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In this quiz<\/a>, you have to name the fastest hundreds scored in Test cricket.<\/p>\n There are few better sights in cricket than a batter going up through the gears in a Test match, throwing the kitchen sink at the opposition bowling. The record for the fastest Test century (54 balls) belongs to a former New Zealand captain, achieved in his final Test against Australia at Christchurch (2016). He appears again in the top 10 for his 74-ball century at the same venue against Sri Lanka (2015) \u2013 joint-eighth fastest ever, alongside a Pakistani and an Indian. <\/p>\n Also read: Quiz! Shortest Tests, Caribbean fortresses \u2013 how well do you know the West Indies cricket grounds?<\/a><\/p>\n The latest entrant on this list was an Australian, who starred in his side’s run-chase in the opening Test of the 2025\/26 Ashes in Perth. <\/p>\n Also try: Quiz! Match these Indian batters to their Test double hundreds<\/a><\/p>\n Test cricket has seen 103 players score centuries in fewer than 100 deliveries. The following details have been given as hints: the number of balls taken to reach the hundred, the batter’s team, their opponents, and the season or year of the match. You have 20 minutes to name the scorers of the fastest hundreds in the history of Test cricket.<\/p>\n Good luck!<\/p>\n Data correct as of April 15, 2026.<\/p>\n Quiz! Fastest Test hundreds in terms of balls faced <\/p>\n Please refresh this page if the quiz does not load properly.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Follow Wisden for all cricket updates, including live scores<\/a>, match stats, quizzes<\/a> and more. Stay up to date with the latest cricket news<\/a>, player updates, team standings,<\/a> match highlights, video analysis<\/a> and live match odds<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In this quiz, you have to name the fastest hundreds scored in Test cricket. There are few better…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":531915,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[1721,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-531914","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cricket","8":"tag-cricket","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/531914","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=531914"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/531914\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/531915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=531914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=531914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=531914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}