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Player Opposition Ground Match Date Debut Time Mat Scorecard
DK Lillee (Aus) v Pakistan Brisbane 27 Nov 1981 29 Jan 1971 10y 302d 56 Test # 910
M Muralitharan (SL) v South Africa Durban 26 Dec 2000 28 Aug 1992 8y 120d 58 Test # 1526
RJ Hadlee (NZ) v Australia Wellington 21 Feb 1986 2 Feb 1973 13y 19d 61 Test # 1035
MD Marshall (WI) v Australia Melbourne 24 Dec 1988 15 Dec 1978 10y 9d 61 Test # 1112
DW Steyn (SA) v New Zealand Cape Town 2 Jan 2013 17 Dec 2004 8y 16d 61 Test # 2069
SK Warne (Aus) v South Africa Sydney 2 Jan 1998 2 Jan 1992 6y 0d 63 Test # 1393
AA Donald (SA) v New Zealand Bloemfontein 17 Nov 2000 18 Apr 1992 8y 213d 63 Test # 1514
GD McGrath (Aus) v West Indies Perth 1 Dec 2000 12 Nov 1993 7y 19d 64 Test # 1520
FS Trueman (Eng) v Australia The Oval 13 Aug 1964 5 Jun 1952 12y 69d 65 Test # 565
Waqar Younis (Pak) v Sri Lanka Colombo (SSC) 14 Jun 2000 15 Nov 1989 10y 212d 65 Test # 1499
A Kumble (India) v England Bangalore 19 Dec 2001 9 Aug 1990 11y 132d 66 Test # 1578
Imran Khan (Pak) v England Leeds 2 Jul 1987 3 Jun 1971 16y 29d 68 Test # 1077
Wasim Akram (Pak) v England The Oval 22 Aug 1996 25 Jan 1985 11y 210d 70 Test # 1332
CEL Ambrose (WI) v Sri Lanka St John's 13 Jun 1997 2 Apr 1988 9y 72d 71 Test # 1369
IT Botham (Eng) v West Indies The Oval 9 Aug 1984 28 Jul 1977 7y 12d 72 Test # 993
Harbhajan Singh (India) v Australia Nagpur 6 Nov 2008 25 Mar 1998 10y 226d 72 Test # 1892
B Lee (Aus) v New Zealand Brisbane 20 Nov 2008 26 Dec 1999 8y 330d 73 Test # 1894
SM Pollock (SA) v England The Oval 4 Sep 2003 16 Nov 1995 7y 292d 74 Test # 1659
M Ntini (SA) v Pakistan Port Elizabeth 19 Jan 2007 19 Mar 1998 8y 306d 74 Test # 1829
LR Gibbs (WI) v Australia Perth 12 Dec 1975 5 Feb 1958 17y 310d 75 Test # 765
CA Walsh (WI) v England The Oval 24 Aug 1995 9 Nov 1984 10y 288d 80 Test # 1303
RGD Willis (Eng) v New Zealand Leeds 28 Jul 1983 9 Jan 1971 12y 200d 81 Test # 958
JM Anderson (Eng) v New Zealand Lord's 16 May 2013 22 May 2003 9y 359d 81 Test # 2088
N Kapil Dev (India) v Sri Lanka Cuttack 4 Jan 1987 16 Oct 1978 8y 80d 83 Test # 1064
WPUJC Vaas (SL) v India Delhi 10 Dec 2005 26 Aug 1994 11y 106d 90 Test # 1776

Time is based on the start of the debut match and the start of the match in which the milestone was achieved
Bowlers within a maximum of 90 matches 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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The record for most centuries in a Test is eight. It has happened twice, most recently in the Galle Test between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh in March 2013, when five Sri Lankans and three Bangladeshis scored tons. The only other instance was in Antigua between West Indies and South Africa, 2005.

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