#1989

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Sachin Tendulkar's Test Debut — Karachi, November 1989

India, Pakistan

1989-11-15

Aged 16 years and 205 days, Sachin Tendulkar walked out at Karachi to face Wasim Akram, Imran Khan, Waqar Younis and Abdul Qadir on Test debut — the youngest Indian Test cricketer and the start of a 24-year career.

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Steve Waugh's Maiden Test Hundred — 177* at Headingley, 1989

England, Australia

1989-06-08

After 26 Tests without a hundred, Steve Waugh made an unbeaten 177 at Headingley in the first Ashes Test of 1989, kicking off a series in which he averaged 126.50 and announcing himself as the next great Australian batsman.

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