Waiting for the ton
The longest gaps between Test centuries by a player (since World War 2)
3888 days Upul Tharanga (Sri Lanka)
March 2006 to October 2016 • AFP
July 2001 to August 2011 (Zimbabwe didn't play Tests between Sep 2005 and Aug 2011)•AFP
December 1967 to December 1977 (Simpson returned from almost a decade-long retirement to lead a Packer-weakened Australia in 1977)•John Dawson/PA Photos