James Neesham(New Zealand)Joins Club of Test Debut Centurions

Jamesh Neesham made his Test Debut against India in the second Test Match at Wellington played during Feb 14-18,2014 and scored 33 and 137*


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)