Clarke, who made 151
at Bangalore and 141
at Brisbane, was actually the sixth person to achieve this feat - and the third for Australia. The first to do it was
Harry Graham, the "Little Dasher", who scored 107 on his debut for Australia, at Lord's in 1893, and added 105 on his home debut, at Sydney in 1894-95. Then
KS Ranjitsinhji, the Indian prince who played for England, made 154 not out on his Test debut, against Australia at Old Trafford in 1896, and added 175 in his first Test overseas, at Sydney in 1897-98. It was a long time before it happened again:
Lawrence Rowe made 214 and 100 not out on his debut for West Indies, against New Zealand at Kingston in 1971-72, then had to wait nearly four years for an overseas Test - and promptly scored 107 against Australia at Brisbane.
Kepler Wessels hit 162 on his debut for Australia, against England at Brisbane in 1982-83, and added 141 in his first overseas Test, against Sri Lanka at Kandy later that season. He also scored 118 on his home Test debut for his native South Africa, against India at Durban in 1992-93, and narrowly missed an amazing foursome by making "only" 59 and 74 in his first official Test for South Africa, against West Indies at Bridgetown earlier in 1992. The last player to achieve the feat before Clarke was
Azhar Mahmood, of Pakistan, who made 128 not out in his first home Test, at Rawalpindi, and 136 in his first away one - both against South Africa in 1997-98.