Top 5 fastest centuries in Test cricket history

4. Adam Gilchrist - 57 balls vs England (2006)

Australia had already accumulated a hefty lead by the time Adam Gilchrist came out to bat in the second innings of the third Test at the WACA. Gilchrist's fifty came off 40 deliveries. After getting to his half-century, he hammered Monty Panesar for three sixes and a four in the remainder of the over before hree fours in four deliveries off Steve Harmison took him into the nineties.

He eventually got to his hundred with a drive to long-on for a couple. Ricky Ponting had had enough after the completion of that over as he declared the innings. Australia went onto emerge victorious by 206 runs.