Fastest Century in Cricket History

Cosimo · 23 Apr 2013 at 14:39

Chris Gayle does it in 30 balls (11 sixes and 8 boundaries) for the Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League:

TheCenturion · 23 Apr 2013 at 14:49

As much as I find T20/IPL boring, this was pretty crazy!

Also not the fastest, Bradman once scored a hundred in 3 overs

http://www.bradman.com.au/greatest-cricket-innings-ever-100-runs-in-3-overs/

Cosimo · 23 Apr 2013 at 14:53

TheCenturion said:
Also not the fastest, Bradman once scored a hundred in 3 overs

Gayle's is the fastest professional cricket history.

Hamster · 23 Apr 2013 at 15:29

Incredible!! 98 out of that hundred in boundaries :eek:

And to top it, they put him on to bowl the last over and he takes 2 wickets sporting a beaming grin throughout the entire over

isonomicjedi · 23 Apr 2013 at 18:02

He would drive me mad as a coach.

He either does this (when he can be bothered) or is out for <10 every time I watch him.

Psycho Sonny · 24 Apr 2013 at 13:21

isonomicjedi said:
He would drive me mad as a coach.

He either does this (when he can be bothered) or is out for <10 every time I watch him.

this is what happens with aggressive players, they either have a brilliant match or a terrible one, they arent as consistent as more timid players.

aggressive players are far more exciting to watch.

take MMA for example, aggressive fighters will either knock the other person out or be knocked out themselves. timid fighters tend to win more but they are boring and go the full distance.

i know which one i prefer, sure it doesnt always work, but when it does it's far more exciting than timid play.

platypus · 24 Apr 2013 at 13:25

I hate 20/20.

TheCenturion · 24 Apr 2013 at 14:34

isonomicjedi said:
He would drive me mad as a coach.

He either does this (when he can be bothered) or is out for <10 every time I watch him.

Psycho Sonny said:
this is what happens with aggressive players, they either have a brilliant match or a terrible one, they arent as consistent as more timid players.

I think you're both very wrong. He's far ahead of every other T20 player. In all the T20 domestic leagues he's been the most consistent batsman. He averages 46.33 in T20 cricket at a strike rate of 155.87, scary stuff.

He's scored 11 centuries and 35 fifties in 134 innings. That means he scores 50+ in over a third of the games he's played.

Think about it

platypus said:
I hate 20/20.

It's a steaming pile of **** but people eat it up because they're impatient and can't be bothered to think.

Psycho Sonny · 24 Apr 2013 at 15:05

yeah but i was thinking more of the likes of sehwag who is a very inconsistent aggressive player.

TheCenturion · 24 Apr 2013 at 15:10

Fair enough. And he's now been dropped from the India Test and ODI teams.