BT Foakes of England scored 107 runs on his test debut against Sri Lanka to provide the fifth occasion of a wicket keeper batsman scoring a century on test debut. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	DSBP Kuruppu	201*	1	Srl	NZl	Col-CCC	16 Apr 1987
2	RS Kaluwitharana	132*	2	Srl	Aus	Col-SSC	17 Aug 1992
3	MJ Prior	126*	1	Eng	Win	Lord’s	17 May 2007
4	TA Blundell	107*	2	NZl	Win	Wellington	01 Dec 2017
5	BT Foakes	107	1	Eng	Srl	Galle	06 Nov 2018

He also became the second England wicket-keeper batsman to perform such a feat after MJ Prior. MJ Prior had scored 126 not out against West Indies at Lord’s in May 2007.  Both the occasions  are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	MJ Prior	126*	1	Eng	Win	Lord’s	17 May 2007
2	BT Foakes	107	1	Eng	Srl	Galle	06 Nov 2018