Just like the other cricket formats, starting is very crucial for any team in ODI cricket.
While a good start sets up confidence for a team, a bad start destroys early confidence for a team.
Wicket on the first ball of an ODI match or an ODI innings is disastrous for the batting team, but an incredible beginning for the bowling side.
This article goes through the dismissals or wickets on the first ball of an ODI World Cup match or innings.
Article Contents:
Batters dismissed on the first ball of an ODI World Cup match (1st innings)
Batters dismissed on the first ball of the 2nd innings in an ODI World Cup match (2nd innings)
Interesting facts
NOTE: All the stats are based on the ESPNcricinfo Statsguru database (Updated until October 13, 2023).
According to the ESPNcricinfo Statsguru database, Bangladesh cricketer Hanan Sarkar was the first batter to lose a wicket on the first ball of an ODI World Cup match. It was a Group Stage game in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2003, where the Sri Lankan left-arm pacer Chaminda Vaas bowled the Bangladeshi opener. That match was remembered for Vaas’ World Cup hat-trick in the first three balls of the match.
Batters dismissed on the first ball of an ODI World Cup match (1st innings)
Batter (Team) | Bowler (Team) | Venue | Date |
Hanan Sarkar (Bangladesh) | Chaminda Vaas (Sri Lanka) | Pietermaritzburg | February 14, 2003 |
Brendan Taylor (Zimbabwe) | Khurram Chohan (Canada) | Nagpur | February 28, 2011 |
Martin Guptill (New Zealand) | Sheldon Cottrell (West Indies) | Manchester | June 22, 2019 |
Dimuth Karunaratne (Sri Lanka) | Kagiso Rabada (South Africa) | Chester-le-Street | June 28, 2019 |
Litton Das (Bangladesh) | Trent Boult (New Zealand) | Chennai | October 13, 2023 |
According to the ESPNcricinfo Statsguru database, Pakistan opener Aamer Sohail was the first cricketer to get out on the first ball of an innings in an ODI World Cup match. It was a League Stage game in the Benson & Hedges World Cup 1992, where the New Zealand right-arm pacer Danny Morrison dismissed the Pakistan cricketer.
Batters dismissed on the first ball of the 2nd innings in an ODI World Cup match (2nd innings)
Batter (Team) | Bowler (Team) | Venue | Date |
Aamer Sohail (Pakistan) | Danny Morrison (New Zealand) | Christchurch | March 18, 1992 |
Graham Gooch (England) | Eddo Brandes (Zimbabwe) | Albury | March 18, 1992 |
Gary Kirsten (South Africa) | Neil Johnson (Zimbabwe) | Chelmsford | May 29, 1999 |
Riaan Walters (Namibia) | Heath Streak (Zimbabwe) | Harare | February 10, 2003 |
William Porterfield (Ireland) | James Anderson (England) | Bengaluru | March 2, 2011 |
Lahiru Thirimanne (Sri Lanka) | Dawlat Zadran (Afghanistan) | Dunedin | February 22, 2015 |
Martin Guptill (New Zealand) | Aftab Alam (Afghanistan) | Taunton | June 8, 2019 |
Interesting facts:
New Zealand cricketer Martin Guptill is the only player to experience losing a wicket on the first ball of an innings in an ODI World Cup match more than once. The right-handed batter experienced it twice in 2019, once each in both innings.
The captains on those dismissal lists are English Graham Gooch (1992), Irish William Porterfield (2011), and Sri Lankan Dimuth Karunaratne (2019).
Zimbabwean Heath Streak was the only captain to take a wicket on the first ball of an innings in an ODI World Cup match.
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