Corbin Bosch the debutant from South Africa, becomes the first player to score 50 and made the highest score by any debutant at batting at number 9 against Pakistan at Centurion on Friday
He led South Africa to 301 with an undefeated 81 off 93 balls, giving his team a sizable 90-run advantage. Bosch and Dane Paterson’s 47-run partnership for the final wicket helped the Proteas gain a sizable lead in the match.
On the first day of the Test, Corbin Bosch, 30, who was given his Test debut to replace the injured Keshav Maharaj, showed off by picking 4/63, including a strike on his first delivery in Test cricket.
He built on that performance by dominating with the bat on day two, smashing a quick fifty to become the first South African to ever accomplish the elusive double of fifty and four or more wickets on Test debut.
In actuality, Corbin Bosch is only the third man to accomplish the feat this century. The other two are Tim Southee and Wanindu Hasaranga. By the way, four years earlier, Hasaranga accomplished the same accomplishment at this very location.
Players to score a fifty and take a 4+ wicket haul on Test debut (since 2000)
Tim Southee – 5/55 & 77* vs ENG in 2008
Wanindu Hasaranga – 4/171 & 59 vs SA in 2020
Corbin Bosch – 4/63 & 81* vs PAK in 2024*
In total, Bosch is only the sixteenth individual in Test history to accomplish this uncommon accomplishment.
Bosch ended a persistent 36-run opening partnership on the first day of red-ball cricket by dismissing Pakistan captain Shan Masood. After that, he took out Aamer Jamal, Naseem Shah, and Saud Shakeel to record an incredible four-wicket haul.
He came out to bat today when the Proteas were in serious difficulty at 191/7, still 20 runs behind Pakistan. He then helped South Africa establish a 90-run advantage by smashing an undefeated 81.
No.11 Dane Paterson died while attempting to slog Saim Ayub out of the earth, leaving Bosch trapped in agony.
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