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Corbin Bosch Creates History; Becomes First Player In The World To Achieve Remarkable Feat
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Corbin Bosch created history as he continued the dream start to his Test career as South Africa registered their ninth win in a row, which is their best-ever run in the longest format after thrashing Zimbabwe by a huge margin of 328 runs in the series opener at the Queens Park Oval in Bulawayo. Bosch produced a memorable all-round performance as he scored the first century of his career in the first innings with an unbeaten knock of 100. Later, he showed his skillset with the ball as the pacer took a five-wicket haul in the second innings. Corbin Bosch Creates History Bosch has made a remarkable start to his Test career aand after playing two games, he has 217 runs in four innings with an average of 108.50 and 10 wickets at an average of 19.10. He made his debut against Pakistan last year at Centurion in where he took a four-wicket haul and scored 81 runs. However, he was dismissed for a duck in the second innings and took one wicket. Bosch has become the first player in Test cricket history to take four or more wickets in an innings and score a knock of 80 or more runs in each of his first two Test. Bosch was only the second player to achieve the feat on Test debut after Bruce Taylor of New Zealand, who took a five-wicket haul (5-86) against India and a knock of 105 against India at Kolkata's Eden Gardens in 1965. Taylor also took a five-wicket haul in the second Test of his career at Mumbai's Brabourne Stadium (5-26, 3-76) but made knocks of just 8 and 21. Taylor is also the only player in history to complete the rare double of a five-wicket haul and century on Test debut. Bosch is the joint-second quickest to achieve the feat alongside Jack Gregory, Roston Chase, and Brian Bennett. Among pace bowlers, Bosch is the first in 60 year to complete the milestone after Taylor. Fastest To Double Of Century + Five-Wicket Haul In Same Match In Test Cricket PlayerTest Match Of CareerTeamOpponentVenueYearBowler TypeBruce Taylor1New ZealandIndiaKolkata1965PacerCorbin Bosch2South AfricaZimbabweBulawayo2025PacerJack Gregory2AustraliaEnglandMelbourne1920SpinnerRoston Chase2West IndiesIndiaKingston2016SpinnerBrian Bennett2ZimbabweAfghanistanBulawayo2024SpinnerMeanwhile, Bosch is the first south Afrian to achieve the feat afte 23 years following Jacques Kallis. Overall, he is the fourth player from the country to achieve the feat and the second since their readmission. While Kallis is the only player to do it twice, Bosch is the first player to achieve it an away fixture.
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