PJ Cummins was named the Man of the Match for
his 6 for 79 in South Africa's
second innings at Johannesburg.
This is the 26th time a cricketer has won the Man of the match award
for his performance either with the willow or leather on his test debut.
PJ Cummins is the sixth Australian cricketer to be
named the Man of the Match on his test debut. The following table lists out all
the six cricketers along with their debut performances:
|
No |
MoM |
Team |
Oppn |
Ground |
Mon/Year |
Bat |
Bowl |
|
1 |
KC Wessels |
Aus |
Eng |
Brisbane |
Nov 1982 |
162, 046 |
|
|
2 |
PL Taylor |
Aus |
Eng |
Sydney |
Jan 1987 |
011, 042 |
6-078, 2-076 |
|
3 |
MJ Clarke |
Aus |
Ind |
Bangalore |
Oct 2002 |
151, 017 |
|
|
4 |
SR Clark |
Aus |
SAF |
Cape |
Mar 2004 |
008, --- |
5-055, 4-034 |
|
5 |
JJ Krejza |
Aus |
Ind |
Nagpur |
Nov 2008 |
005, 004 |
8-215, 4-143 |
|
6 |
PJ Cummins |
Aus |
SAF |
Jo'burg |
Nov 2011 |
002, 013* |
1-038, 6-079 |
PJ Cummins is the second Australian cricketer to
get a Man of the Match award on debut against South Africa, after SR Clark. SR
Clark had returned with figures of 5 for 55 and 4 for 34 at Cape Town in March 2004.
PJ Cummins became the fifth cricketer to get the
Man of the Match award on debut in a test against South Africa. The others are - PK
Amre of India at Durban in Nov 1992, Azhar
Mohmood of Pakistan at Rawalpindi in Oct 1997, SR Clark of Australia at Cape Town
in March 2004 and RJ Kirtley of England
at Nottingham in Aug 2003.
