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Boycott became 1st player to hit hundred and 99 in same Test in 1974
short by Anmol Sharma / on Monday, 21 October, 2024
Ex-England batter Geoffrey Boycott became the first player to score a hundred and 99 in the same Test match in 1974. Boycott recorded the feat playing against West Indies, when he followed his 99(340) in the first innings with a 385-ball 112. Boycott, who turns 84 today, scored 22 hundreds in his Test career.
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