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List of women's Test cricketers who have taken five wickets on debut

Women's Test cricket has been played since 1934, when England faced Australia in a three-match series.[1] Since that first match, over 130 Tests have been competed.[2] The advent of Twenty20 cricket in the early part of the 21st century has all but eliminated Test cricket from the woman's game.[3] Thirteen players have claimed five-wicket hauls (five or more wickets in an innings) on their debut in women's Test cricket.[4]

Black and white photograph of Myrtle Maclagan bowling
Myrtle Maclagan took seven wickets for 10 runs on her Test debut in 1934, achieving both the best figures on debut, and the first five-wicket haul in women's Tests.

The only occasion on which more than one player has taken a five-wicket haul on debut in the same match was during the first women's Test match in December 1934.[4] During this match, three players achieved the feat; Myrtle Maclagan and Mary Spear for England, and Anne Palmer for Australia.[1] Maclagan's bowling figures of seven wickets for 10 runs are the best by any woman on Test debut, and is one of three occasions on which a player has claimed seven wickets on their women's Test debut, along with Palmer and Lesley Johnston.[4] Betty Wilson, who was the fourth player to take five wickets in an innings on debut, is the only woman to have taken ten wickets in a match on debut.[5] Spear's five wickets for 51 runs was the most economical bowling when taking five wickets, conceding just 0.44 runs per over. Conversely, Shubhangi Kulkarni was the most expensive, allowing 4.11 runs per over. Isobel Joyce bowled the least overs in her innings when taking a five-wicket haul, six wickets for 21 runs from 11.1 overs.[4]

The most recent occasion on which a player took five wickets in an innings on debut was in July 2007, when South Africa's Sunette Loubser achieved the feat in a match against the Netherlands.[4]

Key edit

  • Date – Starting date of the match
  • I – The innings of the match in which the five-wicket haul was taken
  • O – Number of overs bowled in that innings
  • R – Runs conceded
  • W – Number of wickets taken
  • E – Bowling economy rate (average runs per over)
  • Batsmen – The batsmen whose wickets were taken in the five-wicket haul
  • Result – The result for the bowler's team in that match
  • Won – The match was won by bowler's team
  • Lost – The match was lost by bowler's team
  • Drawn – The match was drawn
  • ‡ – 10 wickets or more taken in the match

Bowlers edit

Five-wicket hauls on debut in women's Test cricket
No. Bowler Date Ground For Against I O R W E Batsmen Result
1 Myrtle Maclagan 28 December 19341 Exhibition Ground, Brisbane   England   Australia 1 17 10 7 0.58 Won[1]
2 Anne Palmer 28 December 19342 Exhibition Ground, Brisbane   Australia   England 2 13.2 18 7 1.35 Lost[1]
3 Mary Spear 28 December 19343 Exhibition Ground, Brisbane   England   Australia 3 34 15 5 0.44 Won[1]
4 Betty Wilson ‡ 20 March 1948 Basin Reserve, Wellington   Australia   New Zealand 3 14 28 6 2.00 Won[6]
5 Grace Gooder 26 March 1949 Eden Park, Auckland   New Zealand   England 1 23.2 45 6 1.80 Lost[7]
6 Loretta Bayliss 17 March 1961 Carisbrook, Dunedin   New Zealand   Australia 4 18 28 5 1.55 Drawn[8]
7 Lesley Johnston 5 February 1972 St Kilda Cricket Ground, Melbourne   Australia   New Zealand 1 13.2[n 1] 24 7 1.35 Lost[9]
8 Vivalyn Latty-Scott 7 May 1976 Jarrett Park, Jamaica   West Indies   Australia 2 41 48 5 1.17 Drawn[10]
9 Shubhangi Kulkarni 31 October 1976 M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore   India   West Indies 1 11.4 48 5 4.11 Drawn[11]
10 Chamani Seneviratne 17 April 1998 Colts Cricket Club Ground, Colombo   Sri Lanka   Pakistan 2 24 31 5 1.29 Won[12]
11 Isobel Joyce 30 September 2000 College Park, Dublin   Ireland   Pakistan 3 11.1 21 6 1.88 Won[13]
12 Rebecca Steele 27 November 2003 Bilakhiya Stadium, Vapi   New Zealand   India 2 42 79 5 1.88 Drawn[14]
13 Sunette Loubser 28 July 2007 Hazelaarweg, Rotterdam   South Africa   Netherlands 2 40.3 37 5 0.91 Won[15]

Notes edit

  1. ^ Eight-ball overs were bowled in this match.[9]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e "1st Test: Australia Women v England Women at Brisbane, Dec 28–31, 1934". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
  2. ^ "Australia Women v England Women: England Women in Australia 2010/11 (Only Test)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
  3. ^ Bull, Andy (25 January 2011). "Charlotte Edwards: the best captain in England?". The Guardian. London: Guardian Media Group. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Records / Women's Test matches / Bowling records / Best figures in a innings on debut". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
  5. ^ "Statistics / Statsguru / Women's Test matches / Bowling records". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 10 April 2013. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
  6. ^ "Only Test: New Zealand Women v Australia Women at Wellington, Mar 20–23, 1948". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
  7. ^ "Only Test: New Zealand Women v England Women at Auckland, Mar 26–29, 1949". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
  8. ^ "Only Test: New Zealand Women v Australia Women at Dunedin, Mar 17–19, 1961". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
  9. ^ a b "Only Test: Australia Women v New Zealand Women at Melbourne, Feb 5–8, 1972". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
  10. ^ "1st Test: West Indies Women v Australia Women at Montego Bay, May 7–9, 1976". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
  11. ^ "1st Test: India Women v West Indies Women at Bangalore, Oct 31 – Nov 2, 1976". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
  12. ^ "Only Test: Sri Lanka Women v Pakistan Women at Colombo (Colts), Apr 17–20, 1998". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
  13. ^ "Only Test: Ireland Women v Pakistan Women at Dublin, Jul 30–31, 2000". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
  14. ^ "Only Test: India Women v New Zealand Women at Vapi, Nov 27–30, 2003". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
  15. ^ "Only Test: Netherlands Women v South Africa Women at Rotterdam, Jul 28–31, 2007". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 February 2013.
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