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Double hundred on debut
Player Runs Mins Balls 4s 6s Team Opposition Ground Match Date Scorecard
RE Foster 287 419 - 37 0 England v Australia Sydney 11 Dec 1903 Test # 78
LG Rowe 214 427 - 19 1 West Indies v New Zealand Kingston 16 Feb 1972 Test # 693
DSBP Kuruppu 201* 777 548 24 0 Sri Lanka v New Zealand Colombo (CCC) 16 Apr 1987 Test # 1074
MS Sinclair 214 534 447 22 0 New Zealand v West Indies Wellington 26 Dec 1999 Test # 1478
JA Rudolph 222* 521 383 29 2 South Africa v Bangladesh Chittagong 24 Apr 2003 Test # 1640
Records includes the following current or recent matches:
England v New Zealand at Lord's, 1st Test, May 16-19, 2013 [Test # 2088]
Zimbabwe v Bangladesh at Harare, 2nd Test, Apr 25-29, 2013 [Test # 2087]
Zimbabwe v Bangladesh at Harare, 1st Test, Apr 17-20, 2013 [Test # 2086]

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Only two batsmen have been dismissed by one bowler five times in a row in one-day internationals. Gary Kirsten fell to Dominic Cork in five successive innings in January 1999, while Zimbabwean legspinner Graeme Cremer dismissed Collins Obuya of Kenya five times in a row early in 2009.

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