AJ Finch of Australia scored 62 on his test debut against Pakistan in the ongoing test at Dubai-DSC to provide the 85th occasion of an Australian opening batsman scoring a fifty on test debut. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	C Bannerman	165*	1	v England	Melbourne	15 Mar 1877
2	AC Bannerman	73	2	v England	Melbourne	02 Jan 1879
3	JW Trumble	59	2	v England	Melbourne	01 Jan 1885
4	AH Jarvis	82	2	v England	Melbourne	01 Jan 1885
5	JE Barrett	67*	3	v England	Lord’s	21 Jul 1890
6	H Graham	107	2	v England	Lord’s	17 Jul 1893
7	FA Iredale	81	1	v England	Sydney	14 Dec 1894
8	J Darling	53	4	v England	Sydney	14 Dec 1894
9	AE Trott	72*	3	v England	Adelaide	11 Jan 1895
10	RA Duff	104	3	v England	Melbourne	01 Jan 1902
11	H Carter	61	4	v England	Sydney	13 Dec 1907
12	MJ Hartigan	116	3	v England	Adelaide	10 Jan 1908
13	RB Minnett	90	1	v England	Sydney	15 Dec 1911
14	TJ Matthews	53	3	v England	Adelaide	12 Jan 1912
15	HL Collins	70	1	v England	Sydney	17 Dec 1920
16	HL Collins	104	3	v England	Sydney	17 Dec 1920
17	JM Taylor	51	3	v England	Sydney	17 Dec 1920
18	WH Ponsford	110	1	v England	Sydney	19 Dec 1924
19	AJ Richardson	98	3	v England	Sydney	19 Dec 1924
20	AEV Hartkopf	80	1	v England	Melbourne	01 Jan 1925
21	A Jackson	164	2	v England	Adelaide	01 Feb 1929
22	AG Fairfax	65	2	v England	Melbourne	08 Mar 1929
23	AG Chipperfield	99	1	v England	Nottingham	08 Jun 1934
24	WA Brown	73	3	v England	Nottingham	08 Jun 1934
25	RG Gregory	50	3	v England	Adelaide	29 Jan 1937
26	SJE Loxton	80	1	v India	Melbourne	06 Feb 1948
27	JW Burke	101*	3	v England	Adelaide	02 Feb 1951
28	GB Hole	63	3	v England	Melbourne	23 Feb 1951
29	CC McDonald	62	3	v West Indies	Sydney	25 Jan 1952
30	ID Craig	53	1	v South Africa	Melbourne	06 Feb 1953
31	RB Simpson	60	2	v South Africa	Johannesburg	23 Dec 1957
32	NCL O’Neill	71*	4	v England	Brisbane	05 Dec 1958
33	JW Martin	55	1	v West Indies	Melbourne	30 Dec 1960
34	WM Lawry	57	2	v England	Birmingham	08 Jun 1961
35	BK Shepherd	71*	2	v England	Sydney	11 Jan 1963
36	IR Redpath	97	2	v South Africa	Melbourne	01 Jan 1964
37	KD Walters	155	1	v England	Brisbane	10 Dec 1965
38	GD Watson	50	1	v South Africa	Cape Town	31 Dec 1966
39	AP Sheahan	81	1	v India	Adelaide	23 Dec 1967
40	GS Chappell	108	2	v England	Perth	11 Dec 1970
41	GJ Gilmour	52	1	v New Zealand	Melbourne	29 Dec 1973
42	RB McCosker	80	1	v England	Sydney	04 Jan 1975
43	GJ Cosier	109	2	v West Indies	Melbourne	26 Dec 1975
44	DW Hookes	56	3	v England	Melbourne	12 Mar 1977
45	CS Serjeant	81	2	v England	Lord’s	16 Jun 1977
46	PM Toohey	82	1	v India	Brisbane	02 Dec 1977
47	PM Toohey	57	3	v India	Brisbane	02 Dec 1977
48	J Dyson	53	2	v India	Perth	16 Dec 1977
49	WM Darling	65	1	v India	Adelaide	28 Jan 1978
50	WM Darling	56	3	v India	Adelaide	28 Jan 1978
51	BM Laird	92	1	v West Indies	Brisbane	01 Dec 1979
52	BM Laird	75	3	v West Indies	Brisbane	01 Dec 1979
53	JM Wiener	58	3	v England	Perth	14 Dec 1979
54	DM Wellham	103	3	v England	The Oval	27 Aug 1981
55	KC Wessels	162	2	v England	Brisbane	26 Nov 1982
56	WB Phillips	159	1	v Pakistan	Perth	11 Nov 1983
57	GRJ Matthews	75	2	v Pakistan	Melbourne	26 Dec 1983
58	DC Boon	51	3	v West Indies	Brisbane	23 Nov 1984
59	AIC Dodemaide	50	2	v New Zealand	Melbourne	26 Dec 1987
60	TM Moody	61	1	v New Zealand	Perth	24 Nov 1989
61	ME Waugh	138	1	v England	Adelaide	25 Jan 1991
62	JL Langer	54	4	v West Indies	Adelaide	23 Jan 1993
63	MJ Slater	58	1	v England	Manchester	03 Jun 1993
64	MG Bevan	82	1	v Pakistan	Karachi	28 Sep 1994
65	GS Blewett	102*	2	v England	Adelaide	26 Jan 1995
66	RT Ponting	96	2	v Sri Lanka	Perth	08 Dec 1995
67	SG Law	54*	2	v Sri Lanka	Perth	08 Dec 1995
68	GR Robertson	57	2	v India	Chennai	06 Mar 1998
69	DS Lehmann	52	2	v India	Bengaluru	25 Mar 1998
70	AC Gilchrist	81	2	v Pakistan	Brisbane	05 Nov 1999
71	ML Love	62*	1	v England	Melbourne	26 Dec 2002
72	MJ Clarke	151	1	v India	Bengaluru	06 Oct 2004
73	BJ Hodge	60	2	v West Indies	Hobart	17 Nov 2005
74	MJ North	117	1	v South Africa	Johannesburg	26 Feb 2009
75	PJ Hughes	75	3	v South Africa	Johannesburg	26 Feb 2009
76	SE Marsh	141	2	v Sri Lanka	Pallekele	08 Sep 2011
77	EJM Cowan	68	1	v India	Melbourne	26 Dec 2011
78	MC Henriques	68	1	v India	Chennai	22 Feb 2013
79	MC Henriques	81*	3	v India	Chennai	22 Feb 2013
80	AC Agar	98	2	v England	Nottingham	10 Jul 2013
81	AJ Doolan	89	3	v South Africa	Centurion	12 Feb 2014
82	AC Voges	130*	2	v West Indies	Roseau	03 Jun 2015
83	PSP Handscomb	54	2	v South Africa	Adelaide	24 Nov 2016
84	CT Bancroft	82*	4	v England	Brisbane	23 Nov 2017
85	AJ Finch	62	2	v Pakistan	Dubai (DSC)	07 Oct 2018

AJ Finch of Australia scored 62 on his test debut against Pakistan in the ongoing test at Dubai-DSC to provide the 65th occasion of an Australian opening batsman scoring a half century on test debut. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	AC Bannerman	73	2	v England	Melbourne	02 Jan 1879
2	JW Trumble	59	2	v England	Melbourne	01 Jan 1885
3	AH Jarvis	82	2	v England	Melbourne	01 Jan 1885
4	JE Barrett	67*	3	v England	Lord’s	21 Jul 1890
5	FA Iredale	81	1	v England	Sydney	14 Dec 1894
6	J Darling	53	4	v England	Sydney	14 Dec 1894
7	AE Trott	72*	3	v England	Adelaide	11 Jan 1895
8	H Carter	61	4	v England	Sydney	13 Dec 1907
9	RB Minnett	90	1	v England	Sydney	15 Dec 1911
0	TJ Matthews	53	3	v England	Adelaide	12 Jan 1912
11	HL Collins	70	1	v England	Sydney	17 Dec 1920
12	JM Taylor	51	3	v England	Sydney	17 Dec 1920
13	AJ Richardson	98	3	v England	Sydney	19 Dec 1924
14	AEV Hartkopf	80	1	v England	Melbourne	01 Jan 1925
15	AG Fairfax	65	2	v England	Melbourne	08 Mar 1929
16	AG Chipperfield	99	1	v England	Nottingham	08 Jun 1934
17	WA Brown	73	3	v England	Nottingham	08 Jun 1934
18	RG Gregory	50	3	v England	Adelaide	29 Jan 1937
19	SJE Loxton	80	1	v India	Melbourne	06 Feb 1948
20	GB Hole	63	3	v England	Melbourne	23 Feb 1951
21	CC McDonald	62	3	v West Indies	Sydney	25 Jan 1952
22	ID Craig	53	1	v South Africa	Melbourne	06 Feb 1953
23	RB Simpson	60	2	v South Africa	Johannesburg	23 Dec 1957
24	NCL O’Neill	71*	4	v England	Brisbane	05 Dec 1958
25	JW Martin	55	1	v West Indies	Melbourne	30 Dec 1960
26	WM Lawry	57	2	v England	Birmingham	08 Jun 1961
27	BK Shepherd	71*	2	v England	Sydney	11 Jan 1963
28	IR Redpath	97	2	v South Africa	Melbourne	01 Jan 1964
29	GD Watson	50	1	v South Africa	Cape Town	31 Dec 1966
30	AP Sheahan	81	1	v India	Adelaide	23 Dec 1967
31	GJ Gilmour	52	1	v New Zealand	Melbourne	29 Dec 1973
32	RB McCosker	80	1	v England	Sydney	04 Jan 1975
33	DW Hookes	56	3	v England	Melbourne	12 Mar 1977
34	CS Serjeant	81	2	v England	Lord’s	16 Jun 1977
35	PM Toohey	82	1	v India	Brisbane	02 Dec 1977
36	PM Toohey	57	3	v India	Brisbane	02 Dec 1977
37	J Dyson	53	2	v India	Perth	16 Dec 1977
38	WM Darling	65	1	v India	Adelaide	28 Jan 1978
39	WM Darling	56	3	v India	Adelaide	28 Jan 1978
40	BM Laird	92	1	v West Indies	Brisbane	01 Dec 1979
41	BM Laird	75	3	v West Indies	Brisbane	01 Dec 1979
42	JM Wiener	58	3	v England	Perth	14 Dec 1979
43	GRJ Matthews	75	2	v Pakistan	Melbourne	26 Dec 1983
44	DC Boon	51	3	v West Indies	Brisbane	23 Nov 1984
45	AIC Dodemaide	50	2	v New Zealand	Melbourne	26 Dec 1987
46	TM Moody	61	1	v New Zealand	Perth	24 Nov 1989
47	JL Langer	54	4	v West Indies	Adelaide	23 Jan 1993
48	MJ Slater	58	1	v England	Manchester	03 Jun 1993
49	MG Bevan	82	1	v Pakistan	Karachi	28 Sep 1994
50	RT Ponting	96	2	v Sri Lanka	Perth	08 Dec 1995
51	SG Law	54*	2	v Sri Lanka	Perth	08 Dec 1995
52	GR Robertson	57	2	v India	Chennai	06 Mar 1998
53	DS Lehmann	52	2	v India	Bengaluru	25 Mar 1998
54	AC Gilchrist	81	2	v Pakistan	Brisbane	05 Nov 1999
55	ML Love	62*	1	v England	Melbourne	26 Dec 2002
56	BJ Hodge	60	2	v West Indies	Hobart	17 Nov 2005
57	PJ Hughes	75	3	v South Africa	Johannesburg	26 Feb 2009
58	EJM Cowan	68	1	v India	Melbourne	26 Dec 2011
59	MC Henriques	68	1	v India	Chennai	22 Feb 2013
60	MC Henriques	81*	3	v India	Chennai	22 Feb 2013
61	AC Agar	98	2	v England	Nottingham	10 Jul 2013
62	AJ Doolan	89	3	v South Africa	Centurion	12 Feb 2014
63	PSP Handscomb	54	2	v South Africa	Adelaide	24 Nov 2016
64	CT Bancroft	82*	4	v England	Brisbane	23 Nov 2017
65	AJ Finch	62	2	v Pakistan	Dubai (DSC)	07 Oct 2018

AJ Finch of Australia scored 62 on his test debut against Pakistan in the ongoing test at Dubai-DSC to provide the fifth occasion of an Australian opening batsman scoring a fifty on test debut against Pakistan. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	WB Phillips	159	1	v Pakistan	Perth	11 Nov 1983
2	GRJ Matthews	75	2	v Pakistan	Melbourne	26 Dec 1983
3	MG Bevan	82	1	v Pakistan	Karachi	28 Sep 1994
4	AC Gilchrist	81	2	v Pakistan	Brisbane	05 Nov 1999
5	AJ Finch	62	2	v Pakistan	Dubai (DSC)	07 Oct 2018