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List: Most Test Centuries by Teams


A batting team in Tests is deemed a dominant batting team if their batters consistently notch up big totals on the board. This can only happen if one or more players of a team churn out century after century regularly. Through this, they can guarantee high scores for the team more often and give their bowlers more cushion to bowl with an attacking mindset and pick up 20 wickets to win the game.

In this article, we delve into the top 10 teams who have the most Test centuries, highlighting their batting dominance in the sport’s longer format.

Test Centuries by Teams

TeamTotal Test CenturiesPlayer with Most 100s
England945Joe Root (41)
Australia906Ricky Ponting (41)
India570Sachin Tendulkar (51)
West Indies507Brian Lara (34)
Pakistan434Younis Khan (34)
South Africa410Jacques Kallis (45)
New Zealand343Kane Williamson (33)
Sri Lanka309Kumar Sangakkara (38)
Bangladesh91Mominul Haque (13)
Zimbabwe70Andy Flower (12)
Afghanistan9
Ireland4
Total4598Sachin Tendulkar (51)

Key Stats:

928: Number of times a player from the England Test team has scored a century in the format. As many as 175 different players have scored a ton thus far for the “Three Lions,” with Joe Root leading the way, having hammered 35 centuries.

140: Apart from England, only the Australia team has 100 or more of their Test players scoring a century. 140 players have scored 892 Test tons between them, and the legendary batter Ricky Ponting has 41 of them, the most.

India and the West Indies have 90 & 91 Test century-makers, respectively, while Zimbabwe has 24 & Bangladesh has 27.

51: This figure is the most Test tons scored by a single player in Tests, and it belongs to the great Sachin Tendulkar. He scored 51 of India’s 552 Test match centuries, and their team lies third on the list.

8: Number of teams whose players have cumulatively scored more than 300 Test centuries between them. Afghanistan and Ireland players have scored 4 Test centuries each.

Vijay Raman

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