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The Lord's honours board commemorating English centuries at Lord's. In cricket , a century is a score of 100 or more runs in a single innings by a batter . The term is also included in "century partnership " which occurs when two batsmen add 100 runs to the team total when they are batting together.
In cricket, a player is said to have scored a century when he scores 100 or more runs in a single innings. Test cricket , the longest version of the game, involves two innings per side in a match. An individual scoring centuries in each innings of a Test match is considered a "milestone" by critics.
A half-century is a score of between 50 and 99 runs. Statistically, once a batsman's score reaches 100, it is no longer considered a half-century but a century. [91] Sachin Tendulkar (India) has scored the most half-centuries in Test cricket with 68, and is followed by Shivnarine Chanderpaul (West Indies) with 66.
A qualification of 15 overall centuries is used for entry onto the men's list. To date, 127 cricketers have scored 15 or more international centuries, 83 of whom went on to score 20 or more centuries, 44 have scored 30 or more centuries, and 21 have a total of 40 or more centuries.
Lara had held the record before Hayden, with a score of 375 against England 10 years earlier. [16] Pakistan's Misbah-ul-Haq holds the record of the fastest Test half century, scoring 50 runs from 21 balls. The record for the fastest Test century is held by New Zealand's Brendon McCullum, who scored 100 runs from 54 balls in his final Test match.
Scores of more than 200 runs are still statistically counted as a century, although these scores are referred to as double century (200–299 runs). [2] A century or a double century is regarded as a landmark score for batsmen and a player's number of centuries or double centuries are generally recorded in their career statistics. [3]
Australia's Charles Bannerman was the first cricketer to score a century on Test debut, in the first Test match. For a cricketer to score a century (100 runs or more) on his Test match debut is considered a notable achievement, [ 1 ] and as of 15 October 2024, it has been accomplished 116 times by 114 players. [ 2 ]
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.