Jamie Smith, the 24-year-old English wicketkeeper-batter, hit a hundred off 80 balls against India at Edgbaston today. That’s the fastest hundred by an Englishman against India in Test cricket, beating Ben Duckett’s previous record of 88 balls.
In general it’s the third fastest hundred by an Englishman in Test cricket and Smith’s second in this format. He counter attacked and England scored 172 in the session, Smith and Harry Brook put on a great partnership.
Here are the fastest Test hundreds for England:
- 76 – Gilbert Jessop vs Australia, The Oval, 1902
- 77 – Jonny Bairstow vs New Zealand, Trent Bridge, 2022
- 80 – Harry Brook vs Pakistan, Rawalpindi, 2022
- 80 – Jamie Smith vs India, Edgbaston, 2025
- 85 – Ben Stokes vs New Zealand, Lord’s, 2015
And the fastest hundreds for England against India:
- Jamie Smith (England) – 80 balls in Birmingham (July 2025)*
- Ben Duckett (England) – 88 balls in Rajkot (February 2024)
- Graham Gooch (England) – 95 balls in Lord’s (July 1990)
David Warner, the former Australian opener, holds the record for the fastest hundred in Test cricket against India. He got his hundred in 69 balls in the Test in Perth from January 13-15, 2012.
Next is AB de Villiers of South Africa who got his hundred in 75 balls in the December 2010 Test in Centurion. Shahid Afridi of Pakistan got his hundred in 78 balls against India in Lahore in January 2006.
The fastest hundreds against India:
- David Warner (Australia) – 69 balls in Perth (January 2012)
- AB de Villiers (South Africa) – 75 balls in Centurion (December 2010)
- Shahid Afridi (Pakistan) – 78 balls in Lahore (January 2006)
- Jamie Smith (England) – 80 balls in Birmingham (July 2025)*Kamran Akmal (Pakistan) – 81 balls in Lahore (January 2006)
- Adam Gilchrist (Australia) – 84 balls in Mumbai (February-March 2001)
- Clive Lloyd (West Indies) – 85 balls in Bengaluru (November 1974)
- Ben Duckett (England) – 88 balls in Rajkot (February 2024)
- Zaheer Abbas (Pakistan) – 94 balls in Faisalabad (January 1983)
- Graham Gooch (England) – 95 balls in Lord’s (July 1990)
Smith’s 80 ball hundred is tied for the third fastest by an Englishman in Test cricket.
Brendon McCullum, the former New Zealand captain, holds the record for the fastest hundred in Test cricket. He got his hundred in 54 balls against Australia in his farewell Test in Christchurch in February 2016.
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Thanks to Smith’s batting and his 165 run partnership with Harry Brook (91 from 127 balls) England recovered from 84-5 to 249-5 at lunch on Day 3 in Birmingham.
