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The Rediff Special/Rajneesh Gupta

Will Sachin's record be eclipsed?

January 06, 2006

Australian skipper Ricky Ponting made history at Sydney this week when he became the first batsman ever to score centuries in both innings of his 100th Test.

Ponting has scored an amazing 21 centuries in the last five years -- in comparision Sachin Tendulkar, the world's top Test centurion, has hit 11 centuries.

The Australian captain's compatriot Matthew Hayden heads the five-year list with an amazing 24 hundreds.

We present a list of the world's leading Test centurions.

We also present a list of the world's leading Test century-makers in the last five years.

Check out both lists and tell us whether you think Sachin's recent achievement of 35 Test hundreds will be eclipsed soon, and if so, by who?

100sBatsmanForMInnNORunsHsAve50s0s
35Sachin TendulkarInd1262032110323248*56.724112
34Sunil GavaskarInd1252141610122236*51.124512
32Steve WaughAus168260461092720051.065022
31Brian LaraWI*121214611204400*53.874614
29Don BradmanAus528010699633499.94137
28Ricky PontingAus10016623825325757.71328
27Allan BorderAus156265441117420550.566311
26Gary SobersWI 93160218032365*57.783012
25Matthew HaydenAus7914112698838054.17249
24Greg ChappellAus87151197110247*53.863112
24Inzamam-ul HaqPak*10517519805232951.624213
24Vivian RichardsWI 12118212854029150.244510
23Jacques KallisSA*96161287613189*57.24389
23Javed MiandadPak124189218832280*52.57436
22Walter HammondEng85140167249336*58.46244
22Justin LangerAus971689727125045.722910
22M AzharuddinInd991479621519945.04215
22Geoff BoycottEng108193238114246*47.734210
22Colin CowdreyEng11418815762418244.07389
21Neil HarveyAus7913710614920548.42247
21Gary KirstenSA10117615728927545.273413
21David BoonAus10719020742220043.663216
20Ken BarringtonEng8213115680625658.67355
20Aravinda de SilvaSL 9315911636126742.98227
20Rahul DravidInd*9415818800327057.16396
20Graham GoochEng1182156890033342.584613
20Mark WaughAus128209178029153*41.824719

Leading century-makers in last 5 years (since January 1, 2001)
100sBatsmanForMInnNORunsHsAve50s0s
24Matthew HaydenAus6712112646038059.26225
21Ricky PontingAus6210716584325764.20215
16Brian LaraWI*478525134400*61.86166
16Jacques KallisSA*5392204984189*69.22255
15Justin LangerAus601077488525048.85186
15Michael VaughanEng561028422219744.91127
14Adam GilchristAus6797144135204*49.821610
13Marcus TrescothickEng631209516321946.512511
12Inzamam-ul HaqPak*35597324532962.40134
12Rahul DravidInd*548911468127060.01224
12Shivnaraine ChanderpaulWI 4680123474203*51.09146
12Damien MartynAus50787348716549.11176
12Hershel GibbsSA52885438022852.77173
11Graeme SmithSA*43755360827751.54125
11Sachin TendulkarInd477883907248*55.81175
11Marvan AtapattuSL 49839315124942.5889
10Gary KirstenSA34585278522052.55123
10Virendra SehwagInd*39642332030953.55105

Note : The asterisk against a player's country denotes that he played in the Super 'Test' for the World XI.


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