List of international cricket centuries by Adam Gilchrist

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Australian batsman and wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist

Adam Gilchrist is a retired international Australian batsman and wicketkeeper. He scored centuries (scores of 100 or more) 33 times in his career, in both Test and One Day International (ODI) matches. Describing his batting philosophy simply as "just hit the ball", [1] he has been called "one of the most destructive batsmen the sport has ever seen". [2]

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Selected for the Australian ODI side, Gilchrist made his debut in October 1996 against South Africa in the Titan Cup at Faridabad. [1] His first century came in January 1998 against the same opponents, this time at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG). Opening the batting, he scored 100 runs from 104 deliveries, and led Australia to a seven-wicket victory. [3] Gilchrist's third ODI century helped Australia to equal the world record for the highest ODI runchase, [4] while his fourth, against Sri Lanka in 1999, helped Australia achieve the highest successful run chase in ODI history at the SCG at the time. [5] His fifth ODI century, 154 against the same team later in the tournament, broke Dean Jones and Ricky Ponting's Australian record score of 145. [6] Gilchrist's sixth ODI century, 128 from 98 deliveries against New Zealand, helped Australia on their way to their highest ever ODI total. [7] He reached the milestone in 78 balls, equalling the Australian record of Allan Border for the fastest hundred in ODIs. [8] As part of Gilchrist's eighth century, he and Ponting shared an Australian second-wicket record partnership of 225. [9] He was named the Australian One-Day International Player of the Year in both 2003 and 2004. [1] Gilchrist's highest score in ODI cricket is 172, achieved against Zimbabwe in January 2004. [10] Gilchrist's century against the World XI came from 73 deliveries, breaking his own Australian record by five balls. [11] He broke this mark again with his 14th century, reaching three figures in 67 balls. [12] His penultimate ODI century was made in the 2007 Cricket World Cup final which also happened to be his only world cup century. Scoring 149 runs from 104 deliveries, including eight sixes and thirteen fours, Gilchrist made the highest score and quickest century in the final of the World Cup. [13] Australia won every ODI match in which Gilchrist scored a century, and he retired with 16 to his name, scoring at a rate of more than one run per delivery in 13 of them.

Gilchrist made his Test debut against Pakistan in November 1999, [1] and scored his first international century in the second match of the series. [14] Scoring an unbeaten 149 in the fourth innings of the match, he led Australia to a four-wicket victory in Hobart. This was the third highest successful runchase in Test history and the highest on Australian soil. [15] His second Test century helped to extend Australia's world record streak of consecutive Test wins to 16. [16] This came after the Australians fell to 5/99 in reply to India's total of 171, before Gilchrist scored 122 from 112 deliveries, featuring in a 197-run partnership with Matthew Hayden in 32 overs. [17] His highest Test score, 204 not out, was made against South Africa at the New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg in February 2002. Featuring in a partnership of 317 with Damien Martyn, [18] this was the fastest double century in Test history at the time, in terms of deliveries received. [19] He followed this with 138 from 108 balls in the next match, [18] and ended the three-Test series with 473 runs from 474 balls, at a batting average of 157.66. [18] [20] In the same year, he was named as one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year. [2] In 2006, he made the second-fastest century in Test history, hitting 100 from 57 balls, including three sixes in a single over against English bowler Monty Panesar. [2] Usually batting at number seven in the Test side, Gilchrist scored centuries against all nine other Test nations. By the time of his retirement from international cricket in January 2008, he had scored 17 Test centuries. [2] This far surpasses other Australian wicketkeepers (Ian Healy and Brad Haddin both scored four) and as of 2025, Gilchrist has still scored the majority of Test centuries by Australian wicketkeepers (17 out of 33). [21]

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Sri Lankan spin bowler Muttiah Muralitharan bowls to Adam Gilchrist in February 2006. Gilchrist hit a century in 67 balls and went on to make 122 before he was bowled by Muralitharan. Muralitharan bowling to Adam Gilchrist.jpg
Sri Lankan spin bowler Muttiah Muralitharan bowls to Adam Gilchrist in February 2006. Gilchrist hit a century in 67 balls and went on to make 122 before he was bowled by Muralitharan.
SymbolMeaning
*Remained not out
Player of the match
TestThe number of the Test matches played in that series
Pos.Position in the batting order
Inn.The innings of the match
S.R. Strike rate during the innings.
H/A/NThe venue was at home (Australia), away or neutral.
LostThe match was lost by Australia.
WonThe match was won by Australia.
DrawThe match was drawn.

Test centuries

No.ScoreAgainstPos.Inn.TestVenueH/ADateResult
1149*Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 742/3 Bellerive Oval, Hobart Home18 November 1999Won [14]
2122♠Flag of India.svg  India 721/3 Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Away27 February 2001Won [23]
3152♠Flag of England.svg  England 721/5 Edgbaston, Birmingham Away5 July 2001Won [24]
4118Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 711/3 Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane Home8 November 2001Draw [25]
5204*♠Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 711/3 New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Away22 February 2002Won [26]
6138*Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 722/3 Newlands, Cape Town Away8 March 2002Won [27]
7133Flag of England.svg  England 725/5 Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Home2 January 2003Lost [28]
8101*WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 512/4 Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad Away19 April 2003Won [29]
9113*Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 711/2 Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth Home9 October 2003Won [30]
10144Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 332/3 Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy Away16 March 2004Won [31]
11104Flag of India.svg  India 711/4 M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore Away6 October 2004Won [32]
12126Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 721/2 Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane Home18 November 2004Won [33]
13113Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 613/3 Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Home2 January 2005Won [34]
14121♠Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 821/3 Jade Stadium, Christchurch Away10 March 2005Won [35]
15162♠Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 712/3 Basin Reserve, Wellington Away18 March 2005Draw [36]
16144♠Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 621/2 Fatullah Osmani Stadium, Fatullah Away9 April 2006Won [37]
17102*Flag of England.svg  England 733/5 Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth Home14 December 2006Won [38]

One Day International centuries

No.ScoreAgainstPos.Inn.S.R.VenueH/A/NDateResult
1100♠Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1296.15 Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Home26 January 1998Won [3]
2118♠Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 12100.85 Lancaster Park, Christchurch Away8 February 1998Won [39]
3103Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 1299.03 Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Away10 November 1998Won [40]
4131♠Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 12111.01 Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Home13 January 1999Won [41]
5154♠Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 11119.37 Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Home7 February 1999Won [42]
6128♠Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 21130.61 Jade Stadium, Christchurch Away26 February 2000Won [43]
7105♠Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 12100.96 Kingsmead, Durban Away3 April 2002Won [44]
8124♠Flag of England.svg  England 11119.23 Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Home15 December 2002Won [45]
9111♠Flag of India.svg  India 11106.73 M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore Away12 November 2003Won [46]
10172♠Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 11136.50 Bellerive Oval, Hobart Home16 January 2004Won [47]
11121*♠Flag of England.svg  England 12119.80 Kennington Oval, London Away12 July 2005Won [48]
12103♠ ICC World XI 11130.37 Docklands Stadium, Melbourne Home7 October 2005Won [49]
13116♠Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 12110.47 Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth Home29 January 2006Won [50]
14122♠Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 12134.06 Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane Home14 February 2006Won [22]
15149♠Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 11143.26 Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados Neutral28 April 2007Won [51]
16118♠Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 1189.39 Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth Home15 February 2008Won [52]

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