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By Minutes
Minutes	Batsman	Match	Location	Year
24	Misbah-ul-Haq	Pakistan v Australia	Abu Dhabi	2014/15
27	Mohammad Ashraful	Bangladesh v India	Mirpur	2007
28	JT Brown	England v Australia	Melbourne	1894-95
29	SA Durani	India v England	Kanpur	1963-64
30	EAV Williams	West Indies v England	Bridgetown	1947-48
30	BR Taylor	New Zealand v West Indies	Auckland	1968-69
31	WJ O'Reilly	Australia v South Africa	Johannesburg	1935-36
32	R Benaud	Australia v West Indies	Kingston	1954-55
32	WJ Cronje	South Africa v Sri Lanka	Centurion	1997-98

By Balls Faced (where known)
Balls	Batsman	Match	Location	Year
21	Misbah-ul-Haq	Pakistan v Australia	Abu Dhabi	2014-15
23	DA Warner	Australia v Pakistan	Sydney	2016-17
24	JH Kallis	South Africa v Zimbabwe	Cape Town	2004-05
25	S Shillingford	West Indies v New Zealand	Kingston	2014
26	Shahid Afridi	Pakistan v India	Bangalore	2004-05
26	Mohammad Ashraful	Bangaldesh v India	Mirpur	2007
26	DW Steyn	South Africa v West Indies	Port Elizabeth	2014-15
27	Yousuf Youhana	Pakistan v South Africa	Cape Town	2002-03
28	EAV Williams	West Indies v England	Bridgetown	1947-48
28	IT Botham	England v India	Delhi	1981-82
28	CH Gayle	West Indiies v New Zealand	Port of Spain	2014
29	B Yardley	Australia v West Indies	Bridgetown	1977-78
29	TG Southee	New Zealand v England	Napier	2007-08
30	N Kapil Dev	India v Pakistan	Karachi	1982-83
30	TM Dilshan	Sri Lanka v New Zealand	Galle	2009
30	BB McCullum	New Zealand v Pakistan	Sharjah	2014-15
31	A Ranatunga	Sri Lanka v India	Kanpur	1986-87
31	WJ Cronje	South Africa v Sri Lanka	Centurion	1997-98
32	IVA Richards	West Indies v India	Kingston	1982-83
32	IT Botham	England v New Zealand	The Oval	1986
32	V Sehwag	India v England	Chennai	2008-09
32	MA Starc	Australia v South Africa	Perth	2012-13

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Number of single-digit scores by the Australia batsmen against South Africa in Hobart was 16 - their joint-most in any Test. The last time before this they had 16 such scores in a Test was in 1912 at the Oval.

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