Roston Chase is leading the West Indies in a two-match Test series against Sri Lanka. On Day 3 of the series opener at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in North Sound, Antigua, the 34-year-old all-rounder from Barbados scored a century for the hosts. The hundred on Saturday (June 27) helped Chase enter the record books.
Chase is only the second West Indies captain after Kraigg Brathwaite to score a century in a World Test Championship (WTC) match. Brathwaite captained the West Indies in 32 WTC matches and scored three centuries, while the ongoing first Test against Sri Lanka is Chase’s ninth WTC match.
Apart from Chase and Brathwaite, Jason Holder has also captained the West Indies in the WTC.
Highest scores by West Indies captains in WTC
| PLAYER | RUNS | BALLS | 4/6s | AGAINST | VENUE | START DATE |
| Kraigg Brathwaite | 160 | 489 | 17/0 | England | Bridgetown | March 16, 2022 |
| Kraigg Brathwaite | 126 | 311 | 13/0 | Sri Lanka | North Sound | March 29, 2021 |
| Kraigg Brathwaite | 110 | 188 | 13/0 | Australia | Perth | November 30, 2022 |
| Roston Chase | 100* | 216* | 8/0 | Sri Lanka | Bridgetown | June 25, 2026 |
| Kraigg Brathwaite | 97 | 221 | 12/0 | Pakistan | Kingston | August 12, 2021 |
Chase is overall
the 20th player in the world to score a century in a WTC match as captain.
The record for the most centuries in the WTC as captain belongs to England’s Joe Root. Root, who is the highest run-scorer in WTC history, captained England in 33 matches and scored eight centuries. In the list of players with the most centuries as captain, Root is followed by Sri Lanka’s Dimuth Karunaratne, New Zealand’s Tom Latham and India’s Shubman Gill.
Most 100s in WTC by captains
| PLAYER | COUNTRY | MATCHES | RUNS | 100s |
| Joe Root | England | 33 | 2958 | 8 |
| Dimuth Karunaratne | Sri Lanka | 24 | 2160 | 6 |
| Tom Latham | New Zealand | 20 | 1338 | 5 |
| Shubman Gill | India | 8 | 950 | 5 |
| Babar Azam | Pakistan | 18 | 1725 | 4 |
| Najmul Hossain Shanto | Bangladesh | 14 | 1015 | 4 |
| Rohit Sharma | India | 24 | 1254 | 4 |
| Temba Bavuma | South Africa | 12 | 1013 | 3 |
| Kraigg Brathwaite | West Indies | 32 | 1994 | 3 |
| Dhananjaya de Silva | Sri Lanka | 14 | 952 | 3 |
| Steve Smith | Australia | 10 | 766 | 3 |
| Ben Stokes | England | 40 | 2152 | 3 |
| Kane Williamson | New Zealand | 13 | 1056 | 3 |
| Azhar Ali | Pakistan | 8 | 460 | 2 |
| Virat Kohli | India | 22 | 1349 | 2 |
| Mominul Haque | Bangladesh | 15 | 710 | 2 |
| Shan Masood | Pakistan | 16 | 1056 | 2 |
| Ajinkya Rahane | India | 4 | 265 | 1 |
| Ollie Pope | England | 5 | 240 | 1 |
| Roston Chase | West Indies | 9* | 327* | 1 |
Karunaratne finished his career with six centuries in 24 WTC matches as Sri Lanka captain, while Latham and Gill have scored six centuries each so far.
Apart from Chase, Amir Jangoo also scored a century for the West Indies.
The 28-year-old Jangoo, who scored a century on his ODI debut for the West Indies, is playing only his second Test match for the Caribbean side in Antigua. He made his Test debut against Pakistan in Multan on January 25, 2025, but managed scores of only 0 and 32 in the two innings.
Batting at No. 4 in the first innings of the ongoing match, Jangoo needed 226 balls to reach the three-figure mark. He completed his century by hitting Kasun Rajitha for a four off the fifth ball of the 99th over of the West Indies innings.
