Tuesday, July 9, 2013

Youngest to take 5 in an innings on debut.

Here is a list of players that I can find who took a five-for on first-class debut before the age of 16:

13 yrs, 44 days: Mushtaq Mohammad 5-28 for Karachi Whites v Sind at Hyderabad, 1956/57
13 yrs, 287 days: Zulfiqar Butt 5-110 for Lahore City Whites v Karachi Blues at Sahiwal, 1984/85
15 yrs, 46 days: Majid Khan 6-67 for Lahore B v Khairpur at Lahore, 1961/62
15 yrs, 98 days: Iqbal Butt 5-68 for Railways B v Lahore B at Lahore, 1971/72
15 yrs, 119 days: Nadeem Ghauri 5-91 for Servis Industries v Rawalpindi at Rawalpindi, 1977/78
15 yrs, 261 days: DT Doram 5-82 for Netherlands v Ireland at Deventer, 2013
15 yrs, 315 days: Adil Raza 5-42 for Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited v Pakistan International Airlines at Rawalpindi, 2007/08
15 yrs, 323 days: Masood-ul-Hasan 6-60 for Karachi Greens v Karachi Whites at Karachi, 1961/62

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