Corbin Bosch created history by opening the claw after a century in his second Test, the first player of SA became the first player
Corbin Bosch Record: South Africa’s young all -rounder Corbin Bosch has created history in Test cricket. After hitting a century in the second Test, he also wreaked havoc with the ball and took five wickets. This feat was done by the team giants at home till now, but this player has done wonders on foreign land. Now he has recorded a record that no South African player had done before him.
Corbin Bosch showed what till now no South African player was able to do on foreign land. Bosch showed amazing bat in the Test against Zimbabwe and then wreaked havoc with the ball. In South Africa’s first innings, Bosch came to bat at number 8 and hit 100 runs in 124 balls. In this innings, he hit 10 fours and brought the team to a strong score. South Africa declared the first innings by scoring 418 runs for 9 wickets.
After this, Corbin Bosch did wonders in bowling too. He broke the back of Zimbabwe’s batting with 5 wickets and impressed everyone with his all -round performance.
Earlier, in Test history, only three players were able to take a century and five wickets in a Test match for South Africa. This was first done by Jamel Jimmy Synclair against England in the year 1899. Then Obre Folkner repeated the same feat in 1910. After this, veteran all -rounder Jack Kallis, who did this feat twice against West Indies in 1999 and Bangladesh in 2002.
South African players who took a century + 5 wickets in the same Test:
- Jimmy Sinklair (1899, against England, Cape Town)
- Obre Folkner (1910, against England, Johannesburg)
- Jack Kallis (1999, against West Indies)
- Jack Kallis (2002, against Bangladesh)
- Corbin Bosch (2025, against Zimbabwe, on foreign field,
But this performance of all these came to the home ground. Korbin Bosch has created history after 23 years by executing it abroad. He has become the first player of South Africa to take a century and five wickets in a Test on foreign soil.
Significantly, Bosch made his debut against Pakistan last year and there he also caught everyone’s attention with fifty and 5 wickets. Now by giving such a bang performance in his second Test match, he has shown that South Africa has got a big match winner in the coming time.
