Youngest batsman to score hundreds against all Test-playing nations

Youngest batsman to score hundreds against all Test-playing nations
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Kane Williamson
Qué
25 years 364 days year(s):day(s)
Dónde
Zimbabwe (Bulawayo)
Cuándo
07 August 2016

Kane Williamson (New Zealand, b. 8 August 1990) was just short of his 26th birthday when he plundered 113 runs against Zimbabwe in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, on 6–7 August 2016 to complete a set of hundreds against all the Test-playing nations. His first three-figure score came on his Test debut – 131 against India in Ahmedabad, India, on 6–7 November 2010. Five years 274 days later, following hundreds against South Africa (2012), Sri Lanka (2012), Bangladesh (2013), West Indies (2014), Pakistan (2014), England (2015) and Australia (2015), New Zealand captain Williamson's 113 at Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo – his 14th Test hundred – took the record from Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara (30 years 38 days).

Twelve other players have scored hundreds against all other Test-playing nations: Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka, 30 years 38 days), Ricky Ponting (Australia, 31 years 115 days), Sachin Tendulkar (India, 31 years 232 days), Mahela Jayawardene (Sri Lanka, 31 years 270 days), Rahul Dravid (India, 31 years 341 days), Marvan Atapattu (Sri Lanka, 34 years 135 days), Adam Gilchrist (Australia, 34 years 148 days), Gary Kirsten (South Africa, 34 years 229 days), Brian Lara (West Indies, 36 years 24 days), Jacques Kallis (South Africa, 36 years 79 days), Younis Khan (Pakistan, 36 years 327 days) and Steve Waugh (Australia, 38 years 47 days).

Williamson's full set of hundreds: 131 against India in Ahmedabad, India, on 6–7 November 2010; 102 not out against South Africa in Wellington, New Zealand, on 27 March 2012; 135 against Sri Lanka in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on 25–26 November 2012; 114 against Bangladesh in Chittagong, Bangladesh, on 9 October 2013; 113 against the West Indies in Kingston, Jamaica, on 8–9 June 2014; 192 against Pakistan in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, on 28–29 November 2014; 132 against England at Lord's, London, UK, on 22–23 May 2015; 140 against Australia in Brisbane, Australia, on 6–7 November 2015; 113 against Zimbabwe in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, on 6–7 August 2016.

As of 11 October 2016, Williamson's latest Test innings (vs. India in Indore), the New Zealander had scored 14 hundreds in his career, from 99 innings, at an average of 50.31 runs per innings. His record-breaking knock against Zimbabwe was his 91st Test innings.