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The first New Zealand player to take a five-wicket haul on Test debut was Fen Cresswell who took six wickets for 168 runs against England in 1949.[12][13] Cresswell, Alex Moir and Colin de Grandhomme are the only bowlers to have taken six wickets each on debut. Six other players have taken five wickets on their Test debut.[6] De Grandhomme took six wickets for 41 runs, the best bowling figures by a New Zealand bowler in an innings on Test debut, against Pakistan in 2016, at Hagley Oval.[6][14] He accumulated seven wickets for 64 runs in the match, the best bowling figures by a New Zealander in a Test match on debut.[12] De Grandhomme and Ajaz Patel are the only players to get the man of the match award on their Test debuts.[14][15] Amongst the bowlers, Bruce Taylor is the only player "to achieve the all-round feat" on his Test debut against India in 1964–65 at Eden Gardens, Calcutta; [note 1] he scored 105 runs and took 5 wickets for 86 runs.[16]Paul Wiseman's five-wicket haul is the most economical, with 1.75 runs per over, and Tim Southee has the best strike rate.[note 2] As of November 2018, the most recent Zealand cricketer to achieve this feat was Ajaz Patel.[6] Moir, Wiseman and Patel are the only spin bowlers to achieve this feat, the others being fast bowlers.[18][19]
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