List of cricketers who scored a century in their hundredth Test

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Headshot of Joe Root in a blue polo shirt.
Joe Root has the highest score for a player in their hundredth Test match.
Headshot of Ricky Ponting on a white background.
Ricky Ponting is the only player to score two centuries in their hundredth Test match.

For a player to score a century (100 runs or more) in their hundredth Test match is considered a notable achievement.[1][2][3][4][5] As of December 2022, 73 cricketers have played in at least 100 Test matches,[6] and ten players have achieved the milestone of scoring a century in their hundredth Test.[7][8]

The first player to score a century in their hundredth Test match was Englishman Colin Cowdrey.[2] Cowdrey was the first Test cricketer of any nationality to play 100 Test matches.[9] Pakistan's Javed Miandad was the first batsman to have scored a century on Test debut as well as in their hundredth Test match; West Indian Gordon Greenidge is the only other cricketer to have achieved the feat.[5] Greenidge also scored a century on his 100th One Day International appearance, making him one of two to have made a century in their hundredth ODI and hundredth Test match; he was joined by David Warner.[10] Englishman Joe Root has the highest score in a hundredth Test match; he was the first player to have scored a double century (200 runs or more) in their hundredth Test match.[11] Australian Ricky Ponting is the only player to have scored two centuries in their hundredth Test match;[12] Ponting made scores of 120 and 143 not out against South Africa in Sydney in 2006.[4] David Warner is the latest batsman to score a century in their hundredth Test match and only the second to turn it into a double century, doing so in December 2022.[7]

Australia, England, Pakistan and South Africa are the only teams to have had more than one different player score a century in their hundredth Test match.[3][4] England have had three different players achieve this feat, the most of any country.[13][14] The West Indies is the only other team to have had a player score a century in their hundredth match.[4] No player has ever scored a century in their hundredth Test match and also been on the losing side.[7]

Key

Key
Symbol Meaning
Runs Number of runs scored by the batsman
Inn Innings in which the batsman made a century
Date Date on which the match started

Players

No. Name Runs Inn Team Opposition Venue Date Result Ref(s)
1 Colin Cowdrey 104 1  England  Australia Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom 11 July 1968 Draw [15]
2 Javed Miandad 145 2  Pakistan  India Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, Pakistan 1 December 1989 Draw [16]
3 Gordon Greenidge 149 2  West Indies  England Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda 12 April 1990 Won [17]
4 Alec Stewart 105 2  England  West Indies Old Trafford, Manchester, United Kingdom 3 August 2000 Draw [18]
5 Inzamam-ul-Haq 184 2  Pakistan  India M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore, India 24 March 2005 Won [19]
6 Ricky Ponting[a] 120 2  Australia  South Africa Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia 2 January 2006 Won [20]
143* 4
7 Graeme Smith 131 2  South Africa  England The Oval, London, United Kingdom 19 July 2012 Won [21]
8 Hashim Amla 134 1  South Africa  Sri Lanka Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa 12 January 2017 Won [22]
9 Joe Root 218 1  England  India M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, India 5 February 2021 Won [23]
10 David Warner 200 2  Australia  South Africa Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia 26 December 2022 Won [24]
Last updated: 27 December 2022[7]

Notes

  1. ^ Ricky Ponting scored a century in both innings of his hundredth Test match. Both innings are listed, but he is only counted once.

References

  1. ^ "Amla joins the 'Hundred in Hundredth' club". ESPNcricinfo.
  2. ^ a b "Ricky Ponting to Joe Root: List of batsmen with century in 100th Test match". timesnownews.com. 5 February 2021.
  3. ^ a b C, Aprameya (12 January 2017). "Full list of batsmen scoring 100 in 100th Test after Hashim Amla joins elite club". mykhel.com.
  4. ^ a b c d "Stats: Players who have scored a century in their 100th Test". 12 January 2017.
  5. ^ a b "Special Performances in Landmark 100th Test". www.sportskeeda.com. 28 June 2015.
  6. ^ "Cricketers with more than 100 Test matches". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  7. ^ a b c d "Records / Test matches / Batting Records / Hundred in Hundredth Match". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
  8. ^ "Joe Root joins illustrious list of players to make a century in 100th Test". Belfasttelegraph.co.uk – via www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk.
  9. ^ "First 10 cricketers to join the 100-Test club". News18 India. 27 June 2015. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  10. ^ "David Warner joins elite club after scoring double century in his 100th Test". ESPN. 27 December 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  11. ^ "IND vs ENG: Joe Root scores 200 in 100th Test, breaks multiple records". Sportstar. 6 February 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  12. ^ "Joe Root scores century in 100th Test to join illustrious list". Hindustan Times. 5 February 2021.
  13. ^ Scroll Staff (5 February 2021). "India vs England, first Test: Joe Root joins elite group with century in 100th Test match". Scroll.in.
  14. ^ "Root century in 100th Test gives England perfect start against India". The Guardian. 5 February 2021. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  15. ^ "3rd Test, Birmingham, Jul 11 - Jul 16 1968, Australia tour of England". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  16. ^ "3rd Test, Lahore, Dec 1 - Dec 6 1989, India tour of Pakistan". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  17. ^ "5th Test, St John's, Apr 12 - Apr 16 1990, England tour of West Indies". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  18. ^ "3rd Test, Manchester, Aug 3 - Aug 7 2000, West Indies tour of England and Scotland". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  19. ^ "3rd Test, Bengaluru, Mar 24 - Mar 28 2005, Pakistan tour of India". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  20. ^ "3rd Test, Sydney, Jan 2 - Jan 6 2006, South Africa tour of Australia". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  21. ^ "1st Test, London, Jul 19-23 2012, South Africa tour of England". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  22. ^ "3rd Test, Johannesburg, Jan 12-14 2017, Sri Lanka tour of South Africa". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  23. ^ "1st Test, Chennai, Feb 5-9 2021, England tour of India". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  24. ^ "2nd Test, Melbourne, December 26 - 30, 2022, South Africa tour of Australia". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
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