List of international cricket centuries by Kumar Sangakkara

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A Sri Lankan cricketer, side on, in his batting stance. He is wearing the blue uniform of the Sri Lanka national cricket team. A few spectators are seen in the background.
Kumar Sangakkara has scored 63 international centuries.

Kumar Sangakkara is a retired Sri Lankan cricketer and a former captain of the Sri Lanka national cricket team. He is a left-handed top-order batsman and plays as the wicket-keeper in One Day International (ODI) format of the game. Described by the English cricket writer Peter Roebuck as "among the most polished and prudent of batsmen",[1] Sangakkara has made centuries (100 or more runs in a single innings) on 38 and 25 occasions in Test and ODI matches respectively. He has at times been top of the International Cricket Council (ICC) rankings for Test batsmen.[2][3] His awards include ODI Cricketer of the Year, captain of the ICC World XI Test team, and the 2011 ICC People's Choice Award (all at the 2011 ICC Awards),[4] and being named one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 2012.[5]

Sangakkara made his Test debut against South Africa in July 2000.[6] He scored his maiden Test century in 2001, against India,[7] and his first double-century during the 2002 Asian Test Championship final against Pakistan.[8] Sangakkara's highest score in Test cricket is 319, which he scored against Bangladesh in 2014. During his innings of 287 against South Africa in 2006, he and Mahela Jayawardene set a new world record of 624 runs for the highest partnership for any wicket in Test or first-class cricket.[9][N 1] In the following year, he scored back-to-back double-centuries against Bangladesh, the fifth instance of successive double-centuries in Test cricket.[11][N 2] He has scored 200 or more runs in a Test match on eleven occasions, surpassing Brian Lara, who has scored 200 or more runs in a Test match on nine occasions; only Donald Bradman (12 double-centuries) has done so more often.[12] He became the ninth batsman and second Sri Lankan to score centuries against all Test-playing nations in December 2007, when he scored 152 against England.[13][N 3] He was appointed captain of the Sri Lanka team in March 2009, following the resignation of Mahela Jayawardene,[14] and the first of his seven Test centuries as captain came against Pakistan in July of the same year.[15] Sangakkara has the second-highest batting average—69.60 per innings—for a captain who scored a minimum of 1,500 runs.[16][N 4]

He made his ODI debut in July 2000 against Pakistan, and his first century in this format was against the same team during the 2003 Cherry Blossom Sharjah Cup.[17][18] The start of his ODI career was "fairly ordinary", according to one cricket journalist, as he only scored two centuries in four years.[19] His highest score of 169 was made at the R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, against South Africa, during South African cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2013. Sangakkara's only ODI century as captain was scored against New Zealand in a group stage match in the 2011 ICC World Cup.[20] In the sixth match of the 2011–12 Commonwealth Bank Series, Sangakkara became the third and fastest Sri Lanka batsman to reach 10,000 ODI runs.[N 5] He played 56 Twenty20 International matches (T20Is) between 2006 and 2014; his highest score in the format is 78.[23]

Symbol Meaning
* Remained not out
† Player of the match
‡ Captained the Sri Lanka team
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 match centuries

No. Score Against Pos. Inn. Test Venue H/A/N Date Result Ref
1 105*  India321/3 Galle International Stadium, GalleHome14 August 2001 Won[7]
2 140  West Indies321/3 Galle International Stadium, GalleHome13 November 2001 Won[24]
3 128 †  Zimbabwe311/3 Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, ColomboHome27 December 2001 Won[25]
4 230 †  Pakistan323/3 Gaddafi Stadium, LahoreAway6 March 2002 Won [8]
5 270 †  Zimbabwe322/3 Queens Sports Club, BulawayoAway14 May 2004 Won[26]
6 232 †  South Africa312/3 Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, ColomboHome11 August 2004 Won[27]
7 138  Pakistan332/2 National Stadium, KarachiAway28 October 2004 Lost[28]
8 157* †  West Indies332/2 Asgiriya Stadium, KandyHome22 July 2005 Won[29]
9 185 †  Pakistan331/2 Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, ColomboHome26 March 2006 Drawn[30]
10 287  South Africa321/2 Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, ColomboHome27 July 2006 Won[31]
11 100*  New Zealand331/2 Lancaster Park, ChristchurchAway7 December 2006 Lost[32]
12 156*  New Zealand312/2 Basin Reserve, WellingtonAway15 December 2006 Won[33]
13 200* †  Bangladesh322/3 Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium, ColomboHome3 July 2007 Won[34]
14 222*  Bangladesh323/3 Asgiriya Stadium, KandyHome11 July 2007 Won[35]
15 192  Australia342/2 Bellerive Oval, HobartAway16 November 2007 Lost[36]
16 152 †  England331/3 Asgiriya Stadium, KandyHome1 December 2007 Won[37]
17 144 †  India423/3 Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium, ColomboHome8 August 2008 Won[38]
18 104  Pakistan312/2 Gaddafi Stadium, LahoreAway1 March 2009 Drawn[N 6][40]
19 130* † ‡  Pakistan343/3 Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, ColomboHome20 July 2009 Drawn[41]
20 109 ‡  New Zealand332/2 Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, ColomboHome26 August 2009 Won[42]
21 137 ‡  India333/3 Brabourne Stadium, MumbaiAway2 December 2009 Lost[43]
22 103 ‡  India311/3 Galle International Stadium, GalleHome18 July 2010 Won[44]
23 219 † ‡  India312/3 Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, ColomboHome26 July 2010 Drawn[45]
24 150 † ‡  West Indies312/3 R. Premadasa Stadium, ColomboHome23 November 2010 Drawn[46]
25 119 ‡  England333/3 Rose Bowl, SouthamptonAway16 June 2011 Drawn[47]
26 211 †  Pakistan331/3 Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu DhabiNeutral18 October 2011 Drawn[48]
27 144 †  Pakistan313/3 Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, SharjahNeutral3 November 2011 Drawn[49]
28 108  South Africa332/3 Kingsmead Cricket Ground, DurbanAway26 December 2011 Won[50]
29 199* †  Pakistan311/3 Galle International Stadium, GalleHome22 June 2012 Won[51]
30 192  Pakistan322/3 Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, ColomboHome4 July 2012 Drawn[52]
31 142  Bangladesh311/2 Galle International Stadium, GalleHome8 March 2013 Drawn[53]
32 105  Bangladesh331/2 Galle International Stadium, GalleHome8 March 2013 Drawn[53]
33 139  Bangladesh322/2 R. Premadasa Stadium, ColomboHome16 March 2013 Won[54]
34 319 †  Bangladesh312/2 Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, ChittagongAway4 February 2014 Drawn[55]
35 105 †  Bangladesh332/2 Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, ChittagongAway7 February 2014 Drawn[55]
36 147  England321/2 Lord's, LondonAway14 June 2014 Drawn[56]
37 221  Pakistan321/2 Galle International Stadium, GalleHome8 August 2014 Won[57]
38 203  New Zealand322/2 Basin Reserve, WellingtonAway4 January 2015 Lost[58]

One Day International centuries

No. Score Against Pos. Inn. SR Venue H/A/N Date Result Ref
1 100* †  Pakistan4190.09 Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, SharjahNeutral4 April 2003 Lost[18]
2 103*  Kenya4195.37 Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, SharjahNeutral6 April 2003 Won[59]
3 101  Australia3291.81 R. Premadasa Stadium, ColomboHome27 February 2004 Lost[60]
4 138*  India1193.87 Sawai Mansingh Stadium, JaipurAway31 October 2005 Lost[61]
5 109 †  Bangladesh3187.20 Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, ChittagongAway25 February 2006 Won[62]
6 110 †  India4186.61 Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground, RajkotAway11 February 2007 Won[63]
7 128 †  India3182.58 Adelaide Oval, AdelaideNeutral19 February 2008 Lost[64]
8 101 †  Bangladesh21110.98 Gaddafi Stadium, LahoreNeutral25 June 2008 Won[65]
9 112 †  Pakistan21101.81 National Stadium, KarachiAway29 June 2008 Won[66]
10 121  Bangladesh2194.53 National Stadium, KarachiNeutral30 June 2008 Won[67]
11 111 † ‡  New Zealand3186.71 Wankhede Stadium, MumbaiNeutral18 March 2011 Won[20]
12 102 †  South Africa32105.15 Wanderers Stadium, JohannesburgAway22 January 2012 Won[68]
13 105  India31120.68 Bellerive Oval, HobartNeutral28 February 2012 Lost[69]
14 133  India3288.07 Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium, HambantotaHome21 July 2012 Lost[70]
15 134*  England3299.25 The Oval, LondonAway13 June 2013 Won[71]
16 169 †  South Africa31123.35 R. Premadasa Stadium, ColomboHome20 July 2013 Won[72]
17 128 †  Bangladesh31111.30 Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, DhakaAway20 February 2014 Won[73]
18 103 †  India32122.61 Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium, FatullahNeutral28 February 2014 Won[74]
19 112  England31107.69 Lord's, LondonAway31 May 2014 Won[75]
20 112 †  England31100.00 Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, PallekeleHome13 December 2014 Won[76]
21 113* †  New Zealand31107.61 Westpac Stadium, WellingtonAway29 January 2015 Won[77]
22 105*  Bangladesh31138.15 Melbourne Cricket Ground, MelbourneNeutral26 February 2015 Won[78]
23 117* †  England32136.04 Westpac Stadium, WellingtonNeutral1 March 2015 Won[79]
24 104  Australia3297.19 Sydney Cricket Ground, SydneyAway8 March 2015 Lost[80]
25 124 †  Scotland31130.52 Bellerive Oval, HobartNeutral11 March 2015 Won[81]

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