In earlier posts we have covered topics such as:
https://abn397.wordpress.com/2019/09/26/century-on-debut-and-never-again/
https://abn397.wordpress.com/2019/10/26/50-plus-on-test-debut-and-never-again/
https://abn397.wordpress.com/2019/10/11/five-wickets-in-an-innings-and-never-again/
We now extend this to four (or more) wickets in an innings on debut and never again:
A total of 96 players took four or more wickets in an innings on debut. Of these, 11 took four or more in each innings. Those listed here never took a four+ again.
You can see the famous cases of CS Marriott (11 wickets in his only Test) and others with a 10-for on debut (SF Burke, HHH Johnson, F Martin and Mohammad Zahid) who did not even manage a four-for later. Also WH Ashley with a 7-for in his only innings bowled. Most had rather short careers.
The best innings performances here are 8-215 (JJ Krezja), 7-81 (M de Lange) and 7-95 (WH Ashley).
Then there was the strange case of the two unrelated players SA Banerjee and SN Banerjee who both took 4wi on debut in the 1948-49 I vs WI series and never played again.
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