Boxing day test IND vs AUS, SA vs PAK: On one hand, Sam Konstas, who made his debut for Australia in the Boxing Day Test match being played in Melbourne between India and Australia (IND vs AUS), created history by scoring a half-century in the very first innings of the Test. Made a blast. Sam Constas became the second cricketer in the world to hit two sixes against Bumrah in a Test, while Bumrah achieved the distinction of becoming the batsman who scored the most runs in a single spell by scoring 34 runs in a single spell. Constant created history by playing an inning of 60 runs in 65 balls.
Read this- IND vs AUS: Sam Constas created a stir, surprised world cricket by making not one or two but 8 great records in the very first test.
Apart from this, on the other hand, in the boxing test match being played between Pakistan and South Africa (SA vs PAK, Test), Corbin Bosch made his debut for South Africa and made such a unique record in his debut match. Which surprised world cricket.
Corbin Bosch created history in test debut
South African fast bowler Corbin Bosch has created history in Test cricket by taking a wicket on the very first ball of his career. The right-arm fast bowler has become the fifth South African bowler to achieve this rare feat, which Bosch achieved during the first Test of the ongoing two-match series against Pakistan at the SuperSport Park in Centurion. Let us tell you that in 2024, Bosch became the third fast bowler in the world to take a wicket on the first ball of his Test career. Earlier this year, Shamar Joseph and Tshepo Moreki had done the feat of taking wickets on the first ball of their Test career.
this happened for the first time
This is the first time in 147 years of Test history that three bowlers have done the feat of taking a wicket on the first ball of their Test career in the same year., Apart from this, Bosch has become the 25th bowler in the world to take a wicket on the first ball of his career in the history of Test cricket. He has also become the fifth South African bowler to do so, before him Bert Vogler, Dan Piedt, Hardus Viljoen and Tshepo Moreki had achieved this feat in Tests.
South African bowlers who have taken a wicket on the first ball of their Test career
1. Bert Vogler vs England, Johannesburg, 1906
2. Dane Piedt vs Zimbabwe, Harare, 2014
3. Hardus Viljoen vs England, Johannesburg, 2016
4. Tshepo Moreki vs New Zealand, Mount Maunganui, 2024
5. Corbin Bosch vs Pakistan, Centurion, 2024
Bowlers to take a wicket with their first ball in Test cricket
- Tom Horan (Aus) out to Reid (England), Sydney 1882/83
- Arthur Coningham (Aus) out to Archie MacLaren (England), Melbourne 1894/95
- Bill Bradley (Eng) out to Frank Laver (Aus), Manchester 1899
- Ted Arnold (Eng) out to Victor Trumper (Aus), Sydney 1903/04
- Bert Vogler (South Africa) out to Ernie Hayes (England), Johannesburg 1905/06
- Jack Crawford (Eng) out to Bert Vogler (SA), Johannesburg 1905/06
- George Macaulay (England) out to George Hearn (South Africa), Cape Town 1922/23
- Maurice Tate (England) out to Fred Susskind (SA), Birmingham 1924
- Matt Henderson (NZ) out to Eddie Dawson (England), Christchurch 1929/30
- Dennis Smith (NZ) out to Eddie Paynter (England), Christchurch 1932/33
- Tyrrell Johnson (WI) out to Walter Keaton (England), The Oval 1939
- Keith Miller (Aus) out to Walter Hadlee (NZ), Wellington 1945/46
- Dick Howarth (England) out to Dennis Dyer (South Africa), The Oval 1947
- Intikhab Alam (Pak) out to Colin McDonald (Aus), Karachi 1959/60
- Richard Illingworth (Eng) out to Phil Simmons (WI), Nottingham 1991
- Nilesh Kulkarni (India) dismissed Marvan Atapattu (Sri Lanka) 1997, Premadasa
- Chamila Gamage (Sri Lanka) dismissed Mohammad Ashraful (Bangladesh) SSC 2002
- Nathan Lyon (Aus) out to Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka), Galle 2011/12
- Shaminda Eranga (Sri Lanka) out to Shane Watson (Aus), SSC 2011/12
- Dane Piedt (South Africa) out to Mark Vermeulen (Zimbabwe), Harare 2014
- Hardus Viljoen (South Africa) out to Alastair Cook (England), Johannesburg 2015/16
- Nizat Masood (Afghanistan) dismisses Zakir Hasan (Bangladesh), Mirpur 2023
- Shamar Joseph (WI) dismisses Steve Smith (Aus), Adelaide 2024
- Tshepo Moreki (South Africa) out to Devon Conway (New Zealand), Mount Maunganui, 2024
- Corbyn Bosch (SA) out to Shan Masood (Pakistan), Centurion, 2024
