5 players who moved from Associate to Full Member nation

3. Gavin Hamilton (Scotland to England)

The Scottish all-rounder made his national debut as an 18-year-old against the Irish in a three-day game at Eglinton in the summer of 1993. His moment of reckoning, however, came six years later during the 1999 World Cup, where he emerged as Scotland’s leading run-getter.

His 217 runs at an average of 54.25 were good to catch the attention of the English Cricket Board. After he played his last International for Scotland against the Kiwis in the World Cup, Hamilton was fast-tracked to the English set-up.

Six months later he found himself in whites against South Africans at the Bullring in Johannesburg. And, even though it turned out to be his only Test, he still remains the first associate player who made his International debut for a full-member nation with a Test match.