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Player Overs Mdns Runs Wkts Econ Team Opposition Ground Match Date Scorecard
RG Nadkarni 32.0 27 5 0 0.15 India v England Chennai 10 Jan 1964 Test # 551
GS Sobers 14.0 11 3 1 0.21 West Indies v New Zealand Wellington 3 Mar 1956 Test # 423
RG Nadkarni 14.0 11 3 0 0.21 India v England Mumbai (BS) 21 Jan 1964 Test # 552
Majid Khan 10.0 8 3 0 0.30 Pakistan v West Indies Port of Spain 1 Apr 1977 Test # 802
RES Wyatt 13.0 10 4 3 0.30 England v South Africa Durban 21 Jan 1928 Test # 170
H Verity 13.0 11 4 0 0.30 England v South Africa Leeds 13 Jul 1935 Test # 244
JC Laker 14.1x8 9 7 2 0.37 England v South Africa Cape Town 1 Jan 1957 Test # 435
JW Burke 15.0x8 10 8 0 0.40 Australia v South Africa Johannesburg 7 Feb 1958 Test # 449
H Verity 12.0 9 5 2 0.41 England v South Africa Leeds 13 Jul 1935 Test # 244
Pervez Sajjad 12.0 8 5 4 0.41 Pakistan v New Zealand Rawalpindi 27 Mar 1965 Test # 585
DA Allen 19.0 15 8 1 0.42 England v New Zealand Christchurch 25 Feb 1966 Test # 602
Maninder Singh 20.4 12 9 3 0.43 India v England Lord's 5 Jun 1986 Test # 1046
JC Laker 18.0 14 8 3 0.44 England v Australia The Oval 23 Aug 1956 Test # 429
DL Underwood 18.0 15 8 2 0.44 England v Australia Lord's 20 Jun 1968 Test # 638
NM Lyon 22.0 17 10 0 0.45 Australia v South Africa Cape Town 1 Mar 2014 Test # 2122
GS Chappell 11.0 6 5 1 0.45 Australia v England Perth 14 Dec 1979 Test # 864
HL Collins 15.0 12 7 0 0.46 Australia v South Africa Johannesburg 12 Nov 1921 Test # 146
EAS Prasanna 8.0x8 4 5 0 0.46 India v Australia Melbourne 30 Dec 1977 Test # 812
NBF Mann 20.0 13 10 0 0.50 South Africa v England Nottingham 7 Jun 1947 Test # 285
WW Armstrong 18.0 12 9 1 0.50 Australia v England Lord's 11 Jun 1921 Test # 141
Majid Khan 9.0x8 4 6 0 0.50 Pakistan v New Zealand Karachi 30 Oct 1976 Test # 784
CEL Jones 10.0 7 5 0 0.50 West Indies v England Georgetown 21 Feb 1930 Test # 192
DCS Compton 16.0x8 11 11 1 0.51 England v South Africa Durban 16 Dec 1948 Test # 306
RG Nadkarni 19.0 13 10 0 0.52 India v New Zealand Delhi 19 Mar 1965 Test # 583
SK Warne 15.0 12 8 4 0.53 Australia v New Zealand Auckland 12 Mar 1993 Test # 1217
JC Laker 24.0 20 13 2 0.54 England v West Indies Birmingham 30 May 1957 Test # 439
TL Goddard 16.0x8 8 12 2 0.56 South Africa v England Port Elizabeth 1 Mar 1957 Test # 438
Maninder Singh 23.0 16 13 1 0.56 India v Pakistan Ahmedabad 4 Mar 1987 Test # 1071
NS Yadav 33.0 22 19 3 0.57 India v Australia Sydney 2 Jan 1986 Test # 1034
BE Congdon 18.0x8 11 14 0 0.58 New Zealand v England Christchurch 24 Feb 1978 Test # 818
KD Mackay 9.0x8 6 7 1 0.58 Australia v England Brisbane 5 Dec 1958 Test # 460
PH Edmonds 34.1 23 20 4 0.58 England v New Zealand The Oval 27 Jul 1978 Test # 828
TL Goddard 17.0 14 10 1 0.58 South Africa v New Zealand Dunedin 28 Feb 1964 Test # 559
FMM Worrell 27.0 18 16 0 0.59 West Indies v India Bridgetown 23 Mar 1962 Test # 527
BE Congdon 17.4x8 11 14 2 0.60 New Zealand v England Wellington 10 Feb 1978 Test # 817
RG Nadkarni 15.0 10 9 2 0.60 India v Pakistan Mumbai (BS) 2 Dec 1960 Test # 497
SD Anurasiri 15.0 11 9 0 0.60 Sri Lanka v Pakistan Colombo (PSS) 22 Mar 1986 Test # 1043
R Illingworth 10.0x8 5 8 0 0.60 England v Australia Sydney 15 Feb 1963 Test # 539
ERH Toshack 10.0 5 6 2 0.60 Australia v New Zealand Wellington 29 Mar 1946 Test # 275
J Trim 10.0 6 6 2 0.60 West Indies v England Georgetown 3 Mar 1948 Test # 297
R Pollard 10.0 8 6 0 0.60 England v Australia Manchester 8 Jul 1948 Test # 301
AW Greig 10.0 7 6 1 0.60 England v India Kanpur 25 Jan 1973 Test # 709
AA Donald 10.0 7 6 2 0.60 South Africa v Sri Lanka Colombo (SSC) 6 Sep 1993 Test # 1233
RG Barlow 22.0x4 18 9 1 0.61 England v Australia Melbourne 19 Jan 1883 Test # 11
HDPK Dharmasena 19.3 13 12 0 0.61 Sri Lanka v England The Oval 27 Aug 1998 Test # 1423
RN Harvey 13.0 7 8 1 0.61 Australia v India Chennai 13 Jan 1960 Test # 486
GP Swann 21.0 13 13 3 0.61 England v West Indies Port of Spain 6 Mar 2009 Test # 1914
ERH Toshack 19.0 13 12 4 0.63 Australia v New Zealand Wellington 29 Mar 1946 Test # 275
WR Cuttell 32.0x5 24 17 3 0.63 England v South Africa Johannesburg 14 Feb 1899 Test # 58
TL Goddard 25.2x8 15 22 1 0.65 South Africa v England Johannesburg 15 Feb 1957 Test # 437
HJ Tayfield 24.0x8 17 21 1 0.65 South Africa v England Durban 25 Jan 1957 Test # 436
Khan Mohammad 30.0 19 20 2 0.66 Pakistan v New Zealand Dhaka 7 Nov 1955 Test # 415
S Ramadhin 15.0 9 10 2 0.66 West Indies v Pakistan Dhaka 6 Mar 1959 Test # 471
R Illingworth 15.0 11 10 1 0.66 England v Pakistan Lord's 27 Jul 1967 Test # 621
N Boje 15.0 6 10 2 0.66 South Africa v India Bangalore 2 Mar 2000 Test # 1486
SLV Raju 17.5 13 12 6 0.67 India v Sri Lanka Chandigarh 23 Nov 1990 Test # 1156
HL Collins 11.0x8 3 10 0 0.68 Australia v England Melbourne 1 Jan 1925 Test # 159
KJ Silva 14.4 9 10 3 0.68 Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe Colombo (RPS) 11 Sep 1996 Test # 1333
TL Goddard 16.0 10 11 1 0.68 South Africa v New Zealand Wellington 21 Feb 1964 Test # 558
TE Bailey 25.0x8 12 23 3 0.69 England v South Africa Port Elizabeth 1 Mar 1957 Test # 438
FJ Titmus 26.0 17 18 4 0.69 England v New Zealand Birmingham 27 May 1965 Test # 591
TE Bailey 13.0x8 4 12 2 0.69 England v South Africa Johannesburg 15 Feb 1957 Test # 437
Ghulam Ahmed 13.0 9 9 1 0.69 India v Pakistan Peshawar 13 Feb 1955 Test # 398
SLV Raju 36.0 25 25 2 0.69 India v Sri Lanka Chandigarh 23 Nov 1990 Test # 1156
HJ Tayfield 14.0x8 7 13 6 0.69 South Africa v New Zealand Johannesburg 29 Jan 1954 Test # 381
JDP Oram 20.0 14 14 0 0.70 New Zealand v Bangladesh Chittagong 17 Oct 2008 Test # 1888
DG Phadkar 10.0 6 7 1 0.70 India v Pakistan Karachi 26 Feb 1955 Test # 400
A Ranatunga 10.0 8 7 0 0.70 Sri Lanka v India Colombo (SSC) 30 Aug 1985 Test # 1023
MHN Walker 16.0x8 8 15 6 0.70 Australia v Pakistan Sydney 6 Jan 1973 Test # 707
RG Nadkarni 34.0 24 24 1 0.70 India v Pakistan Delhi 8 Feb 1961 Test # 505
SM Patil 17.0 10 12 1 0.70 India v New Zealand Wellington 21 Feb 1981 Test # 897
W Bates 17.0x4 11 8 0 0.70 England v Australia Sydney 28 Jan 1887 Test # 25
LR Gibbs 53.3 37 38 8 0.71 West Indies v India Bridgetown 23 Mar 1962 Test # 527
JT Partridge 14.0 8 10 0 0.71 South Africa v New Zealand Wellington 21 Feb 1964 Test # 558
MLC Foster 14.0 7 10 0 0.71 West Indies v India Bridgetown 1 Apr 1971 Test # 685
RG Nadkarni 32.0 24 23 0 0.71 India v Pakistan Kanpur 16 Dec 1960 Test # 499
Fazal Mahmood 25.0 19 18 0 0.72 Pakistan v India Dhaka 1 Jan 1955 Test # 394
RG Barlow 25.0x4 20 12 2 0.72 England v Australia Lord's 19 Jul 1886 Test # 23
WW Hall 8.2x8 4 8 0 0.72 West Indies v New Zealand Auckland 27 Feb 1969 Test # 648
Mudassar Nazar 11.0 5 8 3 0.72 Pakistan v New Zealand Lahore 16 Nov 1984 Test # 998
RK Chauhan 11.0 8 8 3 0.72 India v Sri Lanka Ahmedabad 8 Feb 1994 Test # 1247
CEL Ambrose 11.0 6 8 3 0.72 West Indies v Zimbabwe Port of Spain 16 Mar 2000 Test # 1490
FJ Titmus 26.0 17 19 5 0.73 England v New Zealand Leeds 8 Jul 1965 Test # 593
G Ulyett 22.2x4 16 11 2 0.73 England v Australia Sydney 17 Feb 1882 Test # 6
JM Gregory 15.0 9 11 0 0.73 Australia v South Africa Cape Town 26 Nov 1921 Test # 147
Sarfraz Nawaz 15.0 10 11 3 0.73 Pakistan v Australia Melbourne 11 Dec 1981 Test # 913
SR Watson 15.0 11 11 0 0.73 Australia v England Nottingham 10 Jul 2013 Test # 2090
Tauseef Ahmed 21.4 13 16 2 0.73 Pakistan v Australia Karachi 15 Sep 1988 Test # 1104
LN Constantine 14.5 9 11 3 0.74 West Indies v England Port of Spain 24 Jan 1935 Test # 239
CG Rackemann 31.0 21 23 1 0.74 Australia v New Zealand Perth 24 Nov 1989 Test # 1129
JC Laker 36.0 23 27 3 0.75 England v New Zealand Leeds 3 Jul 1958 Test # 456
JH Wardle 32.0 23 24 4 0.75 England v South Africa Nottingham 9 Jun 1955 Test # 407
AH Kardar 28.0 17 21 2 0.75 Pakistan v New Zealand Dhaka 7 Nov 1955 Test # 415
TL Goddard 14.0x8 7 14 1 0.75 South Africa v England Johannesburg 24 Dec 1956 Test # 434
ARA Murray 13.0x8 7 13 0 0.75 South Africa v Australia Brisbane 5 Dec 1952 Test # 359
TL Goddard 13.0x8 8 13 2 0.75 South Africa v England Port Elizabeth 1 Mar 1957 Test # 438
CL Walcott 16.0 10 12 2 0.75 West Indies v India Port of Spain 21 Jan 1953 Test # 363
RG Archer 12.0x8 7 12 3 0.75 Australia v England Sydney 17 Dec 1954 Test # 392
KD Mackay 11.0x8 5 11 0 0.75 Australia v South Africa Johannesburg 7 Feb 1958 Test # 449
RR Lindwall 12.0 7 9 0 0.75 Australia v India Kolkata 2 Nov 1956 Test # 433
R Illingworth 9.0x8 5 9 0 0.75 England v Australia Sydney 9 Jan 1971 Test # 676
Mushtaq Mohammad 9.0x8 4 9 1 0.75 Pakistan v New Zealand Hyderabad (Sind) 23 Oct 1976 Test # 783

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The Delhi Test in 1948 is the only instance when three batsmen got their maiden Test centuries in the same innings. Clyde Walcott, Gerry Gomez and Robert Christiani were the batsmen who got their maiden hundreds in that Test. In addition to the three, Everton Weekes also hit a century in that innings, the first instance of four or more West Indies batsman hit four or more hundreds in a Test innings.

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