Best first tons?

Obvious one- KP at the Oval, 2005.

Mark Waugh's against England in 1991 was arguably his second best ton after the one he made against South Africa in 1997.

The Prince's 277!!

Hudson in SA's first test back against the Windies

Paul Keating wrote:The Prince's 277!!

Aye, hard to beat that one. We were bowling for run outs from when he reached 100.

Simpson's and Sobers' first tons were triples.

Paul Keating wrote:Simpson's and Sobers' first tons were triples.

Hehe, I just nominated Simmo's triple as one of the worst first tons!!

Any trivia on highest first tons?

Tony Mann.

Well Sobers 365* is the highest first ton, followed by Simmo's 311, then Tip Foster's 287 (in his debut) and then Lara's 277.

Gillespie ...

Greg Chappell, aged 22, in his debut test coming in at 5/107 and putting on 200 odd with Redders, which is still the sixth wicket record partnership for that venue, when we were badly under the pump against John Snow et al.

He took about forty minutes to get off the mark but made his second fifty in almost even time.

Mark Waugh might have looked elegant at the Adelaide Oval, they waxed lyrical about this at the time, but the attack was relatively ordinary and the pitch very flat. Aged 25 he was already a seasoned cricketer.

Another great first ton ... Vivi.

Another fairly high scoring first ton (from memory) ... Faoud Bacchus??

hard to go past lara's first test ton. probably sobers could match that

srt's first was a gem as well. saved india from defeat at old trafford

Azhar and Ganguly's debut centuries against England.
Laxman against Aus in 1999-00.
Gavaskar's against WI on debut series.
Sehwag's against SA on his first tour to SA.
Nayan Mongia's first and only against Aus at delhi in 1996.
KP in 2006.
Yuvraj against Pak.
Gilchrist's 1st as well when Aus started it's first 16 test win streak under Tugga......

Zaheer Abbas

I think lara's and Sober's first tons were biggies.

Both mentioned already, qmy.

Wasn't Tubby's first ton a cracker?

For about 27 hours Tubby's first ton was the talk of Australia - then SRW scored his, and MARK TAYLOR went back to being Mark Who.

Suppose Gilly has already been mentioned?

lardbucket wrote:Gillespie ...

Phurt, Kumble.

Michael Clarke's first ton pretty much laid th foundation for the "Final Frontier" win.

SRW's against England in 1989.

Slater's in 1993 was pretty special.

Of course, Bannerman's first ton is still the grand-daddy of all debut tons in so far as it's legend goes.

Ignoring the fact that it was in the first ever test, if you look at the scores in the match, the quality of the England attack, the conditions and the speed of scoring, it is undoubtedly one of the great test match innings ever.

Was Ross Taylor's at Old Trafford his first? That was pretty good, even if it did come in a losing cause.

Not of the same calibre of some of the others mentioned here, but I'm struggling to think of m
more and have nothing better to do with myself.

Gilbert Jessop's only ton is still one of the all time great innings.

oh yeah gilly's. for match situation, quality of both innings and opposition and sheer daring its pretty much near the top