What are some of the most memorable debuts in Test cricket?

What are some of the most memorable debuts in Test cricket?

When he was paying his first test for New Zealand versus India in Calcutta (1965) Bruce Taylor scored 105 and took 5/86. He remains the only cricketer to score a century and take five wickets on his test debut. Mohammad Azharuddin scored a century on test debut. He followed it up with centuries in his next two matches and remains the only test cricketer to score three centuries in his first three tests. Narendra Hirwani, playing his first test for India against the West Indies at Madras in 1988, took an astonishing 16 wickets for 136 runs. Remarkably, he broke the world record for the best debut figures by just 1 run! Bob Massie of Australia had earlier taken 16 for 137 on his debut. Marvan Atapattu of Sri Lanka had a rather unfortunate start to his test career. His first six test innings were 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, and 0. However, he forced his way back into the Sri Lankan team and has scored 6 test double centuries - a record for Sri Lanka.