List of batsmen who have scored 100 centuries in first-class cricket explained

In the sport of cricket, a batsman is said to have scored a century when they reach a score of 100 or more runs in an innings without being dismissed. In first-class cricket, the highest form of the game below international level, a total of 25 players have achieved the feat on a hundred or more occasions.[1] [2] For statistical purposes, any centuries scored in a Test match are included as first-class centuries (as shown in the Table below).

The first cricketer to achieve the feat was W. G. Grace, who completed his hundredth century in May 1895.[3] Grace remains the only batsman to have achieved the feat and finished with a batting average below 40.[4]

The English County Championship has historically always been the first-class competition in which the most matches are played per season, hence the most conducive competition to prolific run-scoring. Of the 25 men to have scored 100 first-class centuries, all have been either natively English or English-qualified except Donald Bradman of Australia, Zaheer Abbas of Pakistan, Glenn Turner of New Zealand and West Indian Viv Richards. Zaheer Abbas (Gloucestershire), Turner (Worcestershire) and Richards (Somerset) all had substantial county careers as overseas players; Bradman, the first non-English batsman to achieve the feat, therefore remains the only batsman to have done so despite never having played for an English county side. He also achieved the feat in the fewest innings and at the highest average.[5]

Geoffrey Boycott became the first player to score his 100th century in a Test match, doing so against Australia at his home ground of Headingley in August 1977. Subsequently Zaheer Abbas is the only other player to achieve the feat in a Test match.

Batsmen with 100 centuries or above

Note: this list uses the figures accepted by the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. For details on the difference between these figures and those used by other sources, see Variations in first-class cricket statistics.

Key
Rank 100s Player Nation (100s) County (100s) 100th ItH Career Notes
199 (15) Surrey 1923 821 1905 - 1934 1,315 61,237 50.65 [6]
170 (+1) Middlesex 1928 - 29 740 1907 - 1938 1,300 57,611 50.80 [7]
167 (22+4) Gloucestershire (113)1935 680 1923 - 1950 1,005 50,551 56.10 [8]
153 () Hampshire (138) 1927 892 1905 - 1936 1,340 55,061 47.67 [9]
151 ♠ (22+3) Yorkshire 1977 645 1962 - 1986 1,014 48,426 56.83 [10]
149 (16+2) Yorkshire 1932 700 1919 - 1945 1,088 50,138 51.95
145 (+3) Kent 1929 1,031 1906 - 1938 1,532 58,969 40.75
136 () Worcestershire (106) 1998 574 1983 - 2008 871 41,112 52.23 [11]
129 (19+1) Yorkshire 1951 619 1934 - 1960 814 40,140 55.51 [12]
10 128 (20) Essex (94) 1992 - 93 820 1973 - 2000 990 44,846 49.01 [13]
11 126 (+2) Gloucestershire (49) 1895 1,113 1865 - 1908 1,493 54,896 39.55
12 123 (17) Middlesex 1952 552 1936 - 1964 839 38,942 51.85 [14]
13 122 (11) Gloucestershire (50)
Worcestershire (27) 		1964 940 1948 - 1972 1,223 47,793 44.91 [15]
14 117 (29+36) — 1947 - 48 295 1927 - 1949 338 28,067 95.14 [16] [17]
15 114 (24+23) Somerset (47)
Glamorgan (10) 		1988 - 89 658 1971 - 1993 796 36,212 49.40 [18] [19]
15= 114 (+3) Middlesex
Surrey (60) 		2008 676 1987 - 2012 764 35,65953.14 [20] [21]
16 108 Zaheer Abbas ♠ (12+17) Gloucestershire (49) 1982 - 83 658 1965 - 1987 768 34,843 51.54 [22] [23]
17= 107 () Surrey 1935 871 1911 - 1938 1,000 41,284 44.82 [24]
17= 107 (22+1) Kent 1973 1,035 1950 - 1976 1,130 42,719 42.89 [25]
18 104 () Surrey 1913 1,076 1893 - 1914 1,138 43,551 41.79 [26]
19= 103 (+9) Worcestershire (72) 1982 779 1964 - 1983 792 34,346 49.70 [27] [28]
19= 103 (12) Surrey 1977 945 1956 - 1978 979 39,790 45.47 [29]
20= 102 (+4) Kent 1950 916 1926 - 1951 951 37,248 43.51 [30]
20= 102 (+1) Lancashire (90) 1934 919 1909 - 1936 961 38,874 45.46 [31]
20= 102 (11+1) Warwickshire (78) 1986 1,081 1960 - 1987 1,139 43,423 42.86 [32]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ramprakash joins elite club with 100th first-class century. October 23, 2011. The Independent.
  2. Book: Hussain, Nasser. Nasser Hussain. Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. Scyld Berry. John Wisden & Co. 2009. 146th. 54. The Masters of Modern County Cricket.
  3. News: The Hundred 100s club. Patrick. Kidd. www.thetimes.co.uk.
  4. Web site: Most hundreds in a career. Cricinfo. 8 January 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100125151615/http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/content/records/251072.html. 25 January 2010. live.
  5. Web site: On this day: Sir Jack Hobbs hits 100th hundred in first-class cricket. Sports Mole.
  6. Book: Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. Berry, Scyld. John Wisden & Co. 2009. 146th. 139. First-Class Records  - Batting  - Most Runs.
  7. Web site: Patsy Hendren player profile. CricketArchive. 8 January 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20090228192900/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/0/375/375.html. 28 February 2009. live.
  8. Web site: Wally Hammond player profile. CricketArchive. 8 January 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20090228201916/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/0/458/458.html. 28 February 2009. live.
  9. Web site: Phil Mead player profile. CricketArchive. 8 January 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20090129083515/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/0/338/338.html. 29 January 2009. live.
  10. Web site: Geoffrey Boycott player profile. CricketArchive. 8 January 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100328132101/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1/1228/1228.html. 28 March 2010. live.
  11. Web site: Graeme Hick player profile. CricketArchive. 8 January 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20090826171318/http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1/1988/1988.html. 26 August 2009. live.
  12. Web site: Len Hutton player profile. CricketArchive. 8 January 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100128041759/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/0/694/694.html. 28 January 2010. live.
  13. Web site: Graham Gooch player profile. CricketArchive. 8 January 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100412164435/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1/1446/1446.html. 12 April 2010. live.
  14. Web site: Denis Compton player profile. CricketArchive. 8 January 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100111072822/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/0/701/701.html. 11 January 2010. live.
  15. Web site: Tom Graveney player profile. CricketArchive. 8 January 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100209002619/http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/0/895/895.html. 9 February 2010. live.
  16. Web site: Donald Bradman player profile. CricketArchive. 8 January 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20090228194513/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/0/492/492.html. 28 February 2009. live.
  17. Web site: Donald Bradman, Batting by team. CricketArchive. 23 March 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20110604230840/http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/0/492/f_Batting_by_Team.html. 4 June 2011. live.
  18. Web site: Viv Richards player profile. CricketArchive. 8 January 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100212041732/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1/1435/1435.html. 12 February 2010. live.
  19. Web site: Viv Richards, Batting by team. CricketArchive. 23 March 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20110604094006/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1/1435/f_Batting_by_Team.html. 4 June 2011. live.
  20. Web site: Mark Ramprakash player profile. CricketArchive. 6 July 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120606071818/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1/1989/1989.html. 6 June 2012. live.
  21. Web site: Surrey 217- 4...Wilson 27*..Ramprakash 115*...number 113 of Ramprakash's first class career.... 24 August 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20181225231905/https://twitter.com/surreycricket/status/22006205565. 25 December 2018. live.
  22. Web site: Zaheer Abbas player profile. CricketArchive. 8 January 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20091123193244/http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1/1350/1350.html. 23 November 2009. live.
  23. Web site: Zaheer Abbas, Batting by team. CricketArchive. 23 March 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20110604230911/http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1/1350/f_Batting_by_Team.html. 4 June 2011. live.
  24. Web site: Andy Sandham player profile. CricketArchive. 8 January 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100125092937/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/0/408/408.html. 25 January 2010. live.
  25. Web site: Colin Cowdrey player profile. CricketArchive. 8 January 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20171202165246/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/0/998/998.html. 2 December 2017. live.
  26. Web site: Tom Hayward player profile. CricketArchive. 8 January 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100423210958/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/0/190/190.html. 23 April 2010. live.
  27. Web site: Glenn Turner player profile. CricketArchive. 8 January 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20091123215926/http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1/1328/1328.html. 23 November 2009. live.
  28. Web site: Glenn Turner, Batting by team. CricketArchive. 23 March 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20110604230933/http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1/1328/f_Batting_by_Team.html. 4 June 2011. live.
  29. Web site: John Edrich player profile. CricketArchive. 8 January 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100209002649/http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1/1203/1203.html. 9 February 2010. live.
  30. Web site: Les Ames player profile. CricketArchive. 8 January 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20111123170526/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/0/516/516.html. 23 November 2011. live.
  31. Web site: Ernest Tyldesley player profile. CricketArchive. 8 January 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100128043911/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/0/397/397.html. 28 January 2010. live.
  32. Web site: Dennis Amiss player profile. CricketArchive. 8 January 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100219191025/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/1/1285/1285.html. 19 February 2010. live.

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