The West Indies’ Kyle Mayers stunned Bangladesh on Sunday: the left-hander compiled an unbeaten 210 in the fourth innings to script an extraordinary win – on debut.

Can he now go on to forge a successful Test career? The examples below are the ones to follow.

Here’s an XI of players who impressed on debut and backed up the early signs to forge fine careers at Test level.

Andrew Strauss

A man who led England to Ashes series wins at home and away, Strauss kicked off his Test career with a century at Lord’s against New Zealand in 2004. Were it not for a mix-up with Nasser Hussain when the left-hander was on 83 in the fourth innings, Strauss could have become the third man to hit twin tons in his maiden Test outing. Nonetheless, Strauss went on to hit 20 more Test centuries in his 99 remaining matches, going full circle to round off his career at Lord’s in 2012 against South Africa.

Gordon Greenidge

Alongside Desmond Haynes, Greenidge formed one of the great opening partnerships. But the latter was racking up runs long before Haynes turned up on the scene: on his debut against India in 1974, Greenidge hit exactly 200 runs across two innings at Bengaluru. After being run out on 93 in his first innings, Greenidge passed three figures in his second to drive West Indies to a 267-run win. The audacious right-hander played 107 more Tests, becoming a key cog in one of the greatest Test teams of all time.

George Headley

In an extraordinary 22-match Test career that spanned 24 years, Headley hit 10 hundreds, the first of which came on debut against England at Bridgetown in 1930. After falling for 21 in his first innings, Headley hit 176 in his second. Three more centuries followed in his maiden Test series, establishing Headley as West Indies’ first truly great batsman.

Javed Miandad

At 19 years of age, Miandad made his debut at No.5 against New Zealand at Lahore in a truly elite batting line-up. The four men who preceded him – Majid Khan, Sadiq Mohammad, Zaheer Abbas and Mushtaq Mohammad – finished with 35 Test tons between them. Miandad rounded off his own career with 23 centuries at Test level, the first of which came against the Kiwis, his first-innings 163 and fourth-innings 25 not out helping Pakistan to a six-wicket win. Only Younis Khan has made more Test runs for Pakistan than Miandad.

Mark Waugh

One of the great stylists, Mark Waugh replaced his twin brother Steve in Australia’s line-up on debut and immediately starred in an Ashes contest at Adelaide in 1991. Entering the fray at 104-4, his 138 took up just 188 balls, with Wisden calling it “an innings which a batsman of any generation would have been overjoyed to play any time in his career, let alone on a first Test appearance and in a situation which verged on crisis”. By the time Waugh’s international career came to a close in 2002, he’d played his part as an easy-on-the-eye strokemaker in a dominant side.

Michael Clarke

A masterful player of spin, Michael Clarke showed off his prowess against the turning ball on debut, tackling the double-threat of Anil Kumble and Harbhajan Singh to hit 151 against India at Bengaluru in 2004. A 217-run victory helped Australia on their way to a famous 2-1 series win, and Clarke would go on to play 115 Tests, hitting 28 hundreds in the process.

Matt Prior (wk)

In hitting an unbeaten 132 against West Indies in 2007, Matt Prior became just the third man to hit a century on Test debut as a wicketkeeper. With his ability to grind out runs lower down the order, Prior became a pivotal part of the England side that marched up to No.1 in the world rankings in 2011 and impressed in famous series wins away to Australia and India.

Ravichandran Ashwin

With more than 300 Test wickets to his name, Ashwin currently stands as India’s fourth-most prolific bowler at Test-match level. Success came to him immediately in the format, with nine wickets against West Indies at Delhi in 2011 bringing about a five-wicket win.

Vernon Philander

Nibbling the seam, Philander was able to trouble the best of the best across his international career, taking 224 Test wickets at a lowly average of 22.32. His debut match was a memorable affair: after South Africa were bowled out for 96, Philander returned figures of 7-3-15-5 as Australia were routed for just 47.

Pat Cummins

Still just 34 Tests into his career, Cummins is on the path to becoming one of Australia’s greatest-ever bowlers. The lead quick in a fearsome attack, his 164 wickets have come at an average of just 21.59. His debut came as a teenager against South Africa, with an innings haul of 6-79 taking Australia to a two-wicket win at Johannesburg.

Clarrie Grimmett

For 82 years, Grimmett was the fastest man to 200 Test wickets, reaching the landmark from just 36 matches before fellow leggie Yasir Shah got there quicker. The New Zealand-born Australian was out of the blocks quickly in an astonishing performance against England at the SCG in 1925: figures of 5-45 were followed by six wickets for just 36 runs as Grimmett bowled Australia to a comprehensive 307-run win.