9 Oct 2024
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Here are batters that have smashed five or more Test tons in most calendar years
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Matthew Hayden has done this epic feat in four different years (2001, 2002, 2003, 2005)
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He is also the only player to do so in three consecutive years
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Ricky Ponting has also done this across four different calendar years (2002, 2003, 2005, 2006)
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South Africa's Jacques Kallis has scored five or more Test centuries in three different years (2004, 2007, 2010)
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Steve Smith has also done this across three calendar years (2014, 2015, 2017)
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Joe Root has joined the club and now has five or Test tons in three different years (2021, 2022, 2024)
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