SPD Smith of Australia scored 104 not out at the end of the first day’s play against Sri Lanka at Galle In the on-going first test to post his 35^th century in tests. He became the seventh batsman in the annals of test cricket to score 35 plus centuries. The following table lists all these batsmen. He went past four batsmen – BC Lara, DPMD Jayawardene. SM Gavaskar and Younis Khan – who have scored 34 centuries in the annals of test cricket.

No	Player	Team	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	C	HC	Z
1	SR Tendulkar	Ind	1989-2013	200	329	33	15921	248*	53.78	51	68	14
2	JH Kallis	SAF	1995-2013	166	280	40	13289	224	55.37	45	58	16
3	RT Ponting	Aus	1995-2012	168	287	29	13378	257	51.85	41	62	17
4	KC Sangakkara	Srl	2000-2015	134	233	17	12400	319	57.40	38	52	11
5	R Dravid	Ind	1996-2012	164	286	32	13288	270	52.31	36	63	08
6	JE Root	Eng	2012-2024	152	278	23	12972	262	50.87	36	65	13
7	SPD Smith	Aus	2010-2025	115	205	26	10103	239	56.44	35	41	11
No	Player	Team	Span	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	C	HC	Z
1	BC Lara	Win	1990-2006	131	232	06	11953	400*	52.88	34	48	17
2	M Jayawardene	Srl	1997-2014	149	252	15	11814	374	49.84	34	50	15
3	SM Gavaskar	Ind	1971-1987	125	214	16	10122	236*	51.12	34	45	12
4	Younis Khan	Pak	2000-2017	118	213	19	10099	313	52.05	34	33	19