Who is Abrar Ahmed? List of Pakistan Bowlers Taking Fifer On Test Debut

Abrar Ahmed, a mysterious spinner, enter a select club of just three spinners who claimed five wickets in their debut Test session.

On his Test debut, the 24-year-old took his first five-wicket haul and held England to 180/5. Before lunch on the first day of the second Test in Multan.

After pursuing two more wickets in the afternoon session, he concluded his first Test innings with remarkable stats of 7-114.

Abrar, who made his Test debut in Multan, became the third bowler after Fred Spofforth of Australia. And Alf Valentine of the West Indies to take five wickets before lunch on the first day of play.

Since Valentine accomplish the feat in 1950 while Spofforth had the distinction in 1879. He is the only bowler to have done it in the current century.

Abrar also joins Mohammad Nazir and Mohammad Nazir as the third Pakistani bowler. To claim seven victims in a first-ever Test.

List of Pakistan bowlers taking fifer on Test Debut

Arif Butt	6/89 against Australia in Melbourne	1964
Mohammad Nazir	7/99 against New Zealand in Karachi	1969
Shahid Nazir	5/53 against Zimbabwe in Sheikhupura	1996
Mohammad Zahid	7/66 against New Zealand in Rawalpindi	1996
Shahid Afridi	5/52 against Australia in Karachi	1998
Mohammad Sami	5/36 against New Zealand in Auckland	1998
Shabbir Ahmed	5/48 against Bangladesh in Karachi	2003
Yasir Arafat	5/161 against India in Bangalore	2007
Wahab Riaz	5/63 against England at the Oval	2010
Tanvir Ahmed	6/120 against South Africa in Abu Dhabi	2010
Bilal Asif	6/36 against Australia in Dubai	2018
Nauman Ali	5/35 against South Africa	2021
Abrar Ahmed	7/114* against England in Multan	2022

Who is Abrar Ahmed?

FULL NAME	Abrar Ahmed
BORN	October 16, 1998
AGE	24y 54d
BATTING STYLE	Left hand Bat
BOWLING STYLE	Legbreak Googly
PLAYING ROLE	Bowler

Domestic career

The 24-year-old played his first Twenty20 match for Karachi Kings in the Pakistan Super League in February 2017. For Sindh, he made his first-class debut in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy in November 2020.

He was includ in the Pakistan Shaheens lineup for their trip to Sri Lanka in October 2021. He play for the Pakistan Shaheens against the Sri Lanka. A cricket team in November 2021, making his List A debut.

The tweaker from Karachi was name to the Pakistani team in November for the Test series against England.

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