NGRP Jayasuriya of Sri Lanka captured 6 for 119 in Australia’s innings in the ongoing test at Galle to provide the 65^th occasion of a bowler capturing six or more wickets in an innings on test debut. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	W-R	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	TK Kendall	7-055	4	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	15 Mar 1877
2	WH Cooper	6-120	3	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	31 Dec 1881
3	CTB Turner	6-015	1	Aus	Eng	Sydney	28 Jan 1887
4	WH Ashley	7-095	1	SAF	Eng	Cape Town	25 Mar 1889
5	F Martin	6-050	1	Eng	Aus	The Oval	11 Aug 1890
6	F Martin	6-052	3	Eng	Aus	The Oval	11 Aug 1890
7	WH Lockwood	6-101	2	Eng	Aus	Lord’s	17 Jul 1893
8	AE Trott	8-043	4	Aus	Eng	Adelaide	11 Jan 1895
9	MA Noble	6-049	3	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	01 Jan 1898
10	GHTS Hayward	6-043	1	Eng	SAF	Jo’burg	01 Jan 1910
11	AE Hall	7-063	4	SAF	Eng	Cape Town	01 Jan 1923
12	GM Parker	6-152	1	SAF	Eng	Birmingham	14 Jun 1924
13	CV Grimmett	6-037	4	Aus	Eng	Sydney	27 Feb 1925
14	AJ Bell	6-099	1	SAF	Eng	Lord’s	29 Jun 1929
15	J Langridge	7-056	3	Eng	Win	Manchester	22 Jul 1933
16	CS Marriott	6-059	3	Eng	Win	The Oval	12 Aug 1933
17	FA Ward	6-102	3	Aus	Eng	Brisbane	04 Dec 1936
18	AV Bedser	7-049	1	Eng	Ind	Lord’s	22 Jun 1946
19	JC Laker	7-103	1	Eng	Win	Bridgetown	21 Jan 1948
20	CN McCarthy	6-043	4	SAF	Eng	Durban	16 Dec 1948
21	TE Bailey	6-118	2	Eng	NZl	Leeds	11 Jun 1949
22	GF Cresswell	6-168	2	NZl	Eng	The Oval	13 Aug 1949
23	AL Valentine	8-104	1	Win	Eng	Manchester	08 Jun 1950
24	AM Moir	6-155	2	NZl	Eng	Ch’church	17 Mar 1951
25	PM Pollock	6-038	4	SAF	NZl	Durban	08 Dec 1961
26	SF Burke	6-128	1	SAF	NZl	Cape Town	01 Jan 1962
27	LJ Coldwell	6-085	3	Eng	Pak	Lord’s	21 Jun 1962
28	Arif Butt	6-089	2	Pak	Aus	Melbourne	04 Dec 1964
29	S Abid Ali	6-055	1	Ind	Aus	Adelaide	23 Dec 1967
30	Mohd Nazir	7-099	2	Pak	NZl	Karachi	24 Oct 1969
31	RAL Massie	8-084	1	Aus	Eng	Lord’s	22 Jun 1972
32	RAL Massie	8-053	3	Aus	Eng	Lord’s	22 Jun 1972
33	JK Lever	7-046	2	Eng	Ind	Delhi	17 Dec 1976
34	RM Hogg	6-074	2	Aus	Eng	Brisbane	01 Dec 1978
35	DR Doshi	6-103	1	Ind	Aus	Chennai	11 Sep 1979
36	PL Taylor	6-078	2	Aus	Eng	Sydney	10 Jan 1987
37	AIC Dodemaide	6-058	3	Aus	NZl	Melbourne	26 Dec 1987
38	ND Hirwani	8-061	2	Ind	Win	Chennai	11 Jan 1988
39	ND Hirwani	8-075	4	Ind	Win	Chennai	11 Jan 1988
40	PM Such	6-067	1	Eng	Aus	Manchester	03 Jun 1993
41	DG Cork	7-043	4	Eng	Win	Lord’s	22 Jun 1995
42	L Klusener	8-064	4	SAF	Ind	Kolkata	27 Nov 1996
43	Mohd Zahid	7-066	3	Pak	NZl	Rawalpindi	28 Nov 1996
44	FA Rose	6-100	2	Win	Ind	Kingston	06 Mar 1997
45	UDU Chandana	6-179	2	Srl	Pak	Dhaka	12 Mar 1999
46	Naimur Rahman	6-132	2	Ban	Ind	Dhaka	10 Nov 2000
47	Manjural Islam	6-083	2	Ban	Zim	Bulawayo	19 Apr 2001
48	RL Johnson	6-033	2	Eng	Zim	Ch-le-St	05 Jun 2003
49	RJ Kirtley	6-034	4	Eng	SAF	Nottingham	14 Aug 2003
50	DJG Sammy	7-066	3	Win	Eng	Manchester	07 Jun 2007
51	JJ Krejza	8-215	1	Aus	Ind	Nagpur	06 Nov 2008
52	Tanvir Ahmed	6-120	1	Pak	SAF	Abu Dhabi	20 Nov 2010
53	Elias Sunny	6-084	2	Ban	Win	Chattogram	21 Oct 2011
54	R Ashwin	6-047	3	Ind	Win	Delhi	06 Nov 2011
55	PJ Cummins	6-079	3	Aus	SAF	Jo’burg	17 Nov 2011
56	M de Lange	7-081	1	SAF	Srl	Durban	26 Dec 2011
57	Sohag Gazi	6-076	3	Ban	Win	Mirpur	13 Nov 2012
58	KJ Abbott	7-029	2	SAF	Pak	Centurion	22 Feb 2013
59	MH Miraz	6-080	1	Ban	Eng	Chattogram	20 Oct 2016
60	C de Grandhomme	6-041	1	NZl	Pak	Ch’church	17 Nov 2016
61	L Ngidi	6-039	4	SAF	Ind	Centurion	13 Jan 2018
62	Bilal Asif	6-036	2	Pak	Aus	Dubai (DSC)	07 Oct 2018
63	P Jayawickrama	6-092	2	Srl	Ban	Pallekele	29 Apr 2021
64	SM Boland	6-007	3	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	26 Dec 2021
65	NGRP Jayasuriya	6-119	1	Srl	Aus	Galle	08 Jul 2022

It also provides the third occasion of a Sri Lankan bowler capturing six or more wickets in an innings on test debut. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	W-R	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	UDU Chandana	6-179	2	Srl	Pak	Dhaka	12 Mar 1999
2	P Jayawickrama	6-092	2	Srl	Ban	Pallekele	29 Apr 2021
3	NGRP Jayasuriya	6-119	1	Srl	Aus	Galle	08 Jul 2022

It also provides the ninth occasion of a bowler capturing six or more wickets in an innings on test debut against Australia. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	W	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	F Martin	6-050	1	Eng	Aus	The Oval	11 Aug 1890
2	F Martin	6-052	3	Eng	Aus	The Oval	11 Aug 1890
3	WH Lockwood	6-101	2	Eng	Aus	Lord’s	17 Jul 1893
4	Arif Butt	6-089	2	Pak	Aus	Melbourne	04 Dec 1964
5	S Abid Ali	6-055	1	Ind	Aus	Adelaide	23 Dec 1967
6	DR Doshi	6-103	1	Ind	Aus	Chennai	11 Sep 1979
7	PM Such	6-067	1	Eng	Aus	Manchester	03 Jun 1993
8	Bilal Asif	6-036	2	Pak	Aus	Dubai (DSC)	07 Oct 2018
9	NGRP Jayasuriya	6-119	1	Srl	Aus	Galle	08 Jul 2022

It also provides the 17th occasion of a bowler capturing six or more wickets in an innings conceding 100 plus runs on test debut. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	W-R	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	WH Cooper	6-120	3	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	31 Dec 1881
2	WH Lockwood	6-101	2	Eng	Aus	Lord’s	17 Jul 1893
3	GM Parker	6-152	1	SAF	Eng	Birmingham	14 Jun 1924
4	FA Ward	6-102	3	Aus	Eng	Brisbane	04 Dec 1936
5	JC Laker	7-103	1	Eng	Win	Bridgetown	21 Jan 1948
6	TE Bailey	6-118	2	Eng	NZl	Leeds	11 Jun 1949
7	GF Cresswell	6-168	2	NZl	Eng	The Oval	13 Aug 1949
8	AL Valentine	8-104	1	Win	Eng	Manchester	08 Jun 1950
9	AM Moir	6-155	2	NZl	Eng	Ch’church	17 Mar 1951
10	SF Burke	6-128	1	SAF	NZl	Cape Town	01 Jan 1962
11	DR Doshi	6-103	1	Ind	Aus	Chennai	11 Sep 1979
12	FA Rose	6-100	2	Win	Ind	Kingston	06 Mar 1997
13	UDU Chandana	6-179	2	Srl	Pak	Dhaka	12 Mar 1999
14	Naimur Rahman	6-132	2	Ban	Ind	Dhaka	10 Nov 2000
15	JJ Krejza	8-215	1	Aus	Ind	Nagpur	06 Nov 2008
16	Tanvir Ahmed	6-120	1	Pak	SAF	Abu Dhabi	20 Nov 2010
17	NGRP Jayasuriya	6-119	1	Srl	Aus	Galle	08 Jul 2022

F Martin, RAL Massie and ND Hirwani are the three bowlers to capture six or more wickets in both innings on test debut. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	W	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	F Martin	6-050	1	Eng	Aus	The Oval	11 Aug 1890
2	F Martin	6-052	3	Eng	Aus	The Oval	11 Aug 1890
1	RAL Massie	8-084	1	Aus	Eng	Lord’s	22 Jun 1972
2	RAL Massie	8-053	3	Aus	Eng	Lord’s	22 Jun 1972
1	ND Hirwani	8-061	2	Ind	Win	Chennai	11 Jan 1988
2	ND Hirwani	8-075	4	Ind	Win	Chennai	11 Jan 1988