List of international cricket centuries at the Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium

The Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium[1] or abbreviated MRIC Stadium, is a cricket stadium in Hambantota, Sri Lanka. The ground staged its first One Day International in 2011, when hosts Sri Lanka played Canada during the 2011 Cricket World Cup. The first Twenty20 International was played in 2012 between Sri Lanka and Pakistan.[2]

The first player to score a century at MRIC Stadium is Sri Lanka batsman Mahela Jayawardene who scored 100 from 81 deliveries against Canada in a 2011 Cricket World Cup match. The highest score at the ground is 133 made by Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara against India in 2012.[3] As of February 2020, there are 15 ODI centuries recorded at the ground.

The highest T20I score at the ground is 85 by South African Faf du Plessis in 2015 against Sri Lanka.

Key
  • * denotes that the batsman was not out.
  • Inns. denotes the number of the innings in the match.
  • Balls denotes the number of balls faced in an innings.
  • NR denotes that the number of balls was not recorded.
  • Parentheses next to the player's name denotes his century number at the P Sara Stadium.
  • The column title Date refers to the date the match started.
  • The column title Result refers to whether the player's team won[4][5][6] lost[7][8] or if the match was drawn[9] or a no result.[10]

List of centuries

One Day International centuries

The following table summarises the One Day International centuries scored at the Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium.[11]

No.ScorePlayerTeamBallsInns.Opposing teamDateResult
1100Mahela Jayawardene Sri Lanka811 Canada20 February 2011Won
2111Upul Tharanga Sri Lanka1391 Australia16 August 2011Won
3106Virat Kohli India1131 Sri Lanka21 July 2012Won
4133Kumar Sangakkara Sri Lanka1512 India21 July 2012Lost
5112Tamim Iqbal Bangladesh1361 Sri Lanka23 March 2013Lost
6113*Tillakaratne Dilshan Sri Lanka1082 Bangladesh23 March 2013Won
7128Quinton de Kock South Africa1271 Sri Lanka12 July 2014Won
8108AB de Villiers South Africa711 Sri Lanka12 July 2014Won
9116Kusal Perera Sri Lanka1091 Pakistan26 July 2015Won
10111Hamilton Masakadza Zimbabwe971 Sri Lanka6 July 2017Lost
11102Niroshan Dickwella (1/2) Sri Lanka1162 Zimbabwe6 July 2017Won
12116Danushka Gunathilaka Sri Lanka1112 Zimbabwe6 July 2017Won
13116Niroshan Dickwella (2/2) Sri Lanka1181 Zimbabwe8 July 2017Lost
14119Kusal Mendis   Sri Lanka1191 West Indies26 February 2020Won
15127Avishka Fernando   Sri Lanka1231 West Indies26 February 2020Won

See also

References
  1. "Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
  2. "Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
  3. "Statistics / Statsguru / One-Day Internationals / Batting records". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
  4. "Statistics / Statsguru / Test matches / Batting records / Won". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
  5. "Statistics / Statsguru / One-Day Internationals / Batting records / Won". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
  6. "Statistics / Statsguru / Twenty20 Internationals / Batting records / Won". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
  7. "Statistics / Statsguru / Test matches / Batting records / Lost". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
  8. "Statistics / Statsguru / One-Day Internationals / Batting records / Lost". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
  9. "Statistics / Statsguru / Test matches / Batting records / Drawn". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
  10. "Statistics / Statsguru / One-Day Internationals / Batting records / No Result". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
  11. "Records / Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, Sooriyawewa, Hambantota / One-Day Internationals / High scores". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
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