List of international cricket centuries by Aravinda de Silva
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Pinnaduwage Aravinda de Silva is a former cricketer and captain of the Sri Lanka national cricket team. He scored centuries (scores of 100 runs or more in a single innings) in Test and One Day International (ODI) cricket matches organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC). He was named as one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1996.[3] Identified as "one of the game's best entertainers" by ESPNcricinfo's Simon Wilde, De Silva scored 20 centuries in Tests and 11 in ODIs.[3]
De Silva debuted in 1984 and scored his first Test century in October 1985 against Pakistan.[1] In a man-of-the-match performance, he scored 122 in an eight-and-a-half-hours innings.[4] He made centuries in both innings of a match when he scored 138 and 103 – not out in both innings – in the second Test of the 1997 series against Pakistan,[5] and as of March 2022[update], he is the only player to score unbeaten centuries in both innings of a Test.[6] He repeated the feat of scoring centuries in both innings in the same year, when he scored 146 and 120 against India in another man-of-the-match performance.[7] De Silva's highest Test score of 267, achieved in January 1991 in Wellington, was reached in 380 balls against New Zealand.[8] The performance is the sixth-highest score by a Sri Lankan batsman in Test cricket.[9] De Silva scored his twenty Test centuries against seven different opponents, and was most successful against Pakistan, making eight.[1] As of April 2013[update], he is thirty-fourth in the international Test century-makers list,[α] and third in the Sri Lankan list.[11]
De Silva's maiden ODI century was against India in 1990; he scored 104 runs off 124 balls.[2][12] His highest score in ODIs is 145, against Kenya in the 1996 Cricket World Cup.[13] His score led Sri Lanka to 398, the highest ODI total by any team at that time;[14][β] it was also the first century made by a Sri Lankan in a World Cup.[15] He also scored a century in the second innings of the final, making 107 runs not out.[16] As of April 2013[update], he is twenty-sixth in the list of all-time ODI century-makers and sixth in the equivalent list for Sri Lanka.[γ][18] He was most successful against Pakistan, scoring 11 centuries in both Tests and ODIs put together.[1][2] De Silva also holds the record for the tenth-fastest Test double century, which he attained while playing against Bangladesh in 2002.[19]
Key
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Symbol | Meaning |
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* | Remained not out |
† | Man of the Match |
Pos. | Position in the batting order |
Inn. | The innings of the match |
Test | The number of the Test match played in that series |
H/A/N | Venue was at home (Sri Lanka), away or neutral |
Date | Date the match was held, or the starting date of match for Test matches |
Lost | The match was lost by Sri Lanka. |
Won | The match was won by Sri Lanka. |
Drawn | The match was drawn. |
Test centuries
[δ] | Ref | ||||||||||
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1 | 122 † | — | ![]() | 7 | 1 | 1/3 | Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad | Away | 16 October 1985 | Drawn | [20] |
2 | 105 † | — | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 3/3 | National Stadium, Karachi | Away | 7 November 1985 | Lost | [21] |
3 | 167 † | 361 | ![]() | 5 | 2 | 1/2 | Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane | Away | 8 December 1989 | Drawn | [22] |
4 | 267 | 380 | ![]() | 4 | 2 | 1/3 | Basin Reserve, Wellington | Away | 31 January 1991 | Drawn | [23] |
5 | 123 † | 193 | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 3/3 | Eden Park, Auckland | Away | 1 March 1991 | Drawn | [24] |
6 | 148 | 297 | ![]() | 4 | 1 | 3/3 | Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo | Home | 4 August 1993 | Drawn | [25] |
7 | 127 | 156 | ![]() | 4 | 2 | 1/3 | Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo | Home | 9 August 1994 | Drawn | [26] |
8 | 105 | 316 | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 2/3 | Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad | Away | 15 September 1995 | Won | [27] |
9 | 168 | 383 | ![]() | 3 | 3 | 1/2 | R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo | Home | 19 April 1997 | Drawn | [28] |
10 | 138* † | 208 | ![]() | 4 | 1 | 2/2 | Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo | Home | 26 April 1997 | Drawn | [29] |
11 | 103* † | 99 | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 2/2 | Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo | Home | 26 April 1997 | Drawn | [29] |
12 | 126 | 211 | ![]() | 4 | 2 | 1/2 | R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo | Home | 2 August 1997 | Drawn | [30] |
13 | 146 † | 226 | ![]() | 4 | 1 | 2/2 | Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo | Home | 9 August 1997 | Drawn | [31] |
14 | 120 † | 198 | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 2/2 | Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo | Home | 9 August 1997 | Drawn | [31] |
15 | 110* † | 263 | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 1/3 | Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali | Away | 19 November 1997 | Drawn | [32] |
16 | 143* † | 310 | ![]() | 4 | 4 | 2/2 | Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo | Home | 14 January 1998 | Won | [33] |
17 | 152 | 292 | ![]() | 4 | 2 | 1/1 | Kennington Oval, London | Away | 27 August 1998 | Won | [34] |
18 | 112 † | 276 | ![]() | 4 | 2 | 1/3 | Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi | Away | 26 February 2000 | Won | [35] |
19 | 106 | 243 | ![]() | 4 | 1 | 1/3 | Galle International Stadium, Galle | Home | 22 February 2001 | Won | [36] |
20 | 206 | 234 | ![]() | 5 | 2 | 1/2 | Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo | Home | 21 July 2002 | Won | [37] |
One Day International centuries
Ref | |||||||||||
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1 | 104 | 124 | ![]() | 4 | 2 | 83.87 | Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur | Away | 1 December 1990 | Lost | [12] |
2 | 105 † | 105 | ![]() | 4 | 2 | 100.00 | Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo | Home | 15 August 1992 | Won | [38] |
3 | 107* † | 100 | ![]() | 4 | 1 | 107.00 | Harare Sports Club, Harare | Away | 6 November 1994 | Won | [39] |
4 | 145 † | 115 | ![]() | 4 | 1 | 126.08 | Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy | Home | 6 March 1996 | Won | [40] |
5 | 107* † | 124 | ![]() | 4 | 2 | 86.29 | Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore | Neutral | 17 March 1996 | Won | [16] |
6 | 127* † | 123 | ![]() | 4 | 2 | 103.25 | Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo | Home | 3 September 1996 | Won | [41] |
7 | 122 | 116 | ![]() | 4 | 2 | 105.17 | Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi | Neutral | 4 October 1996 | Lost | [42] |
8 | 134 † | 131 | ![]() | 4 | 1 | 102.29 | Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah | Neutral | 7 April 1997 | Won | [43] |
9 | 104 † | 117 | ![]() | 4 | 1 | 88.88 | Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo | Home | 24 August 1997 | Won | [44] |
10 | 102* | 90 | ![]() | 4 | 2 | 113.33 | Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore | Away | 5 November 1997 | Won | [45] |
11 | 105 | 94 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 111.70 | R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo | Home | 7 July 1998 | Lost | [46] |
Notes
- ^ De Silva shares the position with Ken Barrington, Mark Waugh and Graham Gooch.[10]
- ^ The record was surpassed by Australia, which made 434 runs in March 2006.[14] However it was outstripped in the same match when South Africa made 438 runs.[14] As of January 2013[update], the record lies with Sri Lanka which made 443 runs against the Netherlands in July 2006.[14]
- ^ De Silva shares the position with Gordon Greenidge, Marvan Atapattu, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Viv Richards and Gautam Gambhir.[17]
- ^ The number of balls played for the first two centuries were not recorded.
References
- ^ a b c d "Statistics / Statsguru / PA de Silva / Test matches". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 15 February 2013. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
- ^ a b c "Statistics / Statsguru / PA de Silva / One-Day Internationals". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 15 February 2013. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
- ^ a b "Players / Sri Lanka / Aravinda de Silva". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
- ^ "1st Test: Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Faisalabad, Oct 16–21, 1985". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
- ^ "2nd Test: Sri Lanka v Pakistan at Colombo (SSC), Apr 26–30, 1997". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
- ^ "Records / Test matches / Batting records / Hundred in each innings of a match". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
- ^ "2nd Test: Sri Lanka v India at Colombo (SSC), Aug 9–13, 1997". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
- ^ "1st Test: New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Wellington, Jan 31 – Feb 4, 1991". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
- ^ "Statistics / Statsguru / Test matches / Batting records". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 16 February 2013. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
- ^ "Records – Test records – Batting records – Most hundreds in a career". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
- ^ "Records – Test matches – Most hundreds in a career for Sri Lanka". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 15 September 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
- ^ a b "1st ODI: India v Sri Lanka at Nagpur, Dec 1, 1990". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
- ^ "28th Match: Sri Lanka v Kenya at Kandy, Mar 6, 1996". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
- ^ a b c d "Statistics / Statsguru / One-Day Internationals / Team records". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
- ^ "Wisden – Sri Lanka v Kenya". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
- ^ a b "Final: Australia v Sri Lanka at Lahore, Mar 17, 1996". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
- ^ "Records / One-Day Internationals / Batting records / Most hundreds in a career". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
- ^ "Records / Sri Lanka / One-Day Internationals / Most hundreds". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 21 September 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
- ^ "Record List : Fastest hundreds in test cricket (100s, 200s & 300s)". Archived from the original on 18 June 2013. Retrieved 3 March 2013.
- ^ "1st Test: Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Faisalabad, Oct 16–21, 1985". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
- ^ "3rd Test: Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Karachi, Nov 7–11, 1985". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
- ^ "1st Test: Australia v Sri Lanka at Brisbane, Dec 8–12, 1989". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
- ^ "1st Test: New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Wellington, Jan 31 – Feb 4, 1991". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
- ^ "3rd Test: New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Auckland, Mar 1–5, 1991". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
- ^ "3rd Test: Sri Lanka v India at Colombo (PSS), Aug 4–9, 1993". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
- ^ "1st Test: Sri Lanka v Pakistan at Colombo (PSS), Aug 9–13, 1994". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
- ^ "2nd Test: Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Faisalabad, Sep 15–19, 1995". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
- ^ "1st Test: Sri Lanka v Pakistan at Colombo (RPS), Apr 19–23, 1997". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
- ^ a b "2nd Test: Sri Lanka v Pakistan at Colombo (SSC), Apr 26–30, 1997". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
- ^ "1st Test: Sri Lanka v India at Colombo (RPS), Aug 2–6, 1997". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
- ^ a b "2nd Test: Sri Lanka v India at Colombo (SSC), Aug 9–13, 1997". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
- ^ "1st Test: India v Sri Lanka at Mohali, Nov 19–23, 1997". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
- ^ "2nd Test: Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe at Colombo (SSC), Jan 14–18, 1998". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
- ^ "Only Test: England v Sri Lanka at The Oval, Aug 27–31, 1998". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
- ^ "1st Test: Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Rawalpindi, Feb 26 – Mar 1, 2000". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
- ^ "1st Test: Sri Lanka v England at Galle, Feb 22–26, 2001". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
- ^ "1st Test: Sri Lanka v Bangladesh at Colombo (PSS), Jul 21–23, 2002". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
- ^ "1st ODI: Sri Lanka v Australia at Colombo (PSS), Aug 15, 1992". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
- ^ "3rd ODI: Zimbabwe v Sri Lanka at Harare, Nov 6, 1994". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
- ^ "28th Match: Sri Lanka v Kenya at Kandy, Mar 6, 1996". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
- ^ "5th Match: Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe at Colombo (SSC), Sep 3, 1996". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
- ^ "6th Match: Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Nairobi (Gym), Oct 4, 1996". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
- ^ "4th Match: Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Sharjah, Apr 7, 1997". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
- ^ "3rd ODI: Sri Lanka v India at Colombo (SSC), Aug 24, 1997". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
- ^ "5th Match: Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Lahore, Nov 5, 1997". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
- ^ "Final: Sri Lanka v India at Colombo (RPS), Jul 7, 1998". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
External links
- "Profile of Aravinda de Silva". CricketArchive.
- "Profile of Aravinda de Silva". Yahoo! Cricket.
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