Australia is arguably the best side in Test cricket history. It has the most wins in this format and is the current World Test champion. The team has shown its dominance across different eras and decades and much of it was possible thanks to the world-class team they always had. Be it the bowlers or batters, all of them contributed to their continued success.
In this article, we will discuss Australian batters who have held their own during their playing careers and reached the pinnacle of batting Test cricket. Successful Test batters are judged by the number of centuries they have scored and here, we will list the all-time top-10 century makers for Australia in the longest format.
Most Centuries for Australia in Test Cricket
| Player | Innings | Test Centuries | High Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ricky Ponting | 287 | 41 | 257 |
| Steven Smith | 198 | 32 | 239 |
| Steve Waugh | 260 | 32 | 200 |
| Matthew Hayden | 184 | 30 | 380 |
| Don Bradman | 80 | 29 | 334 |
| Michael Clarke | 198 | 28 | 329* |
| Allan Border | 265 | 27 | 205 |
| David Warner | 205 | 26 | 335* |
| Greg Chappell | 151 | 24 | 247* |
| Justin Langer | 182 | 23 | 250 |
Key Stats:
41: Ricky Ponting, Australia’s most successful Test skipper, also leads the batting charts fairly. Apart from being the leading run-getter (13378) for Australia in Tests, Ponting also has the most Test hundreds (41).
105: Ponting also has the most 50+ scores of an Aussie Test batter and he is closely followed by Allan Border, who has 90 scores of 50 or more in Tests.
32: Steve Smith & Steve Waugh, two of Australia’s most important batters have scored 32 Test tons each and the former’s has come in just 198 innings. Smith is also the only active cricketer to feature in this list.
13: The number of Australian batters to have scored 20 or more Test tons and Neil Harvey (21), David Boon (21) & Mark Waugh (20) are the other three players. Overall, 28 Aussie batters have struck 10 or more tons for the team in this format.
80: It took just 80 innings for Sir Don Bradman to notch up 29 Test tons and on average the legendary batter has scored a century in every three innings.
