30 Test hundreds

[Black_Warrior]

Until the first test when he scored 70 odd, he was still very good .He was also quite good in England 2011, just didn't get the 100th ton that's all.

 

[AndrewB]

Ah well, I'd forgotten that Ellison had played five tests before the 1985 Ashes. tbh I thought that he'd only played one or two, but meh.

Robinson and Cook eventually buggered off with Gatting to SA didn't they?

Robinson did; Cook they just stopped picking at about the same time.

 

[Dan Jamson]

Root will get 30 scores in the 80's.

 

[91Jmay]

Cook should have cracked 30 last test but for his declaration. Hope he does it this series.

Would back Amla, Smith, Cook to do it 100% out of current players

Feel like Warner, Root, Williamson, Kohli all have a good chance to as well but are still some way off.

AB i feel retires in next 12 months.

 

[Howe_zat]

Root does have a lot more 70+ scores and fewer 100+ than the others he's compared to, but I don't think there's much to be said about him getting out for 70-100 a lot. It's tempting to say that it means he gives away good positions more often, but that doesn't really bear fruit because

1) getting 70 isn't a start, it's a sizeable innings
2) Upon getting to 100 Root actually has the best record from then on - Root averages 266, Williamson 215, Smith 185 and Kohli 139.

It's just a statistical quirk of his and will probably revert to the mean with time.

 

[Jono]

You're right in that he wasn't terrible, but it was a far cry from the previous series he played in South Africa where he was phenomenal. According to his own high standards he was poor.

He went from being the best batsman in the world to poop after being hit in the guts by a David Warner leggie. Was ****ing wahhh.

Siddle bowling him last over at the MCG was the most gutting moment ever. Walking out of the G that day was rough as guts.

 

[Black_Warrior]

My list

Warner
Smith
Root
Kohli
Rahane
Williamson

 

[91Jmay]

28 year old Rahane scoring 24 more test tons is pretty fanciful in my opinion.

 

[Daemon]

Yeah out of the current lot of Indians only Kohli looks likely, though it's definitely not impossible for Rahane and Pujara.

 

[Howe_zat]

Pujara batting in the top three makes him more of a shot than Rahane, I think.

 

[Daemon]

True. For Indians it also depends on how the pitches in India are going to play for the next decade. If recent series are anything to go by it's going to be a very tough ask.

 

[Daemon]

Amla in around 2014 looked nailed on for this. Not so sure now

 

[Spark]

Just goes to show that people should be way more circumspect before throwing out "they'll definitely get to 10k/30 hundreds", it's crazy hard and it should be respected for what it is when people do get there. But yeah I thought all of Clarke, Amla and ABDV would get there but it looks like they're all gonna fall short, in some cases well short.

I think Smith should get there simply because he already has so many and he's still quite young, and Kohli is the next most likely IMO. Unsure on the other two.

 

[Daemon]

An update:

Cook got there in the first Test in India.
Amla is on 25.

The rest:

Smith - 17
Warner - 17
Kohli - 15
Williamson - 14
Ali - 12
Root - 11
Pujara - 10
de Kock - 3

Of those I think it's safe to say only the big four are a shot, along with Warner. The poo man has a chance certainly, but I wouldn't count on it. It's a bit too early with de Kock but the fact that he bats so low counts against him.

 

[Daemon]

Just goes to show that people should be way more circumspect before throwing out "they'll definitely get to 10k/30 hundreds", it's crazy hard and it should be respected for what it is when people do get there. But yeah I thought all of Clarke, Amla and ABDV would get there but it looks like they're all gonna fall short, in some cases well short.

I think Smith should get there simply because he already has so many and he's still quite young, and Kohli is the next most likely IMO. Unsure on the other two.

Indeed, basically this -

Clarke and G Smith are two great examples of how the century count can suddenly just stop. You can't just assume run scoring will carry merrily on through someone's thirties. Tendulkar, Kallis Sangakkara and Dravid were the weirdos, not the norm, even amonst the world's top batsmen.

 

[Spark]

An update:

Cook got there in the first Test in India.
Amla is on 25.

The rest:

Smith - 17
Warner - 17
Kohli - 15
Williamson - 14
Ali - 12
Root - 11
Pujara - 10
de Kock - 3

Of those I think it's safe to say only the big four are a shot, along with Warner. The poo man has a chance certainly, but I wouldn't count on it. It's a bit too early with de Kock but the fact that he bats so low counts against him.

Yeah don't see de Kock getting close tbh, simply for that reason. Pujara I find highly unlikely for some reason. Smith and Kohli probably the best shouts, Warner I'm undecided but leaning towards no.

 

[Furball]

de Kock will do well to get 15, never mind 30.

 

[Spark]

de Kock will do well to get 15, never mind 30.

Yeah 10+ would be a really solid return from him. Just won't get enough opportunities IMO.

EDIT: Gilchrist only got 17, so it's not like it'll be awful if he doesn't get past 15 or so.

 

[indiaholic]

Didn't Gilchrist debut at the age of 28 or some such? QDK will get around 20 imo.

 

[Spark]

Didn't Gilchrist debut at the age of 28 or some such? QDK will get around 20 imo.

Still played close to a hundred Tests though. de Kock is young, yes, but he won't play that many more than him you'd think.