Most 100 in First Class Cricket: Sachin Tendulkar, who is called the God of Cricket, has many records to his name. Sachin is on top in most of the records of cricket. He has a century of centuries to his name. But there is one such record in the case of centuries in which Sachin’s name is not in the list. Apart from this, there is no Indian batsman in this record list. Here we are talking about first class cricket. First class cricket means domestic cricket, in which there are six such batsmen who have the record of scoring more than 150 centuries.
These 6 batsmen have scored more than 150 centuries
- Jack Hobbs:
Jack Hobbs played his first test match against Australia on 1 January 1908 and his last test match against Australia on 16 August 1930. But Hobbs’ name is taken with respect in first class cricket. Jack Hobbs has played 834 first class cricket matches. He has scored 61760 runs in 834 first class cricket matches at an average of 50.70. Jack Hobbs has scored 199 centuries in first class cricket. - Patsy Hendren:
Patsy Hendren played his first Test match against Australia on 17 December 1920 and his last Test match against West Indies on 18 March 1935. Hendren has played 833 first class cricket matches. He has scored 57611 runs in 833 first class cricket matches at an average of 50.80. Patsy Hendren has scored 170 centuries in first class cricket. - Walter Hammond:
Walter Hammond played his first Test match against South Africa on 24 December 1927 and his last Test match against New Zealand on 25 March 1947. Hammond has played 634 first class cricket matches. He has scored 50551 runs in 634 first class cricket matches at an average of 56.10. Walter Hammond has scored 167 centuries in first class cricket. - Phil Mead:
Phil Mead made his Test cricket debut against Australia on 15 December 1911 and played his last match against Australia on 30 November 1928.
Mead has played 814 first class cricket matches. He has scored 55061 runs in 814 first class cricket matches at an average of 47.67. Phil Mead has scored 153 centuries in first class cricket. - Geoffrey BaughYakat:
Geoffrey Boycott played his first match against Australia on 4 June 1964 and his last match against India on 1 January 1982. Boycott has played 609 first class cricket matches. He has scored 48426 runs in 609 first class cricket matches at an average of 56.83. Geoffrey Boycott has scored 151 centuries in first class cricket. - Herbert Sutcliffe:
Herbert Sutcliffe made his debut against South Africa on 14 June 1924 and played his last test match against South Africa on 29 June 1935. Sutcliffe has played 754 first class cricket matches. He has scored 50670 runs in 754 first class cricket matches at an average of 52.02. Herbert Sutcliffe has scored 151 centuries in first class cricket.
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