On day one at the Bay Oval, Rachin Ravindra made a maiden Test hundred and, with Kane Williamson, added a record third-wicket stand for New Zealand against South Africa.

Williamson fell for 118 on day two, but Ravindra – unbeaten 118 overnight – continued, until he was bowled by debutant South African captain Neil Brand, who finished with 6-119.

This is now the 12th-highest maiden Test hundred in the history of Test cricket. Three of the 11 entries above Ravindra are triple-hundreds. Ravindra eclipsed the New Zealand record of 214, held by Matthew Sinclair on his Test debut, against the West Indies at Wellington in 1999/00.

Batters who converted their maiden Test hundreds to double centuries:

Men’s Test matches (debutants underlined)

365* Garry Sobers, West Indies v Pakistan, Kingston 1958/59
311 Bobby Simpson, Australia v England, Manchester 1964
303* Karun Nair, India v England, Madras/Chennai 2016/17
287 ‘Tip’ Foster, England v Australia, 1903/04
277 Brian Lara, West Indies v Australia, 1992/93
274 Zaheer Abbas, Pakistan v England, Birmingham 1971
267 Zak Crawley, England v Pakistan, Southampton 2020
256 Rohan Kanhai, West Indies v India, Calcutta/Kolkata 1958/59
255* Jackie McGlew, South Africa v New Zealand, Wellington 1952/53
251 Wally Hammond, England v Australia, Sydney 1928/29
250 Faoud Bacchus, West Indies v India, Kanpur 1978/79
240 Rachin Ravindra, New Zealand v South Africa, Mount Maunganui 2023/24
234 Sid Barnes, Australia v England, Sydney 1946/47
231 Dudley Nourse, South Africa v England, Johannesburg 1935/36
224 Vinod Kambli, West Indies v England, Bombay/Mumbai 1992/93
222* Jacques Rudolph, South Africa v Bangladesh, Chattogram 2003
221 Robert Key, England v West Indies, Lord’s 2004
219 Bill Edrich, England v South Africa, Durban 1938/39
219 Denis Atkinson, West Indies v Australia, Bridgetown 1955
216* Eddie Paynter, England v Australia, Trent Bridge 1938
215 Mayank Agarwal, India v South Africa, Visakhapatnam 2019/20
214* David Lloyd, England v India, Birmingham 1974
214 Lawrence Rowe, West Indies v New Zealand, Kingston 1971/72
214 Matthew Sinclair, New Zealand v West Indies, Wellington 1999/00
211* Herschelle Gibbs, South Africa v New Zealand, Christchurch 19998/99
210* Taslim Arif, Pakistan v Australia, Faisalabad 1979/80
210* Kyle Mayers, West Indies v Bangladesh, Chattogram 2020/21
210 Dean Jones, Australia v India, Madras/Chennai
209 Imtiaz Ahmed, Pakistan v New Zealand, Lahore 1955/56
208 Sherwin Campbell, West Indies v New Zealand, Bridgetown 1996
207* Tagenarine Chanderpaul, West Indies v Zimbabwe, Bulawayo 2022/23
206 Martin Donnelly, New Zealand v England 1949
205 Aamer Sohail, Pakistan v England, Manchester 1992
205 Nishan Madushka, Sri Lanka v Ireland, Galle 2023
203* Brad Hodge, Australia v South Africa, Perth 2005/06
201* Brendon Kuruppu, Sri Lanka v New Zealand, Colombo CCC, 1987
201* Grant Flower, Zimbabwe v Pakistan, Harare 1994/95
201* Jason Gillespie, Australia v Bangladesh, Chattogram 2006
201 Syd Gregory, Australia v England, Sydney 1894/95
201 Seymour Nurse, West Indies v Australia, Bridgetown 1965
200* Dilip Sardesai, India v New Zealand, Bombay/Mumbai 1964/65
200* Hashmatullah Shahidi, Afghanistan v Zimbabwe, Abu Dhabi 2020/21
200 Graeme Smith, South Africa v Bangladesh, East London 2002/03
200 Devon Conway, New Zealand v England, Lord’s 2021

Women’s Test matches (debutants underlined)

242 Kiran Baluch, Pakistan v West Indies, Karachi 2003/04
214 Mithali Raj, India v England, Taunton 2002
213* Ellyse Perry, Australia v England, North Sydney 2017/18
208 Tammy Beaumont, England v Australia, Nottingham 2023
204 Kirsty Flavell née Bond, New Zealand v England, Scarborough 1996
204 Michelle Goszko, Australia v England, Shenley 2001
200 Joanne Broadbent, Australia v England, Guildford 1998