Younis Khan goes past Don Bradman
Younis Khan goes past Don Bradman
Younis Khan scored an unbeaten century on Day Four of the third Test against Sri Lanka to take his team to a winnings position. Younis was under tremendous pressure going into this game as he did not make many runs in this series. Bradman had scored 29 centuries in 52 Tests at an average of 99.94. Full updates: Sri Lanka vs Pakistan 3rd Test. Day 4 at Pallekele
Younis is now 10th in the list of leading century-getters. He has the most century by a Pakistan player by a long margin ahead of Inzamam-ul-Haq at No.2. Among the current cricketers, Azhar Ali is the second best with 10 centuries to his credit. Full scorecard: Sri Lanka vs Pakistan 3rd Test. Day 4 at Pallekele
Highest number of centuries for Pakistan
| Player | Span | M | I | R | HS | Ave | 100s | 50s |
| Younis Khan | 2000-2015 | 101* | 180 | 8744 | 313 | 53.64 | 30 | 29 |
| Inzamam-ul-Haq | 1992-2007 | 119 | 198 | 8829 | 329 | 50.16 | 25 | 46 |
| Mohammad Yousuf | 1998-2010 | 90 | 156 | 7530 | 223 | 52.29 | 24 | 33 |
| Javed Miandad | 1976-1993 | 124 | 189 | 8832 | 280* | 52.57 | 23 | 43 |
| Saleem Malik | 1982-1999 | 103 | 154 | 5768 | 237 | 43.69 | 15 | 29 |
Younis also has the unique distinction of scoring a century every six innings and a half-century a little over three, well ahead of legends like Sachin Tendulkar, Mahela Jayawardene, Rahul Dravid, Jacques Kallis and others. The following table will illustrate the point further. READ: Younis Khan becomes first player to score 5 Test tons in 4th innings
| Player | M | I | R | Ave | 100s | I/100 | M/100 |
| Sachin Tendulkar | 200 | 329 | 15,921 | 53.78 | 51 | 6.45 | 3.92 |
| Jacques Kallis | 166 | 280 | 13,289 | 55.37 | 45 | 6.22 | 3.69 |
| Ricky Ponting | 168 | 287 | 13,378 | 51.85 | 41 | 7.00 | 4.10 |
| Kumar Sangakkara | 132 | 229 | 12,305 | 58.04 | 38 | 6.03 | 3.47 |
| Rahul Dravid | 164 | 286 | 13,288 | 52.31 | 36 | 7.94 | 4.56 |
| Sunil Gavaskar | 125 | 214 | 10,122 | 51.12 | 34 | 6.29 | 3.68 |
| Mahela Jayawardene | 149 | 252 | 11,814 | 49.84 | 34 | 7.41 | 4.38 |
| Brian Lara | 131 | 232 | 11,953 | 52.88 | 34 | 6.82 | 3.85 |
| Steve Waugh | 168 | 260 | 10,927 | 51.06 | 32 | 8.13 | 5.25 |
| Shivnarine Chanderpaul | 164 | 280 | 11,867 | 51.37 | 30 | 9.33 | 5.47 |
| Matthew Hayden | 103 | 184 | 8,625 | 50.73 | 30 | 6.13 | 3.43 |
| Younis Khan | 101 | 180 | 8,744 | 53.64 | 30 | 6.00 | 3.37 |
While Tendulkar has the most runs and most centuries, his centuries came every 6.45 innings. Sri Lanka batsman Kumar Sangakkara has the highest average among all of them, yet he scored a century every 6.03 innings.