You are here: Home » Cricket India » The Fastest Test Centuries

The Fastest Test Centuries

Updated on January 5, 2017 By Comments Off on The Fastest Test Centuries

Related Links : India in West Indies : Virender Sehwag

Virender Sehwag’s blistering hundred on the opening day of the 2nd Test match at St.Lucia took just 78 balls. Many of us might be wondering whether this was a record, so we thought of compiling the list of the fastest Test hundreds scored in terms of balls. The list has been updated till June 11, 2006.

  1. Vivian Richards (WI) : 56 balls Vs England at St.John’s in 1985/86
  2. Jack Gregory (Aus) : 67 balls Vs South Africa at Johannesburg in 1921/22
  3. Shivnarine Chanderpaul (WI) : 69 balls Vs Australia at Georgetown in 2002/03
  4. Roy Fredericks (WI) : 71 balls Vs Australia at Perth in 1975/76
  5. Md.Azharuddin (Ind) : 74 balls Vs South Africa at Calcutta in 1996/97
  6. Majid Khan (Pak) : 74 balls Vs New Zealand at Karachi in 1976/77
  7. Kapil Dev (Ind) : 74 balls Vs Sri Lanka at Kanpur in 1986/87
  8. Gilbert Lessop (Eng) : 76 balls Vs Australia at The Oval in 1902
  9. Shahid Afridi (Pak) : 78 bals Vs West Indies at Bridgetown in 2005
  10. Shahid Afridi (Pak) : 78 balls Vs India at Lahore in 2005/06
  11. Virender Sehwag (Ind) : 78 balls Vs West Indies at St.Lucia in 2006
  12. Chris Gayle (WI) : 79 balls Vs South Africa at Cape Town in 2003/04
  13. Chris Gayle (WI) : 79 balls Vs England at The Oval in 2004
  14. Mahela Jayawardene (SL) : 81 balls Vs Bangladesh at Colombo in 2001/02
  15. Kamran Akmal (Pak) : 81 balls Vs India at Lahore in 2005/06