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Player Age Team Opposition Ground Match Date Scorecard
T Taibu 20y 358d Zimbabwe v Sri Lanka Harare 6 May 2004 Test # 1698
Nawab of Pataudi 21y 77d India v West Indies Bridgetown 23 Mar 1962 Test # 527
Waqar Younis 22y 15d Pakistan v Zimbabwe Karachi 1 Dec 1993 Test # 1237
GC Smith 22y 82d South Africa v Bangladesh Chittagong 24 Apr 2003 Test # 1640
Shakib Al Hasan 22y 115d Bangladesh v West Indies St George's 17 Jul 2009 Test # 1926
ID Craig 22y 194d Australia v South Africa Johannesburg 23 Dec 1957 Test # 444
Javed Miandad 22y 260d Pakistan v Australia Karachi 27 Feb 1980 Test # 876
M Bisset 22y 306d South Africa v England Johannesburg 14 Feb 1899 Test # 58
Mohammad Ashraful 22y 353d Bangladesh v Sri Lanka Colombo (SSC) 25 Jun 2007 Test # 1837
Mushfiqur Rahim 23y 50d Bangladesh v West Indies Chittagong 21 Oct 2011 Test # 2010
MP Bowden 23y 144d England v South Africa Cape Town 25 Mar 1889 Test # 32
SR Tendulkar 23y 169d India v Australia Delhi 10 Oct 1996 Test # 1335
GC Grant 23y 217d West Indies v Australia Adelaide 12 Dec 1930 Test # 199
Hon.IFW Bligh 23y 292d England v Australia Melbourne 30 Dec 1882 Test # 10
SP Fleming 23y 319d New Zealand v England Christchurch 14 Feb 1997 Test # 1355
ADR Campbell 23y 354d Zimbabwe v Sri Lanka Colombo (RPS) 11 Sep 1996 Test # 1333
Javed Burki 24y 23d Pakistan v England Birmingham 31 May 1962 Test # 530
N Kapil Dev 24y 48d India v West Indies Kingston 23 Feb 1983 Test # 949
DJ Bravo 24y 95d West Indies v South Africa Durban 10 Jan 2008 Test # 1860
WJ Cronje 24y 125d South Africa v Australia Adelaide 28 Jan 1994 Test # 1246
IT Botham 24y 194d England v West Indies Nottingham 5 Jun 1980 Test # 880
HW Taylor 24y 222d South Africa v England Durban 13 Dec 1913 Test # 130
BA Murphy 24y 342d Zimbabwe v Bangladesh Dhaka 8 Nov 2001 Test # 1566
DB Carr 25y 40d England v India Chennai 6 Feb 1952 Test # 348
KJ Hughes 25y 57d Australia v Pakistan Perth 24 Mar 1979 Test # 850
AN Cook 25y 77d England v Bangladesh Chittagong 12 Mar 2010 Test # 1954
MV Boucher 25y 81d South Africa v Australia Johannesburg 22 Feb 2002 Test # 1590
DS Sheppard 25y 117d England v Pakistan Nottingham 1 Jul 1954 Test # 388
DI Gower 25y 133d England v Pakistan Lord's 12 Aug 1982 Test # 932
MA Atherton 25y 135d England v Australia Birmingham 5 Aug 1993 Test # 1230
PW Sherwell 25y 138d South Africa v England Johannesburg 2 Jan 1906 Test # 88
PBH May 25y 160d England v South Africa Nottingham 9 Jun 1955 Test # 407
BRM Taylor 25y 179d Zimbabwe v Bangladesh Harare 4 Aug 2011 Test # 2002
A Flower 25y 217d Zimbabwe v Pakistan Karachi 1 Dec 1993 Test # 1237
HB Cameron 25y 223d South Africa v England Johannesburg 13 Feb 1931 Test # 206
RJ Shastri 25y 229d India v West Indies Chennai 11 Jan 1988 Test # 1089
CA Smith 25y 234d England v South Africa Port Elizabeth 12 Mar 1889 Test # 31
Shoaib Malik 25y 242d Pakistan v South Africa Karachi 1 Oct 2007 Test # 1843
JM Parker 25y 252d New Zealand v Pakistan Karachi 30 Oct 1976 Test # 784
Mashrafe Mortaza 25y 277d Bangladesh v West Indies Kingstown 9 Jul 2009 Test # 1923
Salman Butt 25y 287d Pakistan v Australia Leeds 21 Jul 2010 Test # 1965
PA de Silva 25y 309d Sri Lanka v England Lord's 22 Aug 1991 Test # 1176
Khaled Mashud 25y 313d Bangladesh v New Zealand Hamilton 18 Dec 2001 Test # 1577
WL Murdoch 25y 324d Australia v England The Oval 6 Sep 1880 Test # 4
APF Chapman 25y 345d England v Australia The Oval 14 Aug 1926 Test # 167

Records include the following recent matches:
England v Pakistan at Dubai (DSC), 3rd Test, Feb 3-6, 2012 [Test # 2034]
New Zealand v Zimbabwe at Napier, Only Test, Jan 26-28, 2012 [Test # 2033]
England v Pakistan at Abu Dhabi, 2nd Test, Jan 25-28, 2012 [Test # 2032]
Australia v India at Adelaide, 4th Test, Jan 24-28, 2012 [Test # 2031]

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There have been 308 century stands in India in ODIs, the most in a particular country. Australia and England are next, with 281 and 206 century stands respectively. Sharjah has witnessed the most century stands in ODIs among cricket venues (120) followed by Harare (77).

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