Andrew Symonds set a world record in the Galle Test between Sri Lanka and Australia that almost went unnoticed from the eagle eyes of cricket statisticians the world over. The Aussie became the 388th player to don the 'baggy' green cap for Australia in Tests.

More significantly, he did so after playing 94 One-Day Internationals. Symonds now holds the world record of making a Test debut after appearing in 94 ODIs.

Incidentally, the previous record was also held by an Australian. Adam Gilchrist had appeared in 76 ODI matches before making his debut in Test cricket.

The following table lists players with most ODI appearances before Test debut:

ODIs	Player (Country)	ODI Debut	Test Debut
94	A Symonds (Aus)	v Pak, Lahore - 1998	v SL, Galle - 2004
76	AC Gilchrist (Aus)	v SA, Faridabad - 1996	v Pak, Brisbane - 1999
73	Yuvraj Singh (Ind)	v Ken, Nairobi Gym - 2000	v NZ, Mohali - 2003
66	Shahid Afridi (Pak)	v Ken, Nairobi Aga - 1996	v Aus, Karachi - 1998
60	RR Singh (Ind)	v WI, Port-of-Spain - 1989	v Zim, Harare - 1998
55	GR Larsen (NZ)	v Ind, Dunedin - 1990	v Eng, Nottingham - 1994
48	BB McCullum	v Aus, Sydney - 2002	v SA, Hamilton - 2004
47	UDU Chandana (SL)	v Aus, Sharjah - 1994	v Pak, Dhaka - 1999
45	SB Styris (NZ)	v Ind, Rajkot - 1999	v WI, St George's - 2002
42	PD Collingwood (Eng)	v Pak, Birmingham - 2001	v SL, Galle - 2003