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

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

Section Title: Wicket with first ball in Test career
Table Section Text: None

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

2	Arthur Coningham	29 December 1894	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne	Australia	England	Archie MacLaren	c Harry Trott

3	Bill Bradley	17 July 1899	Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester	England	Australia	Frank Laver	c Dick Lilley

4	Ted Arnold	11 December 1903	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney	England	Australia	Victor Trumper	c Dick Lilley

5	Bert Vogler	2 January 1906	Old Wanderers, Johannesburg	South Africa	England	Ernie Hayes	caught & bowled

6	Jack Crawford	2 January 1906	Old Wanderers, Johannesburg	England	South Africa	Bert Volger	bowled

7	George Macaulay	1 January 1923	Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town	England	South Africa	George Hearne	c Percy Fender

8	Maurice Tate	16 June 1924	Edgbaston Stadium, Birmingham	England	South Africa	Fred Susskind	bowled

9	Matt Henderson	10 January 1930	Lancaster Park, Christchurch	New Zealand	England	Eddie Dawson	c Tom Lowry

10	Dennis Smith	24 March 1933	Lancaster Park, Christchurch	New Zealand	England	Eddie Paynter	bowled

11	Tyrell Johnson	19 August 1939	The Oval, London	West Indies	England	Walter Keeton	bowled

12	Dick Howorth	18 August 1947	The Oval, London	England	South Africa	Dennis Dyer	c Cliff Gladwin

13	Intikhab Alam	5 December 1959	National Stadium, Karachi	Pakistan	Australia	Colin McDonald	bowled

14	Richard Illingworth	5 July 1991	Trent Bridge, Nottingham	England	West Indies	Phil Simons	bowled

15	Nilesh Kulkarni	3 August 1997	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	India	Sri Lanka	Marvan Atapattu	c Nayan Mongia

16	Chamila Gamage	29 July 2002	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo	Sri Lanka	Bangladesh	Mohammad Ashraful	bowled

17	Nathan Lyon	1 September 2011	Galle International Stadium, Galle	Australia	Sri Lanka	Kumar Sangakkara	c Michael Clarke

18	Shaminda Eranga	16 September 2011	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo	Sri Lanka	Australia	Shane Watson	c Tillakaratne Dilshan

19	Dane Piedt	9 August 2014	Harare Sports Club, Harare	South Africa	Zimbabwe	Mark Vermeulen	lbw

20	Hardus Viljoen	15 January 2016	Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg	South Africa	England	Alastair Cook	c Dane Vilas

Source: ESPNcricinfo. Last updated: 24 May 2016.

Sentence(s)

On September 16, 2011, Shaminda Eranga took a wicket with his first ball in the test cricket.

final_sentence: On September 16, 2011, Shaminda Eranga took a wicket with his first ball in the test cricket.