List of international cricket centuries at the Sinhalese Sports Club Ground
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The Sinhalese Sports Club Ground is one of the most famous cricket grounds of Sri Lanka.[1] It is the headquarters of Sri Lanka Cricket, the controlling body of cricket in Sri Lanka.[2] The ground staged its first Test in 1984 against New Zealand. The first One Day International was played in 1982 against England.
89 Test centuries have been scored at the ground by players from all 10 of the Test nations. The first of these was made by Roy Dias in 1984. Mahela Jayawardene's 374 is the highest score made at the ground, it is also the fourth highest Test score of all time.[3] Mahela Jayawardene also holds the record for most Test centuries at the ground with 11. The highest score by an overseas player is 221 made by Brian Lara in 2001.[4]
18 One Day International centuries have been scored at the ground. The Pakistan player Younis Khan has made the highest score with 144 against Hong Kong in 2004.[5]
Key
- * denotes that the batsman was not out.
- Inns. denotes the number of the innings in the match.
- Balls denotes the number of balls faced in an innings.
- NR denotes that the number of balls was not recorded.
- Parentheses next to the player's score denotes his century number at the Sinhalese Sports Club Ground.
- The column title Date refers to the date the match started.
- The column title Result refers to whether the player's team won[6][7] lost[8][9] or if the match was drawn[10] or a no result.[11]
List of centuries
- Mahela Jayawardene (Sri):
Has scored a record 11 Test centuries at the Sinhalese Sports Club. His 374*, made against South Africa in 2006, is also the record highest innings at the ground. - Kumar Sangakkara (Sri):
Has scored 8 Test centuries at the ground, including 3 double-centuries, with a best of 287. - Sachin Tendulkar (Ind):
4 Test centuries at the ground, the most by an overseas player. He also has scored an ODI century at the ground. - Younis Khan (Pak):
His innings of 144, made against Hong Kong in 2004, is the highest ODI innings seen at the ground.
Test centuries
The following table summarises the Test centuries scored at the Sinhalese Sports Club Ground.[4]
No. | Score | Player | Team | Balls | Inns. | Opposing team | Date | Result |
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1 | 108 | Dias, RoyRoy Dias | ![]() | 215 | 3 | ![]() | 16 March 1984 | Drawn |
2 | 103 | Madugalle, RanjanRanjan Madugalle | ![]() | NR | 2 | ![]() | 30 August 1985 | Drawn |
3 | 111 | Ranatunga, ArjunaArjuna Ranatunga (1/2) | ![]() | NR | 2 | ![]() | 30 August 1985 | Drawn |
4 | 137 | Gurusinha, AsankaAsanka Gurusinha | ![]() | 399 | 2 | ![]() | 17 August 1992 | Lost |
5 | 127 | Ranatunga, ArjunaArjuna Ranatunga (2/2) | ![]() | 192 | 2 | ![]() | 17 August 1992 | Lost |
6 | 132* | Kaluwitharana, RomeshRomesh Kaluwitharana | ![]() | 158 | 2 | ![]() | 17 August 1992 | Lost |
7 | 109 | Mahanama, RoshanRoshan Mahanama | ![]() | 154 | 1 | ![]() | 6 December 1992 | Won |
8 | 107 | Crowe, MartinMartin Crowe | ![]() | 121 | 3 | ![]() | 6 December 1992 | Lost |
9 | 128 | Smith, RobinRobin Smith | ![]() | 338 | 1 | ![]() | 13 March 1993 | Lost |
10 | 125 | Kambli, VinodVinod Kambli | ![]() | 220 | 1 | ![]() | 27 July 1993 | Won |
11 | 104 | Sidhu, NavjotNavjot Sidhu | ![]() | 268 | 3 | ![]() | 27 July 1993 | Won |
12 | 104* | Tendulkar, SachinSachin Tendulkar (1/4) | ![]() | 161 | 3 | ![]() | 27 July 1993 | Won |
13 | 122 | Cronje, HansieHansie Cronje | ![]() | 295 | 2 | ![]() | 6 September 1993 | Won |
14 | 126* | Tillakaratne, HashanHashan Tillakaratne (1/3) | ![]() | 326 | 2 | ![]() | 18 September 1996 | Won |
15 | 138* | de Silva, AravindaAravinda de Silva (1/5) | ![]() | 208 | 1 | ![]() | 26 April 1997 | Drawn |
16 | 113 | Jayasuriya, SanathSanath Jayasuriya (1/2) | ![]() | 212 | 3 | ![]() | 26 April 1997 | Drawn |
17 | 103* | de Silva, AravindaAravinda de Silva (2/5) | ![]() | 99 | 3 | ![]() | 26 April 1997 | Drawn |
18 | 155 | Malik, SaleemSaleem Malik | ![]() | 240 | 4 | ![]() | 26 April 1997 | Drawn |
19 | 146 | de Silva, AravindaAravinda de Silva (3/5) | ![]() | 226 | 1 | ![]() | 9 August 1997 | Drawn |
20 | 139 | Tendulkar, SachinSachin Tendulkar (2/4) | ![]() | 266 | 2 | ![]() | 9 August 1997 | Drawn |
21 | 147 | Ganguly, SouravSourav Ganguly | ![]() | 312 | 2 | ![]() | 9 August 1997 | Drawn |
22 | 199 | Jayasuriya, SanathSanath Jayasuriya (2/2) | ![]() | 226 | 3 | ![]() | 9 August 1997 | Drawn |
23 | 120 | de Silva, AravindaAravinda de Silva (4/5) | ![]() | 198 | 3 | ![]() | 9 August 1997 | Drawn |
24 | 108* | Azharuddin, MohammadMohammad Azharuddin | ![]() | 174 | 4 | ![]() | 9 August 1997 | Drawn |
25 | 105* | Flower, AndyAndy Flower | ![]() | 238 | 3 | ![]() | 14 January 1998 | Lost |
26 | 143* | de Silva, AravindaAravinda de Silva (5/5) | ![]() | 310 | 4 | ![]() | 14 January 1998 | Won |
27 | 143 | Ramesh, SadagoppanSadagoppan Ramesh | ![]() | 214 | 1 | ![]() | 24 February 1999 | Drawn |
28 | 107 | Dravid, RahulRahul Dravid | ![]() | 218 | 1 | ![]() | 24 February 1999 | Drawn |
29 | 242 | Jayawardene, MahelaMahela Jayawardene (1/11) | ![]() | 465 | 2 | ![]() | 24 February 1999 | Drawn |
30 | 124* | Tendulkar, SachinSachin Tendulkar (3/4) | ![]() | 235 | 3 | ![]() | 24 February 1999 | Drawn |
31 | 105* | Ponting, RickyRicky Ponting | ![]() | 171 | 1 | ![]() | 30 September 1999 | Drawn |
32 | 101* | Jayawardene, MahelaMahela Jayawardene (2/11) | ![]() | 183 | 4 | ![]() | 6 August 2000 | Drawn |
33 | 113* | Thorpe, GrahamGraham Thorpe | ![]() | 267 | 2 | ![]() | 15 March 2001 | Won |
34 | 108 | Atapattu, MarvanMarvan Atapattu (1/3) | ![]() | 228 | 2 | ![]() | 29 August 2001 | Won |
35 | 139 | Jayawardene, MahelaMahela Jayawardene (3/11) | ![]() | 216 | 2 | ![]() | 29 August 2001 | Won |
36 | 136* | Tillakaratne, HashanHashan Tillakaratne (2/3) | ![]() | 214 | 2 | ![]() | 29 August 2001 | Won |
37 | 103* | Samaraweera, ThilanThilan Samaraweera (1/5) | ![]() | 175 | 2 | ![]() | 29 August 2001 | Won |
38 | 201 | Atapattu, MarvanMarvan Atapattu (2/3) | ![]() | 259 | 2 | ![]() | 6 September 2001 | Won |
39 | 150 | Jayawardene, MahelaMahela Jayawardene (4/11) | ![]() | 115 | 2 | ![]() | 6 September 2001 | Won |
40 | 114 | Ashraful, MohammadMohammad Ashraful | ![]() | 212 | 3 | ![]() | 6 September 2001 | Lost |
41 | 221 | Lara, BrianBrian Lara (1/2) | ![]() | 354 | 1 | ![]() | 29 November 2001 | Lost |
42 | 204* | Tillakaratne, HashanHashan Tillakaratne (3/3) | ![]() | 343 | 2 | ![]() | 29 November 2001 | Won |
43 | 130 | Lara, BrianBrian Lara (2/2) | ![]() | 215 | 3 | ![]() | 29 November 2001 | Lost |
44 | 128 | Sangakkara, KumarKumar Sangakkara (1/8) | ![]() | 186 | 1 | ![]() | 27 December 2001 | Won |
45 | 123* | Samaraweera, ThilanThilan Samaraweera (2/5) | ![]() | 166 | 1 | ![]() | 27 December 2001 | Won |
46 | 140 | Vandort, MichaelMichael Vandort (1/3) | ![]() | 185 | 3 | ![]() | 28 July 2002 | Won |
47 | 142 | Samaraweera, ThilanThilan Samaraweera (3/5) | ![]() | 408 | 2 | ![]() | 18 December 2003 | Won |
48 | 134 | Jayawardene, MahelaMahela Jayawardene (5/11) | ![]() | 246 | 2 | ![]() | 18 December 2003 | Won |
49 | 153 | Lehmann, DarrenDarren Lehmann | ![]() | 269 | 1 | ![]() | 24 March 2004 | Won |
50 | 118 | Atapattu, MarvanMarvan Atapattu (3/3) | ![]() | 219 | 2 | ![]() | 24 March 2004 | Lost |
51 | 166 | Langer, JustinJustin Langer | ![]() | 295 | 3 | ![]() | 24 March 2004 | Won |
52 | 232 | Sangakkara, KumarKumar Sangakkara (2/8) | ![]() | 357 | 1 | ![]() | 11 August 2004 | Won |
53 | 185 | Sangakkara, KumarKumar Sangakkara (3/8) | ![]() | 326 | 3 | ![]() | 26 March 2006 | Drawn |
54 | 148* | Malik, ShoaibShoaib Malik (1/2) | ![]() | 369 | 4 | ![]() | 26 March 2006 | Drawn |
55 | 287 | Sangakkara, KumarKumar Sangakkara (4/8) | ![]() | 457 | 2 | ![]() | 27 July 2006 | Won |
56 | 374 | Jayawardene, MahelaMahela Jayawardene (6/11) | ![]() | 572 | 2 | ![]() | 27 July 2006 | Won |
57 | 117 | Vandort, MichaelMichael Vandort (2/3) | ![]() | 189 | 2 | ![]() | 25 June 2007 | Won |
58 | 127 | Jayawardene, MahelaMahela Jayawardene (7/11) | ![]() | 159 | 2 | ![]() | 25 June 2007 | Won |
59 | 120* | Jayawardene, PrasannaPrasanna Jayawardene | ![]() | 191 | 2 | ![]() | 25 June 2007 | Won |
60 | 100* | Vaas, ChamindaChaminda Vaas | ![]() | 169 | 2 | ![]() | 25 June 2007 | Won |
61 | 138 | Vandort, MichaelMichael Vandort (3/3) | ![]() | 259 | 2 | ![]() | 9 December 2007 | Drawn |
62 | 195 | Jayawardene, MahelaMahela Jayawardene (8/11) | ![]() | 422 | 2 | ![]() | 9 December 2007 | Drawn |
63 | 115 | Warnapura, MalindaMalinda Warnapura | ![]() | 202 | 1 | ![]() | 23 July 2008 | Won |
64 | 136 | Jayawardene, MahelaMahela Jayawardene (9/11) | ![]() | 259 | 1 | ![]() | 23 July 2008 | Won |
65 | 127 | Samaraweera, ThilanThilan Samaraweera (4/5) | ![]() | 224 | 1 | ![]() | 23 July 2008 | Won |
66 | 125* | Dilshan, TillakaratneTillakaratne Dilshan (1/2) | ![]() | 170 | 1 | ![]() | 23 July 2008 | Won |
67 | 134 | Malik, ShoaibShoaib Malik (2/2) | ![]() | 240 | 3 | ![]() | 20 July 2009 | Drawn |
68 | 130* | Sangakkara, KumarKumar Sangakkara (5/8) | ![]() | 303 | 4 | ![]() | 20 July 2009 | Drawn |
69 | 143 | Samaraweera, ThilanThilan Samaraweera (5/5) | ![]() | 240 | 1 | ![]() | 26 August 2009 | Won |
70 | 109 | Sangakkara, KumarKumar Sangakkara (6/8) | ![]() | 175 | 3 | ![]() | 26 August 2009 | Won |
71 | 140 | Vettori, DanielDaniel Vettori | ![]() | 189 | 4 | ![]() | 26 August 2009 | Lost |
72 | 100 | Paranavitana, TharangaTharanga Paranavitana | ![]() | 221 | 1 | ![]() | 26 July 2010 | Drawn |
73 | 219 | Sangakkara, KumarKumar Sangakkara (7/8) | ![]() | 335 | 1 | ![]() | 26 July 2010 | Drawn |
74 | 174 | Jayawardene, MahelaMahela Jayawardene (10/11) | ![]() | 244 | 1 | ![]() | 26 July 2010 | Drawn |
75 | 203 | Tendulkar, SachinSachin Tendulkar (4/4) | ![]() | 347 | 2 | ![]() | 26 July 2010 | Drawn |
76 | 120 | Raina, SureshSuresh Raina | ![]() | 228 | 2 | ![]() | 26 July 2010 | Drawn |
77 | 118 | Hussey, MichaelMichael Hussey | ![]() | 178 | 1 | ![]() | 16 September 2011 | Drawn |
78 | 105* | Mathews, AngeloAngelo Mathews (1/2) | ![]() | 269 | 2 | ![]() | 16 September 2011 | Drawn |
79 | 126 | Hughes, PhillipPhillip Hughes | ![]() | 220 | 3 | ![]() | 16 September 2011 | Drawn |
80 | 112 | Clarke, MichaelMichael Clarke | ![]() | 178 | 3 | ![]() | 16 September 2011 | Drawn |
81 | 196 | Hafeez, MohammadMohammad Hafeez | ![]() | 331 | 1 | ![]() | 30 June 2012 | Drawn |
82 | 157 | Ali, AzharAzhar Ali | ![]() | 295 | 1 | ![]() | 30 June 2012 | Drawn |
83 | 121 | Dilshan, TillakaratneTillakaratne Dilshan (2/2) | ![]() | 195 | 2 | ![]() | 30 June 2012 | Drawn |
84 | 192 | Sangakkara, KumarKumar Sangakkara (8/8) | ![]() | 351 | 2 | ![]() | 30 June 2012 | Drawn |
85 | 165 | Jayawardene, MahelaMahela Jayawardene (11/11) | ![]() | 284 | 1 | ![]() | 24 July 2014 | Drawn |
86 | 139* | Amla, HashimHashim Amla | ![]() | 382 | 2 | ![]() | 24 July 2014 | Drawn |
87 | 103 | Ahmed, SarfrazSarfraz Ahmed | ![]() | 127 | 2 | ![]() | 14 August 2014 | Lost |
88 | 145* | Pujara, CheteshwarCheteshwar Pujara | ![]() | 289 | 1 | ![]() | 28 August 2015 | Won |
89 | 110 | Mathews, AngeloAngelo Mathews (2/2) | ![]() | 240 | 4 | ![]() | 28 August 2015 | Lost |
90 | 129 | de Silva, DhananjayaDhananjaya de Silva | ![]() | 280 | 1 | ![]() | 13 August 2016 | Won |
91 | 132 | Chandimal, DineshDinesh Chandimal | ![]() | 356 | 1 | ![]() | 13 August 2016 | Won |
92 | 130 | Marsh, ShaunShaun Marsh | ![]() | 281 | 2 | ![]() | 13 August 2016 | Lost |
93 | 119 | Smith, SteveSteve Smith | ![]() | 218 | 2 | ![]() | 13 August 2016 | Lost |
94 | 115 | Silva, KaushalKaushal Silva | ![]() | 269 | 3 | ![]() | 13 August 2016 | Won |
One Day International centuries
The following table summarises the One Day International centuries scored at the Sinhalese Sports Club Ground.[5]
No. | Score | Player | Team | Balls | Inns. | Opposing team | Date | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 127* | de Silva, AravindaAravinda de Silva (1/2) | ![]() | 123 | 2 | ![]() | 3 September 1996 | Won |
2 | 108 | Jayasuriya, SanathSanath Jayasuriya (1/2) | ![]() | 83 | 1 | ![]() | 22 July 1997 | Won |
3 | 100 | Singh, RobinRobin Singh | ![]() | 102 | 1 | ![]() | 23 August 1997 | No result |
4 | 104 | de Silva, AravindaAravinda de Silva (2/2) | ![]() | 117 | 1 | ![]() | 24 August 1997 | Won |
5 | 112 | Flower, GrantGrant Flower | ![]() | 138 | 1 | ![]() | 26 January 1998 | Lost |
6 | 102 | Jayasuriya, SanathSanath Jayasuriya (2/2) | ![]() | 100 | 2 | ![]() | 26 January 1998 | Won |
7 | 102 | Ranatunga, ArjunaArjuna Ranatunga | ![]() | 98 | 1 | ![]() | 5 July 1998 | Won |
8 | 120 | Tendulkar, SachinSachin Tendulkar | ![]() | 141 | 1 | ![]() | 29 August 1999 | Won |
9 | 102* | Kaluwitharana, RomeshRomesh Kaluwitharana | ![]() | 117 | 2 | ![]() | 27 March 2001 | Won |
10 | 108 | Astle, NathanNathan Astle | ![]() | 143 | 1 | ![]() | 2 August 2001 | Lost |
11 | 100 | Sehwag, VirenderVirender Sehwag | ![]() | 70 | 2 | ![]() | 2 August 2001 | Won |
12 | 111 | Lara, BrianBrian Lara | ![]() | 120 | 1 | ![]() | 17 September 2002 | Won |
13 | 102 | Hameed, YasirYasir Hameed | ![]() | 123 | 1 | ![]() | 17 July 2004 | Won |
14 | 118 | Malik, ShoaibShoaib Malik | ![]() | 110 | 1 | ![]() | 18 July 2004 | Won |
15 | 144 | Khan, YounisYounis Khan | ![]() | 122 | 1 | ![]() | 18 July 2004 | Won |
16 | 101 | Kallis, JacquesJacques Kallis | ![]() | 127 | 2 | ![]() | 31 August 2004 | Lost |
17 | 113 | Barath, AdrianAdrian Barath | ![]() | 129 | 1 | ![]() | 31 January 2011 | No result |
18 | 101* | Tharanga, UpulUpul Tharanga | ![]() | 143 | 2 | ![]() | 3 February 2011 | Won |
External links
References
- ↑ "Sinhalese Sports Club Ground (Maitland Place)". cricket.yahoo.com. Yahoo Cricket. Retrieved 2009-03-23.
- ↑ "Sinhalese Sports Club". www.cricinfo.com. Cricinfo. Retrieved 2009-03-23.
- ↑ Cricinfo Most runs in an innings
- 1 2 Statsguru, Cricinfo, 28 March 2010.
- 1 2 Statsguru, Cricinfo, 29 March 2010.
- ↑ "Statsguru: Test matches / Batting records / Innings by innings list / Match result : Won". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
- ↑ "Statsguru: One Day International matches / Batting records / Innings by innings list / Match result : Won". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
- ↑ "Statsguru: Test matches / Batting records / Innings by innings list / Match result : Lost". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
- ↑ "Statsguru: One Day International matches / Batting records / Innings by innings list / Match result : Lost". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
- ↑ "Statsguru: Test matches / Batting records / Innings by innings list / Match result : Drawn". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
- ↑ "Statsguru: One Day International matches / Batting records / Innings by innings list / Match result : No Result". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 24 August 2011.