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Jul 2020
1:58pm, 23 Jul 2020
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fetcheveryone
Here's one.
I filtered a list of England's top test match century makers, to only include players who have featured in matches since 1980 (so Greig 72-77 doesn't feature, but Boycott 64-82 does). This list appears to include everyone who has six centuries or more.
Then I looked at who has the best "innings per 100" ratio. The top player on my list scored a hundred every 7.33 innings. The least prolific scored a hundred every 20.5 innings.
Your guesses for the most and least efficient, please 
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Jul 2020
1:59pm, 23 Jul 2020
21,781 posts
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Nicholls595
Bresnan must be unlucky Dooooogers?
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Jul 2020
2:00pm, 23 Jul 2020
21,782 posts
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Nicholls595
KP?
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Jul 2020
2:02pm, 23 Jul 2020
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fetcheveryone
KP is second on the list, with a century every 7.87 innings.
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Jul 2020
2:03pm, 23 Jul 2020
21,783 posts
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Nicholls595
My instinct suggests Bell will be near the bottom?
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Jul 2020
2:09pm, 23 Jul 2020
24,394 posts
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fetcheveryone
Bell is actually 7th out of the 28 on my list, with 9.32 innings per 100.
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Jul 2020
2:11pm, 23 Jul 2020
21,784 posts
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Nicholls595
What about Stuart's dad? Did he get 6 tons?
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Jul 2020
2:13pm, 23 Jul 2020
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Nicholls595
(my instinct forgot how many 100's Bell scored )
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Jul 2020
2:13pm, 23 Jul 2020
24,397 posts
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fetcheveryone
He did indeed Nico - most of them against Australia in 85-6 if I remember right He's top of the list, with a hundred every 7.33 innings, although he's also the person on the list with the fewest matches, at just 25.
Happy to accept further guesses for efficient ton-makers, or for your guesses for least efficient.
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Jul 2020
2:27pm, 23 Jul 2020
6,230 posts
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Dooogs
Nich -fair point, maybe drop Lyth and move everyone from 2 to 8 up one. We're pretty stacked at 'bowlers'who can bat a bit, though'.
Fetch - is Gooch near the bottom? He was great from '88 or so onwards but pretty mediocre for his first 12-13 years at Test level. Given his average, Gatt is probably near the bottom end (if he even got 6 centuries).
Top end, after BC Broad: The Judge? Vaughan?
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