All by myself

[Gambit]

First listen to this song

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Ok, the relevance of the song is this. I'm going to list instances of some of the modern day batsmen who were the only ones in their team to make a hundred in a test and instances where they were the only ones to make a 100 in a test from either side. The letters in brackets refers to the country against whom the ton was scored and lower case a is used to denote that the hundred was made away from home. Matches against minnows have not been considered. Brian Lara Only Ton in Test: 145(aE),132(aA), 182(aA), 178(aSL), 202(aSA) - 5 times Only Ton from Team: 375(E), 145(aE), 152(aE), 132(aA), 115(SL), 213(aA), 100(aA), 112(aE), 182(aA), 178(aSL), 221+130(aSL), 202(aSA), 176(SA), 153(P), 226(aA), 120(I) - 17 times Rahul Dravid Only Ton in Test: 270(aP) - Once Only ton from Team: 148(aSA), 144*(aWI), 217(aE), 270(aP), 110+135(P) - 6 times Ricky Ponting Only Ton in Test: 141(aP), 105(aNZ) - Twice Only ton from team: 105 (aE), 141(eP) ,242(I), 105(aNZ), 156(aE), 120+143(SA), 154(E),158(aW) - 9 times Sachin Tendulkar Only Ton in Test: 111(aRSA),155*(A),116(aA),117(aWI),109(SL) - 5 times Only ton from team: 114(aA),111(aSA),122(aE),155*(A),177(A),136(P),116(aA),126(A),103(E),117(aW) - 10 times And one from back in the day Sunil Gavaskar Only Ton in Test: 108(E),113(aA),118(aA),166(P) - 4 times Only ton from team 116(aWI),124+220(aWI),101(aE),119(NZ),108(E),113(aA),118(aA),221(aE),166(P),172(E),127(aP), 166(aA) - 13 times Unsurprising, given WI's weak batting lineup, Lara has the most instances where he was the only one to make a hundred from his side in a test. Tendulkar and Lara share the top spot for having the most instances where they were the only batsmen in the test to make a hundred. PS - If anyone spots a mistake or an inning I missed out on, point it out.

[The Outsider]

Good one, Gambit. Another good variation on this would be to try and see the number of centuries scored when no one from the opposition scored one, but your teammates did.

[Yuvraj4Captaincy]

Brian Lara clearly stands out. He was the lone fighter for a decade from windies.

[Gambit]

Batsman with only 100's in a Test .... (Until the BG Trophy) MC Cowdrey 9 G Boycott 8 DG Bradman 7 SM Gavaskar 7 M Azharuddin 7 SR Tendulkar 6 DJ Cullinan 6 ME Waugh 6 Hanif Mohammad 6 Inzamam-ul-Haq 6 JH Kallis 5 L Hutton 5 ML Hayden 5 KC Sangakkara 5 DI Gower 5 PBH May 5 SR Waugh 5 DM Jones 5 RN Harvey 5 GA Gooch 5 RB Richardson 5 GS Chappell 5 BC Lara 5 Courtesy BossBhai

[SachDan]

Wall is nowhere in the picrure!!!!