The 100-Test men

In the third Test against India at Nagpur on October 26, Glenn McGrath became the 30th cricketer, the eighth Australian and the sixth bowler to play 100 Tests.

It was a memorable Test for McGrath as Australia conquered the final frontier. He scored 11 not out with two fours -- his first double-digit score in the year 2004, captured 5 wickets for 106 runs (including those of Virender Sehwag and Rahul Dravid in the first innings and Sachin Tendulkar's in the second) and also took one catch.

During this Test, McGrath also became only the fourth bowler after team mate Shane Warne, Sri Lanka's Mutthiah Muralitharan and West Indian Courtney Walsh to complete 450 wickets in Test cricket.

The exclusive club of cricketers with 100 or more Test appearances includes eight Australians, seven Englishmen, seven West Indians, four Indians, three Pakistanis and one South African.

Test cricket was more than 91 years old when it produced the first centurion, Colin Cowdrey. In the next less than 37 years, 29 have joined him, an indication of mushrooming of Test matches since the 1970s.

The 100 Test-men include 21 specialist batsmen, four all-rounders, two wicket-keeping batsmen and three specialist bowlers. India's Sachin Tendulkar, at 29 years 134 days, was the youngest to appear in his 100th Test, whereas England's Geoff Boycott at 40 years 254 days, was the oldest.

Table I lists all players with 100 or more Test appearances in chronological order. It is observed that:

a) Cowdrey, Boycott, Dilip Vengsarkar, Kapil Dev, Alec Stewart and Carl Hooper all played their first as well as 100th Test against the same opponent.

b) Allan Border, Javed Miandad and Hooper made their first and 100th Test appearance on the same ground.

c) Mark Waugh took the shortest time to complete his 100 Tests -- 8 years and 342 days. At the other end of the scale, West Indies' Clive Lloyd took the longest time to do so -- 17 years and 137 days.

Table I 100-Test Club members:

	Player (Country)	First Test	100th Test	Time Span
1	Colin Cowdrey (Eng)	Nov 26,1954	Jul 11,1968	13 yrs 228 days
		v Australia, Brisbane	v Australia, Birmingham
2	Geoff Boycott (Eng)	Jun 4,1964	Jul 2,1981	17 yrs 28 days
		v Australia, Nottingham	v Australia, Lord's
3	Clive Lloyd (W0I)	Dec 13,1966	Apr 28,1984	17 yrs 137 days
		v India, Mumbai	v Australia, Kingston
4	Sunil Gavaskar (Ind)	Mar 6,1971	Oct 17,1984	13 yrs 225 days
		v W.Indies, Port-of-Spain	v Pakistan, Karachi
5	David Gower (Eng)	Jun 1,1978	Jul 21,1988	10 yrs 50 days
		v Pakistan, Birmingham	v West Indies, Leeds
6	Viv Richards (WI)	Nov 22,1974	Nov 18,1988	13 yrs 362 days
		v India, Bangalore	v Australia, Brisbane
7	Dilip Vengsarkar (Ind)	Jan 24,1976	Nov 24,1988	12 yrs 305 days
		v New Zealand, Auckland	v New Zealand, Mumbai
8	Allan Border (Aus)	Dec 29,1978	Dec 24,1988	9 yrs 361 days
		v England, Melbourne	v West Indies, Melbourne
9	Kapil Dev (Ind)	Oct 16,1978	Nov 15,1989	11 yrs 30 days
		v Pakistan, Faisalabad	v Pakistan, Karachi
10	Javed Miandad (Pak)	Oct 9,1976	Dec 1,1989	13 yrs 53 days
		v New Zealand, Lahore	India, Lahore
11	Gordon Greenidge (WI)	Nov 22,1974	Apr 13,1990	15 yrs 162 days
		v India, Bangalore	v England, St.John's
12	Desmond Haynes (WI)	Mar 3,1978	Jul 4,1991	13 yrs 123 days
		v Australia, Port-of-Spain	v England, Nottingham
13	Ian Botham (Eng)	Jul 28,1977	Feb 2,1992	14 yrs 189 days
		v Australia, Nottingham	v New Zealand, Wellington
14	Graham Gooch (Eng)	Jul 10,1975	Jan 29,1993	16 yrs 203 days
		v Australia, Birmingham	v India, Calcutta
15	David Boon (Aus)	Nov 23,1984	Apr 21,1995	10 yrs 139 days
		v West Indies, Brisbane	v W.Indies, Port-of-Spain
16	Steve Waugh (Aus)	Dec 26,1985	Jan 2,1998	12 yrs 7 days
		v India, Melbourne	v South Africa, Sydney
17	Ian Healy (Aus)	Sep 15,1988	Jan 30,1998	9 yrs 137 days
		v Pakistan, Karachi	v South Africa, Adelaide
18	Courtney Walsh	Nov 9,1984	Feb 27,1998	13 yrs 110 days
		v Australia, Perth	v England, Georgetown
19	Mark Taylor (Aus)	Jan 26,1989	Nov 20,1998	9 yrs 298 days
		v West Indies, Sydney	v England, Brisbane
20	Saleem Malik (Pak)	Mar 5,1982	Dec 10,1998	16 yrs 280 days
		v Sri Lanka, Karachi	v Zimbabwe, Lahore
21	Mark Waugh (Aus)	Jan 25,1991	Jan 2,2000	8 yrs 342 days
		v England, Adelaide	v India, Sydney
22	Mike Atherton (Eng)	Aug 10,1989	Aug 3,2000	10 yrs 359 days
		v Australia, Nottingham	v West Indies, Manchester
23	Alec Stewart (Eng)	Feb 24,1990	Aug 3,2000	10 yrs 161 days
		v West Indies, Kingston	v West Indies, Manchester
24	Wasim Akram (Pak)	Jan 25,1985	Nov 29,2000	15 yrs 309 days
		v New Zealand, Auckland	v England, Faisalabad
25	Shane Warne (Aus)	Jan 2,1992	Mar 8,2002	10 yrs 65 days
		v India, Sydney	v South Africa, Cape Town
26	Sachin Tendulkar (Ind)	Nov 15,1989	Sep 5,2002	12 yrs 294 days
		v Pakistan, Karachi	v England, The Oval
27	Carl Hooper (WI)	Dec 11,1987	Oct 9,2002	14 yrs 302 days
		v India, Mumbai WS	v India, Mumbai WS
28	Brian Lara (WI)	Dec 6,1990	Dec 26,2003	13 yrs 20 days
		v Pakistan, Lahore	v South Africa, Durban
29	Gary Kirsten (SA)	Dec 26,1993	Mar 18,2004	10 yrs 82 days
		v Australia, Melbourne	v New Zealand, Auckland
30	Glenn McGrath (Aus)	Nov 12,1993	Oct 26,2004	10 yrs 349 days
		v New Zealand, Perth	v India, Nagpur

Table II gives the country wise break-up of 100 Tests from which we gauge the facts:

a) Steve Waugh, Tendulkar, Brian Lara, Wasim Akram, Gary Kirsten and McGrath played against all other Test playing nations.

b) Allan Border holds the record of playing most Test matches against a particular country -- 47 against England.

Table II: Country wise break-up of 100 Test appearances:

Tests	Player	-------------------- vs --------------------
		Eng	Aus	SA	WI	NZ	Ind	Pak	SL	Zim	BD
168	Steve Waugh	46	x	16	32	23	18	20	8	3	2
156	Allan Border	47	x	6	31	23	20	22	7	0	0
133	Alec Stewart	x	33	23	24	16	9	13	9	6	0
132	Courtney Walsh	36	38	10	x	10	15	18	3	2	0
131	Kapil Dev	27	20	4	25	10	x	29	14	2	0
128	Mark Waugh	29	x	18	28	14	14	15	9	1	0
125	Sunil Gavaskar	38	20	0	27	9	X	24	7	0	0
124	Javed Miandad	22	25	0	16	18	28	x	12	3	0
121	Viv Richards	36	34	0	0	7	28	16	0	0	0
119	Ian Healy	33	x	12	28	11	9	14	11	1	0
118	Graham Gooch	x	42	3	26	15	19	10	3	0	0
117	David Gower	x	42	0	19	13	24	17	2	0	0
116	Dilip Vengsarkar	26	24	0	25	11	0	22	8	0	0
116	Desmond Haynes	36	33	1	x	10	19	16	1	0	0
115	Mike Atherton	x	33	18	27	11	7	11	4	4	0
115	Sachin Tendulkar	16	20	14	16	16	X	10	13	9	1
114	Shane Warne	26	X	18	16	15	13	12	13	1	0
114	Colin Cowdrey	x	43	14	21	18	8	10	0	0	0
112	Brian Lara	30	27	15	x	8	13	7	8	2	2
110	Clive Lloyd	34	29	0	x	8	28	11	0	0	0
108	Geoff Boycott	x	38	7	29	15	13	6	0	0	0
108	Gordon Greenidge	32	29	0	x	10	23	14	0	0	0
107	David Boon	31	x	6	22	17	11	11	9	0	0
104	Mark Taylor	33	x	11	20	11	9	12	8	0	0
104	Wasim Akram	18	13	4	17	9	12	x	19	10	2
103	Salim Malik	19	15	1	7	18	22	x	15	6	0
102	Ian Botham	x	36	0	20	15	14	14	3	0	0
102	Carl Hooper	24	25	10	x	2	19	14	6	2	0
101	Gary Kirsten	22	18	x	13	13	10	11	9	3	2
100	Glenn McGrath	22	x	14	20	9	10	14	8	1	2

Table III furnishes the batting and fielding performances of 100 Test men from which we gauge the following facts:

a) Steve Waugh has figured in most Tests (168)

b) Border has scored most runs (11,174) and has the most scores of fifty plus (90).

c) Gavaskar has compiled the most centuries (34)

d) Lara has played the highest individual innings (400*)

e) Tendulkar has the highest batting average (56.76)

f) Healy has taken most catches (366) and made most stumpings (29)

g) Mark Waugh has held the most catches (181) among the non-wicketkeepers

h) Walsh has remained unbeaten on most occasions (61). He has also made most ducks (43).

Table III: 100 Test members - batting & fielding performances
(in descending order of runs):

Player	For	Tests	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	0	Ct	St
AR Border	Aus	156	265	44	11,174	205	50.56	27	63	11	156	-
SR Waugh	Aus	168	260	46	10,927	200	51.06	32	50	22	112	-
SM Gavaskar	Ind	125	214	16	10,122	236*	51.12	34	45	12	108	-
BC Lara	WI	112	197	6	10,094	400*	52.85	26	46	13	147	-
SR Tendulkar	Ind	115	186	19	9,480	241*	56.76	33	37	12	72	-
GA Gooch	Eng	118	215	6	8,900	333	42.58	20	46	13	103	-
Javed Miandad	Pak	124	189	21	8,832	280*	52.57	23	43	6	93	1
IVA Richards	WI	121	182	12	8,540	291	50.24	24	45	10	122	-
AJ Stewart	Eng	133	235	21	8,463	190	39.55	15	45	14	263	14
DI Gower	Eng	117	204	18	8,231	215	44.25	18	39	7	74	-
G Boycott	Eng	108	193	23	8,114	246*	47.73	22	42	10	33	-
ME Waugh	Aus	128	209	17	8,029	153*	41.82	20	47	19	181	-
MA Atherton	Eng	115	212	7	7,728	185*	37.70	16	46	20	83	-
MC Cowdrey	Eng	114	188	15	7,624	182	44.07	22	38	9	120	-
CG Greenidge	WI	108	185	16	7,558	226	44.72	19	34	11	96	-
MA Taylor	Aus	104	186	13	7,525	334*	43.50	19	40	5	157	-
CH Lloyd	WI	110	175	14	7,515	242*	46.68	19	39	4	90	-
DL Haynes	WI	116	202	25	7,487	184	42.30	18	39	10	65	-
DC Boon	Aus	107	190	20	7,422	200	43.66	21	32	16	99	-
G Kirsten	SA	101	176	15	7,289	275	45.27	21	34	13	83	-
DB Vengsarkar	Ind	116	185	22	6,868	166	42.13	17	35	15	78	-
Salim Malik	Pak	103	154	22	5,768	237	43.70	15	29	12	65	-
CL Hooper	WI	102	173	15	5,762	233	36.47	13	27	13	115	-
Kapil Dev	Ind	131	184	15	5,248	163	31.05	8	27	16	64	-
IT Botham	Eng	102	161	6	5,200	208	33.55	14	22	14	120	-
IA Healy	Aus	119	182	23	4,356	161*	27.40	4	22	18	366	29
Wasim Akram	Pak	104	147	19	2,898	257*	22.64	3	7	17	43	-
SK Warne	Aus	114	160	13	2,362	99	16.07	-	8	30	94	-
CA Walsh	WI	132	185	61	936	30*	7.55	-	-	43	29	-
GD McGrath	Aus	100	112	40	468	39	6.50	-	-	28	31	-

Table IV furnishes the bowling performances of 100 Test men from which we gauge the following facts:

a) Warne has bowled most balls (32,330), most maidens (1505), conceded most runs (13,846) and has taken most wickets (541). He also has the most instances of 5 wickets in an innings (28) as also the most 10-wicket match hauls (8).

b) Kapil has the best innings analysis (9-83).

c) McGrath has the best strike-rate (52.19) among the bowlers (having bowled a minimum of 50 balls).

Table IV: 100 Test members - bowling performances:
(in descending order of wickets)

Player	For	Tests	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Ave	Best	5WI	10WM	SR	ER
SK Warne	Aus	115	32,330	1,505	13,846	541	25.59	8/71	28	8	59.75	42.82
CA Walsh	WI	132	30,019	1,145	12,688	519	24.45	7/37	22	3	57.84	42.27
GD McGrath	Aus	100	23,538	1,182	9,801	451	21.73	8/38	24	3	52.19	41.63
Kapil Dev	Ind	131	27,740	1,060	12,867	434	29.65	9/83	23	2	63.92	46.38
Wasim Akram	Pak	104	22,627	871	9,779	414	23.62	7/119	25	5	54.65	43.22
IT Botham	Eng	102	21,815	788	10,878	383	28.40	8/34	27	4	56.96	49.86
CL Hooper	WI	102	13,788	531	5,635	114	49.43	5/26	4	-	120.95	40.87
SR Waugh	Aus	168	7,805	332	3,445	92	37.45	5/28	3	-	84.84	44.14
ME Waugh	Aus	128	4,853	171	2,429	59	41.17	5/40	1	-	82.25	50.05
AR Border	Aus	156	4,009	199	1,525	39	39.10	7/46	2	1	102.79	38.04
SR Tendulkar	Ind	114	2,928	74	1,600	35	45.71	3/10	-	-	83.65	54.64
IVA Richards	WI	121	5,170	203	1,964	32	61.38	2/17	-	-	161.56	37.99
GA Gooch	Eng	118	2,655	122	1,069	23	46.48	3/39	-	-	115.43	40.26
Javed Miandad	Pak	124	1,470	32	682	17	40.12	3/74	-	-	86.47	46.39
CH Lloyd	WI	110	1,716	75	622	10	62.20	2/13	-	-	171.60	36.25
G Boycott	Eng	108	944	45	382	7	54.57	3/47	-	-	134.86	40.47
Salim Malik	Pak	103	734	20	414	5	82.80	1/3	-	-	146.80	56.40
MA Atherton	Eng	115	408	12	302	2	151.00	1/20	-	-	204.00	74.02
G Kirsten	SA	101	349	19	142	2	71.00	1/0	-	-	174.50	40.69
SM Gavaskar	Ind	125	380	15	206	1	206.00	1/34	-	-	380.00	54.21
DI Gower	Eng	117	36	0	20	1	20.00	1/1	-	-	36.00	55.56
DL Haynes	WI	116	18	0	8	1	8.00	1/2	-	-	18.00	44.44
MA Taylor	Aus	104	42	3	26	1	26.00	1/11	-	-	42.00	61.90
DC Boon	Aus	107	36	3	14	0	-	0/0	-	-	-	38.89
MC Cowdrey	Eng	114	119	0	104	0	-	0/1	-	-	-	87.40
CG Greenidge	WI	108	26	3	4	0	-	0/0	-	-	-	15.38
BC Lara	WI	112	60	1	28	0	-	0/0	-	-	-	46.67
AJ Stewart	Eng	133	20	0	13	0	-	0/5	-	-	-	65.00
DB Vengsarkar	Ind	116	47	1	36	0	-	0/3	-	-	-	76.60

(Note: Ian Healy did not bowl)

Table V lists 30 players alphabetically and shows their progressive quantum of runs in each segment of 25 Tests. It is observed that:

Richards scored the most runs (2,426) in the first 25 Tests, but thereafter Gavaskar simply raced away from the rest in the next two segments -- 50 and 75 Tests.

Lara, however, ended up the highest run-scorer after exactly 100 Tests.

Table V: Progressive runs scored in each 25 Test segment:

Player	25 Test Runs	50 Test Runs	75 Test Runs	100 Test Runs
Akram	410	1,099	1,960	2,815
Atherton	1,597	3,681	5,287	6,742
Boon	1,572	3,326	5,428	7,094
Border	1,863	3,492	5,611	7,670
Botham	1,336	2,625	4,321	5,192
Boycott	1,566	3,603	5,704	7,518
Cowdrey	1,660	3,270	5,250	7,044
Gavaskar	2,256	4,947	6,718	8,479
Gooch	1,377	3,123	4,852	7,608
Gower	1,616	3,374	5,228	7,000
Greenidge	2,088	3,607	5,268	7,134
Haynes	1,490	2,890	4,444	6,486
Hooper	1,044	2,405	3,927	5,662
Healy	660	1,562	2,636	3,741
Kapil	1,023	2,129	3,075	4,142
Kirsten	1,694	3,231	5,122	7,212
Lara	2,283	4,205	6,133	8,916
Lloyd	1,520	3,653	5,089	6,904
McGrath	70	260	399	468
Malik	1,242	2,234	3,967	5,641
Miandad	2,059	3,860	5,444	7,694
Richards	2,426	4,329	5,761	7,336
Stewart	1,639	3,257	5,153	6,838
Taylor	2,272	4,044	5,688	7,343
Tendulkar	1,522	3,438	5,995	8,405
Vengsarkar	1,391	2,847	4,280	6,356
Walsh	189	437	626	794
Warne	426	806	1,390	2,052
M.Waugh	1,355	3,222	4,939	6,403
S.Waugh	1,079	2,387	4,240	6,288

Highest run-aggregate after each 25 Test segment:
Richards -- 2,426 runs in 25 Tests
Gavaskar -- 4,947 runs in 50 Tests
Gavaskar -- 6,718 runs in 75 Tests
Lara -- 8,916 runs in 100 Tests

Table VI shows the number of runs added in each 25 Test segment.

Lara holds the record of scoring most runs in a segment of 25 Tests. Lara aggregated 2,783 runs with 8 centuries from his 75th to 100th Test. Gooch just lagged behind with 2,756 runs from his 75th to 100th Test.

Table VI: Runs added in each 25 Test segment:

Player	1st to 25th Test	26th to 50th Test	51st to 75th Test	76th to 100th Test
Akram	410	689	861	855
Atherton	1,597	2,084	1,606	1,455
Boon	1,572	1,754	2,102	1,666
Border	1,863	1,629	2,119	2,059
Botham	1,336	1,289	1,696	871
Boycott	1,566	2,037	2,101	1,814
Cowdrey	1,660	1,610	1,980	1,794
Gavaskar	2,256	2,691	1,771	1,761
Gooch	1,377	1,746	1,729	2,756
Gower	1,616	1,758	1,854	1,772
Greenidge	2,088	1,519	1,661	1,866
Haynes	1,490	1,400	1,554	2,042
Hooper	1,044	1,361	1,522	1,735
Healy	660	902	1,074	1,105
Kapil	1,023	1,106	946	1,067
Kirsten	1,694	1,537	1,891	2,090
Lara	2,283	1,922	1,928	2,783
Lloyd	1,520	2,133	1,436	1,815
McGrath	70	190	133	69
Malik	1,242	992	1,733	1,674
Miandad	2,059	1,801	1,584	2,250
Richards	2,426	1,903	1,432	1,575
Stewart	1,639	1,618	1,896	1,685
Taylor	2,272	1,772	1,644	1,655
Tendulkar	1,522	1,916	2,557	2,410
Vengsarkar	1,391	1,456	1,433	2,076
Walsh	189	248	189	168
Warne	426	380	584	662
M Waugh	1,355	1,867	1,717	1,464
S Waugh	1,079	1,308	1,853	2,048

Most runs added in each 25 Test segment:
From 1st to 25th Test -- 2,426 runs by Richards
From 26th to 50th Test -- 2,691 runs by Gavaskar
From 51st to 75th Test -- 2,557 runs by Tendulkar
From 76th to 100th Test -- 2,783 runs by Lara

Table VII shows the comparative bowling figures of the six leading wicket-takers:

The others being only occasional bowlers, despite Border's match winning seven for 46 and four for 50 (match analysis of 11 for 96 against the mighty West Indies at Sydney in 1988-89, Carl Hooper's four five-wicket innings hauls and Steve Waugh's three five-wicket innings hauls.

It will be observed that Botham had a tally of more wickets than any one else in the first segment.

Warne had an edge over the others in second segment (i.e.from 26th to 50th Test), while McGrath outpaces all others in third and fourth segment of 25 Tests.

The first quarter of his Test career was most the productive one for Botham as he took as many as 139 wickets in his first 25 Tests with five wickets in an innings 14 times and 10 in a match thrice.

Warne and McGrath are the only ones to take 100 wickets in three different segments. While all other bowlers slowed down after 75 Tests, Warne has accelerated in the fourth segment.

Table VII: Progressive wickets after each 25 Test segment:

Player	25 Test Wickets	50 Test Wickets	75 Test Wickets	100 Test Wickets
Akram	76	197	322	409
Botham	139	229	326	383
Kapil	100	200	286	354
McGrath	106	234	358	451
Walsh	87	174	279	367
Warne	112	235	331	444

Highest wicket-aggregate after each 25 Test segment:

Botham -- 139 wickets in 25 Tests
Warne -- 235 wickets in 50 Tests
McGrath -- 358 wickets in 75 Tests
McGrath -- 451 wickets in 100 Tests

Table VIII: Wickets taken in each 25 Test segment:

Player	1st to 25th Test	26th to 50th Test	51st to 75th Test	76th to 100th Test
Akram	76	121	125	87
Botham	139	90	97	57
Kapil	100	100	86	68
McGrath	106	128	124	93
Walsh	87	87	105	88
Warne	112	123	96	113

Most wickets added in each 25 Test segment:
From 1st to 25th Test -- 139 wickets by Botham
From 26th to 50th Test -- 128 wickets by McGrath
From 51st to 75th Test -- 125 wickets by Akram
From 76th to 100th Test -- 113 wickets by Warne

Table IX deals with Healy and Stewart's progress behind the stumps:

Stewart's tally also includes the catches taken in the field while not performing the duty behind the stumps.

It will be observed that Healy was undoubtedly better of the two. Healy's lowest aggregate in 25-Test segment was 74 from 1st Test to 25th Test, which was higher than Stewart's best of 68 in the 76 to 100 Test segment.

Table IX: Progressive dismissals after each 25 Test segment:

Player	25 Test Dismissals	50 Test Dismissals	75 Test Dismissals	100 Test Dismissals
Healy	74	166	254	347
Stewart	28	69	125	193

Table X shows the performance of players with bat, ball and in the field in their 100th Tests. It will be observed that:

a) Only four players -- Gordon Greenidge (149), Miandad (145), Stewart (105) and Cowdrey (104) scored centuries in their 100th Test.

b) Border, Vengsarkar, Mark Taylor and Walsh suffered the ignominy of recording a 'duck' in their 100th Test.

c) Warne is the only player to take a five-wicket haul in his 100th Test. By scoring a fifty in the first innings, he also provided a rare occurrence of a fifty and five-wicket haul in the same Test.

d) Mark Waugh held the most number of catches in his 100th Test

e) Botham, McGrath, Walsh and Warne are the only ones to have contributed in each of the three fields i.e. batting, bowling and fielding.

Table X: Performance in the 100th Test:

Player	Runs	Wkts	Cts/St	Result of 100th Test
Akram	1 & 4*	1-69 & 0-13	0	Drawn
Atherton	1 & 28	-	0	Drawn
Boon	18 & 9	-	0	Australia lost
Border	0 & 20	- & 0-0	3	Australia lost
Botham	15 & 1	1-53 & 2-23	1	Drawn
Boycott	17 & 60	-	0	Drawn
Cowdrey	104	-	0	Drawn
Gavaskar	48 & 37	-	3	Drawn
Gooch	17 & 18	-	1	England lost
Gower	13 & 2	-	1	England lost
Greenidge	149	-	1	West Indies won
Haynes	18 & 57*	-	0	West Indies won
Hooper	23 & 1	1-40	1	West Indies lost
Healy	1 & 10	-	2 / 1	Drawn
Kapil	55	4-69 & 3-82	0	Drawn
Kirsten	1 & 1	-	0	South Africa lost
Lara	72 & 11	-	1	West Indies lost
Lloyd	20	-	0	West Indies won
McGrath	11*	3-27 & 2-79	1	Australia won
Malik	2	-	1	Drawn
Miandad	145	-	1	Drawn
Richards	68	0-1 & 0-26	2	West Indies won
Stewart	105	-	2	Drawn
Taylor	46 & 0	-	0	Drawn
Tendulkar	54	0-4	0	Drawn
Vengsarkar	25 & 0	-	2	India lost
Walsh	3* & 0	2-47 & 3-25	1	West Indies won
Warne	63 & 15*	2-70 & 6-161	1	Australia won
M.Waugh	32	-	4	Australia won
S.Waugh	85	0-10	1	Australia won

A scrutiny of the last column in the above table reveals the fact that McGrath is one of the only nine players who were in the winning side on their 100th appearance.

The nine players were -- five West Indians (Greenidge, Desmond Haynes, Lloyd, Richards and Walsh) plus four Australians -- the Waugh brothers, McGrath and Warne

Gooch and David Gower for England, Border and Boon for Australia, Gary Kirsten for South Africa, Hooper and Lara for West Indies and Dilip Vengsarkar for India ended on losing sides in their 100th Test, while Akram, Michael Atherton, Botham, Boycott, Cowdrey, Gavaskar, Ian Healy, Kapil, Salim Malik, Miandad, Stewart, Taylor and Tendulkar were all involved in drawn encounters in their 100th Test.