DJ Malan became the first England batsman to score a fifty on T20I debut

DJ Malan of England scored 78 against South Africa at Cardiff on 25 Jun 17 to provide the 15^th occasion of a batsman scoring 50 plus runs on debut in the history of T20 Internationals. All such occasions are tabulated below

 

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	RT Ponting	98*	1	Aus	NZl	Auckland	17 Feb 2005
2	SB Styris	66	2	NZl	Aus	Auckland	17 Feb 2005
3	GC Smith	61	1	RSA	NZl	Johannesburg	21 Oct 2005
4	DS Smith	61	1	Win	Eng	The Oval	28 Jun 2007
5	MN Samuels	51	1	Win	Eng	The Oval	28 Jun 2007
6	Junaid Siddique	71	1	Ban	Pak	Cape Town	20 Sep 2007
7	RN ten Doeschate	56	1	Net	Ken	Belfast	02 Aug 2008
8	DA Warner	89	1	Aus	RSA	Melbourne	11 Jan 2009
9	AJ Redmond	63	1	NZl	Ire	Nottingham	11 Jun 2009
10	H Patel	88*	1	Can	Ire	Colombo (SSC)	03 Feb 2010
11	AM Rahane	61	1	Ind	Eng	Manchester	31 Aug 2011
12	AP Devcich	59	1	NZl	Ban	Dhaka	06 Nov 2013
13	RR Rossouw	78	2	RSA	Aus	Adelaide	05 Nov 2014
14	GH Worker	62	1	NZl	Zim	Harare	09 Aug 2015
15	DJ Malan	78	1	Eng	RSA	Cardiff	25 Jun 2017

 

DJ Malan of England scored 78 against South Africa at Cardiff on 25 Jun 17 to provide the fifth occasion of a batsman scoring 75 plus runs on debut in the history of T20 Internationals. All such occasions are tabulated below

 

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	RT Ponting	98*	1	Aus	NZl	Auckland	17 Feb 2005
2	DA Warner	89	1	Aus	RSA	Melbourne	11 Jan 2009
3	H Patel	88*	1	Can	Ire	Colombo (SSC)	03 Feb 2010
4	RR Rossouw	78	2	RSA	Aus	Adelaide	05 Nov 2014
5	DJ Malan	78	1	Eng	RSA	Cardiff	25 Jun 2017

 

DJ Malan became  the second batsman to score fifty plus runs on debut against South Africa in a T20I after DA Warner of Australia. DA Warner had scored 89 against South Africa at Melbourne on 11 Jan 09

 

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	DA Warner	89	1	Aus	RSA	Melbourne	11 Jan 2009
2	DJ Malan	78	1	Eng	RSA	Cardiff	25 Jun 2017