Colin Cowdrey - Test Career

Test Career

Colin Cowdrey made 22 Test Centuries to match Wally Hammond's England record, subsequently equalled again by Geoffrey Boycott. England suffered only one defeat in the 65 Tests in which Hammond, Cowdrey or Boycott made a hundred (when Cowdrey made 105 against South Africa at Trent Bridge in 1965, but England lost by 94 runs). Of the 22 Tests in which Cowdrey made a hundred they won 10, drew 11 and lost 1 and Cowdrey scored a Test century against all the Test teams he played both home and away.

Colin Cowdrey's 22 Test Centuries
No Century Test Opponents Season Venue City Country Result
1 102 Third Test Australia 1954-55 Melbourne Cricket Ground Melbourne Australia England won by 128 runs
2 101 Second Test South Africa 1956-57 Newlands Cricket Ground Cape Town South Africa England won by 312 runs
3 154 First Test West Indies 1957 Edgbaston Cricket Ground Birmingham England Match Drawn
4 152 Second Test West Indies 1957 Lord's Cricket Ground London England England won by an innings and 36 runs
5 100* Third Test Australia 1958-59 Sydney Cricket Ground Sydney Australia Match Drawn
6 160 Third Test India 1959 Headingley Stadium Leeds England England won by an innings and 173 runs
7 114 Third Test West Indies 1959-60 Sabina Park Kingston Jamaica Match Drawn
8 119 Fifth Test West Indies 1959-60 Queen's Park Oval Port of Spain Trinidad and Tobago Match Drawn
9 155 Fifth Test South Africa 1960 Kennington Oval London England Match Drawn
10 159 First Test Pakistan 1962 Edgbaston Cricket Ground Birmingham England England won by an innings and 24 runs
11 182 Fifth Test Pakistan 1962 Kennington Oval London England England won by 10 wickets
12 113 Second Test Australia 1962-63 Melbourne Cricket Ground Melbourne Australia England won by 7 wickets
13 128* Second Test New Zealand 1962-63 Basin Reserve Wellington New Zealand England won by an innings and 47 runs
14 107 Third Test India 1963-64 Eden Gardens Calcutta India Match Drawn
15 151 Fourth Test India 1963-64 Feroz Shah Kotla Delhi India Match Drawn
16 119 Second Test New Zealand 1965 Lord's Cricket Ground London England England won by 7 wickets
17 105 Second Test South Africa 1965 Trent Bridge Nottingham England South Africa won by 94 runs
18 104 Second Test Australia 1965-66 Melbourne Cricket Ground Melbourne Australia Match Drawn
19 101 Second Test West Indies 1967-68 Sabina Park Kingston Jamaica Match Drawn
20 148 Fourth Test West Indies 1967-68 Queen's Park Oval Port of Spain Trinidad and Tobago England won by 7 wickets
21 104 Third Test Australia 1968 Edgbaston Cricket Ground Birmingham England Match Drawn
22 100 First Test Pakistan 1968-69 Gaddafi Stadium Lahore Pakistan Match Drawn

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