The first players to score Test centuries for their countries

New Zealand: Stewie Dempster

Stewie Dempster: The first Kiwi batsman to score a Test hundred

In only his second Test appearance, which was also his country's second, the dashing opener strung a solid opening stand worth 276, till date a New Zealand record for the first wicket, with partner and debutant Jackie Mills.

Stewie Dempster is one of the finest batsmen that New Zealand has ever produced. Sound technique, nimble footwork, and dominant off-side play were characteristic traits to his batting style that helped him rule the batting charts for years in First Class cricket.

In fact, in a Neil Armstrong-Edwin Aldrin type of a situation, Dempster outscored Mills to reach the landmark and will thus go down as the first Kiwi batsman to score a Test century.

He ended up scoring more than 12,000 First Class runs at an average of 44.98 that included 35 centuries and 55 half-centuries.