Among cricketers who went on to play more than 100 tests, New Zealand's Daniel Vettori with two FC caps, had played the fewest First-Class matches at the time of test debut. 2 - Daniel Vettori (113 Tests)
New Zealand spinner Daniel Vettori had played just two FC matches at the time he made his test debut for New Zealand. Vettori went on to play 113 test matches, taking 362 wickets while bowling at an average of 34.36 and strike rate of 79.5. He picked up 19 4-wicket hauls, 20 5-wicket hauls and 3 10-wicket hauls in his test career.
3 – Wasim Akram (104)
When Wasim Akram made his test debut for Pakistan, he had the experience of just 3 first class matches behind him. Akram went on to play over 100 test matches while bagging 414 wickets at an average of 23.62 and strike rate of 54.6.
He ended his career with a test match against Bangladesh at Dhaka in 2002 as the greatest left arm pacer to take the cricket field. Akram picked up 25 5-wicket hauls in his test career.
5 - Nathan Lyon (100)
Nathan Lyon recently reached the milestone of 100 test matches. He had just played five first class games at the time of making his test debut.
The occasion would have been sweeter for Lyon had Australia went on to win the last test match against India at the Gabba and win the series in turn. However, Lyon could have affected a change to that. If only he had picked up a couple more wickets, things could have been vastly different. In doing that, he would also have reached 400 test scalps as the off spinner currently stands just one shy of the mark.
7 - Clive Lloyd (110)
The great West Indian left-hand batsman and former captain Clive Lloyd had played just 7 first class games at the time of making his test debut. He went on to play 110 test matches for West Indies in which he scored over 7000 runs at an average of 46.67, including 19 centuries and 39 half centuries.
7 - Shane Warne (145)
One of the greatest leg spinners to grace the game, when Shane Warne played his first test match against India at Sydney in January 1992, he had just 7 first class games under his belt. As it turned out, Warne went on to become the second highest wicket taker in the history of test cricket with 708 scalps from 145 matches at an average of 25.41 and strike rate of 57.41. Warne picked up 37 5-wicket hauls in test matches.
