South Africa vs England Test Series : GC Smith becomes the fourth opener to score 20 or more hundreds
GC Smith of South Africa scored his 20th hundred as an opening batsman against England at Johannesburg in the fourth and final test of the 2009-10 series to become the fourth opening batsman to register 20 or more centuries in the annals of test cricket. The other three are SM Gavaskar of India {33}, ML Hayden of Australia {30} and G Boycott of England {22}. Smith’s twenty hundreds are listed below
| No | Runs | Opposition | Ground | Mon/Year |
| 1 | 200 | v Bangladesh | East London | Oct 2002 |
| 2 | 151 | v Pakistan | Cape Town | Jan 2003 |
| 3 | 277 | v England | Birmingham | Jul 2003 |
| 4 | 259 | v England | Lord’s | Jul 2003 |
| 5 | 132 | v West Indies | Johannesburg | Dec 2003 |
| 6 | 139 | v West Indies | Centurion | Jan 2004 |
| 7 | 125* | v New Zealand | Wellington | Mar 2004 |
| 8 | 121 | v Zimbabwe | Cape Town | Mar 2005 |
| 9 | 148 | v West Indies | Port of Spain | Apr 2005 |
| 10 | 104 | v West Indies | Bridgetown | Apr 2005 |
| 11 | 126 | v West Indies | St John’s | Apr 2005 |
| 12 | 133 | v Pakistan | Lahore | Oct 2007 |
| 13 | 147 | v West Indies | Durban | Jan 2008 |
| 14 | 232 | v Bangladesh | Chittagong | Feb 2008 |
| 15 | 107 | v England | Lord’s | Jul 2008 |
| 16 | 154* | v England | Birmingham | Jul 2008 |
| 17 | 157 | v Bangladesh | Bloemfontein | Nov 2008 |
| 18 | 108 | v Australia | Perth | Dec 2008 |
| 19 | 183 | v England | Cape Town | Jan 2010 |
| 20 | 105 | v England | Johannesburg | Jan 2010 |