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The phrase "a first hundred" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to an initial set of one hundred items, units, or occurrences in a specific context.
Example: "The project aims to complete a first hundred tasks by the end of the month."
Alternatives: "the initial hundred" or "the first set of one hundred".
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If seeing Van Jaarsveld get a first hundred of the season and Jones chip-in with 99 was hard enough, Bopara's spirits will not have been buoyed by Eoin Morgan's high-class hundred for England against Pakistan.
It was his reminder, his motivation to score a first hundred for his country so, with the task done, he ripped the sticker off and set about securing his place as a bona fide international cricketer.
Given this was a first hundred for Pietersen in any form of cricket since August 2013, the third Ashes Test against Australia, there will need to be plenty more mischief made when Surrey's season starts for real against Glamorgan next Sunday.
Ian Bell returned to form with a first hundred in almost a year as England dominated the second day of the third Test against India in Southampton.
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"I'd forgotten there was a first one".
A first one of note happens next month in Aspen.
That is a first five, but hardly exhaustive.
Here's a second one.
Afghanistan is getting a second one.
A second one is remote DVR programming.
Then there was a second one.
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