Wanna Score a Hundred on Test Debut? Call us Maybe

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Adam Voges is the oldest player to score a century on test debut. (© Getty Images)

Wanna Score a Hundred on Test Debut? Call us Maybe: The longest form of the game, test cricket is widely regarded as the most challenging format for the batsmen as they have to negotiate the swing of the red ball in comparison with the white ball used in the limited overs’ format. A batsman’s patience, temperament, skill and tenacity all are put into a test of fire in the test format.

In such a tough form of the game, getting a hundred is a cherishable moment and a priced possession for the batters, and if it is a hundred on debut then that is the best thing you can ever ask for as a batsman. 99 cricketers have scored test hundreds on their debut and have announced themselves as future contenders for glory in international cricket. Some have faded away after such a dream start while some have made the wonderful start count and made it big in the career eventually.

C. Bannerman of Australia was the first ever batsman to score a hundred on debut in test matches. He did that against arch-rivals England in the year 1877. He scored 165 not out. Great servants of the game like the English cricketer WG Grace also makes it into the list of players who racked up tons on their debut. Grace is regarded extensively as one of the greatest English batters of his time.

Former Indian captain Lala Amarnath features in the list as he scored a memorable debut ton of 118 runs off 185 balls against England at Mumbai. The former Australian captain Greg Chappell, one of the most elegant stroke makers of the game finds his name in the celebrated list. He scored 108 runs against England in his debut. The man who has played most world cups (6) Javed Miandad, the Pakistani legend scored his maiden ton against New Zealand and earned a place in the list.

Mark Waugh of Australia is in here as well for his debut hundred against England at Adelaide. Sourav Ganguly the legendary Indian captain scored his maiden ton against England and to make it even more memorable it was struck at the Mecca of cricket, the Lord’s. Younis Khan of Pakistan also finds his name listed. Virendar Sehwag the two time triple centurion in tests also features in the list with a brilliant century against South Africa on debut. Suresh Raina, one of the very few players to score centuries in all three forms of the game gets his name inscribed in the decorated list as well for his hundred against Sri Lanka. Most recently, Adam Voges of Australia has been the latest entrant into the list after he scored a memorable ton against West Indies on 4th June 2015.

Here is the list of all the 99 players who scored Hundred on Test Debut.

PlayerRunsMinsBalls4s6sTeamOppositionGroundYear
C Bannerman165*285180Australiav EnglandMelbourne1877
WG Grace152251294120Englandv AustraliaThe Oval1880
H Graham107140120Australiav EnglandLord’s1893
KS Ranjitsinhji154*185230Englandv AustraliaManchester1896
PF Warner132*0Englandv South AfricaJohannesburg1899
RA Duff10420611Australiav EnglandMelbourne1902
RE Foster287419370Englandv AustraliaSydney1903
G Gunn119150200Englandv AustraliaSydney1907
MJ Hartigan116254120Australiav EnglandAdelaide1908
HL Collins104219278110Australiav EnglandSydney1920
WH Ponsford11022827580Australiav EnglandSydney1924
A Jackson164318331150Australiav EnglandAdelaide1929
GA Headley1760West Indiesv EnglandBridgetown1930
JE Mills117258120New Zealandv EnglandWellington1930
Nawab of Pataudi10232738060Englandv AustraliaSydney1932
BH Valentine136180121Englandv IndiaMumbai1933
L Amarnath118185210Indiav EnglandMumbai1933
PA Gibb1061920Englandv South AfricaJohannesburg1938
SC Griffith140354150Englandv West IndiesPort of Spain1948
AG Ganteaume112130West Indiesv EnglandPort of Spain1948
JW Burke101*24590Australiav EnglandAdelaide1951
PBH May1383800Englandv South AfricaLeeds1951
RH Shodhan110150Indiav PakistanKolkata1952
BH Pairaudeau1150West Indiesv IndiaPort of Spain1953
OG Smith104220140West Indiesv AustraliaKingston1955
AG Kripal Singh100*0Indiav New ZealandHyderabad (Deccan)1955
CC Hunte142300170West Indiesv PakistanBridgetown1958
CA Milton104*295110Englandv New ZealandLeeds1958
AA Baig112260120Indiav EnglandManchester1959
Hanumant Singh105230160Indiav EnglandDelhi1964
Khalid Ibadulla166330200Pakistanv AustraliaKarachi1964
BR Taylor105158143New Zealandv IndiaKolkata1965
KD Walters155322315112Australiav EnglandBrisbane1965
JH Hampshire107288258150Englandv West IndiesLord’s1969
GR Viswanath137354250Indiav AustraliaKanpur1969
GS Chappell108272218100Australiav EnglandPerth1970
LG Rowe214427191West Indiesv New ZealandKingston1972
LG Rowe100*153130West Indiesv New ZealandKingston1972
AI Kallicharran100*25471West Indiesv New ZealandGeorgetown1972
RE Redmond107145200New Zealandv PakistanAuckland1973
FC Hayes106*240234120Englandv West IndiesThe Oval1973
CG Greenidge107260208142West Indiesv IndiaBangalore1974
L Baichan105*0West Indiesv PakistanLahore1975
GJ Cosier109254186130Australiav West IndiesMelbourne1975
S Amarnath124259161Indiav New ZealandAuckland1976
Javed Miandad163259190Pakistanv New ZealandLahore1976
AB Williams100165118190West Indiesv AustraliaGeorgetown1978
DM Wellham103266221120Australiav EnglandThe Oval1981
Saleem Malik100*272191100Pakistanv Sri LankaKarachi1982
KC Wessels162464343170Australiav EnglandBrisbane1982
WB Phillips159307246200Australiav PakistanPerth1983
M Azharuddin110443322100Indiav EnglandKolkata1984
DSBP Kuruppu201*777548240Sri Lankav New ZealandColombo (CCC)1987
MJ Greatbatch107*407325120New Zealandv EnglandAuckland1988
ME Waugh138237188180Australiav EnglandAdelaide1991
AC Hudson163519384200South Africav West IndiesBridgetown1992
RS Kaluwitharana132*203158260Sri Lankav AustraliaColombo (SSC)1992
DL Houghton121414322150Zimbabwev IndiaHarare1992
PK Amre103374299110Indiav South AfricaDurban1992
GP Thorpe114*335280110Englandv AustraliaNottingham1993
GS Blewett102*261180120Australiav EnglandAdelaide1995
SC Ganguly131435301200Indiav EnglandLord’s1996
Mohammad Wasim109*215165170Pakistanv New ZealandLahore1996
Ali Naqvi115352270140Pakistanv South AfricaRawalpindi1997
Azhar Mahmood128*350267111Pakistanv South AfricaRawalpindi1997
MS Sinclair214534447220New Zealandv West IndiesWellington1999
Younis Khan107322250110Pakistanv Sri LankaRawalpindi2000
Aminul Islam145535380170Bangladeshv IndiaDhaka2000
H Masakadza119388316120Zimbabwev West IndiesHarare2001
TT Samaraweera103*201175100Sri Lankav IndiaColombo (SSC)2001
Taufeeq Umar104231163150Pakistanv BangladeshMultan2001
Mohammad Ashraful114248212160Bangladeshv Sri LankaColombo (SSC)2001
V Sehwag105272173190Indiav South AfricaBloemfontein2001
L Vincent104273208141New Zealandv AustraliaPerth2001
SB Styris10723217881New Zealandv West IndiesSt George’s2002
JA Rudolph222*521383292South Africav BangladeshChittagong2003
Yasir Hameed170313253250Pakistanv BangladeshKarachi2003
Yasir Hameed105229161150Pakistanv BangladeshKarachi2003
DR Smith105*135105152West Indiesv South AfricaCape Town2004
AJ Strauss112305215130Englandv New ZealandLord’s2004
MJ Clarke151341248184Australiav IndiaBangalore2004
AN Cook104*364243120Englandv IndiaNagpur2006
MJ Prior126*146128190Englandv West IndiesLord’s2007
MJ North117355233120Australiav South AfricaJohannesburg2009
Fawad Alam168384259151Pakistanv Sri LankaColombo (PSS)2009
IJL Trott119331193120Englandv AustraliaThe Oval2009
Umar Akmal129219160212Pakistanv New ZealandDunedin2009
AB Barath104178138190West Indiesv AustraliaBrisbane2009
AN Petersen100226164160South Africav IndiaKolkata2010
SK Raina120294228122Indiav Sri LankaColombo (SSC)2010
KS Williamson131391299100New Zealandv IndiaAhmedabad2010
KA Edwards11029419591West Indiesv IndiaRoseau2011
SE Marsh141420315180Australiav Sri LankaPallekele2011
Abul Hasan113163123143Bangladeshv West IndiesKhulna2012
F du Plessis110*466376140South Africav AustraliaAdelaide2012
HD Rutherford171340217223New Zealandv EnglandDunedin2013
S Dhawan187250174332Indiav AustraliaMohali2013
RG Sharma177370301231Indiav West IndiesKolkata2013
JDS Neesham137*220154200New Zealandv IndiaWellington2014
S van Zyl101*171130150South Africav West IndiesCenturion2014
AC Voges130*247131Australiav West IndiesRoseau2015
Stats Source: ESPNCricinfoStats updated till 5th June 2015.

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