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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.
The first men's footballer to play in 100 official international matches was Billy Wright of England in 1959, however the 100th match is disputed between FIFA and the football governing body for England, the Football Association (FA). FIFA recognise the match against Italy in May 1959 as the official 100th cap, whereas the FA recognise the ...
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.
Sachin Tendulkar played for India, widely acknowledged as one of the greatest batsmen of all time, [1] [2] he is the most prolific run-scorer in international cricket. [3] Tendulkar has scored the highest number of centuries (100 or more runs) in Test matches and One Day International (ODI) matches organised by the International Cricket Council ...
Excluding the two centuries not considered first-class by some modern statisticians, Grace's hundredth century came later in the same month when he scored 169 for Gloucestershire against Middlesex at Lord's. He scored his final first-class century in July 1904 for London County, reaching 166 against the Marylebone Cricket Club. He played first ...
During the last century, women in sports have been making an impact and serving as inspirations to those who wish to accomplish the same. The 36 most iconic female athletes of the past century ...
The first player to score a century in their hundredth Test match was Englishman Colin Cowdrey. [2] Cowdrey was the first Test cricketer of any nationality to play 100 Test matches. [ 9 ] Pakistan's Javed Miandad was the first batsman to have scored a century on Test debut as well as in their hundredth Test match; West Indian Gordon Greenidge ...