Adam in vogue to punish West Indies

Adam Voges has become the oldest player in history to score a century on Test debut, steering Australia out of trouble on the second day of the first Test against the West Indies in Dominica.

The 35-year-old compiled a brilliant unbeaten 130 as Australian wickets tumbled around him on a slow surface at Windsor Park, becoming the 20th Australian to score a century in his first Test.

The milestone appeared to be out of Voges's reach when Nathan Lyon was the ninth man out for 22 with the Western Australian still 23 runs short of the milestone.

But he slowly moved through the 80s and into the 90s by cleverly farming the strike from No.11 Josh Hazlewood, who was solid in defence when required, and then moved to 98 with a straight six off the bowling of Jerome Taylor.

A single to mid-off took him to 99 and he moved to three figures with a single behind square on the leg side, letting out an enourmous roar and holding both arms aloft in celebration.

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Voges celebrates his century // Getty Image

He then shared a warm embrace with Hazlewood before acknowledging his teammates who had gathered in the viewing area of the Billy Doctrove Pavilion.

Voges is the 15th Australian to score a century in his first ever Test innings and five of the past six to achieve the feat were at the ground today; Voges, teammates Shaun Marsh (who scored a century on debut against Sri Lanka in 2011) and Michael Clarke (v India, 2004), fielding coach Greg Blewett (v England, 1995) and selector on duty Mark Waugh (v England, 1991).

Voges's long-time state teammate Marcus North made a century in his debut Test innings against South Africa at the Wanderers in 2009.

The Western Australian is also the second oldest Australian after Arthur Richardson in 1924 to score 50 or more in his first Test.

The records Voges broke today should not take away from the quality and importance of his innings in a match where no other batsman so far has scored more than 40.

Video: Highlights of Voges's debut ton

The veteran came to the wicket late on the first day with Australia 3-61 in reply to the home side's 148 and he got off the mark with a boundary through mid-wicket from his second ball.

Voges batted patiently on the second morning as Australia lost three wickets to spin, adding just 25 runs in the session to be 45 not out at the break.

He then worked expertly with the tail, the final four wickets adding 192 runs to put Australia in a dominant position at the end of day two.

He finished unbeaten on 130 from 247 balls with 13 fours and a six.