Slowest hundreds

Records for Test Matches

Slowest hundreds

Minutes	Player	Match	Location	Year
557	Mudassar Nazar	Pakistan v England	Lahore	1977-78
545	DJ McGlew	South Africa v Australia	Durban	1957-58
535	AP Gurusinha	Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe	Harare	1994-95
516	JJ Crowe	New Zealand v Sri Lanka	Colombo (CCC)	1986-87
500	SV Manjrekar	India v Zimbabwe	Harare	1992-93
488	PE Richardson	England v South Africa	Johannesburg	1956-57
458	KWR Fletcher	England v Pakistan	The Oval	1974

Note: The slowest hundred for any Test in England is 458 minutes (329 balls) by KWR Fletcher, England v Pakistan, The Oval, 1974. The slowest double-hundred in a Test was scored in 777 minutes (548 balls) by DSBP Kuruppu for Sri Lanka v New Zealand at Colombo (CCC), 1986-87, on his debut.