Century on Test Debut

Lawrance Rowe of West Indies has the distinction of scoring most runs in debut test match. Lawrance Rowe scored 214 in first innings of that 1972 test match against New Zealand at Sabina Park,kingston , 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(Pakistan)Vs Bangladesh at Karachi in Aug 2003 by scoring 170 & 105 Runs equalled the record of Lawrence Rowe's century in each innings on Test Debut

List of Test Debut Centurions

For Australia 19 players have scored century on Test Debut.Theyare -
 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 players have scored century on Test Debut.Theyare -
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 West Indies 13 players have scored century on Test Debut.Theyare -
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 India 13 players have scored century on Test Debut.They are -
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) & Shikhar Dhawan (187)

layer	Score	Against	Venue	Year
Lala Amarnath	118	England	Mumbai	1933
Deepak Shodhan	110	Pakistan	Kolkata	1952
AG Kripal Singh	100*	New Zealand	Hyderabad	1955
Abbas Ali Baig	112	England	Manchester	1959
Hanumant Singh	105	England	Delhi	1964
Gundappa Viswanath	137	Australia	Kanpur	1969
Surinder Amarnath	124	New Zealand	Auckland	1976
Mohd Azharuddin	110	England	Kolkata	1984
Pravin Amre	103	South Africa	Durban	1992
Sourav Ganguly	131	England	Lord's	1996
Virender Sehwag	105	South Africa	Bloemfontein	2001
Suresh Raina	120	Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	2010
Shikhar Dhawan	187	Australia	Mohali	2013
Rohit Sharma	102*	West Indies	Kolkata	2013

For Pakistan 11 players have scored century on Test Debut.Theyare -
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 10 players have scored century on Test Debut.Theyare -
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)and James Neesham 137*

For South Africa 4 players have scored century on Test Debut.Theyare -
 Andrew Hudson (163), Jacques Rudolph (222*), Alviro Petersen (100) and Francois du Plessis (110*).

For Sri Lanka 3 players have scored century on Test Debut.Theyare -
 Brendon Kuruppu (201*), Romesh Kaluwitharana (132*) and Thilan Samaraweera (103*).

For Bangladesh  3 players have scored century on Test Debut.Theyare -
 Aminul Islam (145), Mohammad Ashraful (114) and Abul Hasan (113)

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	March 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