Tests - Youngest to Score Century

Based on all matches up to and including
Test #1921: Sri Lanka v Pakistan at Galle, Pakistan in Sri Lanka 1st Test, 4 Jul 2009

17y  61d  Mohammad Ashraful     114 Bangladesh v Sri Lanka       Colombo (SSC)        2001/02    
17y  78d  Mushtaq Mohammad      101 Pakistan v India             Delhi                1960/61    
17y 107d  SR Tendulkar         119* India v England              Manchester           1990       
17y 352d  H Masakadza           119 Zimbabwe v West Indies       Harare               2001       
18y 154d  Imran Nazir           131 Pakistan v West Indies       Bridgetown           1999/00    
18y 323d  Saleem Malik         100* Pakistan v Sri Lanka         Karachi              1981/82    
18y 333d  Shahid Afridi         141 Pakistan v India             Chennai              1998/99    
19y  21d  Mohammad Ilyas        126 Pakistan v New Zealand       Karachi              1964/65    
19y  75d  Nafees Iqbal          121 Bangladesh v Zimbabwe        Dhaka                2004/05    
19y 105d  Mohammad Wasim       109* Pakistan v New Zealand       Lahore               1996/97    
19y 119d  Javed Miandad         163 Pakistan v New Zealand       Lahore               1976/77    
19y 121d  HG Vivian             100 New Zealand v South Africa   Wellington           1931/32    
19y 121d  RN Harvey             153 Australia v India            Melbourne            1947/48    
19y 149d  A Jackson             164 Australia v England          Adelaide             1928/29    
19y 187d  AP Gurusinha         116* Sri Lanka v Pakistan         Colombo (PSS)        1985/86    
19y 317d  RG Pollock            122 South Africa v Australia     Sydney               1963/64    
19y 354d  KD Walters            155 Australia v England          Brisbane             1965/66    
19y 364d  PA de Silva           122 Sri Lanka v Pakistan         Faisalabad           1985/86    
20y   3d  Ijaz Ahmed            122 Pakistan v Australia         Faisalabad           1988/89    
20y  18d  DCS Compton           102 England v Australia          Nottingham           1938       
20y  18d  N Kapil Dev          126* India v West Indies          Delhi                1978/79    
20y  25d  Hanif Mohammad        142 Pakistan v India             Bahawalpur           1954/55    
20y  70d  Taufeeq Umar          104 Pakistan v Bangladesh        Multan               2001/02    
20y  74d  Shahriar Nafees       138 Bangladesh v Australia       Fatullah             2005/06    
20y  87d  Salman Butt           108 Pakistan v Australia         Sydney               2004/05    
20y  96d  PJ Hughes             160 Australia v South Africa     Durban               2008/09    
20y 124d  DG Bradman            112 Australia v England          Melbourne            1928/29    
20y 126d  AA Baig               112 India v England              Manchester           1959       
20y 137d  ML Apte              163* India v West Indies          Port of Spain        1952/53    
20y 145d  HGO Owen-Smith        129 South Africa v England       Leeds                1929       
20y 148d  A Ratra              115* India v West Indies          St John's            2001/02    
20y 163d  Saeed Ahmed           150 Pakistan v West Indies       Georgetown           1957/58    
20y 201d  Ali Naqvi             115 Pakistan v South Africa      Rawalpindi           1997/98    
20y 226d  GA Headley            176 West Indies v England        Bridgetown           1929/30    
20y 235d  JW Burke             101* Australia v England          Adelaide             1950/51    
20y 248d  RJ Shastri            128 India v Pakistan             Karachi              1982/83    
20y 253d  VL Manjrekar          133 India v England              Leeds                1952       
20y 265d  DR Smith             105* West Indies v South Africa   Cape Town            2003/04    
20y 276d  GR Viswanath          137 India v Australia            Kanpur               1969/70    
20y 317d  C Hill                188 Australia v England          Melbourne            1897/98    
20y 322d  JW Hearne             114 England v Australia          Melbourne            1911/12    
20y 339d  AB de Villiers        109 South Africa v England       Centurion            2004/05    
20y 363d  Abdul Razzaq         100* Pakistan v England           Faisalabad           2000/01    

Notes: Ages are shown as at the start of the Test concerned.
       Only the first century by any player is shown
       SR Tendulkar scored 5 centuries before reaching the age of 20
 
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