Fastest Test Centuries

Sr. No.	Name	Balls	For	Against	Venue	Year	Result
1	Brendon McCullum	54	New Zealand	Australia	Christchurch	2015/16	Lost by 7 wickets
2	Vivian Richards	56	West Indies	England	St John’s	1985/86	Won by 240 runs
3	Misbah-ul-Haq	56	Pakistan	Australia	Abu Dhabi	2014/15	Won by 356 runs
4	Adam Gilchrist	57	Australia	England	Perth	2006/07	Won by 206 runs
5	Jack Gregory	67	Australia	South Africa	Johannesburg	1921/22	Drawn
6	Shivnarine Chanderpaul	69	West Indies	Australia	Georgetown	2002/03	Lost by 9 wickets
7	David Warner	69	Australia	India	Perth	2011/12	Won by innings and 37 runs
8	Chris Gayle	70	West Indies	Australia	Perth	2009/10	Won by 35 runs
9	Roy Fredericks	71	West Indies	Australia	Perth	1975/76	Won by innings and 87 runs
10	Colin de Grandhomme	71	New Zealand	West Indies	Wellington	2017/18	Won by innings and 67 runs

In the list of 50 fastest Test centuries ever, there are only 15 of them which were scored before the year 2000. The game has picked up speed and batsmen nowadays score at a pace much higher than what the batsmen of earlier generations used to score. This has resulted in such a difference in the instances on the list.

New Zealand v Australia - 2nd Test: Day 1

The effect of T20 cricket can be seen in the ODI and Test formats as well. While this has resulted in high scoring matches, test matches last for about four days on an average and the percentage of drawn tests has been reduced.

With the ever-increasing pace of the game, more number of faster centuries will enter this list in the near future.

The quick centuries that have been scored even when the conditions didn’t force them, do not impress the purists, but can be a catalyst to attract people’s interest in the format. With the longer format being endangered, this can prove to be on the advantageous side for Test cricket.