Batsmen scoring a duck and a fifty on test debut – TM Head of Australia joins the list
TM Head of Australia scored zero and 72 on his test debut against Pakistan in the ongoing test at Dubai-DSC to provide the 33rd occasion of a batsman scoring a duck and fifty on test debut in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below
| No | Player | FI | SI | Team | Oppn | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | J Darling | 0 | 53 | Aus | Eng | Sydney | 14 Dec 1894 |
| 2 | AP Freeman | 0 | 50* | Eng | Aus | Sydney | 19 Dec 1924 |
| 3 | AEV Hartkopf | 80 | 0 | Aus | Eng | Melbourne | 01 Jan 1925 |
| 4 | JA Small | 0 | 52 | Win | Eng | Lord’s | 23 Jun 1928 |
| 5 | KL Wishart | 52 | 0 | Win | Eng | Georgetown | 14 Feb 1935 |
| 6 | DAR Moloney | 64 | 0 | NZl | Eng | Lord’s | 26 Jun 1937 |
| 7 | JB Stollmeyer | 59 | 0 | Win | Eng | Lord’s | 24 Jun 1939 |
| 8 | W Ferguson | 0 | 56* | Win | Eng | Bridgetown | 21 Jan 1948 |
| 9 | C Milburn | 0 | 94 | Eng | Win | Manchester | 02 Jun 1966 |
| 10 | GR Viswanath | 0 | 137 | Ind | Aus | Kanpur | 15 Nov 1969 |
| 11 | AR Lewis | 0 | 70* | Eng | Ind | Delhi | 20 Dec 1972 |
| 12 | RL Dias | 0 | 77 | Srl | Eng | Colombo (PSS) | 17 Feb 1982 |
| 13 | BC Broad | 55 | 0 | Eng | Win | Lord’s | 28 Jun 1984 |
| 14 | KJ Barnett | 66 | 0 | Eng | Srl | Lord’s | 25 Aug 1988 |
| 15 | MAR Samarasekera | 0 | 57 | Srl | Eng | Lord’s | 25 Aug 1988 |
| 16 | AC Hudson | 163 | 0 | SAF | Win | Bridgetown | 18 Apr 1992 |
| 17 | MG Bevan | 82 | 0 | Aus | Pak | Karachi | 28 Sep 1994 |
| 18 | Mohd Wasim | 0 | 109* | Pak | NZl | Lahore | 21 Nov 1996 |
| 19 | CD McMillan | 54 | 0 | NZl | Aus | Brisbane | 07 Nov 1997 |
| 20 | GR Robertson | 57 | 0 | Aus | Ind | Chennai | 06 Mar 1998 |
| 21 | DJ Gandhi | 0 | 75 | Ind | NZl | Mohali | 10 Oct 1999 |
| 22 | AJ Hall | 70 | 0 | SAF | Aus | Cape Town | 08 Mar 2002 |
| 23 | ET Smith | 64 | 0 | Eng | SAF | Nottingham | 14 Aug 2003 |
| 24 | TR Ambrose | 55 | 0 | Eng | NZl | Hamilton | 05 Mar 2008 |
| 25 | PJ Hughes | 0 | 75 | Aus | SAF | Johannesburg | 26 Feb 2009 |
| 26 | Zulqarnain Haider | 0 | 88 | Pak | Eng | Birmingham | 06 Aug 2010 |
| 27 | FDM Karunaratne | 0 | 60* | Srl | NZl | Galle | 17 Nov 2012 |
| 28 | Shan Masood | 75 | 0 | Pak | SAF | Abu Dhabi | 14 Oct 2013 |
| 29 | KK Jennings | 112 | 0 | Eng | Ind | Mumbai | 08 Dec 2016 |
| 30 | LA Dawson | 66* | 0 | Eng | Ind | Chennai | 16 Dec 2016 |
| 31 | ARS Silva | 0 | 74* | Srl | Ind | Delhi | 02 Dec 2017 |
| 32 | GH Vihari | 56 | 0 | Ind | Eng | The Oval | 07 Sep 2018 |
| 33 | TM Head | 0 | 72 | Aus | Pak | Dubai (DSC) | 07 Oct 2018 |
TM Head of Australia scored zero and 72 on his test debut against Pakistan in the ongoing test at Dubai-DSC to provide the sixth occasion of an Australian batsman scoring a duck and fifty on test debut in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below
| No | Player | FI | SI | Team | Oppn | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | J Darling | 0 | 53 | Aus | Eng | Sydney | 14 Dec 1894 |
| 2 | AEV Hartkopf | 80 | 0 | Aus | Eng | Melbourne | 01 Jan 1925 |
| 3 | MG Bevan | 82 | 0 | Aus | Pak | Karachi | 28 Sep 1994 |
| 4 | GR Robertson | 57 | 0 | Aus | Ind | Chennai | 06 Mar 1998 |
| 5 | PJ Hughes | 0 | 75 | Aus | SAF | Johannesburg | 26 Feb 2009 |
| 6 | TM Head | 0 | 72 | Aus | Pak | Dubai (DSC) | 07 Oct 2018 |
TM Head of Australia scored zero and 72 on his test debut against Pakistan in the ongoing test at Dubai-DSC to provide the second occasion of a batsman scoring a duck and fifty on test debut against Pakistan in the annals of test cricket. All such occasions are tabulated below. It is interesting to note that on both the occasions, it was an Australian batsman who has achieved the feat.
| No | Player | FI | SI | Team | Oppn | Ground | Start Date |
| 1 | MG Bevan | 82 | 0 | Aus | Pak | Karachi | 28 Sep 1994 |
| 2 | TM Head | 0 | 72 | Aus | Pak | Dubai (DSC) | 07 Oct 2018 |