Test cricket is the traditional form of cricket and continues to attract fans to this day. Many new formats such as One-Day International and Twenty20 have emerged over the years and have become more popular and preferred than Test cricket, but the latter represents the original way of playing cricket.
There are tours and championships for experimental cricket and still draw huge crowds to the stadiums. High scores are the priority of the batting team, and the bowling team must hit the ball fast. Throwers tend to shine in test cricket due to the nature of the pitch and the placement of the pitch. However, hitters also tend to perform very well in test games.
Players have scored double, triple and quadruple centuries in test cricket. You can check the list of players with the most hundreds of tests below.
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The player with the most centuries of testing
#1 Sachin Tendulkar
India’s Sachin Tendulkar has been dubbed the “God of cricket” and for good reason. He is the most successful tennis player of the century and has many unbreakable cricket records to his name. Such a record is of the most challenging centuries. Tendulkar has scored 51 hundred points in his illustrious playing career and is also the highest scorer in test cricket. He made 15,921 runs in 200 games and 329 plays. Tendulkar’s hit rate of 54.04 and Average of 53.78 are also impressive considering the games he has played. Tendulkar’s record of most hundreds of tests will be undefeated forever because the next 10 players after him are all retired and the next ones are getting old.
#2 Jacques Kallis
Jacques Kallis of South Africa has the second most number of trials of the century. Kallis has scored 45 goals in 280 innings for a career run of 13,289. Kallis is a surprising entry as most fans know him as a pitcher. However, Kallis is also adept at both bat and ball and is considered the greatest all-round player of all time.
#3 Ricky Ponting
Ricky Ponting was instrumental in Australia’s success at the turn of the 21st century. Ponting is considered one of the most successful captains in cricket history and also an outstanding tennis player. He scored 41 hundred goals in 287 innings with a strike rate of 58.72 and an average of 51.85. Ponting’s strategic play style and on-court IQ are exceptional and he is regularly regarded as one of the best cricketers ever.
The highest century in test cricket |
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Player | Team | Matches | Session | Run | Tallest | 100 seconds | 50’s | Medium |
Sachin Tendulkar | India | 200 | 329 | 15,921 | 248* | 51 | 68 | 53.78 |
Jacques Kallis | South Africa | 166 | 280 | 13,289 | 224 | 45 | 58 | 55.37 |
Ricky Ponting | Australia | 168 | 287 | 13,378 | 257 | 41 | 62 | 51.85 |
Kumar Sangakkara | Sri Lanka | 134 | 233 | 12,400 | 319 | 38 | 52 | 57.40 |
Rahul Dravid | India | 164 | 286 | 13.288 | 270 | 36 | 63 | 52.31 |
Younis Khan | Pakistan | 118 | 213 | 10.099 | 313 | 34 | 33 | 52.05 |
Sunil Gavaskar | India | 125 | 214 | 10.122 | 236* | 34 | 45 | 51.12 |
Brian Lara | West Indies | 131 | 232 | 11,953 | 400* | 34 | 48 | 52.88 |
Mahela Jayawardene | Sri Lanka | 149 | 252 | 11,814 | 374 | 34 | 50 | 49.84 |
Chef Alastair | England | 161 | 291 | 12,472 | 294 | 33 | 57 | 45.35 |
Steven Smith | Australia | 101 | 178 | 9,178 | 239 | 32 | 37 | 58.83 |
Steve Waugh | Australia | 168 | 260 | 10,927 | 200 | 32 | 50 | 51.06 |
Matthew Hayden | Australia | 103 | 184 | 8,625 | 380 | 30 | 29 | 50.73 |
Original Joe | England | 134 | 245 | 11.320 | 254 | 30 | 59 | 50.31 |
Shivnarine Chanderpaul | West Indies | 164 | 280 | 11,867 | 203* | 30 | 66 | 51.37 |
Virat kohli | India | 111 | 187 | 8,669 | 254* | 29 | 29 | 49.53 |
Kane Williamson | New Zealand | ninety four | 164 | 8.124 | 251 | 28 | 33 | 54.89 |
Michael Clarke | Australia | 115 | 198 | 8,643 | 329* | 28 | 27 | 49.10 |
Hashim Amla | South Africa | 124 | 215 | 9,282 | 311* | 28 | 41 | 46.64 |
Graeme Smith | South Africa | 117 | 205 | 9.265 | 277 | 27 | 38 | 48.25 |
Allan border | Australia | 156 | 265 | 11,174 | 205 | 27 | 63 | 50.56 |
Mr. Garry Awake | West Indies | 93 | 160 | 8032 | 365* | 26 | 30 | 57.78 |
David Warner | Australia | 108 | 197 | 8,389 | 335* | 25 | 35 | 44.62 |
Inzamam-ul-Haq | Pakistan | 120 | 200 | 8,830 | 329 | 25 | forty six | 49.60 |
Greg Chappell | Australia | eighty seven | 151 | 7,110 | 247* | 24 | thirty first | 53.86 |
Mohammad Yousuf | Pakistan | 90 | 156 | 7.530 | 223 | 24 | 33 | 52.29 |
Sir Vivi Richards | West Indies | 121 | 182 | 8,540 | 291 | 24 | 45 | 50.23 |
Virender Sehwag | India | 104 | 180 | 8,586 | 319 | 23 | 32 | 49.34 |
Kevin Pietersen | England | 104 | 181 | 8,181 | 227 | 23 | 35 | 47.28 |
Justin Langer | Australia | 105 | 182 | 7.696 | 250 | 23 | 30 | 45.27 |
Javed Miandad | Pakistan | 124 | 189 | 8,832 | 280* | 23 | 43 | 52.57 |
Wally Hammond | England | 85 | 140 | 7.249 | 336* | 22 | 24 | 58.45 |
Mohammad Azharuddin | India | 99 | 147 | 6.215 | 199 | 22 | 21 | 45.03 |
MC Cowdrey | England | 114 | 188 | 7,624 | 182 | 22 | 38 | 44.06 |
AB de Villiers | South Africa | 114 | 191 | 8.765 | 278* | 22 | forty six | 50.66 |
Boycott Geoff | England | 108 | 193 | 8,114 | 246* | 22 | 42 | 47.72 |
Infrared Bells | England | 118 | 205 | 7,727 | 235 | 22 | forty six | 42.69 |
RN Harvey | Australia | 79 | 137 | 6.149 | 205 | 21 | 24 | 48.41 |
Gary Kirsten | South Africa | 101 | 176 | 7.289 | 275 | 21 | 34 | 45.27 |
AJ Strauss | England | 100 | 178 | 7.037 | 177 | 21 | 27 | 40.91 |
David Boon | Australia | 107 | 190 | 7.422 | 200 | 21 | 32 | 43.65 |
Ken Barrington | England | 82 | 131 | 6,806 | 256 | 20 | 35 | 58.67 |
Aravinda de Silva | Sri Lanka | 93 | 159 | 6.361 | 267 | 20 | 22 | 42.97 |
Mark Waugh | Australia | 128 | 209 | 8.029 | 153* | 20 | 47 | 41.81 |
Graham Gooch | England | 118 | 215 | 8,900 | 333 | 20 | forty six | 42.58 |
Michael Hussey | Australia | 79 | 137 | 6.235 | 195 | 19 | 29 | 51.52 |
L Hutton | England | 79 | 138 | 6.971 | 364 | 19 | 33 | 56.67 |
Clive Lloyd | West Indies | 110 | 175 | 7.515 | 242* | 19 | 39 | 46.67 |
Cheteshwar Pujara | India | 103 | 176 | 7.195 | 206* | 19 | 35 | 43.60 |
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