# 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.
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. However, this accomplishment has not always led to a long and illustrious career. Only Maurice Tate, Keith Miller, Intikhab Alam and Nathan Lyon went on to play in more than ten Tests. 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.
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. 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. 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. It was also the only wicket taken by Ramesh during his ODI career.
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. 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. The first woman cricketer to do this was Chloe Tryon who did it against West Indies in 2010.

## 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 |
| 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 RE Foster |
| 5 | Bert Vogler | 2 January 19061 | Old Wanderers, Johannesburg | South Africa | England | Ernie Hayes | caught & bowled |
| 6 | Jack Crawford | 2 January 19062 | Old Wanderers, Johannesburg | England | South Africa | Bert Vogler | 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 | Keith Miller | 30 March 1946 | Basin Reserve, Wellington | Australia | New Zealand | Walter Hadlee | bowled |
| 13 | Dick Howorth | 18 August 1947 | The Oval, London | England | South Africa | Dennis Dyer | c Cliff Gladwin |
| 14 | Intikhab Alam | 5 December 1959 | National Stadium, Karachi | Pakistan | Australia | Colin McDonald | bowled |
| 15 | Richard Illingworth | 5 July 1991 | Trent Bridge, Nottingham | England | West Indies | Phil Simmons | bowled |
| 16 | Nilesh Kulkarni | 3 August 1997 | R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo | India | Sri Lanka | Marvan Atapattu | c Nayan Mongia |
| 17 | Chamila Gamage | 29 July 2002 | Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo | Sri Lanka | Bangladesh | Mohammad Ashraful | bowled |
| 18 | Nathan Lyon | 1 September 2011 | Galle International Stadium, Galle | Australia | Sri Lanka | Kumar Sangakkara | c Michael Clarke |
| 19 | Shaminda Eranga | 16 September 2011 | Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo | Sri Lanka | Australia | Shane Watson | c Tillakaratne Dilshan |
| 20 | Dane Piedt | 9 August 2014 | Harare Sports Club, Harare | South Africa | Zimbabwe | Mark Vermeulen | lbw |
| 21 | Hardus Viljoen | 15 January 2016 | Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg | South Africa | England | Alastair Cook | c Dane Vilas |
| 22 | Nijat Masood | 14 June 2023 | Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur | Afghanistan | Bangladesh | Zakir Hasan | c Afsar Zazai |
| 23 | Shamar Joseph | 17 January 2024 | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide | West Indies | Australia | Steve Smith | c Justin Greaves |
| 24 | Tshepo Moreki | 4 February 2024 | Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui | South Africa | New Zealand | Devon Conway | lbw |
| 25 | Corbin Bosch | 26 December 2024 | Centurion Park, Centurion | South Africa | Pakistan | Shan Masood | c Marco Jansen |
    As of 26 December 2024. Source: ESPNcricinfo.

## Wicket with first ball in ODI career

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

## Wicket with first ball in T20I career

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

## Wicket with first ball in women's T20I career

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