Records / Test matches / Batting records / Youngest player to score a hundred

Player	Age	Runs	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
Mohammad Ashraful	17y 61d	114	Bangladesh	v Sri Lanka	Colombo (SSC)	6 Sep 2001	Test # 1561
Mushtaq Mohammad	17y 78d	101	Pakistan	v India	Delhi	8 Feb 1961	Test # 505
SR Tendulkar	17y 107d	119*	India	v England	Manchester	9 Aug 1990	Test # 1149
H Masakadza	17y 352d	119	Zimbabwe	v West Indies	Harare	27 Jul 2001	Test # 1553
Imran Nazir	18y 154d	131	Pakistan	v West Indies	Bridgetown	18 May 2000	Test # 1496
Saleem Malik	18y 323d	100*	Pakistan	v Sri Lanka	Karachi	5 Mar 1982	Test # 923
Shahid Afridi	18y 333d	141	Pakistan	v India	Chennai	28 Jan 1999	Test # 1442
Mohammad Ilyas	19y 21d	126	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Karachi	9 Apr 1965	Test # 587
Nafees Iqbal	19y 75d	121	Bangladesh	v Zimbabwe	Dhaka	14 Jan 2005	Test # 1735
Mohammad Wasim	19y 105d	109*	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Lahore	21 Nov 1996	Test # 1339
Javed Miandad	19y 119d	163	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Lahore	9 Oct 1976	Test # 782
HG Vivian	19y 121d	100	New Zealand	v South Africa	Wellington	4 Mar 1932	Test # 218
RN Harvey	19y 121d	153	Australia	v India	Melbourne	6 Feb 1948	Test # 295
A Jackson	19y 149d	164	Australia	v England	Adelaide	1 Feb 1929	Test # 179
Umar Akmal	19y 182d	129	Pakistan	v New Zealand	Dunedin	24 Nov 2009	Test # 1934
AP Gurusinha	19y 187d	116*	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Colombo (PSS)	22 Mar 1986	Test # 1043
AB Barath	19y 226d	104	West Indies	v Australia	Brisbane	26 Nov 2009	Test # 1936
RG Pollock	19y 317d	122	South Africa	v Australia	Sydney	10 Jan 1964	Test # 550
KD Walters	19y 354d	155	Australia	v England	Brisbane	10 Dec 1965	Test # 597
PA de Silva	19y 364d	122	Sri Lanka	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	16 Oct 1985	Test # 1026
Ijaz Ahmed	20y 3d	122	Pakistan	v Australia	Faisalabad	23 Sep 1988	Test # 1105
DCS Compton	20y 18d	102	England	v Australia	Nottingham	10 Jun 1938	Test # 263
N Kapil Dev	20y 18d	126*	India	v West Indies	Delhi	24 Jan 1979	Test # 842
Hanif Mohammad	20y 25d	142	Pakistan	v India	Bahawalpur	15 Jan 1955	Test # 395
Taufeeq Umar	20y 70d	104	Pakistan	v Bangladesh	Multan	29 Aug 2001	Test # 1560
Shahriar Nafees	20y 74d	138	Bangladesh	v Australia	Fatullah	9 Apr 2006	Test # 1797
Salman Butt	20y 87d	108	Pakistan	v Australia	Sydney	2 Jan 2005	Test # 1731
KS Williamson	20y 88d	131	New Zealand	v India	Ahmedabad	4 Nov 2010	Test # 1974
PJ Hughes	20y 96d	115	Australia	v South Africa	Durban	6 Mar 2009	Test # 1913
Abul Hasan	20y 108d	113	Bangladesh	v West Indies	Khulna	21 Nov 2012	Test # 2060
Tamim Iqbal	20y 111d	128	Bangladesh	v West Indies	Kingstown	9 Jul 2009	Test # 1923
DG Bradman	20y 124d	112	Australia	v England	Melbourne	29 Dec 1928	Test # 178
AA Baig	20y 126d	112	India	v England	Manchester	23 Jul 1959	Test # 477
ML Apte	20y 137d	163*	India	v West Indies	Port of Spain	19 Feb 1953	Test # 367
HGO Owen-Smith	20y 145d	129	South Africa	v England	Leeds	13 Jul 1929	Test # 183
A Ratra	20y 148d	115*	India	v West Indies	St John's	10 May 2002	Test # 1602
Saeed Ahmed	20y 163d	150	Pakistan	v West Indies	Georgetown	13 Mar 1958	Test # 452
Ali Naqvi	20y 201d	115	Pakistan	v South Africa	Rawalpindi	6 Oct 1997	Test # 1380
GA Headley	20y 226d	176	West Indies	v England	Bridgetown	11 Jan 1930	Test # 187
JW Burke	20y 235d	101*	Australia	v England	Adelaide	2 Feb 1951	Test # 330
RJ Shastri	20y 248d	128	India	v Pakistan	Karachi	30 Jan 1983	Test # 948
VL Manjrekar	20y 253d	133	India	v England	Leeds	5 Jun 1952	Test # 351
DR Smith	20y 265d	105*	West Indies	v South Africa	Cape Town	2 Jan 2004	Test # 1681
GR Viswanath	20y 276d	137	India	v Australia	Kanpur	15 Nov 1969	Test # 666
C Hill	20y 317d	188	Australia	v England	Melbourne	29 Jan 1898	Test # 56
JW Hearne	20y 322d	114	England	v Australia	Melbourne	30 Dec 1911	Test # 117
AB de Villiers	20y 339d	109	South Africa	v England	Centurion	21 Jan 2005	Test # 1736
Abdul Razzaq	20y 363d	100*	Pakistan	v England	Faisalabad	29 Nov 2000	Test # 1518

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Only the first century by any player is shown.

Records include the following recent matches:
England v New Zealand at Lord's, 1st Test, May 16-19, 2013 [Test # 2088]
Zimbabwe v Bangladesh at Harare, 2nd Test, Apr 25-29, 2013 [Test # 2087]
Zimbabwe v Bangladesh at Harare, 1st Test, Apr 17-20, 2013 [Test # 2086]

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