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2Don Bradman and Garry Sobers are the only two batsmen to score three or more centuries in a series on five different occasions. Bradman scored four hundreds in three of those series and three centuries on the two other occasions. Sobers, on the other hand, scored three centuries in all five series including twice against India, England and once against Pakistan.

Ponting is still here to stay

Ponting is still here to stay

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There have been 308 century stands in India in ODIs, the most in a particular country. Australia and England are next, with 281 and 206 century stands respectively. Sharjah has witnessed the most century stands in ODIs among cricket venues (120) followed by Harare (77).

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Records

Oldest player to take five-wickets-in-an-innings - Test matches
Player Age Bowl Team Opposition Ground Match Date Scorecard
H Ironmonger 49y 311d 6/18 Australia v South Africa Melbourne 12 Feb 1932 Test # 216
DD Blackie 46y 268d 6/94 Australia v England Melbourne 29 Dec 1928 Test # 178
AJ Traicos 45y 154d 5/86 Zimbabwe v India Harare 18 Oct 1992 Test # 1197
CV Grimmett 44y 65d 6/73 Australia v South Africa Durban 28 Feb 1936 Test # 251
FE Woolley 42y 242d 7/76 England v New Zealand Wellington 24 Jan 1930 Test # 188
EE Hemmings 41y 135d 6/58 England v New Zealand Birmingham 5 Jul 1990 Test # 1147
AP Freeman 41y 71d 5/100 England v South Africa Manchester 27 Jul 1929 Test # 184
LR Gibbs 41y 60d 5/102 West Indies v Australia Brisbane 28 Nov 1975 Test # 764
SF Barnes 40y 301d 7/88 England v South Africa Durban 14 Feb 1914 Test # 133
AA Mailey 40y 223d 6/138 Australia v England The Oval 14 Aug 1926 Test # 167
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Hundreds in consecutive innings - Test matches
Player 100s Runs Inns Team Opposition Ground Match Date Scorecard
ED Weekes 5 141 2 West Indies v England Kingston 27 Mar 1948 Test # 298
128 1 West Indies v India Delhi 10 Nov 1948 Test # 304
194 1 West Indies v India Mumbai (BS) 9 Dec 1948 Test # 305
162 1 West Indies v India Kolkata 31 Dec 1948 Test # 308
101 3 West Indies v India Kolkata 31 Dec 1948 Test # 308
JHW Fingleton 4 112 1 Australia v South Africa Cape Town 1 Jan 1936 Test # 249
108 2 Australia v South Africa Johannesburg 15 Feb 1936 Test # 250
118 2 Australia v South Africa Durban 28 Feb 1936 Test # 251
100 2 Australia v England Brisbane 4 Dec 1936 Test # 255
A Melville 4 103 3 South Africa v England Durban 3 Mar 1939 Test # 271
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A hundred and five dismissals in an innings - Test matches
Player Bat Field Team Opposition Ground Match Date Scorecard
DT Lindsay 182 6ct/0st South Africa v Australia Johannesburg 23 Dec 1966 Test # 611
IDS Smith 113* 4ct/1st New Zealand v England Auckland 10 Feb 1984 Test # 977
SAR Silva 111 5ct/0st Sri Lanka v India Colombo (PSS) 6 Sep 1985 Test # 1024
AC Gilchrist 133 4ct/1st Australia v England Sydney 2 Jan 2003 Test # 1636
MJ Prior 118 5ct/0st England v Australia Sydney 3 Jan 2011 Test # 1989
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