5 England cricketers with their highest score on Test debut

#1 287 by Tip Foster against Australia at Sydney, 1903

Tip Foster (Credits: The Telegraph)

Reginald Erskine Foster or Tip Foster's stellar show in his debut Test is the highest score made by a debutant ever and it is a record that has remained unscathed for more than 114 years (and counting).

Foster was known as a superb stroke-maker, who was particularly partial towards off-side strokes and in addition to that, he had the backfoot game to play the late cut as well when he so wanted.

His bat speed was also one of the important attributes of his batsmanship. In the 1st Test of the Ashes in Australia at Sydney, the hosts made 285 in their first innings and England seemed to be struggling at 73 for 3 when Foster came in to bat at No. 5.

However, he played a superlative innings and hit as many as 37 boundaries to completely change the complexion of the game. Such an innings on debut has not been seen since and England went on to draw first blood in the Ashes with a comfortable 5 wicket win.