Most hundreds in a calendar year
Player Year Mat Inns NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 0
Mohammad Yousuf (Pak) 2006 11 19 1 1788 202 99.33 9 3 1
RT Ponting (Aus) 2006 10 18 3 1333 196 88.86 7 4 0
IVA Richards (WI) 1976 11 19 0 1710 291 90.00 7 5 0
PA de Silva (SL) 1997 11 19 3 1220 168 76.25 7 2 2
GS Sobers (WI) 1958 8 13 4 1299 365* 144.33 6 3 0
DCS Compton (Eng) 1947 9 15 1 1159 208 82.78 6 3 0
ML Hayden (Aus) 2002 11 17 1 1160 197 72.50 6 3 1
RT Ponting (Aus) 2003 11 18 3 1503 257 100.20 6 4 1
GC Smith (SA) 2008 15 25 2 1656 232 72.00 6 6 1
MP Vaughan (Eng) 2002 14 26 2 1481 197 61.70 6 2 3
DR Martyn (Aus) 2004 14 26 2 1353 161 56.37 6 5 1
RT Ponting (Aus) 2005 15 28 5 1544 207 67.13 6 6 1
DG Bradman (Aus) 1931 7 9 0 950 226 105.55 5 0 1
ED Weekes (WI) 1948 7 10 0 878 194 87.80 5 0 0
CL Walcott (WI) 1955 5 10 0 827 155 82.70 5 2 0
DPMD Jayawardene (SL) 2007 8 11 1 982 213* 98.20 5 1 1
DG Bradman (Aus) 1948 8 13 4 1025 201 113.88 5 2 2
KD Walters (Aus) 1969 8 13 1 909 242 75.75 5 3 1
SM Gavaskar (India) 1978 8 14 2 1099 205 91.58 5 3 1
RT Ponting (Aus) 2002 11 16 1 1064 154 70.93 5 2 0
BC Lara (ICC/WI) 2005 9 17 0 1110 226 65.29 5 0 1
JH Kallis (SA) 2007 9 17 3 1210 186 86.42 5 6 1
AR Border (Aus) 1986 11 19 3 1000 140 62.50 5 3 0
SR Tendulkar (India) 1999 10 19 3 1088 217 68.00 5 4 3
BC Lara (WI) 2003 10 19 1 1344 209 74.66 5 5 0
KP Pietersen (Eng) 2008 12 20 0 1015 152 50.75 5 1 0
ML Hayden (Aus) 2003 12 21 4 1312 380 77.17 5 3 0
JH Kallis (SA) 2004 11 21 5 1288 162 80.50 5 7 2
DL Amiss (Eng) 1974 13 22 2 1379 262* 68.95 5 3 0
ML Hayden (Aus) 2001 14 25 3 1391 203 63.22 5 5 2
GR Viswanath (India) 1979 17 26 2 1388 179 57.83 5 6 0
R Dravid (India) 2002 16 26 3 1357 217 59.00 5 5 0
JL Langer (Aus) 2004 14 27 0 1481 215 54.85 5 4 2
ML Hayden (Aus) 2005 15 29 3 1380 138 53.07 5 4 2
SM Gavaskar (India) 1983 18 32 4 1310 236* 46.78 5 5 3

Matches are credited to the year they start in and no special account is taken of matches that overlap years

Records includes the following current or recent matches:
West Indies v Bangladesh at Kingstown, 1st Test, Jul 9-13, 2009 [Test # 1923 - Live]
    » Bangladesh 42/0 (18.5 ov, Tamim Iqbal 14*, Imrul Kayes 26*, DJG Sammy 0/6) - Stumps
England v Australia at Cardiff, 1st Test, Jul 8-12, 2009 [Test # 1922 - Live]
    » Australia 249/1 (71.0 ov, SM Katich 104*, RT Ponting 100*, A Flintoff 1/48) - Stumps
Sri Lanka v Pakistan at Galle, 1st Test, Jul 4-7, 2009 [Test # 1921]

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Andrew Symonds holds the record for most number of sixes hit in a first-class match. He slammed 20 for Gloucestershire against Glamorgan in Abergavenny in 1995. He struck 16 in his first innings score of 254, and four more in the second innings, when he made 76.

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