Who will be the first batter to hit a century against 11 nations?

[Darwin Award]

With the recent century against Ireland that Ravindra hit & his 150+ that he struck against Zimbabwe it got me wondering on who can do it considering some have already done it against the minnows & taken advantage of possibly playing them 1 or 2 times only in their career.

Chandimal already has tons against Afghanistan,Bangladesh & Ireland... Cool stuff.. He'd be a good shout if he wasn't turning 37 this year & running out of time.

Who knows if he'll ever get the chance to play Zimbabwe again? If a batter is going to do it... then start doing it against the minnows first to maximise chances.

 

[Qlder]

Kane Williamson could have had hundreds against all 11 countries but NZ have only ever played Ireland and Afghanistan once

Williamson made 36 in his only innings vs Ireland and the Afghanistan Test was abandoned for rain without a ball bowled

 

[LangleyburyCCPlayer]

New Zealand aren’t opposed to organising Tests against Afghanistan (unlike England or Australia), although after the previous one was washed out, you do wonder if Ravindra ever get the chance to play against them again

 

[TheJediBrah]

Have to be an Indian or English batsman IMO. The smaller nations won't play enough Test cricket and the Aussies will just never play the minnows

 

[ataraxia]

Chandimal's such an underrated gun. Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe haven't played against each other since Jan 2020, so presumably with the planned WTC integration of one-off tests against non–top nine nations he'll get a chance. The next FTP should be released this winter.

 

[ataraxia]

Have to be an Indian or English batsman IMO. The smaller nations won't play enough Test cricket and the Aussies will just never play the minnows

England are much the same when it comes to Bangladesh. It will be a decade since they last played them in October; nine years for Australia. Both series were heavily contested and drawn 1–1. Hilarious how both teams are happy to keep hosting and losing to the West Indies yet feel above Bangladesh.

 

[LangleyburyCCPlayer]

Have to be an Indian or English batsman IMO. The smaller nations won't play enough Test cricket and the Aussies will just never play the minnows

While we have organised Tests against Ireland and Zimbabwe, I doubt we’ll do the same for Afghanistan for political reasons. India have a Test against Afghanistan coming up, perhaps they’ll play Ireland and Zimbabwe in a one-off Test the next time they visit England and South Africa?

 

[LangleyburyCCPlayer]

England are much the same when it comes to Bangladesh. It will be a decade since they last played them in October; nine years for Australia. Both series were heavily contested and drawn 1–1. Hilarious how both teams are happy to keep hosting and losing to the West Indies yet feel above Bangladesh.

At least both England and Australia are playing Bangladesh this WTC cycle

 

[TheJediBrah]

England are much the same when it comes to Bangladesh. It will be a decade since they last played them in October; nine years for Australia. Both series were heavily contested and drawn 1–1. Hilarious how both teams are happy to keep hosting and losing to the West Indies yet feel above Bangladesh.

Another crazy stat, Aus haven't played Zimbabwe in a Test for 23 years. And there's only ever been 3 games between the 2

 

[govinda indian fan]

While we have organised Tests against Ireland and Zimbabwe, I doubt we’ll do the same for Afghanistan for political reasons. India have a Test against Afghanistan coming up, perhaps they’ll play Ireland and Zimbabwe in a one-off Test the next time they visit England and South Africa?

We won't play test matches with Zimbabwe because zimbabwe cricket gets more profit when we play lois. India are playing afghans because we want to practice against their spinners since we have tour of sl where pitches turn more then india

 

[LangleyburyCCPlayer]

We won't play test matches with Zimbabwe because zimbabwe cricket gets more profit when we play lois. India are playing afghans because we want to practice against their spinners since we have tour of sl where pitches turn more then india

Zimbabwe played a lot of Tests last year, and if one-off Tests are going to be the way to introduce them, Ireland and Afghanistan to the WTC, then tagging on a game against Zimbabwe and Ireland onto Test series in South Africa or England seems like a convenient way to both do that and get you somewhat up to speed with conditions