List of international cricket centuries at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium

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ODI Match between Sri Lanka and England on 13 December 2014. Pallekele stadium slveng.jpg
ODI Match between Sri Lanka and England on 13 December 2014.

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]

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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.

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List of centuries

Known as Mr. Pallekele, Tillakaratne Dilshan witnessed 6 centuries at the venue Tillakaratne Dilshan portrait.jpg
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
1141 Shaun Marsh Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 3152Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 8 September 2011Drawn [19]
2142 Michael Hussey Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 2442Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 8 September 2011Drawn [19]
3136 Azhar Ali Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 2843Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 8 July 2012Drawn [20]
4100* Asad Shafiq Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 1953Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 8 July 2012Drawn [20]
5130 Dimuth Karunaratne Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 2301Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 3 July 2015Lost [21]
6122 Angelo Mathews Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 2523Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 3 July 2015Lost [21]
7125 Shan Masood Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 2334Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 3 July 2015Won [21]
8171* Younis Khan Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 2714Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 3 July 2015Won [21]
9176 Kusal Mendis Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 2543Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 26 July 2016Won [22]
10119 Shikhar Dhawan Flag of India.svg  India 1231Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 12 August 2017Won [23]
11108 Hardik Pandya Flag of India.svg  India 961Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 12 August 2017Won [23]
12124 Joe Root Flag of England.svg  England 1463Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 14 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 Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1241Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 8 March 2011Won [26]
2133 Upul Tharanga Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 1411Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 10 March 2011Won [27]
3144 Tillakaratne Dilshan (1/5)Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 1311Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 10 March 2011Won [27]
4119* Tillakaratne Dilshan (2/5)Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 1391Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 9 June 2012Won [28]
5102* Tillakaratne Dilshan (3/5)Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 952Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 6 November 2012Won [29]
6125 Tillakaratne Dilshan (4/5)Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 1281Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 28 March 2013Lost [30]
7115* Tillakaratne Dilshan (5/5)Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 1302Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 28 July 2013Won [31]
8101 Hashim Amla Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1022Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 9 July 2014Lost [32]
9104* Joe Root Flag of England.svg  England 1172Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 10 December 2014Won [33]
10112 Kumar Sangakkara Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 1121Flag of England.svg  England 13 December 2014Won [34]
11110* Marlon Samuels WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 951Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 7 November 2015Lost [35]
12106 David Warner Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 1262Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 4 September 2016Won [36]
13124* Rohit Sharma Flag of India.svg  India 1452Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 27 August 2017Won [37]
14102 Reeza Hendricks Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 891Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 5 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 Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 571Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 6 August 2011Won [40]
2123 Brendon McCullum Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 581Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 21 September 2012Won [41]
3145* Glenn Maxwell Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 651Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 6 September 2016Won [42]

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