Debut Dominance: Top 5 Batsmen with Most Runs in First Test, Rowe's 54-Year Record
Debut Dominance: Top 5 Batsmen with Most Runs in First Test, Rowe's 54-Year Record
- •Lawrence Rowe holds the record for most runs in a debut Test (314 runs), scoring 214 and 100* against New Zealand in 1972, a record unbroken for 54 years.
- •RE Foster is second with 306 runs (287 & 19) against Australia in 1903.
- •Yasir Hameed scored 275 runs (170 & 105) against Bangladesh in 2003, becoming the second batsman to score two centuries in a debut match.
- •Kyle Mayers made an unbeaten 210 in the fourth innings and 40 in the first, totaling 250 runs against Bangladesh in 2021, the only player to score a double century in the fourth innings of a debut.
- •Devon Conway scored 223 runs (200 & 23) against England at Lord's in 2021, joining an elite group with a debut double century at the historic venue.