Will Sachin's record be eclipsed?

Australian skipper Ricky Ponting made history at Sydney this week when he became the first batsman ever to score centuries in both innings of his 100th Test.
Ponting has scored an amazing 21 centuries in the last five years -- in comparision Sachin Tendulkar, the world's top Test centurion, has hit 11 centuries.
The Australian captain's compatriot Matthew Hayden heads the five-year list with an amazing 24 hundreds.
We present a list of the world's leading Test centurions.
We also present a list of the world's leading Test century-makers in the last five years.

Check out both lists and tell us whether you think Sachin's recent achievement of 35 Test hundreds will be eclipsed soon, and if so, by who?

100s	Batsman	For	M	Inn	NO	Runs	Hs	Ave	50s	0s
35	Sachin Tendulkar	Ind	126	203	21	10323	248*	56.72	41	12
34	Sunil Gavaskar	Ind	125	214	16	10122	236*	51.12	45	12
32	Steve Waugh	Aus	168	260	46	10927	200	51.06	50	22
31	Brian Lara	WI*	121	214	6	11204	400*	53.87	46	14
29	Don Bradman	Aus	52	80	10	6996	334	99.94	13	7
28	Ricky Ponting	Aus	100	166	23	8253	257	57.71	32	8
27	Allan Border	Aus	156	265	44	11174	205	50.56	63	11
26	Gary Sobers	WI	93	160	21	8032	365*	57.78	30	12
25	Matthew Hayden	Aus	79	141	12	6988	380	54.17	24	9
24	Greg Chappell	Aus	87	151	19	7110	247*	53.86	31	12
24	Inzamam-ul Haq	Pak*	105	175	19	8052	329	51.62	42	13
24	Vivian Richards	WI	121	182	12	8540	291	50.24	45	10
23	Jacques Kallis	SA*	96	161	28	7613	189*	57.24	38	9
23	Javed Miandad	Pak	124	189	21	8832	280*	52.57	43	6
22	Walter Hammond	Eng	85	140	16	7249	336*	58.46	24	4
22	Justin Langer	Aus	97	168	9	7271	250	45.72	29	10
22	M Azharuddin	Ind	99	147	9	6215	199	45.04	21	5
22	Geoff Boycott	Eng	108	193	23	8114	246*	47.73	42	10
22	Colin Cowdrey	Eng	114	188	15	7624	182	44.07	38	9
21	Neil Harvey	Aus	79	137	10	6149	205	48.42	24	7
21	Gary Kirsten	SA	101	176	15	7289	275	45.27	34	13
21	David Boon	Aus	107	190	20	7422	200	43.66	32	16
20	Ken Barrington	Eng	82	131	15	6806	256	58.67	35	5
20	Aravinda de Silva	SL	93	159	11	6361	267	42.98	22	7
20	Rahul Dravid	Ind*	94	158	18	8003	270	57.16	39	6
20	Graham Gooch	Eng	118	215	6	8900	333	42.58	46	13
20	Mark Waugh	Aus	128	209	17	8029	153*	41.82	47	19

Leading century-makers in last 5 years (since January 1, 2001)

100s	Batsman	For	M	Inn	NO	Runs	Hs	Ave	50s	0s
24	Matthew Hayden	Aus	67	121	12	6460	380	59.26	22	5
21	Ricky Ponting	Aus	62	107	16	5843	257	64.20	21	5
16	Brian Lara	WI*	47	85	2	5134	400*	61.86	16	6
16	Jacques Kallis	SA*	53	92	20	4984	189*	69.22	25	5
15	Justin Langer	Aus	60	107	7	4885	250	48.85	18	6
15	Michael Vaughan	Eng	56	102	8	4222	197	44.91	12	7
14	Adam Gilchrist	Aus	67	97	14	4135	204*	49.82	16	10
13	Marcus Trescothick	Eng	63	120	9	5163	219	46.51	25	11
12	Inzamam-ul Haq	Pak*	35	59	7	3245	329	62.40	13	4
12	Rahul Dravid	Ind*	54	89	11	4681	270	60.01	22	4
12	Shivnaraine Chanderpaul	WI	46	80	12	3474	203*	51.09	14	6
12	Damien Martyn	Aus	50	78	7	3487	165	49.11	17	6
12	Hershel Gibbs	SA	52	88	5	4380	228	52.77	17	3
11	Graeme Smith	SA*	43	75	5	3608	277	51.54	12	5
11	Sachin Tendulkar	Ind	47	78	8	3907	248*	55.81	17	5
11	Marvan Atapattu	SL	49	83	9	3151	249	42.58	8	9
10	Gary Kirsten	SA	34	58	5	2785	220	52.55	12	3
10	Virendra Sehwag	Ind*	39	64	2	3320	309	53.55	10	5

Note : The asterisk against a player's country denotes that he played in the Super 'Test' for the World XI.

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Will Sachin's record be eclipsed?

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