The just concluded Women’s Test between England and India at Bristol witnessed a world record. In this test five debutant women batsmen scored fifties. SIR Dunkley of England scored 74 not out in the first innings of the test for England, Shefali Verma of India scored 96 in India’s first innings and 63 in second innings, DB Sharma and S Rana scored 54 and 80 not out  in India’s second innings to provide the world record.   The previous record for most fifties in a match on debut was four and has been recorded on four occasions. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	SJ Rattray	59	1	NZl	Aus	Wellington	21 Mar 1975
2	J Potter	51	2	Aus	NZl	Wellington	21 Mar 1975
3	L Hill	118*	2	Aus	NZl	Wellington	21 Mar 1975
4	BL Bevege	96	3	NZl	Aus	Wellington	21 Mar 1975
1	C Kaul	75	1	Ind	NZl	Nelson	07 Feb 1995
2	S Dabir	52	1	Ind	NZl	Nelson	07 Feb 1995
3	TL Anderson	63	2	NZl	Ind	Nelson	07 Feb 1995
4	KE Flavell	94	2	NZl	Ind	Nelson	07 Feb 1995
1	Bowen	78	1	Srl	Pak	Col-Colts	17 Apr 1998
2	Kiran Baluch	76	2	Pak	Srl	Col-Colts	17 Apr 1998
3	Bowen	63	3	Srl	Pak	Col-Colts	17 Apr 1998
4	CR Seneviratna	105*	3	Srl	Pak	Col-Colts	17 Apr 1998
1	NAJ George	118	3	Win	Pak	Karachi	15 Mar 2004
2	VM Felicien	55	3	Win	Pak	Karachi	15 Mar 2004
3	SJ Power	57	3	Win	Pak	Karachi	15 Mar 2004
4	J Robinson	57	3	Win	Pak	Karachi	15 Mar 2004
1	SIR Dunkley	74*	1	Eng	Ind	Bristol	16 Jun 2021
2	Shafali Verma	96	2	Ind	Eng	Bristol	16 Jun 2021
3	Shafali Verma	63	3	Ind	Eng	Bristol	16 Jun 2021
4	DB Sharma	54	3	Ind	Eng	Bristol	16 Jun 2021
5	S Rana	80*	3	Ind	Eng	Bristol	16 Jun 2021

Shefali Verma of India scored 96 in India’s first innings and 63 in second innings, DB Sharma and S Rana scored 54 and 80 not out in India’s second innings to provide the second  occasion of four batswoman from the same team scoring fifties on debut in a match. The previous occasion is credited to fourv West Indian women batsmen who had scored fifties on debut against Pakistan at Karachi on 15 Mar 2004. Both the occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	NAJ George	118	3	Win	Pak	Karachi	15 Mar 2004
2	VM Felicien	55	3	Win	Pak	Karachi	15 Mar 2004
3	SJ Power	57	3	Win	Pak	Karachi	15 Mar 2004
4	J Robinson	57	3	Win	Pak	Karachi	15 Mar 2004
1	Shafali Verma	96	2	Ind	Eng	Bristol	16 Jun 2021
2	Shafali Verma	63	3	Ind	Eng	Bristol	16 Jun 2021
3	DB Sharma	54	3	Ind	Eng	Bristol	16 Jun 2021
4	S Rana	80*	3	Ind	Eng	Bristol	16 Jun 2021