List of international cricket centuries by Upul Tharanga

Upul Tharanga[1] is a cricketer and served as a captain of the Sri Lanka national cricket team. He is described as technically gifted left hand opening batsman.[2] Tharanga has scored centuries (100 or more runs in a single innings) on three occasions in Test cricket and on fourteen occasions in One Day International (ODI) matches. Tharanga has played 27 Test matches, 201 ODIs and 16 Twenty20 Internationals (T20I) (As on 6 May 2017), scoring 1,568, 5,929 and 216 runs respectively.

Tharanga made his Test debut against India in 2005. In his third Test match he scored his first Test Century in Shaheed Chandu Stadium, Bogra.[3] Tharanga made his ODI debut against West Indies in 2005. He scored his first ODI century back in 2005 against Bangladesh scoring 105 in R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo.[4] His highest ODI score came in 2013 against India where he scored 174 Not out at Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica.[5] It's the second highest score by Sri Lankan in ODI after Sanath Jayasuriya's 189. As of September 2018, he has scored fifteen ODI centuries.

Key

Symbol Meaning
* Remained not out
Match The number of the Test match in his career
Lost The match was lost by Sri Lanka.
Won The match was won by Sri Lanka.
Draw The match was drawn.

Test centuries

Test centuries of Upul Tharanga[6]
NoRunsMatchAgainstCity/CountryVenueStart dateResult
[1]1653 BangladeshBangladesh Bogra, BangladeshShaheed Chandu Stadium8 March 2006Won
[2]110*22 ZimbabweZimbabwe Harare, ZimbabweHarare Sports Club,29 October 2016Won
[3]11527 BangladeshSri Lanka Galle, Sri LankaGalle International Stadium7 March 2017Won

One Day International centuries

One Day International centuries of Upul Tharanga[7]
NoRunsMatchAgainstCity/CountryVenueDateResult
[1]1055 BangladeshSri Lanka Colombo, Sri LankaR Premadasa Stadium2 September 2005Won
[2]10312 New ZealandNew Zealand Christchurch, New ZealandAMI Stadium3 January 2006Lost
[3]12023 EnglandEngland London, EnglandLord's Cricket Ground17 June 2006Won
[4]10927 EnglandEngland Leeds, EnglandHeadingley Cricket Ground1 July 2006Won
[5]10531 BangladeshIndia Chandigarh, IndiaPCA Stadium7 October 2006Won
[6]12132 ZimbabweIndia Ahmedabad, IndiaSardar Patel Stadium10 October 2006Won
[7]11886 IndiaIndia Kolkata, IndiaEden Gardens24 December 2009Lost
[8]118*90 BangladeshBangladesh Dhaka, BangladeshSher-e-Bangla Stadium8 January 2010Won
[9]101*111 West IndiesSri Lanka Colombo, Sri LankaSSC Ground3 February 2011Won
[10]133117 ZimbabweSri Lanka Kandy, Sri LankaPallekele Cricket Stadium10 March 2011Won
[11]102*119 EnglandSri Lanka Colombo, Sri LankaR Premadasa Stadium26 March 2011Won
[12]111139 AustraliaSri Lanka Hambantota, Sri LankaMRIC Stadium16 August 2011Won
[13]174*164 IndiaJamaica Kingston, JamaicaSabina Park2 July 2013Won
[14]119197 South AfricaSouth Africa Cape Town, South AfricaNewlands Cricket Ground7 February 2017Lost
[15]112*212 PakistanUnited Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi, United Arab EmiratesSheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium16 October 2017Lost

Further reading

References

  1. ↑ "Sri Lanka / Players / Upul Tharanga". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
  2. ↑ "Upul Tharanga, Sri Lanka". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
  3. ↑ "Sri Lanka tour of Bangladesh, 2nd Test: Bangladesh v Sri Lanka at Bogra, Mar 8-11, 2006". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
  4. ↑ "Bangladesh tour of Sri Lanka, 2nd ODI: Sri Lanka v Bangladesh at Colombo (RPS), Sep 2, 2005". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
  5. ↑ "West Indies Tri-Nation Series, 3rd Match: India v Sri Lanka at Kingston, Jul 2, 2013". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
  6. ↑ "Statistics / Statsguru / WU Tharanga / Test matches". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
  7. ↑ "Statistics / Statsguru / WU Tharanga / One-Day Internationals". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
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