Youngest Test debutant from first 8 Test playing nations

#7 Sri Lanka- Sanjeewa Weerasinghe, 17 years 189 day

Sanjeewa Weerasinghe

Sri Lanka has blooded plenty of youngsters into Test cricket over the course of their cricketing history but the youngest cricketer to have debuted for the country did not quite have a happy career at the top level. Leg-spinner Sanjeewa Weerasinghe had made his name as a schoolboy cricketer and was handed his debut in the 2nd Test of the 3 game home series against India at Colombo.

The match was a historic one for Sri Lanka as they beat India soundly but Weerasinghe did not get to bowl more than 19 overs (16 overs in the 1st innings) in the whole game. Although he did not take any wickets, he kept things tight. Despite that, it proved to be the only Test match that he played in his career and never made it to the playing eleven again.