What is remarkable with Cook's performance is that he had also made 60 in the first innings.

There have been only 12 previous instances of a batsman scoring a century and a fifty in his debut Test.

West Indian Lawrence Rowe and Pakistan's Yasir Hameed [Images] have in fact scored a century in both innings of debut Test.

The following table lists the batsmen scoring a century and a fifty on debut:

Inns1	Inns2	Player	For	Vs	Venue	Season
62	154*	KS Ranjitsinhji	Eng	Aus	Old Trafford	1896
119	74	G Gunn	Eng	Aus	Sydney	1907-08
70	104	HL Collins	Aus	Eng	Sydney	1920-21
93	106	PA Gibb	Eng	SAf	Johannesburg	1938-39
214	100*	LG Rowe	WI	NZ	Kingston [Images]	1971-72
107	56	RE Redmond	NZ	Pak	Auckland	1972-73
93	107	CG Greenidge	WI	Ind	Bangalore	1974-75
128*	50*	Azhar Mahmood	Pak	SAf	Rawalpindi	1997-98
104	54	L Vincent	NZ	Aus	Perth	2001-02
107	69*	SB Styris	NZ	WI	St.George's	2002
170	105	Yasir Hameed	Pak	Ban	Karachi	2003
112	83	AJ Strauss	Eng	NZ	Lord's	2004
60	104*	AN Cook	Eng	Ind	Nagpur	2005-06