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Hall creates unique record

Rajneesh Gupta | November 21, 2004 17:41 IST

Andrew Hall by taking 433 minutes to reach three figure-mark in the first Test against India at Kanpur on Sunday recorded the second slowest Test hundred by a South African.

Jackie McGlew had taken 545 minutes to complete his century against Australia in 1957-58, which still remains the slowest ever hundred by a South African.

Slowest Test 100s for South Africa:
545 minutesJackie McGlew (105)v AusDurban1957-58
433 minutesAndrew Hall (163)v IndKanpur2004-05

Hall's hundred is now the fifth slowest Test hundred on Indian soil as is shown in the following table:

Slowest Test 100s on Indian soil:
440 minutesAllan Watkins (137*)Eng v IndDelhi1951-52
438 minutesGeoff Boycott (105)Eng v IndDelhi1981-82
437 minutesDilip Vengsarkar (146*)Ind v PakDelhi1979-80
435 minutesJohn Guy (102)NZ v IndHyderabad1955-56
433 minutesAndrew Hall (163)SA v IndKanpur2004-05



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