List of Batsmen Who Scored Centuries on World Cup Debut

Making a debut for the national side is a dream come true for any budding cricketer. In fact, if the player goes on to make his debut at the World Cup stage, it adds extra pressure on the young player. However, if the player is able to stand tall to the challenge and he comes up with a fine performance, it adds a cherry to the top of the cake.

Till date, there are only 14 batsmen who have scored centuries on their World Cup debut. These players were able to hit the ground running and they showed that they were unfazed by the big World Cup stage. In fact, it must have been a really special feeling when the batsman scores a century on his debut. And if that hundred comes in the World Cup event, it manifolds the excitement.

Some big names in the list.

England’s DL Amiss was the first batsman who scored the century on his debut in the maiden World Cup of 1975. Amiss scored a fine knock of 137 against India at the Mecca of Cricket, Lord’s.

Meanwhile, India’s current captain Virat Kohli became the first Indian batsman to score a century on the World Cup debut. Kohli scored an unbeaten knock of 100 against Bangladesh at Sher-e-Bangla Stadium in Mirpur in the 2011 World Cup. Furthermore, Australia’s skipper Aaron Finch had also scored a World Cup debut hundred against arch-rivals England in 2015 edition.

Here is the list of batsmen who scored centuries on their World Cup debut:

No.	Score	Player	Match Details	Ground	Year
1	137	DL Amiss	England v India	Lord’s Cricket Ground, St John’s Wood	1975
2	171*	GM Turner	New Zealand v East Africa	Edgbaston, Birmingham	1975
3	102	AJ Lamb	England v New Zealand	Kennington Oval, Kennington	1983
4	110	TM Chappell	Australia v India	Trent Bridge, Nottingham	1983
5	110	GR Marsh	Australia v India	MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Madras	1987
6	115*	#A Flower	Zimbabwe v Sri Lanka	Pukekura Park, New Plymouth	1992
7	101	NJ Astle	New Zealand v England	Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad	1996
8	188*	G Kirsten	South Africa v the United Arab Emirates	Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi	1996
9	141	SB Styris	New Zealand v Sri Lanka	Goodyear Park, Bloemfontein	2002/03
10	172*	CB Wishart	Zimbabwe v Namibia	Harare Sports Club, Harare	2003
11	143*	A Symonds	Australia v Pakistan	New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg	2003
12	115*	JP Bray	Ireland v Zimbabwe	Sabina Park, Kingston	2007
13	100*	V Kohli	India v Bangladesh	Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur	2011
14	135	A Finch	Australia v England	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne	2015

#Former Zimbabwe wicket-keeper batsman Andy Flower is the only batsman to have scored a hundred on his ODI debut which was also his World Cup debut.