SC Cook of South Africa earns the distinction of becoming the 100th batsman in the annals of test cricket to score a century on test debut

SC Cook of South Africa earns the distinction of becoming the 100th batsman in the annals of test cricket to score a century on test debut

SC Cook of South Africa scored 115 on his test debut against England in the ongoing test against England at Centurion to become the 100th batsman to score a century on test debut. His century provides the 102nd occasion of a batsman scoring a century on test debut. The following table shows the spread of batsmen who have scored century on test debut team wise

Team Players Span Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave C
Australia 20 1877-2015 20 20 4 2546 165* 159.12 20
England 18 1880-2009 18 18 7 2358 287 214.36 18
West Indies 13 1930-2011 13 14 4 1694 214 169.40 14
New Zealand 10 1930-2014 10 10 2 1300 214 162.50 10
India 14 1933-2013 14 14 1 1739 187 133.76 14
Pakistan 11 1964-2009 10 12 3 1564 170 173.77 12
Sri Lanka 03 1987-2001 3 3 3 436 201* 3
South Africa 06 1992-2016 6 6 3 811 222* 270.33 6
Zimbabwe 02 1992-2001 2 2 0 240 121 120.00 2
Bangladesh 03 2000-2012 3 3 0 372 145 124.00 3
Total 100   99 102 27       102

SC Cook of South Africa scored 115 on his test debut against England in the ongoing test against England at Centurion to become the sixth South African batsman to score a century on test debut. The feat of these six batsmen are furnished below

No Player Runs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 AC Hudson 163 2 v West Indies Bridgetown 18 Apr 1992
2 JA Rudolph 222* 2 v Bangladesh Chittagong 24 Apr 2003
3 AN Petersen 100 1 v India Kolkata 14 Feb 2010
4 F du Plessis 110* 4 v Australia Adelaide 22 Nov 2012
5 S van Zyl 101* 1 v West Indies Centurion 17 Dec 2014
6 SC Cook 115 1 v England Centurion 22 Jan 2016

 

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