List of international cricket centuries at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium

The Pallekele International Cricket Stadium[1] is a cricket stadium in Kandy. The ground staged its first Test in 2010 Sri Lanka against West Indies.[2] The first One Day International was played in 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup between Pakistan and New Zealand.[3] The inaugural Twenty20 International was played in 2011 Sri Lanka against Australia.[4]

ODI Match between Sri Lanka and England on 13 December 2014.

Australian batsman Shaun Marsh became the first player to score a Test century at the ground when he made 141 against Sri Lanka in 2011.[5] The highest Test score of the ground was scored by Sri Lankan Kusal Mendis, when he scored 176 runs against Australia in 2016.[6] Up to 30 December 2016, 9 Test centuries have been scored in this ground.

The ground has witnessed 12 ODI centuries until 2016. The first of these was made by the New Zealander Ross Taylor in 2011 against Pakistan at the inaugural ODI at the venue which was a pool match of 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup.[7] Sri Lankan opener Tillakaratne Dilshan scored the highest ODI score at the venue of 144 against Zimbabwe. He bagged five ODI centuries and a single T20I century at the venue, becoming the most successful batsman at the venue with 939 runs at an average of 78.25.[8]

The first Twenty20 International century at the ground scored again by Tillakaratne Dilshan, when he scored unbeaten 104 runs against Australia during inaugural T20I at the venue back in August 2011.[9] The highest T20I score at the venue highlighted as unbeaten 145 runs by Australian Glenn Maxwell against Sri Lanka, when he arranged the match for highest T20I team total of the history.[10] With three T20I centuries at the venue, Pallekele Stadium holds the record for the most T20I centuries to score at a single venue.

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 Pallekele International Cricket Stadium.
  • The column title Date refers to the date the match started.
  • The column title Result refers to whether the player's team won[11][12][13] lost[14][15] or if the match was drawn[16] or a no result.[17]

List of centuries
Known as Mr. Pallekele, Tillakaratne Dilshan witnessed 6 centuries at the venue

Test centuries

The following table summarises the Test centuries scored at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium[18]

No.ScorePlayerTeamBallsInns.Opposing teamDateResult
1141Shaun Marsh Australia3152 Sri Lanka8 September 2011Drawn[19]
2142Michael Hussey Australia2442 Sri Lanka8 September 2011Drawn[19]
3136Azhar Ali Pakistan2843 Sri Lanka8 July 2012Drawn[20]
4100*Asad Shafiq Pakistan1953 Sri Lanka8 July 2012Drawn[20]
5130Dimuth Karunaratne Sri Lanka2301 Pakistan3 July 2015Lost[21]
6122Angelo Mathews Sri Lanka2523 Pakistan3 July 2015Lost[21]
7125Shan Masood Pakistan2334 Sri Lanka3 July 2015Won[21]
8171*Younis Khan Pakistan2714 Sri Lanka3 July 2015Won[21]
9176Kusal Mendis Sri Lanka2543 Australia26 July 2016Won[22]
10119Shikhar Dhawan India1231 Sri Lanka12 August 2017Won[23]
11108Hardik Pandya India961 Sri Lanka12 August 2017Won[23]
12124Joe Root England1463 Sri Lanka14 November 2018Won[24]

One Day International centuries

The following table summarises the One Day International centuries scored at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium.[25]

No.ScorePlayerTeamBallsInns.Opposing teamDateResult
1131*Ross Taylor New Zealand1241 Pakistan8 March 2011Won[26]
2133Upul Tharanga Sri Lanka1411 Zimbabwe10 March 2011Won[27]
3144Tillakaratne Dilshan (1/5) Sri Lanka1311 Zimbabwe10 March 2011Won[27]
4119*Tillakaratne Dilshan (2/5) Sri Lanka1391 Pakistan9 June 2012Won[28]
5102*Tillakaratne Dilshan (3/5) Sri Lanka952 New Zealand6 November 2012Won[29]
6125Tillakaratne Dilshan (4/5) Sri Lanka1281 Bangladesh28 March 2013Lost[30]
7115*Tillakaratne Dilshan (5/5) Sri Lanka1302 South Africa28 July 2013Won[31]
8101Hashim Amla South Africa1022 Sri Lanka9 July 2014Lost[32]
9104*Joe Root England1172 Sri Lanka10 December 2014Won[33]
10112Kumar Sangakkara Sri Lanka1121 England13 December 2014Won[34]
11110*Marlon Samuels West Indies951 Sri Lanka7 November 2015Lost[35]
12106David Warner Australia1262 Sri Lanka4 September 2016Won[36]
13124*Rohit Sharma India1452 Sri Lanka27 August 2017Won[37]
14102Reeza Hendricks South Africa891 Sri Lanka5 August 2018Won[38]

Twenty20 Internationals International centuries

The following table summarises the Twenty20 Internationals centuries scored at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium.[39]

No.ScorePlayerTeamBallsInns.Opposing teamDateResult
1104*Tillakaratne Dilshan Sri Lanka571 Australia6 August 2011Won[40]
2123Brendon McCullum New Zealand581 Bangladesh21 September 2012Won[41]
3145*Glenn Maxwell Australia651 Sri Lanka6 September 2016Won[42]

See also


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