Kirk Edwards and Centuries on debut

On close of day 4 of  the rain affected 3^rd Test, Indians are perched on a position where they can hope of forcing a win.  A lead of 81 with last four does provide great hope, if only there is no further interruption by bad light and rain.

WI made 204 in first essay, India made 347 with Dhoni making a half century after a long time.  WI are 224 for 6 with debutant Kirk Edwards making fluent 110.

Often there is a comment that Indians allow ordinary players to turn into heroes and people would shine easily against India.  This is an emotional statement rather than anything factual.  True Edwards made a century on debut but there have been 91 earlier to him on that list – of which there are 12 Indians and another 12 scored against India, long from 1933. 

The partnership of Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Kirk Edwards put on 161 for the fourth wicket displaying West Indies’ resistance.  Edwards innings was edgy but he survived to reach the significant  landmark.   Harbhajan eventually got Edwards. 

Photo of Edwards from cricinfo.com

Here is the list of Indians who made century on debut

Player	Runs	Opposition	Ground	Match Date
L Amarnath	118	v England	Mumbai	15-Dec-33
RH Shodhan	110	v Pakistan	Kolkata	12-Dec-52
AG Kripal Singh	100*	v New Zealand	Hyderabad (Deccan)	19-Nov-55
AA Baig	112	v England	Manchester	23-Jul-59
Hanumant Singh	105	v England	Delhi	8-Feb-64
GR Viswanath	137	v Australia	Kanpur	15-Nov-69
S Amarnath	124	v New Zealand	Auckland	24-Jan-76
M Azharuddin	110	v England	Kolkata	31-Dec-84
PK Amre	103	v South Africa	Durban	13-Nov-92
SC Ganguly	131	v England	Lord's	20-Jun-96
V Sehwag	105	v South Africa	Bloemfontein	3-Nov-01
SK Raina	120	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	26-Jul-10

 And those who made it against India

Player	Runs	Team	Ground	Match Date
BH Valentine	136	England	Mumbai	15-Dec-33
BH Pairaudeau	115	West Indies	Port of Spain	21-Jan-53
BR Taylor	105	New Zealand	Kolkata	5-Mar-65
CG Greenidge	107	West Indies	Bangalore	22-Nov-74
DL Houghton	121	Zimbabwe	Harare	18-Oct-92
Aminul Islam	145	Bangladesh	Dhaka	10-Nov-00
TT Samaraweera	103*	Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	29-Aug-01
MJ Clarke	151	Australia	Bangalore	6-Oct-04
AN Cook	104*	England	Nagpur	1-Mar-06
AN Petersen	100	South Africa	Kolkata	14-Feb-10
KS Williamson	131	New Zealand	Ahmedabad	4-Nov-10
KA Edwards	110	West Indies	Roseau	6-Jul-11

With regards

S. Sampathkumar.