Sinclair fifth New Zealander to score century on Test debut
New Zealand's Matthew Sinclair became the 65th batsman in Test history to score a hundred on Test debut when he notched up an unbeaten 123* on the opening day of the second Test against West Indies at Wellington on Sunday
Rajneesh Gupta
26-Dec-1999
New Zealand's Matthew Sinclair became the 65th batsman in Test history
to score a hundred on Test debut when he notched up an unbeaten 123*
on the opening day of the second Test against West Indies at
Wellington on Sunday. Sinclair thus became only the fifth New
Zealander to score a century on Test debut. The elite club of century
makers on Test debut includes 16 Australians, 14 Englishmen, 10 West
Indians, 10 Indians, 6 Pakistanis, 2 Sri Lankans, 1 Zimbabwean and 1
South African. West Indies' Lawrence Rowe holds the unique distnction
of scoring hundreds in both innings on Test debut.
Sinclair's innings is also the highest by a New Zealander on Test
debut obliterating Jack Mills' 117 against England at Wellington in
January 1930.
The accompanying table lists the highest individual innings for each
country on Test debut :
Score Batsman Countries Venue Season 287 Robert Foster England v Aus Sydney 1903-04 214 Lawrence Rowe WestIndies v NZ Kingston 1971-72 201* Brendon Kuruppu Sri Lanka v NZ Colombo 1986-87 166 Khalid Ibadulla Pakistan v Aus Karachi 1964-65 165* Charles Bannerman Australia v Eng Melbourne 1876-77 163 Andrew Hudson South Africa v WI Bridgetown 1991-92 137 Gundappa Viswanath India v Aus Kanpur 1969-70 123* Matthew Sinclair New Zealand v WI Wellington 1999-00 121 Dave Houghton Zimbabwe v Ind Harare 1992-93