Factfile on India's Sachin Tendulkar who on Friday became the first batsman to score 100 international centuries:
-- Full name: Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar
-- Right-hand batsman, right-arm spinner
-- Date of birth: April 24, 1973 (Age: 38 years)
-- Major teams: India, Mumbai, Yorkshire
-- Height: 5 feet, 5 inches (165.1 centimetres)
-- Test debut: v Pakistan, Karachi, November 15, 1989
-- One-day debut: v Pakistan, Gujranwala, December 18, 1989
-- Twenty20 debut: v South Africa, Johannesburg, December 1, 2006
Career (Tests):
-- Matches 188, Runs 15,470, Highest 248 not out, Average 55.44, Centuries 51, Half-centuries 65
One-dayers:
-- Matches 462, Runs 18,374, Highest 200 not out, Average 44.92, Centuries 49, Half-centuries 95
Twenty20:
Match 1, Runs 10, Average 10.00
World records:
-- Most Test runs and centuries
-- Most one-day runs and centuries
-- Most World Cup runs (2,278)
-- Most appearances in Tests and One-day internationals
-- 1,000 or more Test runs in a calendar year six times: 1997, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2008, 2010
-- 1,000 or more one-day runs in a calendar year seven times: 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2003 and 2007.