.^{[7][8][9][10]}

In One Day International (ODI) matches, 33 bowlers have taken a wicket with their first ball. The first to accomplish this was English bowler Geoff Arnold, who bowled Graeme Watson on 24 August 1972. ^[11] Not all of these bowlers took their first wicket in their debut match. Clive Lloyd, Inzamam-ul-Haq, Sadagoppan Ramesh, and Martin van Jaarsveld did not bowl in their debut matches, and took their first wicket on a later appearance.^{[12][13][14][15]} Ramesh and Wavell Hinds took their first wickets during the same match on 6 September 1999; the former in the first innings of the match and the latter in the second.^[16] It was also the only wicket taken by Ramesh during his ODI career.^[17]

In Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket, 36 bowlers have taken a wicket with their first ball, including 4 women cricketers. The first to achieve this feat was Australian Michael Kasprowicz who took wickets with his first and second delivery in this format on 17 May 2005, dismissing New Zealand's Stephen Fleming and Mathew Sinclair.^[18] Hong Kong's Nadeem Ahmed and Nepal's Paras Khadka took their first wickets during the same match on 16 March 2014; the former in the first innings of the match and the latter in the second.^[19] The first woman cricketer to do this was Chloe Tryon who did it against West Indies in 2010.^[20]

Key

No.	Numerical order of bowler
Bowler	The name of the bowler
Date	The date the wicket was taken
Venue	The cricket ground where the wicket was taken
For	The team the bowler was playing for
Against	The opposing team
Batsman	The batsman whose wicket was taken
Dismissal	The type of dismissal

Wicket with first ball in Test career

No.	Bowler	Date	Venue	For	Against	Batsman	Dismissal	Ref(s)
1	Tom Horan	26 January 1883	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney	Australia	England	Walter Read	bowled	[21][22]
2	Arthur Coningham	29 December 1894	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne	Australia	England	Archie MacLaren	c Harry Trott	[23]
3	Bill Bradley	17 July 1899	Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester	England	Australia	Frank Laver	c Dick Lilley	[24]
4	Ted Arnold	11 December 1903	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney	England	Australia	Victor Trumper	c RE Foster	[25]
5	Bert Vogler	2 January 19061	Old Wanderers, Johannesburg	South Africa	England	Ernie Hayes	caught & bowled	[26]
6	Jack Crawford	2 January 19062	Old Wanderers, Johannesburg	England	South Africa	Bert Vogler	bowled	[26]
7	George Macaulay	1 January 1923	Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town	England	South Africa	George Hearne	c Percy Fender	[27]
8	Maurice Tate	16 June 1924	Edgbaston Stadium, Birmingham	England	South Africa	Fred Susskind	bowled	[28]
9	Matt Henderson	10 January 1930	Lancaster Park, Christchurch	New Zealand	England	Eddie Dawson	c Tom Lowry	[29]
10	Dennis Smith	24 March 1933	Lancaster Park, Christchurch	New Zealand	England	Eddie Paynter	bowled	[30]
11	Tyrell Johnson	19 August 1939	The Oval, London	West Indies	England	Walter Keeton	bowled	[31]
12	Keith Miller	30 March 1946	Basin Reserve, Wellington	Australia	New Zealand	Walter Hadlee	bowled	[32]
13	Dick Howorth	18 August 1947	The Oval, London	England	South Africa	Dennis Dyer	c Cliff Gladwin	[33]
14	Intikhab Alam	5 December 1959	National Stadium, Karachi	Pakistan	Australia	Colin McDonald	bowled	[34]
15	Richard Illingworth	5 July 1991	Trent Bridge, Nottingham	England	West Indies	Phil Simmons	bowled	[35]
16	Nilesh Kulkarni	3 August 1997	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	India	Sri Lanka	Marvan Atapattu	c Nayan Mongia	[36]
17	Chamila Gamage	29 July 2002	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo	Sri Lanka	Bangladesh	Mohammad Ashraful	bowled	[37]
18	Nathan Lyon	1 September 2011	Galle International Stadium, Galle	Australia	Sri Lanka	Kumar Sangakkara	c Michael Clarke	[38]
19	Shaminda Eranga	16 September 2011	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo	Sri Lanka	Australia	Shane Watson	c Tillakaratne Dilshan	[39]
20	Dane Piedt	9 August 2014	Harare Sports Club, Harare	South Africa	Zimbabwe	Mark Vermeulen	lbw	[40]
21	Hardus Viljoen	15 January 2016	Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg	South Africa	England	Alastair Cook	c Dane Vilas	[41]
22	Nijat Masood	14 June 2023	Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur	Afghanistan	Bangladesh	Zakir Hasan	c Afsar Zazai	[42]
23	Shamar Joseph	17 January 2024	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide	West Indies	Australia	Steve Smith	c Justin Greaves	[43]
24	Tshepo Moreki	4 February 2024	Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui	South Africa	New Zealand	Devon Conway	lbw	[44]
25	Corbin Bosch	26 December 2024	Centurion Park, Centurion	South Africa	Pakistan	Shan Masood	c Marco Jansen	[45]

As of 26 December 2024. Source: ESPNcricinfo.

Wicket with first ball in ODI career

No	Bowler	Date	Venue	For	Against	Batsman	Dismissal	Ref.
1	Geoff Arnold	24 August 1972	Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester	England	Australia	Graeme Watson	bowled	[46]
2	Clive Lloyd	7 August 1973	The Oval, London	West Indies	England	Andrew Smith	bowled	[47]
3	Shahid Mehboob	31 December 1982	Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore	Pakistan	India	Kris Srikkanth	c Zaheer Abbas	[48]
4	Shane Thomson	1 March 1990	Carisbrook, Dunedin	New Zealand	India	Mohammad Azharuddin	c Mark Greatbatch	[49]
5	Inzamam-ul-Haq	24 November 1991	Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad	Pakistan	West Indies	Brian Lara	c Moin Khan	[50]
6	Everton Matambanadzo	3 November 1996	Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar	Zimbabwe	Pakistan	Shahid Afridi	c John Rennie	[51]
7	Sadagoppan Ramesh	6 September 19991	Kallang Ground, Singapore	India	West Indies	Nixon McLean	c Debasis Mohanty	[16]
8	Wavell Hinds	6 September 19992	Kallang Ground, Singapore	West Indies	India	Mannava Prasad	c Nehemiah Perry	[16]
9	Josephat Ababu	25 September 1999	Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi	Kenya	Zimbabwe	Neil Johnson	bowled	[52]
10	Charitha Buddhika	26 October 2001	Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah	Sri Lanka	Zimbabwe	Dougie Marillier	lbw	[53]
11	Martin van Jaarsveld	9 October 2002	De Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberley	South Africa	Bangladesh	Talha Jubair	bowled	[54]
12	Monde Zondeki	6 December 2002	Goodyear Park, Bloemfontein	South Africa	Sri Lanka	Marvan Atapattu	c Andrew Hall	[55]
13	Kaushal Lokuarachchi	6 April 2003	Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah	Sri Lanka	Kenya	Steve Tikolo	c Avishka Gunawardene	[56]
14	Rikki Clarke	17 June 2003	Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester	England	Pakistan	Imran Nazir	c Vikram Solanki	[57]
15	Fidel Edwards	29 November 2003	Harare Sports Club, Harare	West Indies	Zimbabwe	Barney Rogers	bowled	[58]
16	Kevin O'Brien	13 June 2006	Stormont, Belfast	Ireland	England	Andrew Strauss	c Andre Botha	[59]
17	Elijah Otieno	18 October 2007	Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi	Kenya	Canada	Mohammad Iqbal	c Morris Ouma	[60]
18	Thilan Thushara	15 April 2008	Beausejour Stadium, Saint Lucia	Sri Lanka	West Indies	Runako Morton	c Kumar Sangakkara	[61]
19	Parth Desai	13 April 2010	Sabina Park, Jamaica	Canada	West Indies	Andre Fletcher	c Rizwan Cheema	[62]
20	Bhuvneshwar Kumar	30 December 2012	MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai	India	Pakistan	Mohammad Hafeez	bowled	[63]
21	Kenneth Kamyuka	13 October 2013	Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City, Ontario	Canada	Netherlands	Daan van Bunge	bowled	[64]
22	Andrew Mathieson	20 June 2015	Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street	New Zealand	England	Jason Roy	c Martin Guptill	[65]
23	Ehsan Khan	8 September 2016	The Grange Club, Edinburgh	Hong Kong	Scotland	Craig Wallace	lbw	[66]
24	Mosaddek Hossain	28 September 2016	Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur	Bangladesh	Afghanistan	Hashmatullah Shahidi	lbw	[67]
25	Keemo Paul	15 March 2018	Harare Sports Club, Harare	West Indies	Afghanistan	Javed Ahmadi	lbw	[68]
26	Ainsley Ndlovu	19 June 2019	Sportpark Het Schootsveld, Deventer	Zimbabwe	Netherlands	Tobias Visee	lbw	[69]
27	Lizaad Williams	16 July 2021	Malahide Cricket Club Ground, Malahide	South Africa	Ireland	Andy McBrine	c Quinton de Kock	[70]
28	Bikram Sob	7 September 2021	Al Amerat Cricket Stadium (Turf 1), Al Amerat	Nepal	Papua New Guinea	Tony Ura	bowled	[71]
29	Maheesh Theekshana	7 September 2021	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	Sri Lanka	South Africa	Janneman Malan	c Dhananjaya de Silva	[72]
30	Afzal Khan Aayan	14 November 2022	Tribhuvan University International Cricket Ground, Kirtipur	United Arab Emirates	Nepal	Sheikh Aasif	lbw	[73]
31	Tim David	17 September 2023	Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg	Australia	South Africa	Aiden Markram	c Michael Neser	[74]
32	Charlie Cassell[n 1]	22 July 2024	Forthill, Dundee	Scotland	Oman	Zeeshan Maqsood	lbw	[75]
33	Sufiyan Muqeem	22 December 2024	Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg	Pakistan	South Africa	Aiden Markram	c Kamran Ghulam	[76]

As of 22 December 2024. Source: ESPNcricinfo.

Wicket with first ball in T20I career

No	Bowler	Date	Venue	For	Against	Batsman	Dismissal	Ref(s)
1	Michael Kasprowicz[n 2]	17 February 2005	Eden Park, Auckland	Australia	New Zealand	Stephen Fleming	bowled	[77]
2	Andre Nel	21 October 2005	New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg	South Africa	New Zealand	Nathan Astle	Bowled	[78]
3	Ajit Agarkar	1 December 2006	New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg	India	South Africa	Herschelle Gibbs	c Raina	[79]
4	Alfonso Thomas	2 February 2007	New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg	South Africa	Pakistan	Imran Nazir	c de Villiers	[80]
5	Shaun Tait	11 December 2007	WACA Ground, Perth	Australia	New Zealand	Jamie How	c Gilchrist	[81]
6	Rory Kleinveldt	5 November 2008	New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg	South Africa	Bangladesh	Junaid Siddique	c de Villiers	[82]
7	Brett Geeves	27 March 2009	New Wanderers, Johannesburg	Australia	South Africa	Herschelle Gibbs	c Ponting	[83]
8	Pragyan Ojha	6 June 2009	Trent Bridge, Nottingham	India	Bangladesh	Shakib Al Hasan	c Dhoni	[84]
9	Joe Denly	15 November 2009	SuperSport Park, Centurion	England	South Africa	Graeme Smith	c Sajid Mahmood	[85][86]
10	Virat Kohli[n 3]	31 August 2011	Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester	India	England	Kevin Pietersen	st MS Dhoni	[87]
11	Nadeem Ahmed	16 March 20141	Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong	Hong Kong	Nepal	Subash Khakurel	c Aizaz Khan	[19]
12	Paras Khadka	16 March 20142	Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong	Nepal	Hong Kong	Irfan Ahmed	c Subash Khakurel	[19]
13	Willie Gavera	15 July 2015	Civil Service Cricket Club, Stormont, Belfast	Papua New Guinea	Ireland	Niall O'Brien	bowled	[88]
14	Ajay Lalcheta	21 November 2015	Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi	Oman	Hong Kong	Nizakat Khan	bowled	[89]
15	Aamer Yamin	30 November 2015	Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah	Pakistan	England	Jason Roy	lbw	[90]
16	Lockie Ferguson	3 January 2017	McLean Park, Napier	New Zealand	Bangladesh	Sabbir Rahman	c Matt Henry	[91]
17	Lakshan Sandakan	22 January 2017	Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg	Sri Lanka	South Africa	Mangaliso Mosehle	c Chandimal	[92]
18	Taijul Islam	13 September 2019	Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka	Bangladesh	Zimbabwe	Brendan Taylor	c Mahmudullah	[93]
19	Lewis Gregory	3 November 2019	Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington	England	New Zealand	Colin de Grandhomme	bowled	[94]
20	Hayat Khizar	20 February 2020	Kinrara Academy Oval, Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	Hong Kong	Kinchit Shah	bowled	[95]
21	Dieter Klein	8 March 2020	Desert Springs Cricket Ground, Almería	Germany	Spain	Awais Ahmed	lbw	[96]
22	Cole McConchie	1 September 2021	Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur	New Zealand	Bangladesh	Mohammad Naim	c Henry Nicholls	[97]
23	Keshav Maharaj	10 September 2021	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	South Africa	Sri Lanka	Bhanuka Rajapaksa	lbw	[98]
24	Salman Nazar	10 November 2021	Coolidge Cricket Ground	Canada	United States	Aaron Jones	Caught	[99]
25	Ihsanullah Khan	24 March 2023	Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah	Pakistan	Afghanistan	Ibrahim Zadran	c Azam Khan	[100]
26	Matthew Humphreys	31 March 2023	Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium	Ireland	Bangladesh	Rishad Hossain	bowled	[101]
27	Aarnav Patel	20 March 2024	Achimota Oval, Accra	Kenya	Ghana	Richmond Baaleri	c Gerard Mwendwa	[102]
28	Sahil Chauhan[n 4]	18 June 2024	Happy Valley Ground, Episkopi	Estonia	Cyprus	Mangala Gunasekara	bowled	[103]

As of 11 April 2023. Source: ESPNcricinfo.

Wicket with first ball in women's T20I career

No	Bowler	Date	Venue	For	Against	Batsman	Dismissal	Ref(s)
1	Chloe Tryon	5 May 2010	Warner Park, Basseterre	South Africa	West Indies	Stafanie Taylor	c Alicia Smith	[20]
2	Akshatha Rao	1 September 2019	Lochlands, Arbroath	United States	Bangladesh	Rahman Ayasha	c Nadia Gruny	[104]
3	Suhani Thadani	18 October 2021	Reforma Athletic Club, Naucalpan	United States	Brazil	Roberta Avery	c Sindhu Sriharsha	[105]
4	Rohmalia Rohmalia	24 April 2024	Udayana Cricket Ground, Bali	Indonesia	Mongolia	Tsendsuren Ariuntsetseg	c I Gusti Pratiwi	[106]

As of 24 April 2024. Source: ESPNCricInfo.

Notes

1. Cassell took wickets with his first two balls in ODIs
2. Kasprowicz took wickets with his first two balls in T20Is
3. Kohli's wicket came off his first delivery, which was called a wide.^[87]
4. Chauhan took wickets with his first two balls in T20Is