Trivia #12: Players dismissed by the first ball of a Test (Jun94)

Players dismissed by the first ball of a Test match

Based on all Tests up to and including Sri Lanka v Australia at Galle 22/09/1999

Batsman for Venue Year Bowler AC MacLaren Eng v Aus Melbourne 1894 A Conningham TW Hayward Eng v RSA Oval 1907 AEE Vogler W Bardsley Aus v Eng Leeds 1926 MW Tate H Sutcliffe Eng v NZ Christchurch 1933 FT Badcock TS Worthington Eng v Aus Brisbane 1936 EL McCormick CC Hunte WI v Pak Port-of-Spain 1958 Fazal Mahmood EJ Barlow RSA v Aus Durban 1967 GD McKenzie RC Fredricks WI v Ind Port-of-Spain 1971 S Abid Ali KR Stackpole Aus v NZ Auckland 1974 RJ Hadlee SM Gavaskar Ind v Eng Birmingham 1974 GG Arnold SS Naik Ind v WI Calcutta 1974 AME Roberts JFM Morrison NZ v Eng Christchurch 1975 GG Arnold Mohsin Khan Pak v Ind Jullundar 1983 Kapil Dev SM Gavaskar Ind v WI Calcutta 1983 MD Marshall SM Gavaskar Ind v Pak Jaipur 1987 Imran Khan WV Raman Ind v NZ Napier 1990 RJ Hadlee SJ Cook RSA v Ind Durban 1992 Kapil Dev G Kirsten RSA v WI Cape Town 1999 CEL Ambrose ST Jayasuriya SL v Aus Galle 1999 GD McGrath

Notes: 1. Conningham was bowling his first ball in the Tests. 2. The first ball ever bowled at Jullundar and Jaipur resulted in a wicket. 3. Cook was making his Test debut. 4. Gavaskar is the only batsman to suffer this ignominy more than once. 5. Hadlee, Arnold and Kapil are the only bowlers to achieve this feat more than once.