Tag Test Match Records

It's a dream for any batsman to play test match for his country. Plenty of them fail but out of few who do reach international test standards, even fewer ones make a dream debut with a century.

Tip Foster, the Australian batsman, holds the record of highest individual score on test match debut, for his marathon 287 runs against Australia at Sydney cricket ground. batting at number 5, Foster was unbeaten on 73 at the end of second day's play. Debutant had next day as rest day, and came back to score over 200 runs on day 3, propelling his team to 577 in that away Ashes test match, helping his team gain a 1-0 lead in that 1903 series.

Lawrance Rowe of West Indies has the distinction of scoring most runs in debut test match. Lawrance scored 214 in first innings of that 1972 test match against New Zealand at Sabina Park in Jamaica and came back in second innings to score exactly 100 more unbeaten runs in second innings, to record a rare test debut with century in both innings. Only Yasir Hameed of Pakistan has matched the feat.

Set 314 to win, Kiwis held onto a draw, negotiating 108 overs on the last day.

A total of 93 batsmen have scored century in debut test match, the latest being Francois du Plessis of South Africa, unlike most youngsters who showcase their range of shots, du Plessis ate up 376 balls to save the match for his country when all top order had vanished.
In following, we've listed out all debut centurions for each country sorted by year of match as well as the highest scores overall, the ones over 150..

For Australia (19) = Charls Bannerman (165*), Harry Graham (107), Reggie Duff (104), Roger Hartigan (116), Herbie Collins (104), Bill Ponsford (110), Archie Jackson (164), Jim Burke (101*), Doug Walters (155), Greg Chappell (108), Gary Cosier (109), Dirk Wellham (103), Kepler Wessels (162), Wayne Philips (159), Mark Waugh (138), Greg Blewett (102*), Michael Clarke (151), Marcus North (117) and Shaun Marsh (141).

For England (18) = W.G.Grace (152), Ranjitsinhji (154*), Sir Pelham Warner (132*), Tip Foster (287), George Gunn (119), Nawab of Pataudi snr (102), Bryan Valentine (136), Paul Gibb (106), Billy Griffith (140), Peter May (138), Arthur Milton (104*), John Hampshire (107), Frank Hayes (106*), Graham Thorpe (114*), Andrew Strauss (112), Alastair Cook (104*), Matt Prior (126*) and Jonathan Trott (119).

For India (13) = Lala Amarnath (118), Deepak Shodhan (110), Kripal Singh (100*), Abbas Ali Baig (112), Hanumant Singh (105), Gundappa Viswanath (137), Surinder Amarnath (124), Mohammad Azharuddin (110), Praveen Amre (103), Sourav Ganguly (131), Virender Sehwag (105), Suresh Raina (120) and Shikhar Dhawan (187).

For West Indies (13) = George Headley (176), Andy Ganteaume (112), Bruce Pairaudeau (115), Collie Smith (104), Sir Conrad Hunte (142), Lawrence Rowe (214 & 100*), Alvin Kallicharran (100*), Gorden Greenidge (107), Len Baichan (105*), Basil Williams (100), Dwayne Smith (105*), Adrian Barath (104) and Kirk Edwards (110).

For Pakistan (11) = Khalid Ibadulla (166), Javed Miandad (163), Saleem Malik (100*), Mohammad Wasim (109*), Ali Naqvi (115), Azhar Mahmood (128*), Younis Khan (107), Taufeeq Umar (104), Yasir Hameed (170 & 105), Fawad Alam (168) and Umar Akmal (129).

For New Zealand (9) = Jackie Mills (117), Bruce Taylor (105), Rodney Redmond (107), Mark Greatbatch (107*), Mathew Sinclair (214), Lou Vincent (104), Scott Styris (107), Kane Williamson (131) and Hamish Rutherford (171).

For South Africa (4) = Andrew Hudson (163), Jacques Rudolph (222*), Alviro Petersen (100) and Francois du Plessis (110*).

For Sri Lanka (3) = Brendon Kuruppu (201*), Romesh Kaluwitharana (132*) and Thilan Samaraweera (103*).

For Bangladesh (3) = Aminul Islam (145), Mohammad Ashraful (114) and Abul Hasan (113).

For Zimbabwe (2) = David Houghton (121) and Hamilton Masakadza (119).

Highest score in an innings by a batsman in debut test match
Batsman (Country)	Runs	Balls	4s	6s	Versus	Venue	Mon/Yr
Tip Foster (England)	287	---	37	0	Australia	Sydney	Dec 1903
Jacques Rudolph (South Africa)	222*	383	29	2	Bangladesh	Chittagong	Apr 2003
Lawrence Rowe (West Indies)	214	---	19	1	New Zealand	Jamaica	Feb 1972
Mathew Sinclair (New Zealand)	214	447	22	0	West Indies	Wellington	Dec 1999
Brendon Kuruppu (Sri Lanka)	201*	548	24	0	New Zealand	Colombo	Apr 1987
Shikhar Dhawan (India)	187	174	33	2	Australia	Mohali	Mar 2013
George Headley (West Indies)	176	---	--	-	England	Barbados	Jan 1930
Hamish Rutherford (New Zealand)	171	217	22	3	England	Dunedin	Mar 2013
Yasir Hameed (Pakistan)	170	253	25	0	Bangladesh	Karachi	Aug 2003
Fawad Alam (Pakistan)	168	259	15	1	Sri Lanka	Colombo	Jul 2009
Khalid Ibadulla (Pakistan)	166	---	20	0	Australia	Karachi	Oct 1964
Charls Bannerman (Australia)	165*	---	18	0	England	Melbourne	Mar 1877
Archie Jackson (Australia)	164	331	15	0	England	Adelaide	Feb 1930
Javed Miandad (Pakistan)	163	---	19	0	New Zealand	Lahore	Oct 1976
Andrew Hudson (South Africa)	163	384	20	0	West Indies	Barbados	Apr 1992
Kepler Wessels (Australia)	162	343	17	0	England	Brisbane	Nov 1982
Wayne Phillips (Australia)	159	246	20	0	Pakistan	Perth	Nov 1983
Doug Walters (Australia)	155	315	11	2	England	Brisbane	Dec 1965
Shri Ranjitsinhji (England)	154*	---	23	0	Australia	Manchester	Jul 1896
W.G.Grace (England)	152	294	12	0	Australia	The Oval	Sep 1880
Michael Clarke (Australia)	151	248	18	4	India	Bangalore	Oct 2004
Aminul Islam (Bangladesh)	145	380	17	0	India	Dhaka	Nov 2000