South Africa vs Pakistan
SA vs PAK: Boxing Day was very special for Test cricket. Three test matches started simultaneously on 26 December. India and Australia came to play the fourth Test match in Melbourne, while the Boxing Day Test match started after a long time in Bulawayo between Afghanistan and Zimbabwe. Apart from this, the trumpet of 2-match test series between South Africa and Pakistan started from 26th December. South Africa won the toss and decided to bowl on the first day of the first Test in Centurion, which proved correct. South African bowlers were successful in defeating Pakistan on the very first day. Pakistani batting looked very weak in front of African bowlers. Except Pakistan’s Ghulam Mohammad, no one bothered to stay at the crease. Kamran Ghulam played an inning of 54 runs in 78 balls with the help of 8 fours and 1 six. He was the only Pakistani batsman to score a half-century.
South African bowlers kept the Pakistani batsmen under control from the very beginning. South Africa gave the first blow to Pakistan in the form of captain and opener Shan Masood in the 15th over itself. This wicket went to Corbin Bosch, who, while playing his first match in Test cricket, created a big record by taking a wicket on his very first ball. This year, he became the third bowler in the world to take a wicket on his first ball of Test cricket. In this way, for the first time in the history of Test cricket, such a feat was seen by three bowlers in one calendar year.
Unique record made after 73 years
Corbin Bosch had a great opportunity to take 5 wickets in his debut test but he missed it and had to be content with 4 wickets. However, South Africa’s 35-year-old fast bowler Dan Pietersen did not let this wonderful opportunity slip away and by hunting 5 batsmen of Pakistan, he did the feat of taking 5 wickets for the second time in his Test career. In this way he performed a big miracle in the history of Test cricket. In fact, this is the third time in the history of South African Test cricket that a bowler after the age of 35 has achieved the great feat of taking 5 wicket hauls more than once. You will be surprised to know that after 73 years, such a unique scene has been seen in the history of South African Test cricket. The last time this happened was in the year 1951 when Geoff Chubb took a 5 wicket haul.
South African bowler who took 5 wickets in more than one test match after the age of 35
- 2- Reggie Schwarz (1910-1912)
- 2- Geoff Chubb (1951)
- 2- Dan Peterson(2024)
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