da 888casino： Sachin Tendulkar’s 50th century is another major statistical highlight of an already glorious Test career
da apostaganha： Madhusudhan Ramakrishnan19-Dec-2010Sachin Tendulkar added yet another record to his glittering Test career when he became the first batsman to score 50 centuries. At the end of his ninth match, when he scored his first century, he averaged just under 43. Thereafter, his 10th, 20th and 30th centuries came in intervals of 46, 47 and 52 innings respectively. Injuries and a form slump meant that it took him 93 innings to progress from his 30th and 40th century. A remarkable resurgence in performance since 2008 has meant his last ten centuries have come in just 34 innings.
Century numberScoreVenueDateMatch numberInnings numberAverage after match1119*Old TraffordAug 09, 199091442.7610177NottinghamJul 04, 1996416054.9220126*New ZealandOct 10, 19996910755.4230193LeedsAug 22, 20029915957.9940109NagpurNov 06, 200815425254.3050107*CenturionDec 16, 201017528656.89Tendulkar’s spurt of hundreds over the last few years has improved his innings-per-century figure considerably. At one stage, he had scored 39 hundreds in 250 innings, an average of 6.41 innings per hundred. Since then, he has notched up 11 in 36 to bring his overall innings-per-century average to 5.72. Among batsmen with at least 25 hundreds, only Don Bradman has a better average.
BatsmanInnings100sRatioDon Bradman80292.76Sachin Tendulkar286505.72Matthew Hayden184306.13Garry Sobers160266.15Sunil Gavaskar214346.29Jacques Kallis242386.37Ricky Ponting257396.59Mahela Jayawardene190286.79Brian Lara232346.82In the 50 innings in which he scored hundreds, Tendulkar averages 214.26, though this number has been increased by the fact that he has remained not out 16 times. Jacques Kallis and Steve Waugh are the others who have averages of more than 200, and both have also remained not out on more than ten occasions – Kallis has 13 undefeated hundreds, while Waugh has 15.
BatsmanCenturiesRunsHSAverage centurySachin Tendulkar507285248*214.26Ricky Ponting395634257176.06Jacques Kallis385120201*204.80Sunil Gavaskar344802236*177.85Brian Lara345889400*184.03Steve Waugh324342200255.41Tendulkar’s hallmark has been his consistency and ability to score in all conditions. He averages over 60 in England and Sri Lanka and nearly 59 in Australia. His record isn’t as good in Pakistan, where he averages just over 40 with one century. Zimbabwe remains the only country where Tendulkar has not scored a century.
CountryMatchesInningsRuns100s50sHSAverageAustralia1630152265241*58.53Bangladesh7982050248*136.66England132213024619362.00India791306547222721756.93New Zealand11188422516049.52Pakistan101348312194*40.25South Africa13249784316944.45Sri Lanka121911555420367.94West Indies10146201511747.69Zimbabwe47240027440.00Tendulkar’s batting has been remarkably effective across all four innings of a match. He is the top century scorer in the first, second and third innings, and is second only in the number of centuries scored in the fourth innings. The table lists the top century getters in each match innings in Tests.
1st innings2nd innings3rd innings4th inningsRicky Ponting(20)Sachin Tendulkar(17)Matthew Hayden(10)Sunil Gavakar(4)Sachin Tendulkar(20)Mahela Jayawardene(13)Sachin Tendulkar(10)Ricky Ponting(4)Jacques Kallis(17)Brian Lara(13)Allan Border(9)Ramnaresh Sarwan(4)Steve Waugh(17)Mohammad Yousuf(13)Martin Crowe(8)Younis Khan(4)Rahul Dravid(14)Ricky Ponting(13)Jacques Kallis(8)Sachin Tendulkar(3)