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DENNIS AMISS scored first world cup century in world cup history in 1975
Clint Dempsey scored for the USA in their first FIFA 2010 world cup match.
virat kohli scored the only century of the match against pakistan scoring 107 of 126 balls later he was also awarded man of the match for his century knock
Chris Gayle of West Indies scored first century in world cup t20. He scored 117 against South Africa.
The first batsman to score a century against the West Indies in the World Cup was Pakistan batsman Rameez Raja, who scored 102 not out in the 1992 World Cup on February 23, 1992. In spite of Pakistan's century, the West Indies won the match by 10 wickets.
The first century in a Cricket World Cup match for Pakistan was scored by Imran Khan, whose innings of 102 not out came in the 1983 World Cup, on June 16, against Sri Lanka. Pakistan won the match by an eleven-run margin, though the Man of the Match award was given to Abdul Qadir, who took bowling figures of 5-44 in Sri Lanka's innings.
Chris Gayle of West Indies scored the first century in T-20 Internationals against South Africa in the very first match of the First World Cup(T-20) in 2007.
The only century scored in the 2007 ICC World Twenty20 tournament was scored by West Indian Chris Gayle. He became the first person to score a century in an official Twenty20 International match, and hit the most sixes in such a match, with a total of ten. The first-wicket partnership between Gayle and his batting partner Devon Smith was a record-breaking 145, the highest in Twenty20 International cricket. In spite of these three astonishing feats, the West Indies still lost the match with 2.2 overs to spare - though Gayle was given the Man of the Match award.
Dennis amiss
DL Amiss scored first century.He has hit 137 runs.
Mahela Jayawardene was the first batsman to score century in 2011 world cup.
The first century in TestCricket was scored by Charles Bannerman who scored 165 (before retiring hurt) in the first ever Test between Australia and England (played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground from 15-19 March 1877. The first one dayinternational (ODI) century was scored by Denis Amiss who amassed 103 runs against Australia at Old Trafford in 1972.Viv Richards was born on March 7, 1952. He played his first Test Match in 1974 and first ODI in 1975. So there is no chance that he could have scored the first ever century in any format of cricket