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London: Former England batsman Graeme Hick scored his 127th first-class hundred to move above W.G. Grace into 10th place on the all-time list of century makers.
The Zimbabwe-born right-hander hit 176 off 231 balls on Thursday as his side Worcestershire made 306 in the first innings of their County championship match against Lancashire at New Road.
Hick, who smashed eight sixes and 20 fours to register his 97th ton for Worcestershire, insisted value to the team was far more important to him than individual records.
?Records are not something I?m really concerned about,? said Hick.
?All I?m concerned about is doing my job properly for Worcestershire. But scoring centuries still gives me great pleasure, may be even more so at this stage of my career because I don?t know how many more I?ve got in me.?
Hick, who will turn 39 next month, is one century behind his former England captain Graham Gooch and two behind Len Hutton.
Englishman Jack Hobbs is the all-time leader with 197 centuries.
HIGHEST 1st-CLASS Century-makers
Graeme Hick scored his 127th first-class century on Thursday to displace W.G. Grace from the No. 10 position in the all-time top hundred-makers. Following is the list of top-10:
• Jack Hobbs — 197 hundreds in 1315 innings (100th hundred in innings No. 821)
• Patsy Hendren — 170 hundreds in 1300 innings (100th hundred in innings No. 740)
• Wally Hammond — 167 hundreds in 1005 innings (100th hundred in innings No. 679)
• Phil Mead — 153 hundreds in 1340 innings (100th hundred in innings No. 892)
• Geoff Boycott — 151 hundreds in 1014 innings (100th hundred in innings No. 645)
• Herbert Sutcliffe — 149 hundreds in 1088 innings (100th hundred in innings No. 700)
• Frank Woolley — 145 hundreds in 1532 innings (100th hundred in innings No. 1031)
• Len Hutton — 129 hundreds in 814 innings (100th hundred in innings No. 619)
• Graham Gooch — 128 hundreds in 990 innings (100th hundred in innings No. 820)
• Graeme Hick — 127 hundreds in 781 innings (100th hundred in innings No. 597)
Compiled by Ravi Kant Srivastava
