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Hall creates unique record
Rajneesh Gupta |
November 21, 2004 17:41 IST
Andrew Hall by taking 433 minutes to reach three figure-mark in the first Test against India at Kanpur on Sunday recorded the second slowest Test hundred by a South African.
Jackie McGlew had taken 545 minutes to complete his century against Australia in 1957-58, which still remains the slowest ever hundred by a South African.
Slowest Test 100s for South Africa:
| 545 minutes | Jackie McGlew (105) | v Aus | Durban | 1957-58 |
| 433 minutes | Andrew Hall (163) | v Ind | Kanpur | 2004-05 |
Hall's hundred is now the fifth slowest Test hundred on Indian soil as is shown in the following table:
Slowest Test 100s on Indian soil:
| 440 minutes | Allan Watkins (137*) | Eng v Ind | Delhi | 1951-52 |
| 438 minutes | Geoff Boycott (105) | Eng v Ind | Delhi | 1981-82 |
| 437 minutes | Dilip Vengsarkar (146*) | Ind v Pak | Delhi | 1979-80 |
| 435 minutes | John Guy (102) | NZ v Ind | Hyderabad | 1955-56 |
| 433 minutes | Andrew Hall (163) | SA v Ind | Kanpur | 2004-05 |