Stat Attack: Batsman Getting Out On The First Ball Of The Match
Nov 22, 2016 at 5:17 PM
Getting out on the first ball of the match is the last thing which a batsman expects on the field whereas it’s always a dream for a bowler to uproot the stumps of a batsman right on the first ball of the innings. In 139 years of history of Test cricket, there have been 29 such instances when a batsman has been dismissed on the first ball of the game.
So ending your curiosity to know the names of these players, we give you the list of the players who own this unforgettable record.
England
Archie Maclaren | Arhtur Cunningham |
Tom Hayward | Bert Vogler |
Herbert Sutcliffe | Ted Badcock |
Stan Worthington | Ernie McCormick |
Andrew Strauss | Dale Steyn |
Australia
Warren Bardsley | Maurice Tate |
Keith Stackpole | Sir Richard Hadlee |
West Indies
Sir Conrad Hunte | Fazal Mahmood |
Roy Fredericks | Syed Abid Ali |
Leon Garrick | Allan Donald |
Daren Ganga | Ryan Sidebottom |
Chris Gayle | Suranga Lakmal |
South Africa
Eddie Barlow | Graham McKenzie |
Jimmy Cook | Kapil Dev |
Gary Kirsten | Sir Curtly Ambrose |
India
Sunil Gavaskar | Geoff Arnold |
Sudhir Naik | Sir Andy Roberts |
Sunil Gavaskar | Malcolm Marshall |
Sunil Gavaskar | Imran Khan |
Woorkeri Raman | Sir Richard Hadlee |
Shiv Sunder Das | Mervyn Dillon |
Wasim Jaffer | Mashrafe Mortaza |
Bangladesh
Hannan Sarkar | Pedro Collins |
Hannan Sarkar | Pedro Collins |
Hannan Sarkar | Pedro Collins |
Sri Lanka
Sanath Jayasuriya | Glenn Mcgrath |
Dimuth Karunaratne | Mitchell Starc |
New Zealand
John Morrison | Geoff Arnold |
Tim Mclntosh | Mohammad Amir |