In this quiz, you have to list every batter with at least seven Test half-centuries but no Test century.

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Growing up, every aspiring cricketer dreams of scoring a Test hundred. Unfortunately, many of them get halfway there but fail to make it to three figures. Some of them score multiple half-centuries – ten, fifteen, even twenty of them – but are eventually unable to convert them to the next stage.

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As is expected, these lists are dominated by bowling all-rounders and wicketkeepers – cricketers for whom batting is a secondary role in Test cricket. However, that does not mean that specialist batters do not make the cut: several of them are part of this list, including an opener who made 16 fifties without a hundred in Test cricket.

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In this quiz, you have to name every cricketer with seven Test half-centuries but no Test century until March 23, 2026. For that, you have six minutes.

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