Common questions

Who has not scored a century on Test debut?

Who has not scored a century on Test debut?

3. AG Kripal Singh. Kripal Singh’s century in his test debut against New Zealand In Hyderabad was, unfortunately, the only century of his international career. He remained not out on a 100 in the first innings.

Who has faced the most balls without scoring in Test cricket?

1. Geoff Allott (New Zealand) New Zealand’s left-arm fast bowler Geoffery Ian Allot, was dismissed on zero after playing 77 balls in 101 minutes batting in the first innings of the first Test match played in Auckland against South Africa in 1999.

Who scored the slowest century in Test cricket?

Mudassar Nazar
The slowest double-hundred in a Test was scored in 777 minutes (548 balls) by DSBP Kuruppu for Sri Lanka v New Zealand at Colombo (CCC), 1986-87, on his debut….

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Minutes 557
Player Mudassar Nazar
Match Pakistan v England
Location Lahore
Year 1977-78

What is the highest score of India in a Test match without a century?

The highest inning total not to contain a century is India’s 524/9 against New Zealand at Kanpur in 1976/77. The highest score in the inning was not even 75. There were six individual half-centuries and the highest score was 70 by Mohinder Amarnath.

Who scored fastest 100 on debut in Test cricket?

Fastest centuries scored in international test match cricket as of August 2021, by balls faced

Characteristic Number of balls faced
BB McCullum (New Zealand v Australia – 2015/16) 54
IVA Richards (West Indies v England – 1985/86) 56
Misbah-ul-Haq (Pakistan v Australia – 2014/15) 56
AC Gilchrist (Australia v England – 2006/07) 57

Who was the first Indian to score a century in Test match?

Lala Amarnath Bharadwaj
Lala Amarnath Bharadwaj (11 September 1911 – 5 August 2000) was the first batsman to score a century for the India national cricket team in Test cricket….Lala Amarnath.

Competition Test First-class
Matches 24 186
Runs scored 878 10,426
Batting average 24.38 41.37
100s/50s 1/4 31/39
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Who made 1 run in 100 balls?

Did Rahul Dravid face 100 balls to score 1 run? No, Rahul Dravid did not faces 100 balls to make his 1st run. Moreover, During the 2008 Sydney Test between Australia and India, Dravid took 40 deliveries to score his first run. This was the same match in which the infamous Monkeygate incident occurred.

Who has most ODI runs without a century?

Player Span Runs
Misbah-ul-Haq (PAK) 2002-2015 5122
Wasim Akram (PAK) 1984-2003 3717
Moin Khan (PAK) 1990-2004 3266
HH Streak (Afr/ZIM) 1993-2005 2943

Who scored fastest 200 in Test?

Nathan Astle of New Zealand holds the record of fastest double century in test match cricket, against England, in Christchurch. Set 550 to chase, The Blackcaps were 333 for 9 before Nathan Astle went briserk.

Who has scored the fastest half century in Test cricket?

Lara had held the record before Hayden, with a score of 375 against England 10 years earlier. Pakistan’s Misbah-ul-Haq holds the record of the fastest Test half century, scoring 50 runs from 21 balls.

How many Test cricket totals have no individual 50+ score?

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There are three 300+ totals with no individual 50+ score. Below the table lists the highest totals with no individual 50+ score in Tests. Lowest completed inning to include a century is New Zealand’s 159 against England at Christchurch in 1962/63 where John Reid scored 100.

Is Samaraweera’s century the slowest century in Test cricket till now?

Srilanka eventually won the match quite easily but this match would also be remembered for the slow century scored by Samaraweera in the process. Samaraweera scored his century in 345 balls which made him sit at the 5th spot in our list for the slowest centuries by balls in Test cricket till now.

How many times no batsman has scored a century in cricket?

There have been many totals of over 450 and few over 500 were no batsman scored a century which clearly means that there was a small important contribution by all batsmen in the inning. The highest inning total not to contain a century is India’s 524/9 against New Zealand at Kanpur in 1976/77. The highest score in the inning was not even 75.