Top 10 Fastest Test Centuries of All Time

With the evolution of T20 cricket, Batsmen Have More Keen To Score Very Quickly in ODI’s and Test Matches as Well. We Already Seen Some of the Fastest Innings in T2o and ODI’s Cricket. Shahid Afridi Scored a Fastest Century in ODI’s, Chris Gayle Blasted A Fastest Century in T20. But Here We Going To Make The List of Top 10 Fastest Test Centuries of All Time.
in 15th of April 1986, West Indian Legend Viv Richards Scored A 56 Balls Century Against England. Antigua’s Ground Will Remember This Ton For Long Time. This Was The Fastest Century in Test Cricket History in Term Of Balls. Richards Smashed 7 Fours and 7 Sixes During His Historic Innings.
Most Recent Fastest Century Was Made By Australian Left Handed Adam Gilchrist, Gilchrist Who Considered To be The Greatest Wicket Keeper of All Time, and One of The Greatest Wicket Keeper Batsmen of All Time, he scored a Ton, Taking Just 59 Balls. Victim was Once Again England. Gilchrist Completes His 100 With The Help of 12 Fours and 4 Massive Sixes. have a Look at The List.

Top 10 Fastest Test Centuries of All Time. (by Balls)

	Balls	Batsman	Match	Location	Year
1	56	IVA Richards	West Indies v England	St John’s	1985-86
2	57	AC Gilchrist	Australia v England	Perth	2006-07
3	67	JM Gregory	Australia v South Africa	Johannesburg	1921-22
4	69	S Chanderpaul	West Indies v Australia	Georgetown	2002-03
5	69	DA Warner	Australia v India	Perth	2011-12
6	70	CH Gayle	West Indies v Australia	Perth	2009-10
7	71	RC Fredericks	West Indies v Australia	Perth	1975-76
8	74	Majid Khan   Kapil Dev  M Azharuddin	Pakistan v New ZealandIndia v Sri Lanka India v South Africa	KarachiKanpur Calcutta	1976-77 1986-87 1996-97
9	75	AB de Villiers	South Africa v India	Centurion	2010-11
10	76	GL Jessop	England v Australia	The Oval	1902

Note: All the figures are from the start of an individual innings. NJ Astle’s second hundred in his 222 v England at Christchurch in 2001/02 took 39 balls.

Top 6 Fastest Test Centuries (by Minutes)

	Minutes	Batsman	Match	Location	Year
1	70	JM Gregory	Australia v South Africa	Johannesburg	1921-22
2	77	GL Jessop	England v Australia	The Oval	1902
3	78	R Benaud	Australia v West Indies	Kingston	1954-55
4	80	JH Sinclair	South Africa v Australia	Cape Town	1902-03
5	81	IVA Richards	West Indies v England	St John’s	1985-86
6	86	BR Taylor	New Zealand v West Indies	Auckland	1968-69