Pak vs SAF in UAE – Dubai Test : GC Smith owns the record for most hundreds by a captain in the annals of test cricket
GC Smith’s 100 against Pakistan in the first test at Dubai gave him the record for most hundreds by a captain in the annals of test cricket. It was his 20th hundred while leading South Africa and he wrested the record from RT Ponting who ha scored 19 hundreds while leading Australia. GC Smith’s twenty hundreds are listed below
|
No |
Runs |
Inns |
Opposition |
Ground |
Mon/Year |
|
1 |
277 |
1 |
v England |
Birmingham |
Jul 2003 |
|
2 |
259 |
2 |
v England |
Lord’s |
Jul 2003 |
|
3 |
132 |
1 |
v West Indies |
Johannesburg |
Dec 2003 |
|
4 |
139 |
1 |
v West Indies |
Centurion |
Jan 2004 |
|
5 |
125* |
4 |
v New Zealand |
Wellington |
Mar 2004 |
|
6 |
121 |
2 |
v Zimbabwe |
Cape Town |
Mar 2005 |
|
7 |
148 |
2 |
v West Indies |
Port of Spain |
Apr 2005 |
|
8 |
104 |
2 |
v West Indies |
Bridgetown |
Apr 2005 |
|
9 |
126 |
1 |
v West Indies |
St John’s |
Apr 2005 |
|
10 |
133 |
3 |
v Pakistan |
Lahore |
Oct 2007 |
|
11 |
147 |
2 |
v West Indies |
Durban |
Jan 2008 |
|
12 |
232 |
1 |
v Bangladesh |
Chittagong |
Feb 2008 |
|
13 |
107 |
3 |
v England |
Lord’s |
Jul 2008 |
|
14 |
154* |
4 |
v England |
Birmingham |
Jul 2008 |
|
15 |
157 |
1 |
v Bangladesh |
Bloemfontein |
Nov 2008 |
|
16 |
108 |
4 |
v Australia |
Perth |
Dec 2008 |
|
17 |
183 |
3 |
v England |
Cape Town |
Jan 2010 |
|
18 |
105 |
2 |
v England |
Johannesburg |
Jan 2010 |
|
19 |
132 |
1 |
v West Indies |
Basseterre |
Jun 2010 |
|
20 |
100 |
1 |
v Pakistan |
Dubai |
Nov 2010 |