Bowlers who have captured ten plus wickets in a test on debut
P Jayawickrama of Sri Lanka captured eleven wickets conceding 178 runs against Bangladesh at Pallekele in Apr 2021 this year to provide the 16th occasion of a bowler capturing ten or more wickets on test debut. He became the first Sri Lankan bowler to achieve such a feat. All such occasions are tabulated below
| No | Player | W-Runs | Team | Opo | Ground | Mon/Year |
| 1 | F Martin | 12-102 | Eng | Aus | The Oval | Aug 1890 |
| 2 | T Richardson | 10-256 | Eng | Aus | Manchester | Aug 1893 |
| 3 | AE Hall | 11-112 | SAF | Eng | Cape Town | Jan 1923 |
| 4 | CV Grimmett | 11-082 | Aus | Eng | Sydney | Feb 1925 |
| 5 | CS Marriott | 11-096 | Eng | Win | The Oval | Aug 1933 |
| 6 | K Farnes | 10-179 | Eng | Aus | Nottingham | Jun 1934 |
| 7 | AV Bedser | 11-145 | Eng | Ind | Lord’s | Jun 1946 |
| 8 | HHH Johnson | 10-096 | Win | Eng | Kingston | Mar 1948 |
| 9 | AL Valentine | 11-204 | Win | Eng | Manchester | Jun 1950 |
| 10 | SF Burke | 11-196 | SAF | NZl | Cape Town | Jan 1962 |
| 11 | RAL Massie | 16-137 | Aus | Eng | Lord’s | Jun 1972 |
| 12 | JK Lever | 10-070 | Eng | Eng | Delhi | Dec 1976 |
| 13 | ND Hirwani | 16-136 | Ind | Win | Chennai | Jan 1988 |
| 14 | Mohd Zahid | 11-130 | Pak | NZl | Rawalpindi | Nov 1996 |
| 15 | JJ Krejza | 12-358 | Aus | Ind | Nagpur | Nov 2008 |
| 16 | P Jayawickrama | 11-178 | Srl | Ban | Pallekele | Apr 2021 |
P Jayawickrama was awarded the Man of the Match for his performance in this test. He became the 50th cricketer to bag the Man of the Match Award on test debut in the annals of test cricket