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List of international cricket centuries by Younis Khan

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Younis Khan (also spelled as Younus Khan) is a Pakistani cricketer and former captain of the Pakistan national cricket team.[2] He has scored centuries (100 or more runs in a single innings) in Test and One Day International (ODI) matches on thirty-four and seven occasions respectively.[3][4] He has played 115 Test and 265 ODI matches for Pakistan, scoring 10000+ and 7,249 runs respectively.[2] He was described by the BBC as "a dependable member of the strong Pakistan middle order" and the "most graceful batsman in the side".[5] Former Australian captain Michael Clarke said about him that he was "one of the gentlemen of our game, class player" and "a very good player".[6]

A man in parrot-green shirt and blue cap standing in a cricket ground
Younis Khan has scored 41 centuries for Pakistan.[1]
A view of a cricket ground during a practice match
Khan made his International debut at the National Stadium, Karachi, in 2000, and made a triple-century there in 2009.

Khan scored a century on his Test debut against Sri Lanka at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium in 2000,[7] and became the seventh Pakistan player to achieve this feat.[8][9][n 1] His score of 313, against Sri Lanka at the National Stadium, Karachi in 2009, is the third highest total by a Pakistan batsman in Test cricket and the twentieth highest overall.[10][11][n 2] Khan has scored 34 Test centuries at twenty-one cricket grounds, including 27 at venues outside Pakistan.[12][13] He scored centuries in both innings of a Test match against Australia in January 2014 becoming seventh Pakistani to achieve the feat.[n 3]

In Test cricket, Khan is the first Pakistani batsman to score centuries against all the Test cricket playing teams and only cricketer to score to score centuries in eleven countries.[15] He was most successful against Sri Lanka, making eight Test centuries against them. As of May 2024, he is joint sixth-overall among all-time Test century-makers,[3] and top of the equivalent list for Pakistan.[16] In October 2015, Khan became Pakistan's all-time leading run scorer in Test matches, overtaking Javed Miandad's tally of 8,832 runs, while playing against England.[17] He is also the only Pakistani batsman to score over 10,000 Test runs.[18] In August 2016, Khan scored his sixth double century (200 or more runs) during Tests to equal Javed Miandad’s record of scoring the most individual double tons for Pakistan in Test cricket.[19] He also became only the second batsman after Kumar Sangakkara to register six scores of more than 200 against six different countries.[20]

Khan made his ODI debut in February 2000 against Sri Lanka at the National Stadium,[21] Khan's first century came against Hong Kong in July 2004 at the Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo. His score of 144 is his highest set in an ODI match.[22] As of May 2024, he is 13th in the list of ODI century-makers for Pakistan, a position he shares with Zaheer Abbas.[23] Khan played 25 Twenty20 International (T20I) matches between 2006 and 2010, and never scored a century in the format.[24] His highest score in T20Is remained 51, against Sri Lanka during the 2007 ICC World Twenty20.[25] He announced his retirement from T20Is after winning the 2009 ICC World Twenty20 for Pakistan.[26] As of May 2024, he is jointly 18th overall among all-time combined century-makers,[1][n 4] and top of the equivalent list for Pakistan.[27]

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Test cricket centuries

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Test centuries scored by Younis[28]
No. Score Balls Against Pos. Inn. Test S/R Venue H/A/N Date Result Ref
1 107 250 Sri Lanka731/342.80Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, RawalpindiHome29 February 2000Lost[7]
2 116 281 Sri Lanka622/341.28Galle International Stadium, GalleAway21 June 2000Won[29]
3 149* 182 New Zealand631/381.86Eden Park, AucklandAway8 March 2001Won[30]
4 119 217 Bangladesh322/254.83Chittagong Stadium, ChittagongAway16 January 2002Won[31]
5 153 291 West Indies312/252.57Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, SharjahNeutral7 February 2002Won[32]
6 124 215 Sri Lanka322/257.67National Stadium, KarachiHome28 October 2004Lost[33]
7 147 258 India332/356.97Eden Gardens, KolkataAway16 March 2005Lost[34]
8 267 504 India313/352.97M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, BangaloreAway24 March 2005Won[35]
9 106 190 West Indies312/255.78Sabina Park, KingstonAway3 June 2005Won[36]
10 199 336 India311/359.22Gaddafi Stadium, LahoreHome13 January 2006Drawn[37]
11 194 299 India332/364.88Iqbal Stadium, FaisalabadHome25 January 2006Drawn[38]
12 173 285 England323/360.70Headingley Stadium, LeedsAway4 August 2006Lost[39]
13 126 160 South Africa341/378.75National Stadium, KarachiHome1 October 2007Lost[40]
14 130 246 South Africa342/252.84Gaddafi Stadium, LahoreHome8 October 2007Drawn[41]
15 107* 182 India442/358.79Eden Gardens, KolkataAway30 November 2007Drawn[42]
16 313 568 Sri Lanka321/255.10National Stadium, KarachiHome21 February 2009Drawn[10]
17 131* 230 South Africa441/256.95DSC Cricket Stadium, DubaiNeutral12 November 2010Drawn[43]
18 122 211 Sri Lanka423/357.81Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, SharjahNeutral3 November 2011Drawn[44]
19 200* 290 Bangladesh421/268.96Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, ChittagongAway9 December 2011Won[45]
20 127 221 England433/357.46DSC Cricket Stadium, DubaiNeutral3 February 2012Won[46]
21 111 226 South Africa412/349.11Newlands, Cape TownAway14 February 2013Lost[47]
22 200* 404 Zimbabwe431/249.50Harare Sports Club, HarareAway3 September 2013Won[48]
23 136 198 Sri Lanka421/368.68Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu DhabiNeutral1 January 2014Drawn[49]
24 177 331 Sri Lanka411/253.47Galle International Stadium, GalleAway7 August 2014Lost[50]
25 106 223 Australia411/247.53DSC Cricket Stadium, DubaiNeutral22 October 2014Won[51]
26 103* 152 Australia331/267.76DSC Cricket Stadium, DubaiNeutral25 October 2014Won[51]
27 213 349 Australia412/261.03Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu DhabiNeutral30 October 2014Won[52]
28 100* 141 New Zealand411/370.92Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu DhabiNeutral10 November 2014Won[53]
29 148 195 Bangladesh412/275.89Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, MirpurAway6 May 2015Won[54]
30 171* 271 Sri Lanka443/363.09Pallekele Cricket StadiumAway7 July 2015Won[55]
31 118 211 England432/355.92DSC Cricket Stadium, DubaiNeutral25 October 2015Won[56]
32 218 308 England524/470.13Kennington Oval, LondonAway12 August 2016Won[57]
33 127 205 West Indies412/361.95Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu DhabiNeutral21 October 2016Won[58]
34 175* 334 Australia423/352.39Sydney Cricket Ground, SydneyAway3 January 2017Lost[59]
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One Day International cricket centuries

More information No., Score ...
ODI centuries scored by Younis[60]
No. Score Against Pos. Inn. S/R Venue H/A/N Date Result Ref
1 144  Hong Kong41118.03Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, ColomboNeutral18 July 2004Won[61]
2 101  England3292.66Rose Bowl, SouthamptonAway5 September 2006Won[62]
3 117  India32106.36Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, MohaliAway8 November 2007Won[63]
4 108  India31109.09Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, DhakaNeutral14 June 2008Won[64]
5 123*  India32105.12National Stadium, KarachiHome2 July 2008Won[65]
6 101  West Indies3184.87Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu DhabiNeutral16 November 2008Won[66]
7 103  New Zealand3288.03Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu DhabiNeutral17 December 2014Lost[67]
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Notes

  1. The previous Pakistan players to score a century on their debut were Khalid Ibadulla, Javed Miandad, Saleem Malik, Mohammad Wasim, Ali Naqvi and Azhar Mahmood. This feat was later achieved by Taufeeq Umar, Yasir Hameed, Fawad Alam and Umar Akmal.[8]
  2. Previously, Hanif Mohammad and Inzamam-ul-Haq scored 337 and 329 runs respectively. Azhar Ali scored 302 not out in 2016.[11]
  3. The previous Pakistani to score centuries in both innings of a Test were Hanif (1962), Miandad (1984), Wajahatullah Wasti (1999), Yasir (2003), Inzamam (2005) and Mohammad Yousuf (2006). This feat was later achieved by Azhar Ali and Misbah-ul-Haq in 2014.[14]
  4. He shares the position with Shivnarine Chanderpaul.[1]

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