Kyren Wilson and Anthony Hamilton set world record for consecutive centuries

Kyren Wilson and Anthony Hamilton set a new record for consecutive centuries after chalking up six in their China Open qualifier.

Ahead of this weekend's Snooker Shoot-Out in Reading, the pair were in action bidding for a place at the ranking event in Beijing which gets underway next month, and made history with some spectacular break-building on Wednesday night

Wilson was to prove victorious with a 5-3 win but the match will be remembered for a run of successive centuries that eclipsed the five set on two previous occasions

Stephen Maguire and Neil Robertson achieved the feat in the quarter-finals of the 2009 Masters, while Ronnie O'Sullivan and Stephen Hendry also set the mark in the 2003 British Open final.

But it is Hamilton and Wilson who now set the benchmark, with the latter kicking things off in the second and third frames of the match with back-to-back tonnes of 103 and 108.

Hamilton's reply was the highest of the match, knocking in a superb 137 before the pair traded two more centuries to make the score 3-3 thanks to five stunning centuries from just six frames.

Wilson, 24, set the record with 100 in frame seven and the world No 20 went on to close out the match with a rather more low-key 68, rating it the performance of his career.

"It's the best match I've ever played by far," Wilson said.

"It was good open snooker and the table was very reactive which made the conditions perfect for high scoring.

"Once a frame was won we were willing each other on to make centuries, although I didn't realise that six in a row was a record until after the match. I was actually gutted that I missed the last red in the final frame when I could have made it seven."