List of international cricket centuries by Graeme Smith

Graeme Smith is a retired South African cricketer who played international cricket between 2002 and 2014.[1] In a career spanning 12 years, he made centuries (100 or more runs in a single innings) on 27 and 10 occasions in Test and One Day International (ODI) matches respectively. His tally of 37 international centuries places him only behind Jacques Kallis (62), Hashim Amla (53) and AB de Villiers (45) among his countrymen, as of October 2016.[2]

Graeme Smith's five double centuries is a record for South Africa

Smith made his Test and ODI debuts against Australia during the 2001–02 home series.[3][4] His maiden century—200 against Bangladesh—came in October 2002. During South Africa's tour of England in 2003, he scored double centuries—277 at Edgbaston and 259 at Lord's—in consecutive Tests.[5] Smith's performances in the season led to him being named one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 2004.[6] His three centuries in consecutive Tests were instrumental in ensuring South Africa's series win against the West Indies in 2005. In Tests, Smith made centuries against all teams except India and Sri Lanka. He was most successful against England with seven centuries. With five double centuries he leads the list among South African cricketers as of May 2014.[7] As of October 2015, Smith's four centuries in the fourth innings of a Test match is the second highest by any player, only behind Younus Khan, who has scored five centuries in the fourth innings of a Test.[8] Of his 27 Test centuries, 25 came while captaining the side, and South Africa lost none of its matches on any such instance.[9]

Smith's first ODI century came in 2005, three years after his international debut. He went on to score four more centuries the same year, the second-most in a calendar year by a South African.[lower-alpha 1] Smith's highest score in ODIs was 141, which he made against England in September 2009. In ODIs, he made centuries against eight different opponents, with three of them scored at venues outside South Africa.[11] Between his debut Twenty20 International and final one in 2005, Smith played 33 matches in the format without scoring a century; his highest score of 89 not out was made against Australia in February 2006.[12]

Key
Symbol Meaning
* Remained not out
Man of the match
Captained the South African cricket team
Pos. Position in the batting order
Inn. The innings of the match
Test The number of the Test match played in that series
H/A/N Venue was at home (South Africa), away or neutral
Date Date the match was held, or the starting date of match for Test matches
Lost The match was lost by South Africa.
Won The match was won by South Africa.
Drawn The match ended in a draw.
S/R Strike rate during the innings

Test centuries
Test centuries by Graeme Smith[13]
No. Score Against Pos. Inn. Test Venue H/A/N Date Result Ref
1 200  Bangladesh111/2Buffalo Park, East LondonHome18 October 2002Won[14]
2 151  Pakistan112/2Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape TownHome2 January 2003Won[15]
3 277  England111/5Edgbaston, BirminghamAway24 July 2003Drawn[16]
4 259  England122/5Lord's, LondonAway1 August 2003Won[17]
5 132  West Indies111/4New Wanderers, JohannesburgHome12 December 2003Won[18]
6 139  West Indies114/4SuperSport Park, CenturionHome16 January 2004Won[19]
7 125*  New Zealand143/3Basin Reserve, WellingtonAway30 March 2004Won[20]
8 121  Zimbabwe121/2Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape TownHome4 March 2005Won[21]
9 148  West Indies122/4Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, TrinidadAway10 April 2005Won[22]
10 104  West Indies123/4Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, BarbadosAway22 April 2005Won[23]
11 126  West Indies214/4Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's, AntiguaAway29 April 2005Drawn[24]
12 133  Pakistan132/2Gaddafi Stadium, LahoreAway8 October 2007Drawn[25]
13 147  West Indies123/3Sahara Stadium Kingsmead, DurbanHome10 January 2008Won[26]
14 232  Bangladesh212/2Chittagong Divisional Stadium, ChittagongAway29 February 2008Won[27]
15 107  England131/4Lord's, LondonAway13 July 2008Drawn[28]
16 154*  England143/4Edgbaston, BirminghamAway2 August 2008Won[29]
17 157  Bangladesh111/2Chevrolet Park, BloemfonteinHome19 November 2008Won[30]
18 108  Australia141/3WACA Ground, PerthAway20 December 2008Won [31]
19 183  England233/4Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape TownHome 5 January 2010Drawn[32]
20 105  England124/4Wanderers Stadium, JohannesburgHome15 January 2010Won[33]
21 132  West Indies112/3Warner Park, Basseterre, St. Kitts and NevisAway18 June 2010Drawn[34]
22 100  Pakistan111/2DSC Cricket Stadium, DubaiNeutral12 November 2010Drawn[35]
23 101*  Australia141/2Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape TownHome11 November 2011Won[36]
24 115  New Zealand231/3University Oval, DunedinAway9 March 2012Drawn[37]
25 131  England121/3Kennington Oval, LondonAway19 July 2012Won[38]
26 122  Australia122/3Adelaide Oval, AdelaideAway24 November 2012Drawn[39]
27 234  Pakistan222/2DSC Cricket Stadium, DubaiNeutral24 October 2013Won[40]

One-Day International centuries
One Day International centuries by Graeme Smith[11]
No. Score Against Pos. Inn. S/R Venue H/A/N Date Result Ref
1 105  England1280.15Sahara Oval St George's, Port ElizabethHome4 February 2005Won[41]
2 115*  England1187.78Buffalo Park, East LondonHome9 February 2005Won[42]
3 117  Zimbabwe1190.69Sahara Stadium Kingsmead, DurbanHome27 February 2005Won[43]
4 103  West Indies12100.98Sabina Park, Kingston, JamaicaAway7 May 2005Won[44]
5 134*  India12108.06Eden Gardens, KolkataAway25 November 2005Won[45]
6 119*  Australia1295.96SuperSport Park, CenturionHome26 February 2006Won[46]
7 103*  Bangladesh2287.28Chittagong Divisional Stadium, ChittagongAway9 March 2008Won[47]
8 141  England12105.22SuperSport Park, CenturionHome27 September 2009Lost[48]
9 125  Sri Lanka1187.41New Wanderers Stadium, JohannesburgHome 22 January 2012Lost[49]
10 116  New Zealand2289.23Senwes Park, PotchefstroomHome25 January 2013Won[50]

Footnotes
  1. The position is jointly held with AB de Villiers and Hashim Amla.[10]

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