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| Rank | Player | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Debut | Time | Mat | Scorecard |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
🥇 1 | CTB Turner (AUS) | v England | Manchester | 30 Aug 1888 | 28 Jan 1887 | 1y 215d | 6 | Test # 30 |
🥈 2 | T Richardson (ENG) | v Australia | Lord's | 22 Jun 1896 | 24 Aug 1893 | 2y 303d | 7 | Test # 50 |
🥈 2 | VD Philander (SA) | v New Zealand | Wellington | 23 Mar 2012 | 9 Nov 2011 | 0y 135d | 7 | Test # 2037 |
🥈 2 | NGRP Jayasuriya (SL) | v Ireland | Galle | 24 Apr 2023 | 8 Jul 2022 | 0y 290d | 7 | Test # 2503 |
5 | FR Spofforth (AUS) | v England | Sydney | 17 Feb 1883 | 31 Mar 1877 | 5y 323d | 8 | Test # 13 |
5 | AL Valentine (WI) | v Australia | Melbourne | 31 Dec 1951 | 8 Jun 1950 | 1y 206d | 8 | Test # 345 |
5 | RM Hogg (AUS) | v Pakistan | W.A.C.A | 24 Mar 1979 | 1 Dec 1978 | 0y 113d | 8 | Test # 850 |
5 | TM Alderman (AUS) | v Pakistan | Brisbane | 27 Nov 1981 | 18 Jun 1981 | 0y 162d | 8 | Test # 910 |
9 | R Peel (ENG) | v Australia | Manchester | 30 Aug 1888 | 12 Dec 1884 | 3y 262d | 9 | Test # 30 |
9 | JJ Ferris (AUS/ENG) | v South Africa | Cape Town | 19 Mar 1892 | 28 Jan 1887 | 5y 51d | 9 | Test # 37 |
9 | SF Barnes (ENG) | v Australia | Sydney | 21 Feb 1908 | 13 Dec 1901 | 6y 70d | 9 | Test # 100 |
9 | AA Mailey (AUS) | v South Africa | Durban | 5 Nov 1921 | 17 Dec 1920 | 0y 323d | 9 | Test # 145 |
9 | MW Tate (ENG) | v Australia | Melbourne | 13 Feb 1925 | 14 Jun 1924 | 0y 244d | 9 | Test # 161 |
9 | FH Tyson (ENG) | v South Africa | Nottingham | 9 Jun 1955 | 12 Aug 1954 | 0y 301d | 9 | Test # 407 |
9 | PM Pollock (SA) | v New Zealand | Wellington | 21 Feb 1964 | 8 Dec 1961 | 2y 75d | 9 | Test # 558 |
9 | AME Roberts (WI) | v Australia | Brisbane | 28 Nov 1975 | 6 Mar 1974 | 1y 267d | 9 | Test # 764 |
9 | CEH Croft (WI) | v Australia | Melbourne | 29 Dec 1979 | 18 Feb 1977 | 2y 314d | 9 | Test # 867 |
9 | SCG MacGill (AUS) | v West Indies | Port of Spain | 5 Mar 1999 | 30 Jan 1998 | 1y 34d | 9 | Test # 1448 |
9 | R Ashwin (IND) | v England | Ahmedabad | 15 Nov 2012 | 6 Nov 2011 | 1y 9d | 9 | Test # 2058 |
9 | Yasir Shah (PAK) | v Sri Lanka | Colombo (PSS) | 25 Jun 2015 | 22 Oct 2014 | 0y 246d | 9 | Test # 2168 |
9 | KA Jamieson (NZ) | v India | Kanpur | 25 Nov 2021 | 21 Feb 2020 | 1y 277d | 9 | Test # 2435 |
22 | GE Palmer (AUS) | v England | Manchester | 10 Jul 1884 | 6 Sep 1880 | 3y 308d | 10 | Test # 14 |
22 | GA Lohmann (ENG) | v Australia | Lord's | 21 Jul 1890 | 5 Jul 1886 | 4y 16d | 10 | Test # 33 |
22 | W Rhodes (ENG) | v Australia | Melbourne | 1 Jan 1904 | 1 Jun 1899 | 4y 214d | 10 | Test # 79 |
22 | JV Saunders (AUS) | v England | Sydney | 13 Dec 1907 | 14 Feb 1902 | 5y 302d | 10 | Test # 96 |
22 | AP Freeman (ENG) | v South Africa | Leeds | 13 Jul 1929 | 19 Dec 1924 | 4y 206d | 10 | Test # 183 |
22 | CV Grimmett (AUS) | v England | Nottingham | 13 Jun 1930 | 27 Feb 1925 | 5y 106d | 10 | Test # 194 |
22 | H Ironmonger (AUS) | v South Africa | Melbourne | 12 Feb 1932 | 30 Nov 1928 | 3y 74d | 10 | Test # 216 |
22 | WJ O'Reilly (AUS) | v England | Manchester | 6 Jul 1934 | 29 Jan 1932 | 2y 158d | 10 | Test # 235 |
22 | WA Johnston (AUS) | v South Africa | Johannesburg | 24 Dec 1949 | 28 Nov 1947 | 2y 26d | 10 | Test # 318 |
22 | FS Trueman (ENG) | v Australia | Lord's | 21 Jun 1956 | 5 Jun 1952 | 4y 16d | 10 | Test # 426 |
22 | WW Hall (WI) | v England | Port of Spain | 28 Jan 1960 | 28 Nov 1958 | 1y 61d | 10 | Test # 488 |
22 | K Higgs (ENG) | v West Indies | The Oval | 18 Aug 1966 | 26 Aug 1965 | 0y 357d | 10 | Test # 609 |
22 | DK Lillee (AUS) | v Pakistan | Sydney | 6 Jan 1973 | 29 Jan 1971 | 1y 343d | 10 | Test # 707 |
22 | IT Botham (ENG) | v New Zealand | Nottingham | 10 Aug 1978 | 28 Jul 1977 | 1y 13d | 10 | Test # 829 |
22 | J Garner (WI) | v Australia | Adelaide | 26 Jan 1980 | 18 Feb 1977 | 2y 342d | 10 | Test # 870 |
22 | Waqar Younis (PAK) | v West Indies | Faisalabad | 23 Nov 1990 | 15 Nov 1989 | 1y 8d | 10 | Test # 1157 |
22 | A Kumble (IND) | v Zimbabwe | Delhi | 13 Mar 1993 | 9 Aug 1990 | 2y 216d | 10 | Test # 1218 |
22 | Shabbir Ahmed (PAK) | v England | Multan | 12 Nov 2005 | 20 Aug 2003 | 2y 84d | 10 | Test # 1770 |
22 | Mohammad Asif (PAK) | v South Africa | Karachi | 1 Oct 2007 | 2 Jan 2005 | 2y 272d | 10 | Test # 1843 |
22 | SR Clark (AUS) | v Sri Lanka | Brisbane | 8 Nov 2007 | 16 Mar 2006 | 1y 237d | 10 | Test # 1845 |
22 | Mohammad Abbas (PAK) | v Australia | Abu Dhabi | 16 Oct 2018 | 21 Apr 2017 | 1y 178d | 10 | Test # 2322 |
43 | AEE Vogler (SA) | v England | Johannesburg | 26 Feb 1910 | 2 Jan 1906 | 4y 55d | 11 | Test # 108 |
43 | WJ Whitty (AUS) | v South Africa | Lord's | 15 Jul 1912 | 27 May 1909 | 3y 49d | 11 | Test # 125 |
43 | JM Gregory (AUS) | v South Africa | Durban | 5 Nov 1921 | 17 Dec 1920 | 0y 323d | 11 | Test # 145 |
43 | S Ramadhin (WI) | v New Zealand | Auckland | 15 Feb 1952 | 8 Jun 1950 | 1y 252d | 11 | Test # 350 |
43 | HJ Tayfield (SA) | v New Zealand | Wellington | 6 Mar 1953 | 24 Dec 1949 | 3y 72d | 11 | Test # 368 |
43 | Khan Mohammad (PAK) | v Australia | Karachi | 11 Oct 1956 | 16 Oct 1952 | 3y 361d | 11 | Test # 430 |
43 | AA Mallett (AUS) | v England | Leeds | 27 Jul 1972 | 22 Aug 1968 | 3y 340d | 11 | Test # 701 |
43 | MHN Walker (AUS) | v New Zealand | Auckland | 22 Mar 1974 | 29 Dec 1972 | 1y 83d | 11 | Test # 736 |
43 | JR Thomson (AUS) | v West Indies | Brisbane | 28 Nov 1975 | 29 Dec 1972 | 2y 334d | 11 | Test # 764 |
43 | LS Pascoe (AUS) | v India | Sydney | 2 Jan 1981 | 16 Jun 1977 | 3y 200d | 11 | Test # 893 |
43 | GF Lawson (AUS) | v England | Adelaide | 10 Dec 1982 | 28 Nov 1980 | 2y 12d | 11 | Test # 940 |
43 | ND Hirwani (IND) | v England | Lord's | 26 Jul 1990 | 11 Jan 1988 | 2y 196d | 11 | Test # 1148 |
43 | IR Bishop (WI) | v Pakistan | Lahore | 6 Dec 1990 | 25 Mar 1989 | 1y 256d | 11 | Test # 1158 |
43 | AA Donald (SA) | v Australia | Adelaide | 28 Jan 1994 | 18 Apr 1992 | 1y 285d | 11 | Test # 1246 |
43 | HH Streak (ZIM) | v New Zealand | Hamilton | 13 Jan 1996 | 1 Dec 1993 | 2y 43d | 11 | Test # 1322 |
43 | DG Cork (ENG) | v India | Birmingham | 6 Jun 1996 | 22 Jun 1995 | 0y 350d | 11 | Test # 1327 |
43 | Harbhajan Singh (IND) | v Australia | Chennai | 18 Mar 2001 | 25 Mar 1998 | 2y 358d | 11 | Test # 1539 |
43 | B Lee (AUS) | v England | Leeds | 16 Aug 2001 | 26 Dec 1999 | 1y 233d | 11 | Test # 1556 |
43 | Saeed Ajmal (PAK) | v West Indies | Basseterre | 20 May 2011 | 4 Jul 2009 | 1y 320d | 11 | Test # 1993 |
43 | Abdur Rehman (PAK) | v Bangladesh | Chattogram | 9 Dec 2011 | 1 Oct 2007 | 4y 69d | 11 | Test # 2022 |
43 | S Shillingford (WI) | v India | Eden Gardens | 6 Nov 2013 | 10 Jun 2010 | 3y 149d | 11 | Test # 2101 |
43 | MDK Perera (SL) | v Australia | Galle | 4 Aug 2016 | 16 Jan 2014 | 2y 201d | 11 | Test # 2213 |
43 | JJ Bumrah (IND) | v West Indies | North Sound | 22 Aug 2019 | 5 Jan 2018 | 1y 229d | 11 | Test # 2358 |
43 | D Olivier (SA) | v India | Johannesburg | 3 Jan 2022 | 12 Jan 2017 | 4y 356d | 11 | Test # 2445 |
43 | OE Robinson (ENG) | v South Africa | The Oval | 8 Sep 2022 | 2 Jun 2021 | 1y 98d | 11 | Test # 2476 |
43 | RTM Mendis (SL) | v Ireland | Galle | 16 Apr 2023 | 22 Jan 2021 | 2y 84d | 11 | Test # 2502 |
43 | AAP Atkinson (ENG) | v New Zealand | Hamilton | 14 Dec 2024 | 10 Jul 2024 | 0y 157d | 11 | Test # 2569 |
43 | Sajid Khan (PAK) | v West Indies | Multan | 17 Jan 2025 | 29 Apr 2021 | 3y 263d | 11 | Test # 2577 |
43 | B Muzarabani (ZIM) | v Bangladesh | Sylhet | 20 Apr 2025 | 26 Dec 2017 | 7y 115d | 11 | Test # 2582 |
43 | S Joseph (WI) | v Australia | Kingston | 12 Jul 2025 | 17 Jan 2024 | 1y 176d | 11 | Test # 2595 |
73 | A Cotter (AUS) | v England | The Oval | 9 Aug 1909 | 26 Feb 1904 | 5y 164d | 12 | Test # 105 |
73 | GA Faulkner (SA) | v England | Cape Town | 7 Mar 1910 | 2 Jan 1906 | 4y 64d | 12 | Test # 109 |
73 | JM Blanckenberg (SA) | v England | Johannesburg | 9 Feb 1923 | 13 Dec 1913 | 9y 58d | 12 | Test # 151 |
73 | W Voce (ENG) | v Australia | Sydney | 2 Dec 1932 | 11 Jan 1930 | 2y 326d | 12 | Test # 220 |
73 | RWV Robins (ENG) | v India | Manchester | 25 Jul 1936 | 29 Jun 1929 | 7y 26d | 12 | Test # 253 |
73 | WE Bowes (ENG) | v Australia | The Oval | 20 Aug 1938 | 25 Jun 1932 | 6y 56d | 12 | Test # 266 |
73 | AV Bedser (ENG) | v Australia | Nottingham | 10 Jun 1948 | 22 Jun 1946 | 1y 354d | 12 | Test # 299 |
73 | JC Laker (ENG) | v India | Leeds | 5 Jun 1952 | 21 Jan 1948 | 4y 136d | 12 | Test # 351 |
73 | SP Gupte (IND) | v Pakistan | Peshawar | 12 Feb 1955 | 30 Dec 1951 | 3y 44d | 12 | Test # 398 |
73 | PS Heine (SA) | v Australia | Johannesburg | 7 Feb 1958 | 23 Jun 1955 | 2y 229d | 12 | Test # 449 |
73 | R Gilchrist (WI) | v India | Chennai | 21 Jan 1959 | 30 May 1957 | 1y 236d | 12 | Test # 465 |
73 | CC Griffith (WI) | v England | Manchester | 2 Jun 1966 | 25 Mar 1960 | 6y 69d | 12 | Test # 605 |
73 | BS Chandrasekhar (IND) | v England | Leeds | 8 Jun 1967 | 21 Jan 1964 | 3y 138d | 12 | Test # 618 |
73 | EAS Prasanna (IND) | v New Zealand | Christchurch | 22 Feb 1968 | 10 Jan 1962 | 6y 43d | 12 | Test # 631 |
73 | JA Snow (ENG) | v West Indies | Port of Spain | 14 Mar 1968 | 17 Jun 1965 | 2y 271d | 12 | Test # 635 |
73 | Pervez Sajjad (PAK) | v England | Birmingham | 3 Jun 1971 | 24 Oct 1964 | 6y 222d | 12 | Test # 687 |
73 | GJ Gilmour (AUS) | v Pakistan | Sydney | 14 Jan 1977 | 29 Dec 1973 | 3y 16d | 12 | Test # 792 |
73 | CEL Ambrose (WI) | v Australia | Sydney | 26 Jan 1989 | 2 Apr 1988 | 0y 299d | 12 | Test # 1113 |
73 | TBA May (AUS) | v England | Birmingham | 5 Aug 1993 | 11 Dec 1987 | 5y 237d | 12 | Test # 1230 |
73 | ARC Fraser (ENG) | v Australia | The Oval | 19 Aug 1993 | 6 Jul 1989 | 4y 44d | 12 | Test # 1231 |
73 | PS de Villiers (SA) | v New Zealand | Cape Town | 2 Jan 1995 | 26 Dec 1993 | 1y 7d | 12 | Test # 1282 |
73 | MJ Hoggard (ENG) | v India | Lord's | 25 Jul 2002 | 29 Jun 2000 | 2y 26d | 12 | Test # 1610 |
73 | Danish Kaneria (PAK) | v Bangladesh | Peshawar | 27 Aug 2003 | 29 Nov 2000 | 2y 271d | 12 | Test # 1657 |
73 | JJC Lawson (WI) | v Sri Lanka | Kandy | 22 Jul 2005 | 17 Oct 2002 | 2y 278d | 12 | Test # 1757 |
73 | SE Bond (NZ) | v Zimbabwe | Bulawayo | 15 Aug 2005 | 22 Nov 2001 | 3y 266d | 12 | Test # 1761 |
73 | Umar Gul (PAK) | v West Indies | Lahore | 11 Nov 2006 | 20 Aug 2003 | 3y 83d | 12 | Test # 1815 |
73 | BAW Mendis (SL) | v India | Colombo (PSS) | 3 Aug 2010 | 23 Jul 2008 | 2y 11d | 12 | Test # 1968 |
73 | DE Bollinger (AUS) | v England | Adelaide | 3 Dec 2010 | 3 Jan 2009 | 1y 334d | 12 | Test # 1983 |
73 | ST Finn (ENG) | v Sri Lanka | Lord's | 3 Jun 2011 | 12 Mar 2010 | 1y 83d | 12 | Test # 1995 |
73 | CT Tremlett (ENG) | v Australia | Brisbane | 21 Nov 2013 | 19 Jul 2007 | 6y 125d | 12 | Test # 2103 |
73 | JR Hazlewood (AUS) | v New Zealand | Adelaide | 27 Nov 2015 | 17 Dec 2014 | 0y 345d | 12 | Test # 2190 |
73 | KA Maharaj (SA) | v Bangladesh | Potchefstroom | 28 Sep 2017 | 3 Nov 2016 | 0y 329d | 12 | Test # 2276 |
73 | PJ Cummins (AUS) | v South Africa | Gqeberha | 9 Mar 2018 | 17 Nov 2011 | 6y 112d | 12 | Test # 2298 |
73 | Hasan Ali (PAK) | v Zimbabwe | Harare | 29 Apr 2021 | 10 May 2017 | 3y 354d | 12 | Test # 2420 |
73 | L Embuldeniya (SL) | v West Indies | Galle | 21 Nov 2021 | 13 Feb 2019 | 2y 281d | 12 | Test # 2434 |
73 | AR Patel (IND) | v Australia | Ahmedabad | 9 Mar 2023 | 13 Feb 2021 | 2y 24d | 12 | Test # 2499 |
73 | Kuldeep Yadav (IND) | v England | Dharamsala | 7 Mar 2024 | 25 Mar 2017 | 6y 348d | 12 | Test # 2534 |
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