Brian Lara of West Indies.
English cricketer Andy Sandham was the first Test cricketer to score a triple century, making an innings of 325 against the West Indies at Kingston in the 1929-30 season.
Deandra Dottin of West Indies is the first woman cricketer to hit a Twenty 20 International Century.
Chris Gayle scored the first century in T20 cricket.
Clifford Roach scored the first century for West Indies in Test Cricket. He scored this century against England in the 1st Test of 1929-1930 series. He also became the first to score double century for West Indies in the third Test of the same series.
The West Indies' first Test match took place in June 1928. The first cricketer to represent West Indian Test cricket team to pass away was Oscar da Costa, who represented the side in 5 Test matches between April 1930 and January 1935. A Test cricketer with a character to match, da Costa permanently carried a stamp with his signature on to save time when signing autographs, and at the same time making sure that no fan who wanted to get his autograph left disappointed. Oscar was born on September 11, 1907 and died on October 1, 1936 in Kingston, Jamaica.
Lala Amarnath was the first Indian cricketer to score century in Tests. Kapil Dev was the first Indian cricketer to score a century in ODI.
Matthew Hayden was the first cricketer to score 400 in one inning.
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The first cricketer to reach 700 runs in IPL-T20 cricket was Suresh Raina.