Hashim Amla has been dismissed five times by Hazlewood in this series, while Mitchell Starc has taken 20 first-over wickets in all international matches in the last two years
S Rajesh26-Nov-20165 Number of times Josh Hazlewood has dismissed Hashim Amla in this series; this is the first time a bowler has dismissed Amla more than four times in a series. Amla has scored only 29 from 52 balls off Hazlewood, at an average of 5.80.
Bowler Series Runs Balls Dismissals Average Josh Hazlewood SA in Aus, 2016-17 29 52 5 5.80Stuart Broad Eng in SA, 2015-16 75 207 4 18.75S Sreesanth Ind in SA, 2006-07 22 69 4 5.5015 Instances in Test history of a batsman being dismissed by the same bowler in every innings that he has been dismissed in, in a Test series. The last such instance also involved a South African batsman: Stiaan van Zyl was dismissed by R Ashwin in five out of five innings in India last season.
batsman bowler Dismissals SeriesHashim Amla Josh Hazlewood 5 SA in Aus, 2016-17 Stiaan van Zyl R Ashwin 5 SA in Ind, 2015-16 VVS Laxman Ajantha Mendis 5 Ind in SL, 2008 Matthew Hayden Makhaya Ntini 6 Aus in SA, 2005-06 Ricky Ponting Harbhajan Singh 5 Aus in Ind, 2000-01 Daren Ganga Shaun Pollock 6 WI in SA, 1998-99 Alec Stewart Mushtaq Ahmed 5 Pak in Eng, 1996 Chandika Hathurusingha Allan Donald 5 SA in SL, 1993 Navjot Sidhu Angus Fraser 5 Ind in Eng, 1990 Greg Matthews Richard Hadlee 6 NZ in Aus, 1985-86 Talat Ali Richard Hadlee 5 Pak in NZ, 1978-79 Hanif Mohammad Richard Collinge 5 Pak in NZ, 1964-65 Polly Umrigar David Allen 5 Eng in Ind, 1961-62 Nigel Howard Vinoo Mankad 5 Eng in Ind, 1951-52 Charlie Barnett Ernie McCormick 5 The Ashes, 1938 8 Wickets for Mitchell Starc in the first over of a Test innings, which is the joint highest among all bowlers since his debut, in December 2011. He has done it twice in this series against South Africa, dismissing Stephen Cook in the first over in Perth.Mitchell Starc has been devastating in the first over of a Test innings, taking eight wickets in 37 such overs•ESPNcricinfo Ltd20 Wickets in the first over for Starc in all international cricket since the start of 2015 – eight in Tests, 11 in ODIs and one in T20Is. No other bowler has more than seven such wickets during this period.
Bowler Wickets AverageMitchell Starc 20 9.20Dawlat Zadran 7 12.57Lasith Malinga 7 7.28David Willey 7 18.71Mohammad Amir 6 15.66Dhammika Prasad 6 4.83Jerome Taylor 6 20.0090.88 Usman Khawaja’s average in his last ten Test innings at home, since his comeback to the team last season. He has scored four hundreds in these ten innings, and his scores read as follows: 174, 9*, 121, 144, 56, 4, 97, 4, 64, 145. Overall, Khawaja has a home average of 67.42 (944 runs in 16 innings), and an away average of 30.29 (515 runs in 18 innings).31 Wickets for Nathan Lyon in six Tests in Adelaide, his highest at any venue. He averages 27.41 at the venue, compared to a career average of 33.43.
