5 Australian cricketers with the highest score on a Test debut

#1 Archie Jackson- 164 vs England at Adelaide, 1929

Archie Jackson had a very short-lived career playing only 8 Tests before his death at the age of just 23

Considered by many as a batsman at par with the legendary Sir Donald Bradman, Archie Jackson's story is one that could have been if not for an untimely death at the age of just 23.

Jackson was only 19 when he made his Test debut against England at Adelaide in 1929 but defied his young age to become the then-youngest Test centurion with his elegant knock of 164.

The match turned out to be a thriller with the visitors winning by a slender margin of 12 runs but it was Jackson who won over the spectators with his strokeplay and panache on the field.

However, he was always dogged by illness and poor health and paid dearly for his refusal to seek timely medical help as he died of tuberculosis aged just 23.