New Delhi. What is the highest century in a cricket test? Most cricket experts estimate this to be five or at most six centuries but the correct answer is 8 centuries. So far two Tests have been played in Test cricket in which the batsmen of both the teams have scored a total of eight centuries. There is one Test in which batsmen scored 8 centuries in the first two innings, including a triple century.
In the fourth Test of the series between West Indies and South Africa at St John’s in 2005, four batsmen from both teams scored centuries in the first two innings. Chris Gayle played an innings of 317 runs for the host Indies team in this match.
South Africa’s Smith, AB, Kallis and Prince scored centuries.
The Test, played from 29 April to 3 May 2007, saw many runs scored and the bowlers struggling. In this match, the South African team captained by Graeme Smith won the toss and decided to bat first. For South Africa, AB de Villiers and Graeme Smith put on a 245-run partnership for the first wicket, making the wicket a ‘batting paradise’. De Villiers scored 114 and Smith scored 126. After the dismissal of these two, the next two wickets fell quickly in the form of Boeta Dipenar and Herschel Gibbs but after this centuries Jacques Kallis (147) and Ashwell Prince (131) took the team past 500 runs. After the dismissal of these two batsmen, South Africa declared their innings by making 588 runs for 6 wickets (163 overs). Mark Boucher (11) and Shaun Pollock (13) remained unbeaten. 8 out of 11 players of the Indies team bowled.
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Gayle scored 317 runs, Saravan, Chandrapal and Bravo also shone.
In reply, West Indies lost their first wicket in the second over to Bowell Hinds (0) but Chris Gayle and Ramnaresh Saravan put on 331 runs for the second wicket to defeat the South African bowlers. Brian Lara (4) was out early after Saravan was dismissed for a personal score of 127 but Gayle put on a 149-run partnership for the fourth wicket with Shivnarine Chanderpaul (127). On the fourth day of the match, Chris Gayle completed his triple century with the help of 34 fours and three sixes in 462 balls. He fell victim to fast bowler Monde Jondeki as the fifth wicket. Another century from Dwayne Bravo (107) for the hosts saw West Indies’ first innings end on 747 after 235.2 overs.
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Wicketkeeper Boucher also bowled and took a wicket.
All 11 players including wicketkeeper Mark Boucher bowled from South Africa in this match. Boucher bowled only in this match in his entire international career. Interestingly, he managed to take the wicket of ‘centurion’ Dwayne Bravo in just 1.2 overs of bowling. For South Africa, Jondeki top-scored with three wickets while non-regular bowlers Smith and de Villiers took two wickets each. On the final day of the match, South Africa scored 127 runs for the loss of one wicket in the second innings and the match was a dull draw.
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He also scored 8 centuries in the Sri Lanka-Bangladesh Test
Eight centuries were scored again in the Sri Lanka-Bangladesh Test in Galle in 2013, six years after the West Indies-South Africa St. John’s Test. These centuries include a double century when another batsman missed a double century. In this Test played from March 8 to 12, hosts Sri Lanka declared the first innings at 570 for 4 with the help of centuries from Kumar Sangakkara (142), Lahiru Thirimanne (155) and Dinesh Chandimal (116). ). Bangladesh responded well and posted a massive first innings score of 638, including centuries from Mohammad Ashraful (190), captain Mushfiqur Rahim (200) and Nasir Hussain (100). Rahim became the first Bangladeshi batsman to score a double century in Test cricket, after Ashraful missed the opportunity by being dismissed for 190.
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Sangakkara scored centuries in both innings
In Sri Lanka’s second innings too, two batsmen – Tillakaratne Dilshan (126) and Kumar Sangakkara (105) scored centuries. Kumar Sangakkara scored centuries in both innings. The hosts declared the second innings at 335 for four and set Bangladesh a target of 268, in reply to which the team reached 70 for the loss of one wicket at the end of the fifth day. The match ended in a draw.
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First published: May 4, 2024, 08:33 IST