South Africa vs Pakistan
SA vs PAK: The Boxing Day Test started from 26th December at Supersports Park in Centurion and reached an exciting stage on the second day itself. Batting first, Pakistan team was bundled out for just 211 runs in the first innings. For South Africa, Corbin Bosch took 4 wickets in his debut Test match, while 35-year-old Dane Pietersen did a great job of taking 5 wickets. In response to Pakistan’s first innings score, South Africa’s start was nothing special, but on the basis of the explosive batting of opener Aiden Markram and then debutant Corbin Bosch, South Africa scored 301 runs in the first innings and took a lead of 90 runs. Managed to do.
Aidan Markram played the highest innings of 89 runs. At the same time, after doing wonders with the ball, Corbin Bosch also performed brilliantly with the bat and scored 81 runs. Corbyn played this brilliant half-century innings with the help of 15 fours in 93 balls and thus he became the first South African player to score a half-century with 4 wickets in the debut test.
World record broken for the second time in a year
Corbin Bosch came to bat at number 9 when South Africa’s 7 wickets had fallen at the score of 191 runs. After this, Bosch completed his half-century by making small partnerships with Markram, Rabada and then Pietersen. Bosch returned unbeaten after scoring 81 runs. In this way, he made the world record of playing the biggest innings at number 9 in the debut test. Earlier this big record was in the name of Sri Lanka’s Milan Ratnayake. Milan played an innings of 72 runs in his debut test against England this year at number 9. Then this Lankan player had broken the record of Balwinder Singh Sandhu and now Corbin Bosch created a sensation by breaking the record of Milan Ratnayake.
Batsman who played the biggest innings at number 9 in debut test
- 81* – Corbin Bosch vs PAK, 2024
- 72 – Milan Ratnayake vs ENG, 2024
- 71 – Balwinder Singh Sandhu vs PAK, 1983
- 59 – Monde Jondeki vs ENG, 2003
- 56* – Wilf Ferguson vs ENG, 1948
