BT Foakes of England scored 107 runs on his test debut against Sri Lanka to provide the 107^th occasion of a batsman scoring a century on test debut. He also became the 20^th England batsman to perform such a feat. All such occasions  are  tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	WG Grace	152	1	v Australia	The Oval	06 Sep 1880
2	KS Ranjitsinhji	154*	3	v Australia	Manchester	16 Jul 1896
3	PF Warner	132*	3	v South Africa	Johannesburg	14 Feb 1899
4	RE Foster	287	2	v Australia	Sydney	11 Dec 1903
5	G Gunn	119	1	v Australia	Sydney	13 Dec 1907
6	IAK Pataudi	102	2	v Australia	Sydney	02 Dec 1932
7	BH Valentine	136	2	v India	Mumbai	15 Dec 1933
8	PA Gibb	106	3	v South Africa	Johannesburg	24 Dec 1938
9	SC Griffith	140	1	v West Indies	Port of Spain	11 Feb 1948
10	PBH May	138	2	v South Africa	Leeds	26 Jul 1951
11	CA Milton	104*	2	v New Zealand	Leeds	03 Jul 1958
12	JH Hampshire	107	2	v West Indies	Lord’s	26 Jun 1969
13	FC Hayes	106*	4	v West Indies	The Oval	26 Jul 1973
14	GP Thorpe	114*	3	v Australia	Nottingham	01 Jul 1993
15	AJ Strauss	112	2	v New Zealand	Lord’s	20 May 2004
16	AN Cook	104*	3	v India	Nagpur	01 Mar 2006
17	MJ Prior	126*	1	v West Indies	Lord’s	17 May 2007
18	IJL Trott	119	3	v Australia	The Oval	20 Aug 2009
19	KK Jennings	112	1	v India	Mumbai	08 Dec 2016
20	BT Foakes	107	1	v Sri Lanka	Galle	06 Nov 2018

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

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	Saleem Malik	100*	3	Pak	Srl	Karachi	5 Mar 1982
2	Younis Khan	107	3	Pak	Srl	Rawalpindi	26 Feb 2000
3	Mohd Ashraful	114	3	Ban	Srl	Col-SSC	06 Sep 2001
4	Fawad Alam	168	3	Pak	Srl	Col-PSS	12 Jul 2009
5	SK Raina	120	2	Ind	Srl	Col-SSC	26 Jul 2010
6	SE Marsh	141	2	Aus	Srl	Pallekele	08 Sep 2011
7	BT Foakes	107	1	Eng	Srl	Galle	06 Nov 2018