Kevin John Arnott
Virender Sehwag
Madan Lal of India faced the first ball in cricket test match. The match was between India and England.
Geoff Marsh of England faced the first ball of the first One Day International. It was bowled by Garth McKenzie.
Nazar Mohammed faced the first ever ball for the Pakistani Cricket team on the 17th of October (they batted second, so the test match actually began on the 16th) 1952 at the Feroz Shah Kotla, Dehli. Pakistan went on to loose the match by an innings and 70 runs.
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Geoff Boycott
Officially first Test Match was played in 1877 between Australia and England and began on 15th March. Charles Bannerman of Australia faced the first ball and also scored the first run.
Yeah, no ball is counted as a batsman faced it.
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Jimmy Cook
Virendra sehwag