TOP-10 bowlers taking wickets on the first ball of Test match

Arthur Cunningham of Australia is the first bowler in the world to have a record of taking wickets on the first ball of a Test match. He did this feat in 1894. Since then, about 30 bowlers have performed this feat. However, we will take a look at the bowlers who added their names to this list after the year 2000.

Alan Donald

In a Test at Kingston's Sabina Park, Alan Donald had the wicket of West Indies opener Leon Gerik up from the first ball. In this match, West Indies won the toss and decided to bat first. However, the West Indies won 130 in this match.

Mervyn Dillon

In the year 2002, the first ball of the third Test match played in Barbados, West Indies, Mervyn Dillon cleaned the Shiv Sundar Das Leaf. Dhillon, who took 8 wickets in the match, was awarded the title of Player of the Match. West Indies won the match by 10 wickets due to Dhillon's superb bowling.

Ryan Side Bottom

In the fourth Test played at Chester-le-Street between England and the West Indies, Darren Ganga was dismissed by the fast bowler Ryan Side Bottom on the first ball. England won even after Shivnarayan Chanderpaul's best innings in this match. Sidebottom took a total of 5 wickets in the first innings.

Mashrafe Mortaza

Bangladesh fast bowler Mashrafe Mortaza may not be seen as a Test bowler, but the legendary Indian batsman Wasim Jaffer, who visited Bangladesh in 2007, was the victim of the first ball of the Test. This match played in Chittorgarh was drowned.

Mohammad Amir

Mohammad Aamir is said to be the biggest finder in Pakistan's fast bowlers before being caught by match-fixing. The bowler, who wreaked havoc early in his career, dismissed New Zealand batsman Tim McIntosh on the first ball of the South Africa Dunedin Test. Its Aamir continued to wreak havoc on his pace and took 3 wickets but New Zealand won the match by 32 runs.

Pedro Collins

Pedro Collins, who played 32 Test matches for the West Indies, has been the main bowler in the team's pace attack. You would be surprised to know that Pedro Collins is the only bowler to have taken a wicket on the first ball three times in Test history. Even more surprising is that his victim became the same batsman three times. Pedro took the wicket of Bangladesh batsman Hannan Sarkar on the first ball of the three-Test matches.

Dale Steyn

Fast bowler Dale Steyn, who was often ruled out due to injury from the South African team, took the wicket of England captain Andrew Strauss on the first ball of a Test match. Dale Steyn, who took 7 wickets in this match, received the title of man of the match, while fast bowler Morne Morkel took 8 wickets.

Suranga Lakmal

Sri Lanka's Suranga Lakmal holds the record for taking wickets on the first ball of a Test match twice. For the first time in 2010, he dismissed West Indies stormy batsman Chris Gayle in a Test match played at Pallekal Stadium in Sri Lanka. At the same time, on the first ball of a Test match played against India at Eden Gardens recently, he sent opener KL Rahul without opening the account.

Michelle stark

Even though Mitchell Starc could not do wonders in Sri Lanka tour in 2016, but despite this, he managed to take 20 wickets. In the second Test match against Sri Lanka in Gaul, Stark drove opener Dimuth Karunaratne off the first ball. However, despite Stark taking 11 wickets, Sri Lanka won the match by 229 runs.