Top 10 Players with Highest Scores on Test Debut

3. 214 – Lawrence Rowe (West Indies) v New Zealand, Kingston, 1972:

Seen as the next big thing in Caribbean cricket, Lawrence Rowe was called up to face New Zealand on the back of his performances for Jamaica. Nobody could have expected what followed. Playing on his home ground Rowe was faultless in his first innings total of 214, hitting 19 boundaries and one six as West Indies raced to 508 for four. Rowe was a man possessed and as if 214 was not enough he went on to score 100 in the second innings, becoming the first man to score a double hundred and a century on Test debut. When asked how he managed the feat Rowe, understated as ever, coolly replied: “This is my home ground, and I have no right to get out here.”