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Pair on debut
Player Team Opposition Ground Match Date Scorecard
GF Grace England v Australia The Oval 6 Sep 1880 Test # 4
CS Wimble South Africa v England Cape Town 19 Mar 1892 Test # 37
JT Willoughby South Africa v England Port Elizabeth 13 Feb 1896 Test # 47
JJ Kotze South Africa v Australia Johannesburg 18 Oct 1902 Test # 76
PS Twentyman-Jones South Africa v Australia Cape Town 8 Nov 1902 Test # 77
TA Ward South Africa v Australia Manchester 27 May 1912 Test # 121
PT Lewis South Africa v England Durban 13 Dec 1913 Test # 130
CD Dixon South Africa v England Johannesburg 1 Jan 1914 Test # 132
FT Badcock New Zealand v England Christchurch 10 Jan 1930 Test # 186
KC James New Zealand v England Christchurch 10 Jan 1930 Test # 186
CIJ Smith England v West Indies Bridgetown 8 Jan 1935 Test # 238
LA Butterfield New Zealand v Australia Wellington 29 Mar 1946 Test # 275
CG Rowe New Zealand v Australia Wellington 29 Mar 1946 Test # 275
CN McCarthy South Africa v England Durban 16 Dec 1948 Test # 306
AL Valentine West Indies v England Manchester 8 Jun 1950 Test # 323
GS Ramchand India v England Leeds 5 Jun 1952 Test # 351
GA Gooch England v Australia Birmingham 10 Jul 1975 Test # 760
BP Bracewell New Zealand v England The Oval 27 Jul 1978 Test # 828
MR Whitney Australia v England Manchester 13 Aug 1981 Test # 907
Maninder Singh India v Pakistan Karachi 23 Dec 1982 Test # 942
KR Rutherford New Zealand v West Indies Port of Spain 29 Mar 1985 Test # 1013
CM Kuggeleijn New Zealand v India Bangalore 12 Nov 1988 Test # 1107
RGM Patel India v New Zealand Mumbai 24 Nov 1988 Test # 1109
MS Atapattu Sri Lanka v India Chandigarh 23 Nov 1990 Test # 1156
Saeed Anwar Pakistan v West Indies Faisalabad 23 Nov 1990 Test # 1157
AA Donald South Africa v West Indies Bridgetown 18 Apr 1992 Test # 1188
SG Peall Zimbabwe v Pakistan Karachi 1 Dec 1993 Test # 1237
PE McIntyre Australia v England Adelaide 26 Jan 1995 Test # 1284
DP Viljoen Zimbabwe v Pakistan Bulawayo 14 Mar 1998 Test # 1408
GM Hamilton England v South Africa Johannesburg 25 Nov 1999 Test # 1471
JEC Franklin New Zealand v Pakistan Auckland 8 Mar 2001 Test # 1533
Alamgir Kabir Bangladesh v Sri Lanka Colombo (PSS) 21 Jul 2002 Test # 1609
KHRK Fernando Sri Lanka v South Africa Johannesburg 8 Nov 2002 Test # 1624
SL Malinga Sri Lanka v Australia Darwin 1 Jul 2004 Test # 1705
LPC Silva Sri Lanka v New Zealand Christchurch 7 Dec 2006 Test # 1820
CT Tremlett England v India Lord's 19 Jul 2007 Test # 1840
MR Gillespie New Zealand v South Africa Centurion 16 Nov 2007 Test # 1848
Records includes the following current or recent matches:
England v West Indies at Nottingham, 2nd Test, May 25-29, 2012 [Test # 2044 - Live]
    » England 259/2 (68.0 ov, KP Pietersen 72*, AJ Strauss 102*, S Shillingford 0/73) - Stumps
England v West Indies at Lord's, 1st Test, May 17-21, 2012 [Test # 2043]
West Indies v Australia at Roseau, 3rd Test, Apr 23-27, 2012 [Test # 2042]

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Melbourne has witnessed the most centuries scored in the fourth innings (14). In joint-second position are Adelaide and Lord's, where there have been 13 centuries scored. Among venues that have hosted at least 25 matches (featuring a fourth innings), Karachi has the highest average (33.66) followed by Wellington (31.34).

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