Reaching century with a six

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October 17, 2004 16:07 IST

Australia's Damien Martyn played one of his best innings on day four of the second Test against India in Chennai on Sunday.

Not only did Martyn score his maiden Test century against India, he reached the three-figure mark in grand style --  hoisting Anil Kumble for a huge six over long off.

Martyn, in the course, became the 15th batsman (on 16th occasion) to perform this feat against India. Pakistan's Imran Khan is the only batsman to have done so twice, while Anil Kumble is the only Indian to suffer this fate thrice.

The details:

Batsman (Score) Bowler Country Venue Season
Dennis Amiss (179) Bhagwat Chandrasekhar England Delhi 1976-77
Javed Miandad (154*) Bishan Singh Bedi Pakistan Faisalabad 1978-79
Ian Botham (137) Kapil Dev England Leeds 1979
John Wright (110) Dilip Doshi New Zealand Auckland 1980-81
Imran Khan (117) Kapil Dev Pakistan Faisalabad 1982-83
Duleep Mendis (105) Dilip Doshi Sri Lanka Chennai 1982-83
Imran Khan (135*) Shivlal Yadav Pakistan Chennai 1986-87
Ijaz Faqih (105) Maninder Singh Pakistan Ahmedabad 1986-87
Desmond Haynes (112*) Narendra Hirwani West Indies Bridgetown 1988-89
Chris Lewis (117) Venkatapathy Raju England Chennai 1992-93
Aravinda de Silva (148) Anil Kumble Sri Lanka Colombo (PSS) 1993-94
Brian Lara (103) Anil Kumble West Indies St.John's 1996-97
Mahela Jayawerdene (242) Harbhajan Singh Sri Lanka Colombo SSC 1998-99
Herschelle Gibbs (107) Zaheer Khan South Africa Bloemfontein 2001-02
Ridley Jacobs (118) VVS Laxman West Indies St.John's 2001-02
Damien Martyn (104) Anil Kumble Australia Chennai 2004-05

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