But, in truth, only Chelsea's occasional tendency to over-play and Sunderland keeper Fulop prevented this from being a cricket score.
"It's a dream to any cricket player to score a hundred in Test cricket, so it's like that, a dream come true, " said Iqbal who followed in the footsteps of his older brother Nafis Iqbal, who hit a century against Zimbabwe in 2005.
The century was Dhoni's third in Test cricket, a score which puts his side in an unassailable position with two days remaining at the Brabourne Stadium.
He was an outstanding batsman who amassed the highest score in Fijian cricket - 246.
Home skipper Ian Westwood posted a fifth straight single-figure score in first-class cricket when angling a catch to second slip.
For Gatting, 21, the nephew of former England skipper Mike and son of ex-Arsenal and Brighton footballer Steve, it was comfortably his highest score in one-day cricket.
Later that year, Lara signed for Warwickshire and scored 501 not out against Durham in the County Championship - which remains the highest individual score in first-class cricket.
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The third is Brian Lara, who holds records for the highest-ever score in first-class cricket (501 not out), and in Test matches (375), and who returned to his best form in the recent series against Australia with two match-winning innings.
In limited-overs cricket, it is all about who can score the most runs in the same allotted amount of time.
Mark Boucher holds the reord for the highest score by a night-watchman in Test cricket with 125 for South Africa v Zimbabwe at Harare in 1999-00.
Joyce, who only qualified to play for England last year, averages 47 in first-class cricket and has 17 centuries to his credit, including a highest score of 211 for Middlesex against Warwickshire in July.
His unbeaten 170, made off 274 balls and including two sixes and 23 fours, was the highest score by a Derbyshire player on a debut in first-class cricket, beating the 155 made by Peter Bowler against Cambridge University at Fenners in 1988.
The hosts' run rate had slipped to a little more than two an over by the point Stuart Broad was out for his first single-figure score since March, giving Ntini his 18th five-wicket haul in Test cricket.
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