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Fastest Tests Centuries and 50s
Based on all matches up to and including
Test #1833: Bangladesh v India at Dhaka (SBNS), 2nd Test, 25-29 May 2007
300s In Minutes 288 minutes WR Hammond England v New Zealand at Auckland 1932-33 336 minutes DG Bradman Australia v England at Leeds 1930 200s In Minutes 214 minutes DG Bradman Australia v England at Leeds 1930 217 minutes NJ Astle New Zealand v England at Christchurch 2001-02 223 minutes SJ McCabe Australia v England at Nottingham 1938 226 minutes VT Trumper Australia v South Africa at Adelaide 1910-11 234 minutes DG Bradman Australia v England at Lord's 1930 240 minutes WR Hammond England v New Zealand at Auckland 1932-33 241 minutes SE Gregory Australia v England at Sydney 1894-95 245 minutes DCS Compton England v Pakistan at Nottingham 1954 251 minutes DG Bradman Australia v West Indies at Brisbane 1930-31 253 minutes DG Bradman Australia v South Africa at Brisbane 1931-32 200s where recorded the fastest Test Centuries in Balls received are: 153 balls NJ Astle New Zealand v England at Christchurch 2001-02 182 balls V Sehwag India v Pakistan at Lahore 2005-06 211 balls HH Gibbs South Africa v Pakistan at Cape Town 2002-03 212 balls AC Gilchrist Australia v South Africa at Johannesburg 2001-02 220 balls IT Botham England v India at The Oval 1982 222 balls V Sehwag India v Pakistan at Multan 2003/04 229 balls PA de Silva Sri Lanka v Bangladesh at Colombo 2002 231 balls GP Thorpe England v New Zealand at Christchurch 2001-02 232 balls CG Greenidge West Indies v England at Lord's 1984 240 balls CH Lloyd West Indies v India at Bombay 1974-75 241 balls Zaheer Abbas Pakistan v India at Lahore 1982-83 241 balls BC Lara West Indies v Pakistan at Multan 2006-07 242 balls DG Bradman Australia v England at The Oval 1934 242 balls IVA Richards West Indies v Australia at Melbourne 1984-85 100s In Minutes 70 minutes JM Gregory Australia v South Africa at Johannesburg 1921-22 75 minutes GL Jessop England v Australia at The Oval 1902 78 minutes R Benaud Australia v West Indies at Kingston 1954-55 80 minutes JH Sinclair South Africa v Australia at Cape Town 1902-03 81 minutes IVA Richards West Indies v England at St.John's 1985-86 86 minutes BR Taylor New Zealand v West Indies at Auckland 1968-69 100s where recorded the fastest Test Centuries in Balls received are: 56 balls IVA Richards West Indies v England at St John's 1985-86 57 balls AC Gilchrist Australia v England at Perth 2006-07 67 balls JM Gregory Australia v South Africa at Johannesburg 1921-22 69 balls S Chanderpaul West Indies v Australia at Georgetown 2002-03 71 balls RC Fredericks West Indies v Australia at Perth 1975-76 74 balls Majid Khan Pakistan v New Zealand at Karachi 1976-77 74 balls Kapil Dev India v Sri Lanka at Kanpur 1986-87 74 balls M Azharuddin India v South Africa at Calcutta 1996-97 76 balls GL Jessop England v Australia at The Oval 1902 77 balls BC Lara West Indies v Pakistan at Multan 2006-07 78 balls Shahid Afridi Pakistan v West Indies at Bridgetown 2005 78 balls Shahid Afridi Pakistan v India at Lahore 2005-06 78 balls V Sehwag India v West Indies at St Lucia 2006 79 balls CH Gayle West Indies v South Africa at Cape Town 2003-04 79 balls CH Gayle West Indies v England at The Oval 2004 80 balls CL Hooper West Indies v Pakistan at Karachi 1997-98 81 balls DPMD Jayawardene Sri Lanka v Bangladesh at Colombo 2001-02 81 balls Kamran Akmal Pakistan v India at Lahore 2005-06 82 balls BC Lara West Indies v Australia at St John's 1998-99 82 balls DL Vettori New Zealand v Zimbabwe at Harare 2005-06 83 balls BR Taylor New Zealand v West Indies at Auckland 1968-69 84 balls AC Gilchrist Australia v India at Bombay 2000-01 84 balls AC Gilchrist Australia v Zimbabwe at Perth 2003-04 84 balls ML Hayden Australia v Zimbabwe at Sydney 2003-04 50s in Minutes 27 minutes Mohammad Ashraful Bangladesh v India at Dhaka (SBNS) 2007 28 minutes JT Brown England v Australia at Melbourne 1894-95 29 minutes SA Durani India v England at Kanpur 1963-64 30 minutes EAV Williams West Indies v England at Bridgetown 1947-48 30 minutes BR Taylor New Zealand v West Indies at Auckland 1968-69 Where recorded the fastest Test fifties in Balls received are: 24 balls JH Kallis South Africa v Zimbabwe at Cape Town 2004-05 26 balls IT Botham England v India at Delhi 1981-82 26 balls Shahid Afridi Pakistan v India at Bangalore 2004-05 26 Balls Mohammad Ashraful Bangladesh v India at Dhaka (SBNS) 2007 27 balls Yousuf Youhana Pakistan v South Africa at Cape Town 2002-03 30 balls Kapil Dev India v Pakistan at Karachi 1982-83 31 balls WJ Cronje South Africa v Sri Lanka at Centurion 1997-98 32 balls IVA Richards West Indies v India at Kingston 1982-83 32 balls IT Botham England v New Zealand at The Oval 1986
Note: All the above figures are from the start of an individual innings. NJ Astle's second hundred in his 222 took 39 balls.
