Next person to get all 9 centuries

[Link]

Lara has scored centuries in 12 countries, beat that.

give strauss a chance please. he has scored a hundred in every different opening so far. Test match, ODI, in England and in RSA

 

[Adamc]

Antigua & Barbuda, Barbados, England, Sri Lanka, Guyana, Trinidad & Tobago, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Lucia, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Australia, Jamaica, New Zealand - Thirteen by my count

Aye, I stand corrected. Should've read through the thread first.

 

[tooextracool]

Cricinfo did the ask steven this week, and said five people have made the milestone of centuries against all countries played against, at time of writing this five people have made the list with Atapattu being the newest member. My question however is who will be the next person to do so?

The people who are closing on the milestone and are still playing include, (brackets are for the team without a century against)
Ponting ( Bangladesh)
Hayden ( Bangladesh)

well steven is obviously not very accurate, given that ponting has never even come close to scoring a century in india and hayden likewise in england.

 

[Magrat Garlick]

well steven is obviously not very accurate, given that ponting has never even come close to scoring a century in india and hayden likewise in england.

A century against, not in - Hayden made 197 against England at the 'Gabba in 2002, Ponting 125 against India in 1999.

 

[vic_orthdox]

well steven is obviously not very accurate, given that ponting has never even come close to scoring a century in india and hayden likewise in england.

But this is just in reference to tests full stop. Not in each country. Ponting and Hayden have both made centuries against those teams you've mentioned at home.

 

[Adamc]

well steven is obviously not very accurate, given that ponting has never even come close to scoring a century in india and hayden likewise in england.

The question was about centuries against all countries, not in all countries. Both Ponting and Hayden have scored centuries against all bar Bangladesh, though not necessarily in all countries.

 

[tooextracool]

my apologies, i got diverted by adamc's posts about 100s in different countries

 

[Adamc]

Hardly any posting going on in the rest of the forum, but when TEC makes a mistake there are three corrections within a minute of each other.

 

[vic_orthdox]

We're all just desperate to find something worth posting about.

What about if I gauge opinion in here about a new thread I've been thinking of starting? Posting about how joining CricketWeb has changed your opinions, and in what ways?

I.e. I've realised how over-inflated Hayden's rating is, and learnt to appreciate Murali more. Would it get enough posts??

 

[Adamc]

We're all just desperate to find something worth posting about.

What about if I gauge opinion in here about a new thread I've been thinking of starting? Posting about how joining CricketWeb has changed your opinions, and in what ways?

I.e. I've realised how over-inflated Hayden's rating is, and learnt to appreciate Murali more. Would it get enough posts??

Yes, actually sounds like a very good thread. Though there might be a few people who are to stubborn to admit that their opinions can be changed.

 

[Slifer]

Lara's centuries in order:
1993
277 at SCG vs Australia

1994
167 at Bourda vs England
375 at Antigua Rec Ground vs England

1995
147 at Basin Reserve vs New Zealand
145 at Old Trafford vs England
179 at Brit Oval vs England

1996
None



1997
132 at WACA vs Australia
103 at Antigua vs India
115 at Arnos Vale Ground vs Sri Lanka

1998
None

1999
213 at Sabina Park vs Australia
153* at Kensington Oval vs Australia
100 at Antigua vs Australia

2000
112 vs England at Old Trafford
182 vs Australia at Adelaide Oval

2001
178 at Galle vs Sri Lanka
221 at SSG vs Sri Lanka
130 at SSG vs Sri Lanka

2002
None

2003
110 at Bourda vs Australia
122 at Queen's Park vs Australia
209 at Beausejour Stadium vs Sri Lanka
191 at Queens Sports Club vs ZImbabwe
202 at New Wanderers vs South Africa

2004
115 at Newlands vs South Africa
400 at Antigua vs England
120 at Sabina Park vs Bangladesh

2005
196 at Queen's Park vs South Africa
176 at Kensington Oval vs South Africa


All in all he has 14 centuries in the West Indies, with his best ground being Antigua where he has 4 and an average of 85.89. He has 4 in England, 3 in Australia, 3 in Sri Lanka, 2 in South Africa, 1 in New Zealand, 1 in Zimbabwe, 0 in Pakistan in 4 tests, 0 in India in 3 tests, and 0 in Bangladesh where he has never played. Shows, I suppose, moderate success in the subcontinent compared to elsewhere, with only Sri Lanka being very successful for him. Still, a nice spread elsewhere.

Not to be too picky but u missed a 152 he scored in the '95 series in England at Nottingham. That was the 5th test by the way.

 

[marc71178]

Logic suggests that next Australia-Bangladesh series (which off the top of my head is midway through 2006) should see a couple of new members to the 9 century club.

Not a chance.

After a 5-0 humbling in the Ashes, the Aussies will embark on a run of 75 straight Test defeats.

 

[marc71178]

Hardly any posting going on in the rest of the forum, but when TEC makes a mistake there are three corrections within a minute of each other.

Have to say it's because IMO he's usually not prone to making mistakes.

 

[Link]

Not a chance.

After a 5-0 humbling in the Ashes, the Aussies will embark on a run of 75 straight Test defeats.

it makes sense