Cricket

[Janmatt]

1. Who was the first player to score a century in under 50 deliveries?
2. Name the five batsmen who have so far hit centuries from less than 40 deliveries in Twenty20 cricket.

Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks

[Frank97]

1, Sanath Jayasuriya ?


Jayasuriya's knock of 134 was the first century reached in under 50 balls, before Afridi blew it out of the water with a remarkable 37 ball ton against Sri Lanka
From here
http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/cricket/chris-gayle-and-the-story-of-the-fastest-centuries-in-cricket-8586525.html

Also, scroll to past records
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanath_Jayasuriya#Past_International_records

[Frank97]

2, Chris Gayle
Andrew Symonds

[Frank97]

From my first link
Scott Styris, Yusuf Pathan and Louis van der Westhuizen joining Gayle and Symonds in posting sub-40 ball centuries.