West Indies’ debutant Shamar Joseph claimed a wicket in the first ball of his career after dismissing Steve Smith in the AUS vs WI 1st Test match in Adelaide on Wednesday. Shamar became the second West Indian to clinch this feat in his maiden Test match. Here is the list of players who have taken wickets in the first ball of their career.
Wicket with first ball in career
| Bowler | Batter | Match | Venue | Year |
| TP Horan | WW Read | Aus v Eng | Sydney | 1882-83 |
| A Coningham | AC MacLaren | Aus v Eng | Melbourne | 1894-95 |
| WM Bradley | F Laver | Eng v Aus | Manchester | 1899 |
| EG Arnold | VT Trumper | Eng v Aus | Sydney | 1903-04 |
| AEE Vogler | EG Hayes | SA v Eng | Johannesburg | 1905-06 |
| JN Crawford | AEE Vogler | Eng v SA | Johannesburg | 1905-06 |
| GG Macaulay | GAL Hearne | Eng v SA | Cape Town | 1922-23 |
| MW Tate | MJ Susskind | Eng v SA | Birmingham | 1924 |
| M Henderson | EW Dawson | NZ v Eng | Christchurch | 1929-30 |
| HD Smith | E Paynter | NZ v Eng | Christchurch | 1932-33 |
| TF Johnson | WW Keeton | WI v Eng | The Oval | 1939 |
| Keith Miller | Walter Hadlee | Aus v NZ | Wellington | 1945-46 |
| R Howorth | DV Dyer | Eng v SA | The Oval | 1947 |
| Intikhab Alam | CC McDonald | Pak v Aus | Karachi | 1959-60 |
| RK Illingworth | PV Simmons | Eng v WI | Nottingham | 1991 |
| NM Kulkarni | MS Atapattu | Ind v SL | Colombo | 1997 |
| MKGCP Lakshitha | Mohammad Ashraful | SL v Ban | Colombo | 2002 |
| NM Lyon | KC Sangakkara | Aus v SL | Galle | 2011 |
| RMS Eranga | SR Watson | SL v Aus | Colombo (SSC) | 2011 |
| DL Piedt | MA Vermeulen | SA v Zim | Harare | 2014 |
| GC Viljoen | AN Cook | SA v Eng | Johannesburg | 2015-16 |
| Nijat Masood | Zakir Hasan | Ban v Afg | Mirpur | 2023 |
| Shamar Joseph | Steven Smith | Aus v WI | Adelaide | 2024 |
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