A look at highest score by men's Test debutant batting at No. 9

DN Bureau

Sri Lanka debutant Milan Rathnayake broke a 41-year-old Test record by putting up the highest score by a batter at the number 9 spot against England in Manchester. Read further on Dynamite News:

England vs Sri Lanka First Rothesay Test Match
England vs Sri Lanka First Rothesay Test Match


New Delhi: Sri Lanka debutant Milan Rathnayake broke a 41-year-old Test record by putting up the highest score by a batter at the number 9 spot in men's red-ball cricket on the opening day of the first Test against England in Manchester. He broke India's Balwinder Sandhu's record of 71 which came against Pakistan in Hyderabad in 1983. Here is a look at the men's players with the highest scores in Test debut while batting at No. 9.

Milan Rathnayake (Sri Lanka)
Rathnayake faced a fierce England bowling line-up and scored 72 off 135 deliveries. This is the highest knock played by a batter coming in at the number nine spot. 

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Rathnayake faced a fierce England bowling line-up

Balwinder Sandhu (India)
During India's Test clash agaisnt arch-rival Pakistan in 1983, Balwinder Sandhu rose to the challenge and played a remarkable knock of 71 in his Test debut. 

Balwinder Sandhu rose to the challenge

Darren Gough (England) 
In 1994, England's Darren Gough came close to surpassing Balwinder Singh's 71. Gough played a memorable knock and scored 65 against New Zealand.  

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Gough played a memorable knock

Monde Zondeki (South Africa)
During South Africa's Test match against England in 2003, Monde Zondeki turned up for the Proteas with the bat and scored 59 while batting at the number nine spot.

Monde Zondeki turned up for the Proteas with the bat

 










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