FASTEST CENTURIES IN TEST CRICKET
Batsman Balls Country Opposition Year
Viv Richards 56 West Indies England 1986
Misbah-ul-Haq 56 Pakistan Australia 2014
Adam Gilchrist 57 Australia England 2006
Jack Gregory 67 Australia South Africa 1921
Shivnarine Chanderpaul 69 West Indies Australia 2003
David Warner 69 Australia India 2012
Chris Gayle 70 West Indies Australia 2009
Roy Fredericks 71 West Indies Australia 1975
Majid Khan 74 Pakistan New Zealand 1976
Kapil Dev 74 India Sri Lanka 1986
M Azharuddin 74 India South Africa 1996
FASTEST HALF CENTURIES IN TESTS
Batsman Balls Country Opposition Year
Misbah-ul-Haq 21 Pakistan Australia 2014
Jacques Kallis 24 South Africa Zimbabwe 2005
Shane Shillingford 25 West Indies New Zealand 2014
Shahid Afridi 26 Pakistan India 2005
M Ashraful 26 Bangladesh India 2007
M Yousuf 27 Pakistan South Africa 2003
Foffie Williams 28 West Indies England 1948
Ian Botham 28 England India 1981
Chris Gayle 28 West Indies New Zealand 2014
Bruce Yardley 29 Australia West Indies 1978
Tim Southee 29 New Zealand England 2008
