"I got my 99th hundred a year ago against South Africa and after that we played about four or five World Cup matches and nobody spoke about my 100th hundred at that stage because the entire focus was on the World Cup, " he said.

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Taking American reinsurance as an example, the market counted over a hundred firms a decade ago, 64 six years ago, and only 38 last year.

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"It was only a few Tests ago that he was getting a hundred, " he said of the 25-year-old.

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