The longest gaps between Test centuries by a player (since World War 2)
ESPNcricinfo staff31-Oct-20163660 days Hamilton Masakadza (Zimbabwe)
July 2001 to August 2011 (Zimbabwe didn’t play Tests between Sep 2005 and Aug 2011)•AFP3639 days Bob Simpson (Australia)
December 1967 to December 1977 (Simpson returned from almost a decade-long retirement to lead a Packer-weakened Australia in 1977)•John Dawson/PA Photos3367 days Bert Sutcliffe (New Zealand)
November 1955 to March 1965•Huw John/ESPNcricinfo Ltd3234 days Mushtaq Mohammad (Pakistan)
July 1962 to June 1971•Getty Images