Masakadza breaks many a records

Hamilton Masakadza became second Zimbabwean and 68th batsman in Test cricket history to score a century on Test debut when he notched up a brilliant 115* on the third day of second Test against Zimbabwe at Harare

Rajneesh Gupta

30-Jul-2001

Hamilton Masakadza became second Zimbabwean and 68th batsman in Test cricket history to score a century on Test debut when he notched up a brilliant 115* on the third day of second Test against Zimbabwe at Harare. More significant is the fact that Masakadza, at 17 years 354 days, became the youngest ever batsman to score a century on Test debut . Pakistan's Salim Malik was the previous holder of this record.

Masakadza also became the third youngest to score a Test century in all matches after Pakistan's Mushtaq Mohammad and India's Sachin Tendulkar. Only Dave Houghton has scored a century on Test debut for Zimbabwe before Masadazka and at 35 years 119 days Houghton was almost twice the age of Masadazka !!

On the opening day of the match Masakadza had achieved the dictinction of becoming the youngest player to represent Zimbabwe in Test cricket beating Tatenda Taibu's record who was 18 years 66 days old while making his debut in the first Test of this series.

Youngest Centurions on Test Debut

Age	Batsman	Runs	For	Vs	Venue	Season
17-354	H Masakadza	115*#	Zim	WI	Harare	2001
18-327	Salim Malik	100*	Pak	SL	Karachi	1981-82
19-108	Mohammad Wasim	109*	Pak	NZ	Lahore	1996-97
19-119	Javed Miandad	163	Pak	NZ	Lahore	1976-77
19-152	A Jackson	164	Aus	Eng	Adelaide	1928-29
19-356	PF Warner	132*	Eng	SA	Johannesburg	1898-99
20-130	AA Baig	112	Ind	Eng	Manchester	1959
20-203	Ali Naqvi	115	Pak	SA	Rawalpindi CC	1997-98
20-228	GA Headley	176	WI	Eng	Bridgetown	1929-30
20-239	JW Burke	101*	Aus	Eng	Adelaide	1950-51
20-280	GR Viswanath	137	Ind	Aus	Kanpur	1969-70
21-209	PBH May	138	Eng	SA	Leeds	1951
21-237	BR Taylor	105	NZ	Ind	Calcutta	1964-65
21-286	BH Pairaudeau	115	WI	Ind	Port-of-Spain	1952-53
21-327	M Azharuddin	110	Ind	Eng	Calcutta	1984-85
21-328	OG Smith	104	WI	Aus	Kingston	1954-55

Youngest Test Centurions

Yrs-Days	Batsman	Score	For	Vs	Venue	Season
17- 81	Mushtaq Mohammad	101	Pak	Ind	Delhi	1960-61
17-111	SR Tendulkar	119*	Ind	Eng	Manchester	1990
17-354	H Masakadza	115*#	Zim	WI	Harare	2001
18-158	Imran Nazir	131	Pak	WI	Bridgetown	1999-00
18-249	Mushtaq Mohammad	100*	Pak	Eng	Nottingham	1962
18-257	SR Tendulkar	148*	Ind	Aus	Sydney	1991-92
18- 285	SR Tendulkar	114	Ind	Aus	Perth	1991-92
18-327	Salim Malik	100*	Pak	SL	Karachi	1981-82
18-335	Shahid Afridi	141	Pak	Ind	Madras	1998-99
19- 25	Mohammad Ilyas	126	Pak	NZ	Karachi	1964-65
19-108	Mohammad Wasim	109*	Pak	NZ	Lahore	1996-97
19-119	Javed Miandad	163	Pak	NZ	Lahore	1976-77
19-121	HG Vivian	100	NZ	SA	Wellington	1931-32
19-122	RN Harvey	153	Aus	Ind	Melbourne	1947-48
19-140	Javed Miandad	206	Pak	NZ	Karachi	1976-77
19-152	A Jackson	164	Aus	Eng	Adelaide	1928-29
19-191	AP Gurusinha	116*	SL	Pak	Colombo PSS	1985-86
19-218	SR Tendulkar	111	Ind	SA	Johannesburg	1992-93
19-265	Salim Malik	107	Pak	Ind	Faisalabad	1982-83
19-291	RN Harvey	112	Aus	Eng	Leeds	1948
19-293	SR Tendulkar	165	Ind	Eng	Madras	1992-93
19-318	RG Pollock	122	SA	Aus	Sydney	1963-64
19-333	RG Pollock	175	SA	Aus	Adelaide	1963-64
19-356	KD Walters	155	Aus	Eng	Brisbane	1965-66
19-364	PA de Silva	122	SL	Pak	Faisalabad	1985-86

# not the final score

Youngest Players for each country

Country	Player	Age	Vs	Venue	Season
		Yrs-Days
Australia	ID Craig	17-239	SA	Melbourne	1952-53
England	DB Close	18-149	NZ	Manchester	1949
South Africa	PR Adams	18-340	Eng	Port Elizabeth	1995-96
West Indies	JED Sealy	17-122	Eng	Bridgetown	1929-30
New Zealand	DL Vettori	18-10	Eng	Wellington	1996-97
India	SR Tendulkar	16-205	Pak	Karachi	1989-90
Pakistan	Hasan Raza	14-227	Zim	Faisalabad	1996-97
Sri Lanka	CDUS Weerasinghe	17-189	Ind	Colombo PSS	1985-86
Zimbabwe	H Masadazka	17-354	WI	Harare	2001
Bangladesh	Mohammed Sharif	15-128	Zim	Bulawayo	2000-01

Zimbabwe vs West Indies West Indies tour of Zimbabwe Harare Sports Club