Top ten debut innings in ODIs

2. Colin Ingram (South Africa – 124 vs Zimbabwe, Bloemfontein, October 2010)

Colin Ingram of South Africa

His side got a massive scare during the run chase when Brendan Taylor went hammer and tongs after the bowling, but left-hander Colin Ingram still ended up on the winning side, with the Player of the Match award to boot, after posting a remarkable century in his first international outing for the senior team.

The 25-year-old partnered with the stylish Hashim Amla – who also made a hundred – as he put the Zimbabwean bowling to the sword, hammering eight boundaries and two sixes in an innings described by those who watched from the sidelines as chanceless.

Ingram entered the record books by becoming the first South African to register a century on ODI debut, and he completely nullified the excitement caused by veteran Zimbabwe batsman Grant Flower’s brief comeback into international cricket after a six-year hiatus.