Top 10 Batsmen with most test centuries in a Calendar year

Batsmen with most test centuries Yousuf

Top 10 Batsmen with most test centuries in a Calendar year

Scoring hundreds in cricket on regular basis is a blessing for the batsmen. Also the consistency shows the good spell of form a player is going through. Test cricket, known as the classical version of cricket, is the best criterion for judging a player’s caliber. Scoring a century in a test match shows the class a player actually possesses. Similarly the caliber-test a batsman is put through the tough format of the game highlights the inner potential of a player. The reason test format gets the most significance lies in the quality of the game it produces. Test batsmen consider any century in the format as a great achievement as it earns them great reputation. However, not all the batsmen get to score many of test hundreds.

At one hand players strive to get excelled in test format on the other there are a few exceptionally skillful player who get to score most test centuries in a single year. Imagine a player struggling to reach 10 test hundreds of his career. Certainly it takes a lot of effort to score 10 hundreds in test format. On the other hand a batsman when in good touch does score 9 hundreds in a single year. Yes you heard it right. The record for the most test centuries in a calendar year is 9 hundreds. Scored by the former Pakistan middle order batsman  the record stands tall even after 10 years. The glorious spell in the player’s career came during the year 2006.

Batsmen with most test centuries Yousuf

The next player in most test centuries list, is Ricky Ponting however the number of hundreds scored by him in a single year are far less than Muhammad Yousuf. Let’s find out.

Top 10 Batsmen with most test centuries in a Calendar year

Player Year Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave 100
Mohammad Yousuf (PAK) 2006 11 19 1 1788 202 99.33 9
RT Ponting (AUS) 2006 10 18 3 1333 196 88.86 7
IVA Richards (WI) 1976 11 19 0 1710 291 90.00 7
PA de Silva (SL) 1997 11 19 3 1220 168 76.25 7
SR Tendulkar (INDIA) 2010 14 23 3 1562 214 78.10 7
DCS Compton (ENG) 1947 9 15 1 1159 208 82.78 6
ML Hayden (AUS) 2002 11 17 1 1160 197 72.50 6
RT Ponting (AUS) 2003 11 18 3 1503 257 100.20 6
TM Dilshan (SL) 2009 11 18 1 1097 162 64.52 6
DA Warner (AUS) 2014 9 18 0 1136 145 63.11 6

So Muhammad Yousuf is The Leader of This List of with most test centuries in a Calendar year.

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