#debut tour

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Fazal Mahmood 12 for 99 — Pakistan Win at The Oval, 1954

England vs Pakistan

1954-08-17

On 17 August 1954 at The Oval, Pakistan beat England by 24 runs in only their inaugural Test tour to England. Fazal Mahmood took 6 for 53 and 6 for 46 — match figures of 12 for 99 — to bowl Pakistan to a victory that no Test nation had achieved on first visit before or since. Captain A. H. Kardar held aloft the smaller of cricket's two Caribbean replicas as Pakistan squared the series 1-1.

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Victor Trumper's 135* on Test Debut Summer — Lord's, 1899

England v Australia

1899-06-15

On 15-17 June 1899, in only his second Test match, the 21-year-old Victor Trumper played a 135 not out at Lord's that announced him as the most original batsman in cricket. Coming in at 59 for 3, he batted across two days, drove and cut Bobby Peel's spiritual heir Wilfred Rhodes through every gap, and helped Australia to an innings victory and a 1-0 Ashes lead they would not surrender. Within a year he was Australia's most-photographed sportsman.

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