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 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 | 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 |
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