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World Cups - Highest Scores on Debut

G Kirsten 188* South Africa v UAE Rawalpindi 1995/96
CB Wishart 172* Zimbabwe v NAMIBIA Harare 2002/03
GM Turner 171* New Zealand v EA Birmingham 1975
A Symonds 143* Australia v Pakistan Johannesburg 2002/03
SB Styris 141 New Zealand v Sri Lanka Bloemfontein 2002/03
DL Amiss 137 England v India Lord's 1975
A Flower 115* Zimbabwe v Sri Lanka New Plymouth 1991/92
TM Chappell 110 Australia v India Nottingham 1983
GR Marsh 110 Australia v India Chennai 1987/88
AJ Lamb 102 England v New Zealand The Oval 1983
NJ Astle 101 New Zealand v England Ahmedabad 1995/96
SC Ganguly 97 India v South Africa Brighton 1999
MD Crowe 97 New Zealand v England The Oval 1983
RA Smith 91 England v India Perth 1991/92
Yashpal Sharma 89 India v West Indies Manchester 1983
RS Mahanama 89 Sri Lanka v Pakistan Hyderabad (Sind) 1987/88
BC Lara 88* West Indies v Pakistan Melbourne 1991/92
BA Edgar 84* New Zealand v India Leeds 1979
Mohsin Khan 82 Pakistan v Sri Lanka Swansea 1983
R Edwards 80* Australia v Pakistan Leeds 1975
Rameez Raja 76 Pakistan v Sri Lanka Hyderabad (Sind) 1987/88
KC Wessels 76 Australia v Zimbabwe Nottingham 1983
KR Rutherford 75 New Zealand v India Bangalore 1987/88
NS Sidhu 73 India v Australia Chennai 1987/88
DSBP Kuruppu 72 Sri Lanka v Pakistan Swansea 1983
DAG Fletcher 69* Zimbabwe v Australia Nottingham 1983
KWR Fletcher 68 England v India Lord's 1975
MJ Greatbatch 68 New Zealand v South Africa Auckland 1991/92
JM Parker 66 New Zealand v EA Birmingham 1975
SO Tikolo 65 Kenya v India Cuttack 1995/96
Majid Khan 65 Pakistan v Australia Leeds 1975
DLS van Bunge 62 NL v India Paarl 2002/03
RG de Alwis 59* Sri Lanka v Pakistan Swansea 1983
NC Johnson 59 Zimbabwe v Kenya Taunton 1999
S Ramesh 55 India v Zimbabwe Leicester 1999
AC Parore 55 New Zealand v NL Vadodara 1995/96
AV Vadher 54 Kenya v Zimbabwe Taunton 1999
R Dravid 54 India v South Africa Brighton 1999
SRD Wettimuny 53* Sri Lanka v Australia The Oval 1975
GA Gooch 53 England v Australia Lord's 1979
RB Richardson 53 West Indies v England Gujranwala 1987/88
Asif Iqbal 53 Pakistan v Australia Leeds 1975
CM Old 51* England v India Lord's 1975
MP Vaughan 51 England v NL East London 2002/03
NV Knight 51 England v NL East London 2002/03
PV Simmons 50 West Indies v Pakistan Lahore 1987/88
 

Highest scores having not batted on debut

B Wood 77 England v EA Birmingham 1975
S Abid Ali 70 India v New Zealand Manchester 1975
FM Engineer 54* India v EA Leeds 1975
KLT Arthurton 54 West Indies v England Melbourne 1991/92
CH Lloyd 53 West Indies v Pakistan Birmingham 1975