Pairs On Test Debut
38 batsmen have been dismissed for a pair on their debut in Test cricket.
- Fred Grace for England v Australia at The Oval in London 1880
- Clarence Wimble for South Africa v England at Cape Town in 1891/92
- Joseph Willoughby for South Africa v England at Port Elizabeth in 1895/96
- Johannes Kotze for South Africa v Australia in Johannesburg in 1902/03
- Percy Twentyman-Jones for South Africa v Australia in Cape Town in 1902/03
- Tommy Ward for South Africa v Australia in Manchester in 1912
- Percy Lewis for South Africa v England in Durban in 1913/14
- Cecil Dixon for South Africa v England in Johannesburg in 1913/14
- Ted Badcock for New Zealand v England in Christchurch in 1929/30
- Ken James for New Zealand v England in Christchurch in 1929/30
- Jim Smith for England v West Indies in Bridgetown in 1934/35
- Gordon Rowe for New Zealand v Australia in Wellington in 1945/46
- Len Butterfield for New Zealand v Australia in Wellington in 1945/46
- Cuan McCarthy for South Africa v England in Durban in 1948
- Alf Valentine for the West Indies v England in Manchester in 1950
- Ram Ramchand for India v England at Headingley in Leeds in 1952
- Graham Gooch for England v Australia at Edgbaston in Birmingham in 1975
- Brendon Bracewell for New Zealand v England at Lords in 1978
- Mike Whitney for Australia v England in Manchester in 1981
- Maninder Singh for India v Pakistan in Karachi in 1982/83
- Ken Rutherford for New Zealand v West Indies at Port of Spain in 1984/85
- Chris Kuggeleijn for New Zealand v India in Bangalore in 1988/89
- Rashid Patel for India v New Zealand in Bombay in 1988/89
- Marvan Atapattu for Sri Lanka v India in Chandigarh in 1990/91
- Saeed Anwar for Pakistan v West Indies in Faisalabad in 1990/91
- Allan Donald for South Africa v West Indies in Bridgetown in 1991/92
- Stephen Peall for Zimbabwe v Pakistan in Karachi in 1993/94
- Peter McIntyre for Australia v England at the Adelaide Oval in 1994/95
- Dirk Viljoen for Zimbabwe v Pakistan in Bulawayo in 1997/98
- Gavin Hamilton for England v South Africa in Johannesburg in 1999/00
- James Franklin for New Zealand v Pakistan in Auckland in 2000/01
- Alamgir Kabir for Bangladesh v Sri Lanka in Colombo in 2002/03
- Hasantha Fernando for Sri Lanka v South Africa in Johannesburg in 2002/03
- Lasith Malinga for Sri Lanka v Australia in Darwin in 2003/04
- Chamara Silva for Sri Lanka v New Zealand in Christchurch in 2006/07
- Chris Tremlett for England v India at Lords in 2007
- Mark Gillespie for New Zealand v South Africa at Centurion in 2007/08
- Dean Elgar for South Africa vs Australia at Perth in 2012/13
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