Test bowling records

10 wickets on Test debut-and never again

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These are the 17 players who took 10 or more wickets on their Test debut:

Of these 17, only 4 (Richardson, Grimmett, Bedser and Valentine took 10wn again. The other 13 did not.

In fact, some did not even take a 5-for again.

Summarising the performance of the 17 players listed above:

  1. F Martin. Played only 2 Tests. No further 10wm or 5wi.
  2. T Richardson. Took a total of 4 10wm.
  3. AE Hall. No further 10wm, 2 further 5wi.
  4. CV Grimmett. Took a total of 7 10wm, the best among this group of players.
  5. CS Marriott. Played only 1 Test, hence no further 10wm or 5wi.
  6. K Farnes. No further 10wm, 1 further 5wi
  7. AV Bedser. Took a total of 5 10wms. This included 11wm in both his first and second Tests.
  8. HHH Johnson. Played only 3 Tests. No further 10wm or 5wi.
  9. AL Valentine. Took a total of 2 10wms.
  10. SF Burke. Played only 2 Tests. Did not take any wicket after debut.
  11. RAL Massie. No further 10wm or 5wi.
  12. JK Lever. No further 10wm, 2 further 5wi.
  13. ND Hirwani. No further 10wm, 2 further 5wi.
  14. Mohammad Zahid. No further 10wm or 5wi.
  15. JJ Krejza. Played only 2 Tests. Took only 1 wkt in his second Test.
  16. P Jayawickrama. No further 10wm or 5wi.
  17. P Jayasuriya. Played only 3 Tests so far. Took no further 10wm, but did take a total of 4 5wi.

We see that several of these players played 3 or less Tests. Marriott played only one Test.

Hirwani’s 16-135 is the best match bowling for India, just surpassing Massie’s 16-136 which is the best for Australia.

Bedser and Massie achieved this feat at Lord’s.

Also see https://abn397.wordpress.com/2022/11/27/shining-on-test-debut/