List of international cricket centuries by Michael Clarke

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A man in cricket whites and baggy green walking towards the camera
Clarke scored 36 centuries for Australia in international cricket.[1]

Michael Clarke is an Australian former cricketer and captain of the Australia national cricket team.[2][n 1] He scored centuries (100 or more runs in a single innings) in Test matches and One Day International (ODI) matches on 28 and 8 occasions respectively during his international career.[4][5] He played 115 Tests and 238 ODIs for Australia, scoring 8,643 and 7,981 runs, respectively.[2] Journalist Peter English wrote that "Clarke could do anything with the bat, but he has matured into one of the game's most professional, reliable and focussed players".[2] He was named by Wisden as one of their Cricketers of the Year in 2010.[6][7] Cricket Australia awarded him with the Allan Border Medal in 2005, 2009, 2012 and 2013.[8][n 2]

Clarke scored a century on his Test debut against India at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore, in 2004.[10][11] His highest Test score of 329 not out – the highest individual score in an innings at the Sydney Cricket Ground – came against the same team, during the 2011–12 series.[12][13][n 3] As of 2015, Clarke was the only player to have scored four double centuries (200 or more runs) during a calendar year, and the third to achieve two double centuries in a series twice.[15][n 4] He has scored Test centuries at sixteen cricket grounds, including eleven at venues outside Australia.[17] He is fifth in the list of Test century-makers for Australia, only bettered by Ricky Ponting, Steve Waugh, Matthew Hayden and Don Bradman.[18]

Having made his ODI debut in 2003 against England at Adelaide Oval,[19] Clarke's first century came against Zimbabwe at the Harare Sports Club in May 2004.[20][21] His highest ODI score was 130 runs against India at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, in 2007.[22] Clarke played 34 Twenty20 International (T20I) matches,[23] with a top score of 67, before retiring in January 2011.[3][2]

A view of a portion of a cricket ground during a Test match
Clarke has scored seven of his Test centuries, including two double centuries, at the Adelaide Oval.[4]
Key
Symbol Meaning
* Remained not out.
† Man of the match
‡ Captained the Australia cricket team
Balls Balls faced
Pos. Position in the batting order
Inn. The innings of the match
Test The number of the Test match played in that series
SR Strike rate during the innings
H/A/N Venue was at home (Australia), away or neutral
Date Date the match was held, or the starting date of match for Test matches
Lost The match was lost by Australia.
Won The match was won by Australia.
Drawn The match was drawn.
No result The match was inconclusive.

Test cricket centuries

Test centuries by Michael Clarke
No. Score Against Pos. Inn. Test Venue H/A/N Date Result Ref
1 151†  India611/4M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, BangaloreAway6 October 2004Won[11]
2 141†  New Zealand621/2The Gabba, BrisbaneHome18 November 2004Won[24]
3 124  England622/5Adelaide Oval, AdelaideHome1 December 2006Won[25]
4 135*  England533/5WACA Ground, PerthHome14 December 2006Won[26]
5 145*  Sri Lanka511/2The Gabba, BrisbaneHome8 November 2007Won[27]
6 118  India524/4Adelaide Oval, AdelaideHome24 January 2008Drawn[28]
7 110  West Indies512/3Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North SoundAway30 May 2008Drawn[29]
8 112  India523/4Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, DelhiAway29 October 2008Drawn[30]
9 110  New Zealand522/2Adelaide Oval, AdelaideHome28 November 2008Won[31]
10 138  South Africa513/3Sydney Cricket Ground, SydneyHome3 January 2009Won[32]
11 136  England542/5Lord's, LondonAway16 July 2009Lost[33]
12 103*†  England533/5Edgbaston Cricket Ground, EdgbastonAway30 July 2009Drawn[34]
13 166  Pakistan513/3Bellerive Oval, HobartHome14 January 2010Won[35]
14 168†  New Zealand511/2Basin Reserve, WellingtonAway19 March 2010Won[36]
15 112‡  Sri Lanka533/3Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, ColomboAway16 September 2011Drawn[37]
16 151‡  South Africa511/2Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape TownAway9 November 2011Lost[38]
17 139‡  New Zealand521/2The Gabba, BrisbaneHome1 December 2011Won[39]
18 329*†‡  India522/4Sydney Cricket Ground, SydneyHome3 January 2012Won[12]
19 210‡  India514/4Adelaide Oval, AdelaideHome24 January 2012Won[40]
20 259*†‡  South Africa521/3The Gabba, BrisbaneHome9 November 2012Drawn[41]
21 230‡  South Africa512/3Adelaide Oval, AdelaideHome22 November 2012Drawn[42]
22 106‡  Sri Lanka522/3Melbourne Cricket Ground, MelbourneHome26 December 2012Won[43]
23 130‡  India511/4M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, ChennaiAway22 February 2013Lost[44]
24 187†‡  England413/5Old Trafford, ManchesterAway1 August 2013Drawn[45]
25 113‡  England421/5The Gabba, BrisbaneHome21 November 2013Won[46]
26 148‡  England412/5Adelaide Oval, AdelaideHome5 December 2013Won[47]
27 161*‡  South Africa413/3Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape TownAway1 March 2014Won[48]
28 128‡  India411/4Adelaide Oval, AdelaideHome9 December 2014Won[49]

One Day International centuries

Notes

References

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