A hundred and fifty on test debut
Umar Akmar of Pakistan with scores of 129 and 75 on his debut against New Zealand at Dunedin in Nov 2009 became the 12th batsman in the annals test cricket to score a hundred and fifty on debut. He is the third Pakistan batsman after Azar Mahmood and Yasir Hameed to achieve the feat. All the twelve occasions are listed below
| No | Batsmen | FI | SI | Team | Opp | Ground | Month | Year |
| 1 | KSRanjitsinhji | 62 | 154* | Eng | Aus | Manchester | Jul | 1896 |
| 2 | HLCollins | 70 | 104 | Aus | Eng | Sydney | Dec | 1920 |
| 3 | PAGibb | 93 | 106 | Eng | SAF | Johannesburg | Dec | 1938 |
| 4 | LGRowe | 214 | 100* | Win | NZl | Kingston | Feb | 1972 |
| 5 | RERedmond | 107 | 56 | NZl | Pak | Auckland | Feb | 1973 |
| 6 | CGGreenidge | 93 | 107 | Win | Ind | Bangalore | Nov | 1974 |
| 7 | AzharMahmood | 128* | 50* | Pak | SAF | Rawalpindi | Oct | 1997 |
| 8 | LVincent | 104 | 54 | NZl | Aus | Perth | Nov | 2001 |
| 9 | SBStyris | 107 | 69* | NZl | Win | St George’s | Jun | 2002 |
| 10 | YasirHameed | 170 | 105 | Pak | Ban | Karachi | Aug | 2003 |
| 11 | ANCook | 60 | 104* | Eng | Ind | Nagpur | Mar | 2006 |
| 12 | UmarAkmal | 129 | 75 | Pak | NZl | Dunedin | Nov | 2009 |