Adrian Barath: Youngest Centurion and also on debut
Friday, November 27, 2009
West Indian debutant Adrian Barath have made memorable appearance in test cricket with a brilliant hundred against Australia at Brisbane on Saturday. Although his 132-ball 104 may not save West Indies losing the first test of the series but his effort will be remembered for long time.
Barath, 19 years and 228 day, becomes the youngest centurion for the Caribbean and break the 79 year old record set by The Black Bradman George Headley on 15 January 1930 at Bridgetown against England by scoring 176 at the age of 20 years & 230 days.
No one from West Indies scored a hundred below the age of 20. Thus Barath became the youngest of all of them.
With this century he became 85th in test history and 12th West Indian to do so on debut test match. George Headley was the first batsman from West Indies to score a hundred on debut. The others are.
AG Ganteaume (only test) 112, Vs England, Port of Spain, 1947-48
BH Pairaudeau 115, VS India, Port of Spain, 1952-53
DG Smith, 104, Vs Australia, Kingston, 1954-55
CC Hunte, 142, VS Pakistan, Bridgetown, 1957-58
Lawrence Rowe, 214 &100*, Vs New Zealand, Kingston, 1971-72
Alvin Kallicharan, 100*, Vs New Zealand, Georgetown, 1971-72
Gordon Greenidge, 107, Vs India, Bangalore, 1974-75
L Baichan, 105*, Vs Pakistan, Lahore, 1974-75
AB Williams, 100, Vs Australia, Georgetown, 1977-78
DR Smith, 105*, VS South Africa, Cape Town, 2003-04
