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Ricky
Ponting
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On May 23,
2008 in Test
no. 1875,
played at
Sabina Park,
Kingston,
Jamaica
for Frank
Worrell
Trophy,
Australian
captain
Ricky
Ponting,
scoring his
35th Test
century in
the first
Test against
West Indies,
shadowed
Sunil
Gavaskar and
Brian Lara.
He became
second
position
behind
Sachin
Tendulkar in
the elite
list of Test
century-makers.
·
Tendulkar
holds the
record with
39
centuries.
-
Ponting
finished
the
innings 66
runs short
of the
magical
10,000
figure and
it was
also his
second
consecutive
Test ton
after he
made 140
against
India in
Adelaide
which
ended his
long lean
patch in a
controversial
summer at
home
Most
Centuries in
Test
cricket:
·
Sachin
Tendulkar (Ind)
39
·
Ricky
Ponting
(Aus) 35
·
Brian
Lara (WI) 34
·
Sunil
Gavaskar (Ind)
34
·
Steve
Waugh (Aus)
32
·
Jacques
Kallis (SA)
30
·
Matt
Hayden (Aus)
30
·
Don
Bradman
(Aus) 29
·
Allan
Border (Aus)
27
·
Garfield
Sobers (WI)
26
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