Top 10 Fastest Hundreds in the Professional Cricket

Change is the only constant thing in this world. The Twenty20 form of cricket revolutionised the game to a large extent. The batsmen are taking more risks, the bats have become larger, the boundaries ropes have come in. Thus, the modern day batsmen are scoring at a brisk pace as compared to the earlier generation.

In fact, eight of the ten fastest centuries have come in the 21st century. Noticing the growth of the game, it must not surprise many. Thus, the batsmen have hit the ground running from the get-go.

Interestingly, Shahid Afridi recorded of 37-ball hundred which stood for 18 years in International cricket, and it didn’t make it to the list.

We are including Domestic matches in this interesting list.

So let’s take you on the journey of top 10 fastest hundreds in the Professional cricket.

GD Rose: 36 balls

Graham Rose had a vast domestic career in the English County championship. The right-handed batsman smashed a 36-ball hundred while playing against Devon.

Rose scored a fine century for Somerset in 1990. The match was played at Torquay.

In fact, Rose had a long domestic career but failed to make it into the England squad. He accumulated more than 13,000 runs in more than 500 First-Class and List A matches. Furthermore, he scalped 907 wickets in both forms.

Corey Anderson: 36 balls

New Zealand’s Corey Anderson clobbered an international hundred off just six overs in 2014 against the Windies. Thus, the southpaw batsman was able to break the 18-year old record held by Shahid Afridi.

Anderson made full use of short boundaries of Queenstown ground, as he smashed Windies bowlers to all the corners of the park.

The left-hander scored 14 maximums and six boundaries in his blistering knock. Anderson ended unbeaten on 131 from just 47 balls, as New Zealand went on to put 283 in 21 overs.

Rohit Sharma: 35 balls

There aren’t many elegant batsmen than Rohit Sharma in the world. Subsequently, if the Indian opener gets going, then it is challenging to contain him. The right-hander was on fire against Sri Lanka in the second T20I in 2017.

Rohit Sharma completed his hundred from just 35 balls. In fact, at one moment, everyone thought Rohit had a chance to score the first double hundred in the shortest format of the game.

However, he got dismissed on 118 from 43 balls. Rohit smashed a dozen fours and ten sixes in his knock. Interestingly, Rohit is the only International batsman to score three ODI double hundreds.

David Miller: 35 balls

David Miller was on song in the second T20I against Bangladesh in 2017. The southpaw batsman took the Tigers bowlers to the cleaners. Miller knock included seven fours and nine sixes.

In fact, the left-hander was able to hit the ground running from the get-go. Subsequently, South Africa went on to win that match by a massive margin of 83 balls.

Meanwhile, David Miller has the skills to demolish any bowling line-up on his day.

Louis van der Westhuizen: 35 balls

Namibia’s Louis van der Westhuizen smashed a 35-ball century while playing against Kenya in the 5th unofficial T20I in 2011.

The left-hander went on to score 145 off 50 balls. Thus, the southpaw batsman scored 14 boundaries and cleared the ropes on dozen occasions. Nambia won that match by 50 runs.

Andrew Symonds: 34 balls

Australia’s Andrew Symonds was the hardest hitter of the cricket ball. The right-hander scored a blistering hundred off just 34 deliveries while playing for Kent against Middlesex.

The Aussie batsman scored 18 boundaries and three sixes during his fine knock. Kent easily won that match by seven wickets and 29 balls to spare.

In fact, Symonds was well known to get his runs at the brisk pace.

David Hookes 34 balls

Australia’s southpaw batsman, David Hookes laid the pillars of the scoring the fastest hundred back in 1982. Hookes scored a fine century for South Australia from 34 balls while playing against Victoria in Adelaide in a First-Class fixture.

Hookes could hit the ground running from the word go. Unfortunately, he played only 23 Test matches for the Australian team.

Rishabh Pant 32 balls

Rishabh Pant has left a mark with his pyrotechnics. The southpaw Delhi batsman also had a fine IPL season fo 2018.

In fact, the left-hander was in a hurry in the Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 tournament in 2017 while playing against Himachal Pradesh.

The wicketkeeper-batsman completed his hundred in 32 balls. Pant smashed ten fours and 12 sixes in his quickfire innings.

AB de Villiers: 31 balls

AB de Villiers was like a magician on a cricket field. He swung his bat like a wand, and you would be flabbergasted by his fearless strokeplay. Yes, he was the ‘Harry Potter of Cricket’.

AB had the skills to play the most daunting shots in the world. Furthermore, his executions of strokes were second to none. The Proteas talismanic batsman scored the fastest ODI hundred against Windies in Pink Jersey.

Even the great Chris Gayle had bowed down to AB de Villiers piece de resistance. AB scored 149 from only 44 balls to power South Africa to 439 in their 50 overs.

Unfortunately, AB will not entertain us, as he surprisingly called it a day from the International arena. However, he will go down as the best modern-day batsman.

Chris Gayle: 30 balls

Bowlers can get scared when someone like Chris Gayle gets going. The pugnacious Windies batsman was in his mood in the 2013 IPL match against Pune Warriors.

Gayle brought up his hundred from just 30 balls. In fact, Gayle went on to score 175 from only 66 deliveries. The southpaw’s batsman knock included 13 fours and 17 gargantuan sixes.

Thus, Gayle is known, as the king of the T20 form. Furthermore, the left-hander has scored more than 10,000 runs in the shortest format of the game. Interestingly, Gayle also scalped two wickets in the same match.