Most International Centuries in 2024: If we look at the year 2024, the T20 World Cup took place this year, in which India had registered a historic victory. There was no major tournament of ODI cricket this year, but the race for the World Test Championship Final (WTC Final) has remained interesting since the beginning of the year. Every year there are some players who score the most runs or take wickets. Here you can know which player topped the list of centuries in all three formats in 2024?
1. Joe Root (England) – 6 centuries
England’s Joe Root has played only Test matches this year, in which he not only scored runs but also played century after century. In 2024, Joe Root played a total of 17 matches, in which he scored 6 centuries and 5 half-centuries while scoring 1556 runs. Root is the batsman who has scored the most centuries this year.
2. Harry Brook (England) – 5 centuries
Joe Root’s compatriot Harry Brook, who is being called England’s next big ‘superstar’ in the cricket world. Harry Brook has scored 1,100 runs in 12 Test matches so far this year and played 4 century innings. This year, one of his centuries also came in an ODI match. He is second in the list of scoring most centuries in 2024 with 5 centuries.
3. Kamindu Mendis (Sri Lanka) – 5 centuries
Kamindu Mendis’s test average is 74 and he has scored more than 1100 runs in just 17 innings. In the year 2024, all his centuries have come in Test matches. This year, Mendis has played a total of 32 international matches, in which he has scored 5 centuries and only five fifties. His overall average in 2024 has been more than 50.
4. Kane Williamson (New Zealand) – 4 centuries
Kane Williamson has also registered his name especially in the list of greats of Test cricket. This year, all his 4 centuries have come in Test matches, taking the number of centuries in his Test career to 33. Williamson is also one of the 6 batsmen who have scored more than a thousand Test runs in the year 2024.
5. Travis Head (Australia) – 4 centuries
The batsman who has scored the most centuries for Australia in the year 2024 is Travis Head. He has scored a total of 4 centuries so far this year, out of which 2 have come during the current India-Australia series. Head has played a total of 29 matches in 2024, in which he has scored 1398 runs so far. Along with four centuries, he also scored 5 fifties.
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