List of international cricket centuries by Mahela Jayawardene

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Mahela Jayawardene has scored 54 centuries in international cricket.

Mahela Jayawardene is a retired 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]

Jayawardene made his T20I debut against England on 15 June 2006, and scored his first century against Zimbabwe on 3 May 2010.[28] Jayawardene was the fourth player to score a century in a T20I, and the first Sri Lankan to do so.[29]

Key

Test cricket centuries

Test centuries scored by Jayawardene[30]
Template:Abbr Score Against [[Batting order (cricket)|Template:Abbr]] [[Innings#Cricket|Template:Abbr]] Template:Abbr Venue Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Template:Abbr Template:Abbr
1 Template:Ntsh 167 Template:Dagger Template:Cr 3 2 2/3 Galle International Stadium, Galle Home Template:Dts Won [31]
2 Template:Ntsh 242 Template:Dagger Template:Cr 3 2 2/4 Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Home Template:Dts Drawn [32]
3 Template:Ntsh 167 Template:Cr 4 1 1/3 Galle International Stadium, Galle Home Template:Dts Won [33]
4 Template:Ntsh 101* Template:Cr 4 4 3/3 Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Home Template:Dts Drawn [34]
5 Template:Ntsh 101 Template:Cr 5 1 2/3 Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy Home Template:Dts Lost [35]
6 Template:Ntsh 104 Template:Cr 4 1 2/3 Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy Home Template:Dts Lost [36]
7 Template:Ntsh 139 Template:Cr 4 2 3/3 Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Home Template:Dts Won [37]
8 Template:Ntsh 150 Template:Cr 4 2 2/3 Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Home Template:Dts Won [38]
9 Template:Ntsh 107 Template:Cr 4 1 1/3 Lord's Cricket Ground, London Away Template:Dts Drawn [39]
10 Template:Ntsh 134 Template:Cr 4 2 3/3 Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Home Template:Dts Won [40]
11 Template:Ntsh 100* Template:Cr 4 2 2/2 Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo Away Template:Dts Won [41]
12 Template:Ntsh 237 Template:Dagger Template:Cr 4 1 1/2 Galle International Stadium, Galle Home Template:Dts Drawn [42]
13 Template:Ntsh 141 Template:Cr 4 2 1/2 McLean Park, Napier Away Template:Dts Drawn [43]
14 Template:Ntsh 119 Template:Dagger Template:Double-dagger Template:Cr 4 3 1/3 Lord's Cricket Ground, London Away Template:Dts Drawn [44]
15 Template:Ntsh 374 Template:Dagger Template:Double-dagger Template:Cr 4 2 1/2 Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Home Template:Dts Won [45]
16 Template:Ntsh 123 Template:Dagger Template:Double-dagger Template:Cr 4 4 2/2 Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo Home Template:Dts Won [46]
17 Template:Ntsh 127 Template:Double-dagger Template:Cr 4 2 1/3 Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Home Template:Dts Won [47]
18 Template:Ntsh 165 Template:Double-dagger Template:Cr 4 3 3/3 Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy Home Template:Dts Won [48]
19 Template:Ntsh 104 Template:Double-dagger Template:Cr 4 2 2/2 Bellerive Oval, Hobart Away Template:Dts Lost [49]
20 Template:Ntsh 195 Template:Dagger Template:Double-dagger Template:Cr 4 2 2/3 Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Home Template:Dts Drawn [50]
21 Template:Ntsh 213* Template:Dagger Template:Double-dagger Template:Cr 4 1 3/3 Galle International Stadium, Galle Home Template:Dts Drawn [51]
22 Template:Ntsh 136 Template:Double-dagger Template:Cr 4 1 1/2 Providence Stadium, Providence Away Template:Dts Won [52]
23 Template:Ntsh 136 Template:Double-dagger Template:Cr 4 1 1/3 Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Home Template:Dts Won [53]
24 Template:Ntsh 166 Template:Double-dagger Template:Cr 4 3 1/2 Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka Away Template:Dts Won [54]
25 Template:Ntsh 240 Template:Double-dagger Template:Cr 4 1 1/2 National Stadium, Karachi Away Template:Dts Drawn [55]
26 Template:Ntsh 114 Template:Cr 4 1 1/2 Galle International Stadium, Galle Home Template:Dts Won [56]
27 Template:Ntsh 275 Template:Dagger Template:Cr 4 2 1/3 Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad Away Template:Dts Drawn [57]
28 Template:Ntsh 174 Template:Cr 4 1 2/3 Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Home Template:Dts Drawn [58]
29 Template:Ntsh 105 Template:Cr 4 4 1/3 Galle International Stadium, Galle Home Template:Dts Lost [59]
30 Template:Ntsh 180 Template:Double-dagger Template:Cr 4 2 1/2 Galle International Stadium, Galle Home Template:Dts Won [60]
31 Template:Ntsh 105 Template:Cr 4 2 2/2 P.Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo Home Template:Dts Lost [61]
32 Template:Ntsh 129 Template:Dagger Template:Cr 5 2 2/3 Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai Away Template:Dts Won [62]
33 Template:Ntsh 203* Template:Dagger Template:Cr 4 2 1/2 Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka Away Template:Dts Won [63]
34 Template:Ntsh 165 Template:Cr 4 1 2/2 Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Home Template:Dts Drawn [64]

ODI Centuries

ODI centuries scored by Jayawardene[65]
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1 Template:Ntsh 120 Template:Dagger Template:Cr 5 2 108.10 Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Neutral Template:Dts Won [66]
2 Template:Ntsh 101 Template:Dagger Template:Cr 3 1 73.18 Indira Priyadarshini Stadium, Visakhapatnam Neutral Template:Dts Won [67]
3 Template:Ntsh 128 Template:Cr 4 1 104.06 Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Neutral Template:Dts Won [68]
4 Template:Ntsh 101* Template:Dagger Template:Cr 4 1 87.82 R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Home Template:Dts Won [69]
5 Template:Ntsh 116 Template:Dagger Template:Cr 4 1 89.92 Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Neutral Template:Dts Won [70]
6 Template:Ntsh 106* Template:Dagger Template:Cr 4 2 112.76 Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy Home Template:Dts Won [71]
7 Template:Ntsh 126* Template:Dagger Template:Double-dagger Template:Cr 3 2 99.21 Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street Away Template:Dts Won [72]
8 Template:Ntsh 100 Template:Dagger Template:Double-dagger Template:Cr 3 1 120.48 Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester Away Template:Dts Won [73]
9 Template:Ntsh 115* Template:Dagger Template:Double-dagger Template:Cr 4 1 105.50 Sabina Park, Kingston Neutral Template:Dts Won [74]
10 Template:Ntsh 107[N 3] Template:Noflag 6 1 100.94 M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Neutral Template:Dts Won [75]
11 Template:Ntsh 123 Template:Dagger Template:Cr 2 2 113.88 Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla Home Template:Dts Won [76]
12 Template:Ntsh 108 Template:Cr 2 2 92.30 Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka Away Template:Dts Won [77]
13 Template:Ntsh 100 Template:Cr 4 1 123.45 Mahinda Rajapaksha International Cricket Stadium, Hambantota Home Template:Dts Won [78]
14 Template:Ntsh 103* Template:Cr 4 1 117.04 Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Away Template:Dts Lost [79]
15 Template:Ntsh 144 Template:Cr 2 1 96.0 Headingley, Leeds Away Template:Dts Won [80]
16 Template:Ntsh 107 Template:Cr 2 1 95.53 Sabina Park, Kingston Neutral Template:Dts Won [81]
17 Template:Ntsh 118 Template:Cr 4 1 95.16 Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad Away Template:Dts Lost [82]
18 Template:Ntsh 104 Template:Cr 4 1 97.19 Hagley Oval, Christchurch Away Template:Dts Lost [83]
19 Template:Ntsh 100 Template:Dagger Template:Cr 5 2 83.33 University Oval, Dunedin Neutral Template:Dts Won [84]

T20I cricket centuries

T20I centuries scored by Jayawardene[85]
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1 Template:Ntsh 100 Template:Dagger Template:Cr 1 1 156.25 Providence Stadium, Providence Neutral Template:Dts Won (D/L) [86]

Notes

  1. ↑ The nuts and bolts of Mahela Jayawardene, Austin, Charlie(17 March 2004). Retrieved 2 March 2010.
  2. ↑ Mahela Jayawardene. The Times of India. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
  3. ↑ Most runs for Sri Lanka in Test matches. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
  4. ↑ Most runs for Sri Lanka in One Day Internationals. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  5. ↑ Most runs for Sri Lanka in Twenty20 Internationals. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
  6. ↑ Ricky Ponting star of ICC awards night. The Hindu(4 November 2006). Retrieved 2 March 2010.
  7. ↑ Wisden's Five Cricketers of the Year. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
  8. ↑ World Test Team of the Year 2008(11 September 2008). Retrieved 2 March 2010.
  9. ↑ India in Sri Lanka Test series (1997) – Scorecard of 1st Test. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
  10. ↑ DPMD Jayawardene – Test matches. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
  11. ↑ Sri Lanka in Test matches – Centuries by strike rates. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
  12. ↑ Law 2 (Substitutes and runners; batsman or fielder leaving the field; batsman retiring; batsman commencing innings). Marylebone Cricket Club. Retrieved 12 March 2010.
  13. ↑ Sri Lanka hand out old school thrashing, Austin, Charlie(7 September 2001). Retrieved 2 March 2010.
  14. ↑ Sri Lanka v Bangladesh – Match report, Austin, Charlie. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
  15. ↑ Ashraful shines in B'desh defeat. The Tribune(9 September 2001). Retrieved 2 March 2010.
  16. ↑ Jayawardene savours new record(29 July 2006). Retrieved 2 March 2010.
  17. ↑ Jayawardene's record-breakers. The Independent(30 July 2006). Retrieved 2 March 2010.
  18. ↑ Sri Lanka pair break world record(29 July 2006). Retrieved 2 March 2010.
  19. ↑ Most hundreds in Test matches for Sri Lanka. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
  20. ↑ Most double hundreds for Sri Lanka in Test matches. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
  21. ↑ Sri Lanka in Test matches – High scores. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
  22. ↑ DPMD Jayawardene – One Day Internationals. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
  23. ↑ Most hundreds in One Day Internationals for Sri Lanka. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  24. ↑ Dhoni century sets up Asia XI series sweep(10 June 2007). Retrieved 2 March 2010.
  25. ↑ Asia XI in One Day Internationals – High scores. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
  26. ↑ Mahela's miss, and a spooky stat(2 April 2011). Retrieved 12 April 2011.
  27. ↑ Sri Lanka let down sublime Jayawardene(5 April 2011). Retrieved 12 April 2011.
  28. ↑ DPMD Jayawardene – Twenty20 Internationals. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
  29. ↑ Centuries in Twenty20 Internationals. Retrieved 4 May 2010.
  30. ↑ List of Test cricket centuries by Mahela Jayawardene. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  31. ↑ New Zealand in Sri Lanka Test series (1998) – Scorecard of 2nd Test. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
  32. ↑ Asian Test Championship (1998–1999) – Scorecard of 2nd Test. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
  33. ↑ South Africa in Sri Lanka Test series (2000) – Scorecard of 1st Test. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
  34. ↑ South Africa in Sri Lanka Test series (2000) – Scorecard of 3rd Test. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
  35. ↑ England in Sri Lanka (2000–2001) – Scorecard of 2nd Test. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
  36. ↑ India in Sri Lanka Test series (2001) – Scorecard of 2nd Test. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
  37. ↑ || India in Sri Lanka Test series (2001) – Scorecard of 3rd Test. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
  38. ↑ Asian Test Championship (2001–2002) – Scorecard of 2nd Test. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
  39. ↑ Sri Lanka in England Test series (2002) – Scorecard of 1st Test. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
  40. ↑ England in Sri Lanka Test series (2003–2004) – Scorecard of 3rd Test. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
  41. ↑ Sri Lanka in Zimbabwe Test series (2004) – Scorecard of 2nd Test. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
  42. ↑ South Africa in Sri Lanka Test series (2004) – Scorecard of 1st Test. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
  43. ↑ Sri Lanka in New Zealand Test series (2004–2005) – Scorecard of 1st Test. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
  44. ↑ Sri Lanka in England Test series (2006) – Scorecard of 1st Test. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
  45. ↑ South Africa in Sri Lanka Test series (2006) – Scorecard of 1st Test. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
  46. ↑ South Africa in Sri Lanka Test series (2006) – Scorecard of 2nd Test. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
  47. ↑ Bangladesh in Sri Lanka Test series (2007) – Scorecard of 1st Test. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
  48. ↑ Bangladesh in Sri Lanka Test series (2007) – Scorecard of 3rd Test. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
  49. ↑ Warne-Muralitharan Trophy (2007–2008) – Scorecard of 2nd Test. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
  50. ↑ England in Sri Lanka Test series (2007–2008) – Scorecard of 2nd Test. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
  51. ↑ England in Sri Lanka Test series (2007–2008) – Scorecard of 3rd Test. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
  52. ↑ Sri Lanka in West Indies Test series (2007–2008) – Scorecard of 1st Test. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
  53. ↑ India in Sri Lanka Test series (2008) – Scorecard of 1st Test. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
  54. ↑ Sri Lanka in Bangladesh Test series (2008–2009) – Scorecard of 1st Test. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
  55. ↑ Sri Lanka in Pakistan Test series (2008–2009) – Scorecard of 1st Test. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
  56. ↑ New Zealand in Sri Lanka Test series (2009) – Scorecard of 1st Test. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
  57. ↑ Sri Lanka in India Test series (2009–2010) – Scorecard of 1st Test. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
  58. ↑ India in Sri Lanka Test Series (2010) – Scorecard of 2nd Test. Retrieved 12 April 2010.
  59. ↑ Australia tour of Sri Lanka, 1st Test: Sri Lanka v Australia at Galle, Aug 31 – Sep 3, 2011. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
  60. ↑ England tour of Sri Lanka, 1st Test: Sri Lanka v England at Galle, Mar 26–30, 2012. Retrieved 26 March 2012.
  61. ↑ England tour of Sri Lanka, 2nd Test: Sri Lanka v England at P Sara Oval, Colombo, Apr 3–7, 2012. Retrieved 3 April 2012.
  62. ↑ Sri Lanka tour of United Arab Emirates, 2nd Test: Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Dubai (DSC), Jan 8-12, 2014. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
  63. ↑ Sri Lanka tour of Bangladesh, 1st Test: Bangladesh v Sri Lanka at Dhaka, Jan 27-31, 2014. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  64. ↑ Scorecard. Retrieved 2014-07-24.
  65. ↑ List of One-Day International cricket centuries by Mahela Jayawardene. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  66. ↑ Carlton & United Series (1998–1999) – Scorecard of 8th ODI. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
  67. ↑ Pepsi Cup (1998–1999) – Scorecard of 4th ODI. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
  68. ↑ Coca-Cola Champions Trophy (2000–2001) – Scorecard of 6th ODI. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
  69. ↑ England in Sri Lanka ODI series (2000–2001) – Scorecard of 2nd ODI. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
  70. ↑ ARY Gold Cup (2000–2001) – Scorecard of 2nd ODI. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
  71. ↑ LG Abans Triangular Series (2001–2002) – Scorecard of 5th ODI. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
  72. ↑ Natwest Series (2006) – Scorecard of 3rd ODI. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
  73. ↑ Natwest Series (2006) – Scorecard of 4th ODI. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
  74. ↑ ICC World Cup (2006–2007) – Scorecard of 1st semi-final. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
  75. ↑ Afro-Asia Cup (2007) – Scorecard of 3rd ODI. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
  76. ↑ Pakistan in Sri Lanka ODI series (2009) – Scorecard of 3rd ODI. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
  77. ↑ Tri-nation tournament in Bangladesh (2009–2010) – Scorecard of 4th ODI. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
  78. ↑ ICC Cricket World Cup, 3rd Match, Group A: Sri Lanka v Canada at Hambantota, Feb 20, 2011. Retrieved 20 February 2010.
  79. ↑ Final (D/N), ICC Cricket World Cup at Mumbai, Apr 2 2011 | Match Summary | ESPNCricinfo. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
  80. ↑ Sri Lanka tour of England and Scotland, 2nd ODI: England v Sri Lanka at Leeds, Jul 1, 2011. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
  81. ↑ West Indies Tri-Nation Series, 3rd Match: India v Sri Lanka at Kingston, Jul 2, 2013. Retrieved 3 July 2013.
  82. ↑ Sri Lanka tour of India, 3rd Match: India v Sri Lanka at Hyderabad, Nov 9, 2014. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
  83. ↑ Sri Lanka tour of New Zealand, 1st Match: New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Christchurh, Jan 11, 2015. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  84. ↑ ICC Cricket World Cup, 12th Match, Pool A: Afghanistan v Sri Lanka at Dunedin, Feb 22, 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
  85. ↑ List of T20I cricket centuries by Mahela Jayawardene. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  86. ↑ ICC World Twenty20 (2010) – Scorecard of 7th match. Retrieved 4 May 2010.

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