Stats: Batters with most centuries in winning cause in Tests

Steve Smith was the Player of the Series in Australia’s 2-0 whitewash in Sri Lanka in the Test series. He scored two centuries in the two Tests in Galle and was the highest run-getter in the series for either team.

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He made 141 and 131 runs in the two Tests as Australia won the first Test by an innings and 242 runs while defeating Sri Lanka in the second Test by 9 wickets. Steve Smith captained the Australia team in the absence of Pat Cummins, who is dealing with an ankle injury.

This was Steve Smith’s 36th Test century and 24th Test ton that came in a Test win for Australia. This put Steve Smith at the 4th spot in the list of batters with the most hundreds in a winning cause in men’s Test matches.

Today we will take a look at the list of the batters who had the most contributions with hundreds in a winning cause in Test matches.

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Here is a list of batters with the most hundreds in winning causes in men’s Test matches:

At the No. 1 spot comes Australia’s Ricky Ponting. Ponting hit 41 Test centuries in his 68-Test career with 13378 runs as well. He averaged 51.85 and also made 62 fifties to his name. Impressively, 30 centuries out of his 41 tons in Tests came in winning causes for Australians.

Australia’s Steve Waugh and England’s Joe Root are second and third on the list with 25 centuries each. Waugh, perhaps one of the greatest Test captains Australia had, scored 10,927 runs in 168 Tests with 32 centuries to his name. Such was Australia’s dominance in his time that Waugh’s 25 centuries out of 32 came in winning causes.

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Similarly, Joe Root has been England’s ace batter since his debut. He has 36 centuries in 152 Tests with 12972 runs to his name. Out of the 36 Test tons, Root has scored 25 centuries in winning causes for England.

Next comes Steve Smith, whose 24 Test centuries out of a total of 36 tons came in the winning causes in Australia.

Following him are two Australian legends in Sir Don Bradman and Matthew Hayden. Bradman scored a total of 29 centuries in 52 Tests, and 23 of those tons came in Australia’s winning cause. On the other hand, Matthew Hayden’s 23 Test tons out of a total of 30 came in winning causes.

South Africa’s Jacques Kallis scored 45 Test centuries in his 166-Test career, and 22 of those came in winning causes for his team. Kane Williamson of New Zealand has 30 Test centuries in 105 matches. Thanks to his mastery, Williamson’s 22 Test tons have come in wins for the Black Caps.

Finally, Indian legend Sachin Tendulkar scored 20 of his record 51 Test centuries in 200 Tests, coming in winning causes for India.

List of batters with the most hundreds in winning cause in Men’s Test matches:

 
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