LONDON: South Africa captain Graeme Smith became only the seventh player in cricket history to score a hundred in his 100th Test when he reached three figures against England shortly before lunch on the third day of the first Test at The Oval here on Saturday.

Australia great Ricky Ponting made two hundreds in his 100th Test, against South Africa at Sydney in 2006.

100-in-100th Test list (player, runs, team, opposition, venue, year): Colin Cowdrey    104    England v Australia    Birmingham    1968 Javed Miandad    145    Pakistan v India    Lahore    1989 Gordon Greenidge    149    West Indies v England    St John’s    1990 Alec Stewart    105    England v West Indies    Manchester    2000 Inzamam-ul-Haq    184    Pakistan v India    Bangalore    2005 Ricky Ponting    120    Australia v South Africa    Sydney    2006 Ricky Ponting    143*    Australia v South Africa    Sydney    2006 Graeme Smith    131    South Africa v England    The Oval    2012 —AFP