Unbelievable Feat: This England Player Leaves Sachin Tendulkar Behind with 199 Centuries! Tendulkar is at number 42 in the list of most centuries

Most Century In First Class Cricket: Many legends have earned a lot of name in the game of cricket. However, a cricketer gets the most fame either by scoring a lot of centuries or by taking a lot of wickets. For example, if there is a batsman then how many runs he scored and how many centuries he scored, this matters the most. Same thing happens with the bowler. Everyone sees how many wickets that bowler has taken. Well, today we are talking about the batsmen who have scored the most centuries in first class cricket. 

You will be surprised to know that an English batsman has scored 199 centuries in first class cricket. A total of 25 batsmen have scored more than 100 centuries in this format. The surprising thing is that there is no Indian in it. John Hobbs of England scored 199 centuries in 834 first class matches. During this period, 61760 runs were scored from his bat. He is the player who has scored the most runs and most centuries in first class cricket. 

Most centuries in first class cricket

After Hobbs is on the top in first class matches,
EH Hendren 170 centuries,
WR Hammond 167 centuries,
CP Mead 153 centuries,
G Boycott 151 centuries,
H Sutcliffe 151 centuries,
FE Woolley 145 centuries,
GA Hick 136 centuries,
L Hutton 129 centuries,
GA Gooch 128 Centuries,
WG Grace 124 Centuries,
DCS Compton 123 Centuries,
TW Graveney 122 Centuries,
DG Bradman 117 Centuries,
MR Ramprakash 114 Centuries,
IVA Richards 114 Centuries,
Zaheer Abbas 108 Centuries,
A Sandham 107 Centuries,
MC Cowdrey 107 Centuries,
TW Hayward 104 centuries,
GM Turner 103 centuries,
JH Edrich 103 centuries,
LEG Ames 102 centuries,
GE Tyldesley 102 centuries
DL Amiss has scored 102 centuries. 

God of cricket Sachin Tendulkar is at number 42

God of cricket Sachin Tendulkar is at number 42 in this record list. He has 81 centuries in his name in first class cricket. Former Australian captain Ricky Ponting also has 81 centuries in his name in this format. Former Pakistani batsman Zaheer Abbas has more than 100 centuries in his name in first class cricket.