List of international cricket centuries by Mahela Jayawardene

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Mahela Jayawardene has scored 34 Test centuries for Sri Lanka.

Mahela Jayawardene is a Sri Lankan cricketer and a former captain of the Sri Lanka national cricket team. He has been described as one of the best batsmen produced by the country.[1][2] Jayawardene was the leading run-scorer for Sri Lanka in Tests, after fellow Sri Lankan Kumar Sangakkara surpassed him, and Mahela has scored 35 centuries.[3] He has scored 19 centuries in his One Day International (ODI) career, and is the fourth-highest run-scorer for Sri Lanka.[4] On 9 November, 2014, he scored his 17th ODI century against India and also became only the 5th player to score 12,000 runs in One Day Internationals, after Sachin Tendulkar, Sanath Jayasuriya, Ricky Ponting & teammate Kumar Sangakkara. He is the highest scorer for the country in Twenty20 International (T20I) matches as well, and has scored one century.[5] Jayawardene was chosen as captain of the International Cricket Council's (ICC) World One Day International team and selected as Captain of the Year at the 2006 ICC Awards.[6] He was recognized as one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 2007,[7] and was a member of the ICC World Test team the following year.[8]

Jayawardene's debut Test match was against India in August 1997, in which the Sri Lankan team made a world record 952 runs for 6 wickets.[9] He scored his maiden Test century in his fourth match, played in June 1998 against New Zealand.[10] The 150 he scored against Bangladesh in September 2001 is the fastest Test century made by a Sri Lankan player.[11] However, this innings came to an unusual end when he retired out just after reaching 150 runs.[N 1][15] Jayawardene's best innings was made against South Africa in July 2006 when he scored 374 runs, surpassing Sanath Jayasuriya's record of 340 for the highest individual score by a Sri Lankan batsman.[16] It is also the fourth-highest score in Test cricket,[17] as well as part of the world's highest Test partnership—624 runs—which he established with teammate Kumar Sangakkara.[18] Jayawardene has scored a total of 34 centuries during his career, the second highest number by a Sri Lankan player, after Kumar Sangakkara.[19] He has scored more than 200 runs on seven of these occasions. This is the second-highest number of double centuries by a Sri Lankan player, behind Kumar Sangakkara.[20] He is also one of only three players who have scored a triple century for Sri Lanka; the other two being Jayasuriya and Sangakkara.[21]

Jayawardene made his ODI debut against Zimbabwe on 24 January 1998, and scored his first century a year later, against England on 23 January 1999.[22] Although not as illustrious as his Test centuries, he has since made 19 ODI centuries for Sri Lanka. This is the fourth-highest number of centuries for Sri Lanka by a single player behind Jayasuriya's 28, Sangakkara's 21, and Dilshan's 20.[23] On 10 June 2007, Jayawardene scored 107 runs for the Asia XI team, which he captained during the 2007 Afro-Asia Cup.[24] Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who scored an unbeaten 139 in the same match, and Jayawardene are the only players who have scored a century for Asia XI.[25] Jayawardene became the sixth player to score a century at a Cricket World Cup Final with an unbeaten 103 against India during the final match of the 2011 Cricket World Cup.[N 2] However, Sri Lanka lost the match, making Jayawardene the first centurion in a lost cause at a World Cup final.[27][28]

Jayawardene made his T20I debut against England on 15 June 2006, and scored his first century against Zimbabwe on 3 May 2010.[29] Jayawardene was the fourth player to score a century in a T20I, and the first Sri Lankan to do so.[30]

Key

Symbol Meaning
* Remained not out
Player of the match
Captained the Sri Lankan side
Test The number of the Test match played in that series
Pos. Position in the batting order
Inn. The innings of the match
S.R. Strike rate during the innings
H/A/N Venue was at home (Sri Lanka), away or neutral
Lost The match was lost by Sri Lanka
Won The match was won by Sri Lanka
Drawn The match was drawn

Test cricket centuries

No. Score Against Pos. Inn. Test Venue H/A Date Result
1 167♠  New Zealand 3 2 2/3 Galle International Stadium, Galle Home 3 June 1998 Won[31]
2 242♠  India 3 2 2/4 Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Home 24 February 1999 Drawn[32]
3 167  South Africa 4 1 1/3 Galle International Stadium, Galle Home 20 July 2000 Won[33]
4 101*  South Africa 4 4 3/3 Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Home 6 August 2000 Drawn[34]
5 101  England 5 1 2/3 Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy Home 7 March 2001 Lost[35]
6 104  India 4 1 2/3 Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy Home 22 August 2001 Lost[36]
7 139  India 4 2 3/3 Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Home 29 August 2001 Won[37]
8 150  Bangladesh 4 2 2/3 Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Home 6 September 2001 Won[38]
9 107  England 4 1 1/3 Lord's Cricket Ground, London Away 16 May 2002 Drawn[39]
10 134  England 4 2 3/3 Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Home 18 December 2003 Won[40]
11 100*  Zimbabwe 4 2 2/2 Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo Away 14 May 2004 Won[41]
12 237♠  South Africa 4 1 1/2 Galle International Stadium, Galle Home 4 August 2004 Drawn[42]
13 141  New Zealand 4 2 1/2 McLean Park, Napier, New Zealand Away 4 April 2005 Drawn[43]
14 119♠†  England 4 3 1/3 Lord's Cricket Ground, London Away 11 May 2006 Drawn[44]
15 374♠†  South Africa 4 2 1/2 Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Home 27 July 2006 Won[45]
16 123♠†  South Africa 4 4 2/2 Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo Home 4 August 2006 Won[46]
17 127†  Bangladesh 4 2 1/3 Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Home 25 June 2007 Won[47]
18 165†  Bangladesh 4 3 3/3 Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy Home 11 July 2007 Won[48]
19 104†  Australia 4 2 2/2 Bellerive Oval, Hobart Away 16 November 2007 Lost[49]
20 195♠†  England 4 2 2/3 Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Home 9 December 2007 Drawn[50]
21 213*♠†  England 4 1 3/3 Galle International Stadium, Galle Home 18 December 2007 Drawn[51]
22 136†  West Indies 4 1 1/2 Providence Stadium, Providence Away 22 March 2008 Won[52]
23 136†  India 4 1 1/3 Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Home 23 July 2008 Won[53]
24 166†  Bangladesh 4 3 1/2 Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka Away 26 December 2008 Won[54]
25 240†  Pakistan 4 1 1/2 National Stadium, Karachi Away 21 February 2009 Drawn[55]
26 114  New Zealand 4 1 1/2 Galle International Stadium, Galle Home 18 August 2009 Won[56]
27 275♠  India 4 2 1/3 Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad Away 16 November 2009 Drawn[57]
28 174  India 4 1 2/3 Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Home 26 July 2010 Drawn[58]
29 105  Australia 4 4 1/3 Galle International Stadium, Galle Home 31 August 2011 Lost[59]
30 180†  England 4 2 1/2 Galle International Stadium, Galle Home 26 March 2012 Won[60]
31 105  England 4 2 2/2 P.Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo Home 3 April 2012 Lost[61]
32 129♠  Pakistan 5 2 2/3 Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai Away 9 January 2014 Won[62]
33 203*♠  Bangladesh 4 2 1/2 Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka Away 29 January 2014 Won[63]
34 165  South Africa 4 1 2/2 Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Home 24 July 2014 Drawn[64]

ODI cricket centuries

No. Score Against Pos.Inn. S.R. Venue H/A/N Date Result
1 120♠  England 5 2 108.10 Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Neutral 23 January 1999 Won[65]
2 101♠  Pakistan 3 1 73.18 Indira Priyadarshini Stadium, Visakhapatnam Neutral 27 March 1999 Won[66]
3 128  India 4 1 104.06 Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Neutral 27 October 2000 Won[67]
4 101*♠  England 4 1 87.82 R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Home 25 March 2001 Won[68]
5 116♠  New Zealand 4 1 89.92 Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Neutral 10 April 2001 Won[69]
6 106*♠  West Indies 4 2 112.76 Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy Home 15 December 2001 Won[70]
7 126*♠†  England 3 2 99.21 Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street Away 24 June 2006 Won[71]
8 100♠†  England 3 1 120.48 Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester Away 28 June 2006 Won[72]
9 115*♠†  New Zealand 4 1 105.50 Sabina Park, Kingston Neutral 24 April 2007 Won[73]
10 107[N 3]  Africa XI 6 1 100.94 M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Neutral 10 June 2007 Won[74]
11 123♠  Pakistan 2 2 113.88 Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla Home 3 August 2009 Won[75]
12 108  Bangladesh 2 2 92.30 Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka Away 8 January 2010 Won[76]
13 100  Canada 4 1 123.45 Mahinda Rajapaksha International Cricket Stadium, Hambantota Home 20 February 2011 Won[77]
14 103*  India 4 1 117.04 Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Away 2 April 2011 Lost[78]
15 144  England 2 1 96.0 Headingley Stadium, Leeds Away 1 July 2011 Won[79]
16 107  India 2 1 95.53 Sabina Park, Kingston Neutral 2 July 2013 Won[80]
17 118  India 4 1 95.16 Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Uppal Hyderabad Away 11 November 2014 Lost[81]
18 104  New Zealand 4 1 97.19 Hagley Oval, Christchurch Away 11 January 2015 Lost[82]
19 100♠  Afghanistan 5 2 83.33 University Oval, Dunedin Neutral 22 February 2015 Won[83]

T20I cricket centuries

No. Score Against Pos.Inn. S.R. Venue H/A/N Date Result
1 100♠  Zimbabwe 1 1 156.25 Providence Stadium, Guyana Neutral 3 May 2010 Won[84]

Notes

  1. When a batsman leaves the field due to a reason other than injury or illness, and does not resume his innings later, he is ruled "retired out".[12] On this particular match, Sri Lankan captain Sanath Jayasuriya decided to recall Marvan Atapattu and Jayawardene after they had scored 201 and 150 respectively, which resulted in their dismissals. This was the first time a retired out had occurred in Test cricket, and Jayawardene was the second batsman to be dismissed in this manner following Atapattu. Although it was done to give the other batsmen a chance to bat, this incident attracted a considerable amount of criticism from Sri Lankan media, who claimed that it was a demeaning of Test cricket.[13][14]
  2. Adam Gilchrist (2007), Ricky Ponting (2003), Aravinda de Silva (1996), Viv Richards (1979) and Clive Lloyd (1975) had previously scored centuries in a World Cup Final.[26]
  3. This century was scored for Asian XI.

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