The Pakistan Men's Cricket team handed over the captaincy to their star fast bowler, Shaheen Shah Afridi, in November last year. And today, he is leading his team against Australia in the second ODI in Lahore's Gaddafi Stadium. Pakistan won the toss and chose to bowl first. Afridi opened the bowling for Pakistan and dismissed Alex Carey for a golden duck with the very first ball of the match. He bowled a fullish, wide delivery pitched outside the off stump that stopped slightly on the surface and shaped away. Carey committed to an expansive shot, attempting to slash or cut the ball toward the square region. The ball caught a thick inside edge off Carey's bat and crashed directly back onto the stumps, cleanly bowling him. With this, he joined Pakistan's elite list of captains who took wickets on the first ball of an ODI match. The list only includes Wasim Akram, who dismissed Andy Flower in 1993, and Waqar Younis dismissing Marcus Trescothick in 2001. Pakistani captains to take wicket on first ball of ODI match Bowler Batter Dismissed Opposition Venue Date Wasim Akram Andy Flower Zimbabwe Karachi December 24, 1993 Waqar Younis Marcus Trescothick England Leeds June 17, 2001 Shaheen Shah Afridi Alex Carey Australia Lahore June 2, 2026 Read also: Why Bhuvneshwar Kumar is Still Ignored by Team India Despite Proving Himself in the IPL Every Season Shaheen Joins Imran's Elite Club Former Pakistan captain Imran Khan scripted history in 1985 by becoming the first Pakistani to claim a wicket with the opening ball of an ODI, dismissing Ravi Shastri and finishing with 6/14. Decades later, Shaheen Afridi entered company, becoming the third Pakistani bowler to record first-ball ODI wickets multiple times. Full list of Pakistani bowlers to take wicket on first ball of ODI match Bowler Batter Dismissed Opposition Venue Date Imran Khan Ravi Shastri India Sharjah March 22, 1985 Wasim Akram (C) Andy Flower Zimbabwe Karachi December 24, 1993 Wasim Akram Adam Parore New Zealand Auckland February 17, 2001 Waqar Younis (C) Marcus Trescothick England Leeds June 17, 2001 Wasim Akram Adam Gilchrist Australia Melbourne (Docklands) June 15, 2002 Wasim Akram Herschelle Gibbs South Africa Tangier August 18, 2002 Shoaib Akhtar Marcus Trescothick England Southampton September 5, 2006 Mohammad Irfan Hashim Amla South Africa Durban March 21, 2013 Mohammad Irfan Aaron Finch Australia Sharjah October 7, 2014 Shaheen Shah Afridi Travis Head Australia Lahore April 2, 2022 Shaheen Shah Afridi (C) Alex Carey Australia Lahore June 2, 2026