Stats: Most number of Test centuries before the age of 24

Kane Williamson

At the age of just 23, Kane Williamson is churning out hundreds on demand, it would seem. On Day 4 of the series decider in Bridgetown, he smashed his 2^nd century of the series – his 7^th of his career. Only Sir Don Bradman, Sachin Tendulkar and Sir Gary Sobers had more hundreds in their kitty before turning 24.

The right-hander completed his ton with a cut to sweeper cover off spinner Sulieman Benn to register yet another Test hundred. He finished the rain-curtailed day unbeaten on 161, with New Zealand scoring 331/7, a lead of 304 runs.

Before the age of 24, Bradman had scored 12 centuries with a highest score of 334, while Sachin Tendulkar had 11 100+ scores to his name.

In the list of top 10 batsmen with most centuries before the age of 24, Tendulkar batted in more innings than anyone else and Kane Williamson averages the least among them.

Interestingly, the list has cricketers from all top 8 cricketing nations barring Sri Lanka.

The No.3 batsman has also entered the New Zealand’s top 10 list of batsmen with most centuries in their Test career.

Batsmen with most Test centuries before the age of 24:

#	Batsmen	Matches	Innings	Runs	Average	Highest	100s	50s
1	Donald Bradman (Aus)	19	26	2695	112.29	334	12	2
2	Sachin Tendulkar (Ind)	53	80	3617	50.23	179	11	18
3	Gary Sobers (WI)	32	54	2922	63.52	365*	9	8
4	Alastair Cook (Eng)	36	66	2694	42.09	127	7	16
5	Javed Miandad (Pak)	34	58	2663	57.89	206	7	15
6	Graeme Smith (SA)	33	58	2774	51.37	277	7	11
7	Kane Williamson (NZ)	34	62	2377	40.28	161*	7	13
8	Neil Harvey (Aus)	19	32	1582	56.50	178	6	5
9	George Headley (WI)	9	18	1039	61.11	223	6	0
10	Graeme Pollock (SA)	19	34	1739	57.96	209	6	8

*Stats updated till 29 June 2014