Batting, Bowling, and Fielding are three aspects of a cricket game. One can not win by giving either of them. A Bowler always wants to take most of the wickets of an opponent's team to help win their country. A bowler bowling in their first match has another level of excitement. They surely want to make it a memorable day. And to make it special they try to take a lot of wickets. Here are the top 10 cricketers who took the best bowling figures in their debut matches.
1. Dasun Shanaka
Dasun Shanaka is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer and current limited-overs captain of the Sri Lankan cricket team. Shanka generally played as an all-rounder. Shanaka's bowling abilities in his ODI debut impacted his international career well. Shanka made his debut on 16 June, 2016, against Ireland in Dublin. Shanka scored explosive 42 runs in just 19 balls. In Bowling, Shanaka took 5 wickets just by giving 43 runs in 9 overs. He became the twelfth player, and third Sri Lankan, to take a 5-wicket haul on debut.
2. Brian Vitori
Brian Vitori is a left-arm pacer who plays for Zimbabwe national cricket team. When Zimbabwe played Bangladesh in Harare in 2011, he achieved the best bowling figures by a debutant of his nation. Vitori took 5 wickets just by giving 30 runs in 10 overs. Vitori went on to take another 5-wicket haul in his next match, making him the only player ever to take two 5-wicket hauls in his first two matches.
3. Allan Donald
Allan Donald, also called "White Lighting" due to his lighting quick bowling, is considered one of the South African national cricket team's most successful pace bowlers. Donald is also the first South African bowler to take 300 wickets. Donald made his international debut in 1991, which was also the South African national team's return to international cricket. Donald took 5 wickets just by conceding 29 runs. Donald became the first South African bowler to take a fifer in an international match.
4. Taskin Ahmed
Taskin Ahmed is a Bangladeshi right-arm bolwer. Taskin made his ODI debut against India on 27 June 2014. He took 5 wickets by giving 28 runs in 8 overs. He took crucial wickets of Robin Uthappa and Ambati Rayudu. Taskin became the first Bangladeshi bowler to take a fifer in ODI debut.
5. Craig Young
Craig Young made his ODI debut against Scotland in 2014. Craig Young became the second bowler from Ireland to take 5-wickets on his debut. He conceded 46 runs in 10 overs. Young has the highest strike rate and lowest bowling average among top bowlers of Ireland in ODI's.
6. Uvais Karnain
Uvais Karnain, a former Sri Lankan bowler, is the first cricketer to take a 5-wicket haul in a debut match. Karnain made his debut against New Zealand in 1984. Karnain took 5 wickets in 8 overs against New Zealand. The match was played on Moratuwa, and Karnain's economy was just 3.25. Karnain gave only 26 runs in the match. His bowling spell is still considered one of the iconic spells by a debutant.
7. Tony Dodemaide
Dodemaide began his career as a fast-bowling all-rounder in International cricket for Australia. Dodemaide made his ODI debut against Sri Lanka in 1988, at Perth. He took advantage of the extra bounce from Perth's surface. He finished with the figures of 5-22 in 7.2 overs. Dodemaide was the first cricketer to take a fifer in both test and ODI debuts.
8. Jan Frylinck
Jan Frylinck stands at number 3 on this list. Frylinck is a Namibian cricketer born in South Africa. Frylinck is a left-arm medium-fast bowler who made his ODI debut against Oman in 2019. In this match, Frylinck became the first bowler for Namibia to take a 5-wicket in his debut. He finished with a line of 8-1-13-5.
9. Fidel Edwards
Fidel Edwards plays in all formats of cricket. Edwards made his ODI debut against Zimbabwe in 2003 at Harare. Edwards destroyed the Zimbabwean team ny taking 6 wickets just by giving 22 runs in his 7 overs. Edward became the first cricketer after Dodemaide to take a 5-wicket haul on the debut of both ODI and Test cricket.
10. Kagiso Rabada
This South African pace spearhead, on his ODI debut, made the best bowling figures by any debutant. Rabada's international debut was against Bangladesh in Mirpur on 10 July 2015. Rabada shattered Bangladeshi batsmen one by one and took 6 wickets. Rabada gave just 16 runs in 8 overs, with an economy of just 2. Rabada is also the second player to take a hat-trick on debut in an ODI match.
