Fewest First-Class Matches Before Test Debut
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| 0 | Allah Ghazanfar | Afghanistan |
| 0 | AG Archer | England |
| 0 | WH Ashley | South Africa |
| 0 | CJ Coventry | England |
| 0 | G Cripps | South Africa |
| 0 | OR Dunell | South Africa |
| 0 | CG Fichardt | South Africa |
| 0 | CE Finlason | South Africa |
| 0 | WHB Frank | South Africa |
| 0 | BAF Grieve | England |
| 0 | EA Halliwell | South Africa |
| 0 | JR Hodges | Australia |
| 0 | MJ Humphreys | Ireland |
| 0 | P Hutchinson | South Africa |
| 0 | GA Kempis | South Africa |
| 0 | TK Kendall | Australia |
| 0 | JEP McMaster | England |
| 0 | Mashrafe Mortaza | Bangladesh |
| 0 | AM Miller | England |
| 0 | WH Milton | South Africa |
| 0 | Mujeeb Zadran | Afghanistan |
| 0 | Nazmul Hossain | Bangladesh |
| 0 | NT Nyamhuri | Zimbabwe |
| 0 | AE Ochse | South Africa |
| 0 | U Ranchod | Zimbabwe |
| 0 | WHM Richards | South Africa |
| 0 | A Rose-Innes | South Africa |
| 0 | GH Shepstone | South Africa |
| 0 | FW Smith | South Africa |
| 0 | RB Stewart | South Africa |
| 0 | AB Tancred | South Africa |
| 0 | NHCD Theunissen | South Africa |
| 0 | JF du Toit | South Africa |
| 0 | CH Vintcent | South Africa |
| 0 | GE Vivian | New Zealand |
| 0 | BC White | Ireland |
| 0 | JT Willoughby | South Africa |
| 0 | Yasir Ali | Pakistan |
| 1 | Aamer Nazir | Pakistan |
| 1 | JC Alabaster | New Zealand |
| 1 | C Campher | Ireland |
| 1 | JT Cottam | Australia |
| 1 | GJ Crocker | Zimbabwe |
| 1 | FH Edwards | West Indies |
| 1 | TW Garrett | Australia |
| 1 | CC Griffith | West Indies |
| 1 | RPW Guneratne | Sri Lanka |
| 1 | GF Labrooy | Sri Lanka |
| 1 | CB Llewellyn | South Africa |
| 1 | Miran Bakhsh | Pakistan |
| 1 | Mohammad Rafique | Bangladesh |
| 1 | GG Morais | West Indies |
| 1 | HA Musgrove | Australia |
| 1 | GM Parker | South Africa |
| 1 | CC Passailaigue | West Indies |
| 1 | RJ Pope | Australia |
| 1 | A Ranatunga | Sri Lanka |
| 1 | Ranjan Das | Bangladesh |
| 1 | TW Routledge | South Africa |
| 1 | JNT Seales | West Indies |
| 1 | Tauseef Ahmed | Pakistan |
| 1 | CS Wimble | South Africa |
| 1 | J Worrall | Australia |
| 2 | EE Achong | West Indies |
| 2 | FS Ahangama | Sri Lanka |
| 2 | MG Burmester | Zimbabwe |
| 2 | FJ Cook | South Africa |
| 2 | EAR de Silva | Sri Lanka |
| 2 | DT Dewdney | West Indies |
| 2 | DL Freeman | New Zealand |
| 2 | RL Fuller | West Indies |
| 2 | RA Gleeson | South Africa |
| 2 | R Graham | South Africa |
| 2 | MG Grell | West Indies |
| 2 | FP Hand | Ireland |
| 2 | Hasan Raza | Pakistan |
| 2 | L Hone | England |
| 2 | CL Johnson | South Africa |
| 2 | Jubair Hossain | Bangladesh |
| 2 | LA King | West Indies |
| 2 | CBRLS Kumara | Sri Lanka |
| 2 | BK Kunderan | India |
| 2 | TN Madondo | Zimbabwe |
| 2 | Mehrab Hossain | Bangladesh |
| 2 | WE Midwinter | Australia |
| 2 | WH Moule | Australia |
| 2 | V Razdan | India |
| 2 | WR Robertson | Australia |
| 2 | GA Rowe | South Africa |
| 2 | Saleem Elahi | Pakistan |
| 2 | SAR Silva | Sri Lanka |
| 2 | CK Singh | West Indies |
| 2 | GS Sobers | West Indies |
| 2 | DL Vettori | New Zealand |
| 2 | Waqar Salamkheil | Afghanistan |
| 2 | KPJ Warnaweera | Sri Lanka |
| 2 | CDUS Weerasinghe | Sri Lanka |
| 3 | Abdullah Shafiq | Pakistan |
| 3 | R Ahmed | England |
| 3 | KN Amalean | Sri Lanka |
| 3 | AMJG Amerasinghe | Sri Lanka |
| 3 | JM Blackham | Australia |
| 3 | ID Buys | South Africa |
| 3 | GM Carew | West Indies |
| 3 | A Cotter | Australia |
| 3 | PJ Cummins | Australia |
| 3 | FI de Caires | West Indies |
| 3 | MH Dekker | Zimbabwe |
| 3 | CD Dixon | South Africa |
| 3 | RR Dower | South Africa |
| 3 | ERNS Fernando | Sri Lanka |
| 3 | HA Furlonge | West Indies |
| 3 | G Giffen | Australia |
| 3 | RL Harvey | South Africa |
| 3 | EAC Hunte | West Indies |
| 3 | BR Jurangpathy | Sri Lanka |
| 3 | TE Kane | Ireland |
| 3 | ESM Kentish | West Indies |
| 3 | GR Loveridge | New Zealand |
| 3 | JJ Lyons | Australia |
| 3 | WN Madhevere | Zimbabwe |
| 3 | IS Madray | West Indies |
| 3 | KT Maphaka | South Africa |
| 3 | C Mills | South Africa |
| 3 | S Morris | Australia |
| 3 | BS Mudzinganyama | Zimbabwe |
| 3 | WL Murdoch | Australia |
| 3 | Naimur Rahman | Bangladesh |
| 3 | JD Nel | South Africa |
| 3 | ES Newson | South Africa |
| 3 | T Panyangara | Zimbabwe |
| 3 | DC Parkin | South Africa |
| 3 | SV Samuelson | South Africa |
| 3 | AHP Scott | West Indies |
| 3 | Shaheen Shah Afridi | Pakistan |
| 3 | OG Smith | West Indies |
| 3 | WRT Solomon | South Africa |
| 3 | Talha Jubair | Bangladesh |
| 3 | BR Taylor | New Zealand |
| 3 | MM Theekshana | Sri Lanka |
| 3 | JW Trumble | Australia |
| 3 | PS Twentyman-Jones | South Africa |
| 3 | Wafadar Momand | Afghanistan |
| 3 | KP Walmsley | New Zealand |
| 3 | Wasim Akram | Pakistan |
| 3 | PL Winslow | South Africa |
| 4 | GI Allott | New Zealand |
| 4 | L Amarnath | India |
| 4 | GJ Bonnor | Australia |
| 4 | DH Brain | Zimbabwe |
| 4 | GA Briant | Zimbabwe |
| 4 | LS Brown | South Africa |
| 4 | IG Butler | New Zealand |
| 4 | FJ Cameron | West Indies |
| 4 | JAK Cochran | South Africa |
| 4 | CPL Connolly | Australia |
| 4 | OC Da Costa | West Indies |
| 4 | WW Daniel | West Indies |
| 4 | GA Faulkner | South Africa |
| 4 | JJ Ferris | Australia |
| 4 | CE Floquet | South Africa |
| 4 | CN Frank | South Africa |
| 4 | WF Giffen | Australia |
| 4 | AP Gurusinha | Sri Lanka |
| 4 | Hanif Mohammad | Pakistan |
| 4 | TP Horan | Australia |
| 4 | SP Jones | Australia |
| 4 | AK Kuruppuarachchi | Sri Lanka |
| 4 | EDAS McMorris | West Indies |
| 4 | MD Marshall | West Indies |
| 4 | MG Melle | South Africa |
| 4 | GH Mudie | West Indies |
| 4 | DJ Nash | New Zealand |
| 4 | ML Nkala | Zimbabwe |
| 4 | AF Rae | West Indies |
| 4 | Rashid Khan | Afghanistan |
| 4 | AT Roberts | West Indies |
| 4 | JED Sealy | West Indies |
| 4 | AK Sengupta | India |
| 4 | Shadab Khan | Pakistan |
| 4 | MA Small | West Indies |
| 4 | FB Smith | New Zealand |
| 4 | CA Snedden | New Zealand |
| 4 | HH Streak | Zimbabwe |
| 4 | DD Taylor | New Zealand |
| 4 | WJ Watson | Australia |
| 5 | PR Adams | South Africa |
| 5 | Azmatullah Omarzai | Afghanistan |
| 5 | IM Barrow | West Indies |
| 5 | JEF Beck | New Zealand |
| 5 | JM Blanckenberg | South Africa |
| 5 | W Bruce | Australia |
| 5 | GK Bruk-Jackson | Zimbabwe |
| 5 | T Campbell | South Africa |
| 5 | ST Clarke | West Indies |
| 5 | JMM Commaille | South Africa |
| 5 | AHC Cooper | South Africa |
| 5 | G Coulthard | Australia |
| 5 | AG Cremer | Zimbabwe |
| 5 | HT Dani | India |
| 5 | RG de Alwis | Sri Lanka |
| 5 | CC Depeiaza | West Indies |
| 5 | JP Duminy | South Africa |
| 5 | MC Frederick | West Indies |
| 5 | LR Gibbs | West Indies |
| 5 | TR Gripper | Zimbabwe |
| 5 | TU Groube | Australia |
| 5 | Habibul Bashar | Bangladesh |
| 5 | RHM Hands | South Africa |
| 5 | Israr Ali | Pakistan |
| 5 | S Joseph | West Indies |
| 5 | Khalid Wazir | Pakistan |
| 5 | ACI Lock | Zimbabwe |
| 5 | NM Lyon | Australia |
| 5 | TR McKibbin | Australia |
| 5 | MAWR Madurasinghe | Sri Lanka |
| 5 | Mahmood Hussain | Pakistan |
| 5 | AP Marr | Australia |
| 5 | WFE Marx | South Africa |
| 5 | VL Mehra | India |
| 5 | J Middleton | South Africa |
| 5 | RS Miller | West Indies |
| 5 | CB Mpofu | Zimbabwe |
| 5 | Mushfiqur Rahim | Bangladesh |
| 5 | Mushfiqur Rahman | Bangladesh |
| 5 | B Muzarabani | Zimbabwe |
| 5 | DN Myers | Zimbabwe |
| 5 | Nasim-ul-Ghani | Pakistan |
| 5 | JM Noreiga | West Indies |
| 5 | SM Nurse | West Indies |
| 5 | MB Owens | New Zealand |
| 5 | SJ Pegler | South Africa |
| 5 | RW Price | Zimbabwe |
| 5 | VB Ranjane | India |
| 5 | N Reid | South Africa |
| 5 | JA Rennie | Zimbabwe |
| 5 | AW Seccull | South Africa |
| 5 | CP Senanayake | Sri Lanka |
| 5 | Shahriar Hossain | Bangladesh |
| 5 | WA Shalders | South Africa |
| 5 | CJE Smith | South Africa |
| 5 | FR Spofforth | Australia |
| 5 | LA Stricker | South Africa |
| 5 | JO Taylor | West Indies |
| 5 | CK Tshuma | Zimbabwe |
| 5 | LA Walcott | West Indies |
| 5 | JC Watkins | South Africa |
| 5 | JR Watkins | Australia |
| 5 | CD Watson | West Indies |
| 5 | JW Zulch | South Africa |
| 5 | Zulfiqar Ahmed | Pakistan |
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