10 slowest centuries in Test history by minutes played

#8 Brendon Kuruppu 201 not out in 777 minutes against New Zealand at Colombo, 1987

Brendon Kuruppu during his stint as Sri Lanka's manager

The former Sri Lankan wicketkeeper-batsman may have only played 4 Test matches in his career but Brendon Kuruppu will forever be remembered for his epic unbeaten double hundred against Richard Hadlee's New Zealand back in 1987. More importantly, he opened the innings and played Hadlee's opening spell, which was one of the most difficult ordeals for most batsmen in those days.

Kuruppu batted till the third day and stayed at the crease for as long as 777 minutes to ensure that there was no chance of Sri Lanka losing the Test match. He remained unbeaten as well and at a time, when Sri Lanka had recently become a Test-playing nation, a well-earned draw was definitely something that the team must have cherished.