List of international cricket centuries at the Singhalese Sports Club Cricket Ground

A Test match in March 2001 between Sri Lanka and England.

The Singhalese Sports Club Cricket Ground is one of the most famous cricket grounds of Sri Lanka. ^[1] It is the headquarters of Sri Lanka Cricket, the controlling body of cricket in Sri Lanka. ^[2] The ground staged its first Test in 1984 against New Zealand. The first One Day International was played in 1982 against England.

100 Test centuries have been scored at the ground by players from all 10 of the Test nations. The first of these was made by Roy Dias in 1984. Mahela Jayawardene's 374 is the highest score made at the ground, it is also the fourth highest Test score of all time. ^[3] Mahela Jayawardene also holds the record for most Test centuries at the ground with 11. The highest score by an overseas player is 221 made by Brian Lara in 2001. ^[4]

18 One Day International centuries have been scored at the ground. The Pakistan player Younis Khan has made the highest score with 144 against Hong Kong in 2004. ^[5]

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 score denotes his century number at the Singhalese Sports Club Cricket Ground.
• The column title Date refers to the date the match started.
• The column title Result refers to whether the player's team won ^{[6] [7]} lost ^{[8] [9]} or if the match was drawn ^[10] or a no result. ^[11]

List of centuries

• 
  Mahela Jayawardene (Sri):
  Has scored a record 11 Test centuries at the Singhalese Sports Club. His 374*, made against South Africa in 2006, is also the record highest innings at the ground.
• 
  Kumar Sangakkara (Sri):
  Has scored 8 Test centuries at the ground, including 3 double-centuries, with a best of 287.
• 
  Sachin Tendulkar (Ind):
  4 Test centuries at the ground, the most by an overseas player. He also has scored an ODI century at the ground.
• 
  Younis Khan (Pak):
  His innings of 144, made against Hong Kong in 2004, is the highest ODI innings seen at the ground.

Test centuries

The following table summarises the Test centuries scored at the Singhalese Sports Club Cricket Ground. ^[4]

No.	Score	Player	Team	Balls	Inns.	Opposing team	Date	Result
1	108	Roy Dias	Sri Lanka	215	3	New Zealand	16 March 1984	Drawn
2	103	Ranjan Madugalle	Sri Lanka	NR	2	India	30 August 1985	Drawn
3	111	Arjuna Ranatunga (1/2)	Sri Lanka	NR	2	India	30 August 1985	Drawn
4	137	Asanka Gurusinha	Sri Lanka	399	2	Australia	17 August 1992	Lost
5	127	Arjuna Ranatunga (2/2)	Sri Lanka	192	2	Australia	17 August 1992	Lost
6	132*	Romesh Kaluwitharana	Sri Lanka	158	2	Australia	17 August 1992	Lost
7	109	Roshan Mahanama	Sri Lanka	154	1	New Zealand	6 December 1992	Won
8	107	Martin Crowe	New Zealand	121	3	Sri Lanka	6 December 1992	Lost
9	128	Robin Smith	England	338	1	Sri Lanka	13 March 1993	Lost
10	125	Vinod Kambli	India	220	1	Sri Lanka	27 July 1993	Won
11	104	Navjot Sidhu	India	268	3	Sri Lanka	27 July 1993	Won
12	104*	Sachin Tendulkar (1/4)	India	161	3	Sri Lanka	27 July 1993	Won
13	122	Hansie Cronje	South Africa	295	2	Sri Lanka	6 September 1993	Won
14	126*	Hashan Tillakaratne (1/3)	Sri Lanka	326	2	Zimbabwe	18 September 1996	Won
15	138*	Aravinda de Silva (1/5)	Sri Lanka	208	1	Pakistan	26 April 1997	Drawn
16	113	Sanath Jayasuriya (1/2)	Sri Lanka	212	3	Pakistan	26 April 1997	Drawn
17	103*	Aravinda de Silva (2/5)	Sri Lanka	99	3	Pakistan	26 April 1997	Drawn
18	155	Saleem Malik	Pakistan	240	4	Sri Lanka	26 April 1997	Drawn
19	146	Aravinda de Silva (3/5)	Sri Lanka	226	1	India	9 August 1997	Drawn
20	139	Sachin Tendulkar (2/4)	India	266	2	Sri Lanka	9 August 1997	Drawn
21	147	Sourav Ganguly	India	312	2	Sri Lanka	9 August 1997	Drawn
22	199	Sanath Jayasuriya (2/2)	Sri Lanka	226	3	India	9 August 1997	Drawn
23	120	Aravinda de Silva (4/5)	Sri Lanka	198	3	India	9 August 1997	Drawn
24	108*	Mohammad Azharuddin	India	174	4	Sri Lanka	9 August 1997	Drawn
25	105*	Andy Flower	Zimbabwe	238	3	Sri Lanka	14 January 1998	Lost
26	143*	Aravinda de Silva (5/5)	Sri Lanka	310	4	Zimbabwe	14 January 1998	Won
27	143	Sadagoppan Ramesh	India	214	1	Sri Lanka	24 February 1999	Drawn
28	107	Rahul Dravid	India	218	1	Sri Lanka	24 February 1999	Drawn
29	242	Mahela Jayawardene (1/11)	Sri Lanka	465	2	India	24 February 1999	Drawn
30	124*	Sachin Tendulkar (3/4)	India	235	3	Sri Lanka	24 February 1999	Drawn
31	105*	Ricky Ponting	Australia	171	1	Sri Lanka	30 September 1999	Drawn
32	101*	Mahela Jayawardene (2/11)	Sri Lanka	183	4	South Africa	6 August 2000	Drawn
33	113*	Graham Thorpe	England	267	2	Sri Lanka	15 March 2001	Won
34	108	Marvan Atapattu (1/3)	Sri Lanka	228	2	India	29 August 2001	Won
35	139	Mahela Jayawardene (3/11)	Sri Lanka	216	2	India	29 August 2001	Won
36	136*	Hashan Tillakaratne (2/3)	Sri Lanka	214	2	India	29 August 2001	Won
37	103*	Thilan Samaraweera (1/5)	Sri Lanka	175	2	India	29 August 2001	Won
38	201	Marvan Atapattu (2/3)	Sri Lanka	259	2	Bangladesh	6 September 2001	Won
39	150	Mahela Jayawardene (4/11)	Sri Lanka	115	2	Bangladesh	6 September 2001	Won
40	114	Mohammad Ashraful	Bangladesh	212	3	Sri Lanka	6 September 2001	Lost
41	221	Brian Lara (1/2)	West Indies	354	1	Sri Lanka	29 November 2001	Lost
42	204*	Hashan Tillakaratne (3/3)	Sri Lanka	343	2	West Indies	29 November 2001	Won
43	130	Brian Lara (2/2)	West Indies	215	3	Sri Lanka	29 November 2001	Lost
44	128	Kumar Sangakkara (1/8)	Sri Lanka	186	1	Zimbabwe	27 December 2001	Won
45	123*	Thilan Samaraweera (2/5)	Sri Lanka	166	1	Zimbabwe	27 December 2001	Won
46	140	Michael Vandort (1/3)	Sri Lanka	185	3	Bangladesh	28 July 2002	Won
47	142	Thilan Samaraweera (3/5)	Sri Lanka	408	2	England	18 December 2003	Won
48	134	Mahela Jayawardene (5/11)	Sri Lanka	246	2	England	18 December 2003	Won
49	153	Darren Lehmann	Australia	269	1	Sri Lanka	24 March 2004	Won
50	118	Marvan Atapattu (3/3)	Sri Lanka	219	2	Australia	24 March 2004	Lost
51	166	Justin Langer	Australia	295	3	Sri Lanka	24 March 2004	Won
52	232	Kumar Sangakkara (2/8)	Sri Lanka	357	1	South Africa	11 August 2004	Won
53	185	Kumar Sangakkara (3/8)	Sri Lanka	326	3	Pakistan	26 March 2006	Drawn
54	148*	Shoaib Malik (1/2)	Pakistan	369	4	Sri Lanka	26 March 2006	Drawn
55	287	Kumar Sangakkara (4/8)	Sri Lanka	457	2	South Africa	27 July 2006	Won
56	374	Mahela Jayawardene (6/11)	Sri Lanka	572	2	South Africa	27 July 2006	Won
57	117	Michael Vandort (2/3)	Sri Lanka	189	2	Bangladesh	25 June 2007	Won
58	127	Mahela Jayawardene (7/11)	Sri Lanka	159	2	Bangladesh	25 June 2007	Won
59	120*	Prasanna Jayawardene	Sri Lanka	191	2	Bangladesh	25 June 2007	Won
60	100*	Chaminda Vaas	Sri Lanka	169	2	Bangladesh	25 June 2007	Won
61	138	Michael Vandort (3/3)	Sri Lanka	259	2	England	9 December 2007	Drawn
62	195	Mahela Jayawardene (8/11)	Sri Lanka	422	2	England	9 December 2007	Drawn
63	115	Malinda Warnapura	Sri Lanka	202	1	India	23 July 2008	Won
64	136	Mahela Jayawardene (9/11)	Sri Lanka	259	1	India	23 July 2008	Won
65	127	Thilan Samaraweera (4/5)	Sri Lanka	224	1	India	23 July 2008	Won
66	125*	Tillakaratne Dilshan (1/2)	Sri Lanka	170	1	India	23 July 2008	Won
67	134	Shoaib Malik (2/2)	Pakistan	240	3	Sri Lanka	20 July 2009	Drawn
68	130*	Kumar Sangakkara (5/8)	Sri Lanka	303	4	Pakistan	20 July 2009	Drawn
69	143	Thilan Samaraweera (5/5)	Sri Lanka	240	1	New Zealand	26 August 2009	Won
70	109	Kumar Sangakkara (6/8)	Sri Lanka	175	3	New Zealand	26 August 2009	Won
71	140	Daniel Vettori	New Zealand	189	4	Sri Lanka	26 August 2009	Lost
72	100	Tharanga Paranavitana	Sri Lanka	221	1	India	26 July 2010	Drawn
73	219	Kumar Sangakkara (7/8)	Sri Lanka	335	1	India	26 July 2010	Drawn
74	174	Mahela Jayawardene (10/11)	Sri Lanka	244	1	India	26 July 2010	Drawn
75	203	Sachin Tendulkar (4/4)	India	347	2	Sri Lanka	26 July 2010	Drawn
76	120	Suresh Raina	India	228	2	Sri Lanka	26 July 2010	Drawn
77	118	Michael Hussey	Australia	178	1	Sri Lanka	16 September 2011	Drawn
78	105*	Angelo Mathews (1/2)	Sri Lanka	269	2	Australia	16 September 2011	Drawn
79	126	Phillip Hughes	Australia	220	3	Sri Lanka	16 September 2011	Drawn
80	112	Michael Clarke	Australia	178	3	Sri Lanka	16 September 2011	Drawn
81	196	Mohammad Hafeez	Pakistan	331	1	Sri Lanka	30 June 2012	Drawn
82	157	Azhar Ali	Pakistan	295	1	Sri Lanka	30 June 2012	Drawn
83	121	Tillakaratne Dilshan (2/2)	Sri Lanka	195	2	Pakistan	30 June 2012	Drawn
84	192	Kumar Sangakkara (8/8)	Sri Lanka	351	2	Pakistan	30 June 2012	Drawn
85	165	Mahela Jayawardene (11/11)	Sri Lanka	284	1	South Africa	24 July 2014	Drawn
86	139*	Hashim Amla	South Africa	382	2	Sri Lanka	24 July 2014	Drawn
87	103	Sarfraz Ahmed	Pakistan	127	2	Sri Lanka	14 August 2014	Lost
88	145*	Cheteshwar Pujara (1/2)	India	289	1	Sri Lanka	28 August 2015	Won
89	110	Angelo Mathews (2/2)	Sri Lanka	240	4	India	28 August 2015	Lost
90	129	Dhananjaya de Silva	Sri Lanka	280	1	Australia	13 August 2016	Won
91	132	Dinesh Chandimal	Sri Lanka	356	1	Australia	13 August 2016	Won
92	130	Shaun Marsh	Australia	281	2	Sri Lanka	13 August 2016	Lost
93	119	Steve Smith	Australia	218	2	Sri Lanka	13 August 2016	Lost
94	115	Kaushal Silva	Sri Lanka	269	3	Australia	13 August 2016	Won
95	133	Cheteshwar Pujara (2/2)	India	225	1	Sri Lanka	3 August 2017	Won
96	132	Ajinkya Rahane	India	168	1	Sri Lanka	3 August 2017	Won
97	110	Kusal Mendis	Sri Lanka	135	3	India	3 August 2017	Lost
98	141	Dimuth Karunaratne	Sri Lanka	309	3	India	3 August 2017	Lost
99	101	Theunis de Bruyn	South Africa	232	4	Sri Lanka	20 July 2018	Lost
100	110	Jonny Bairstow	England	186	1	Sri Lanka	23 November 2018	Won

One Day International centuries

The following table summarises the One Day International centuries scored at the Singhalese Sports Club Cricket Ground. ^[5]

No.	Score	Player	Team	Balls	Inns.	Opposing team	Date	Result
1	127*	Aravinda de Silva (1/2)	Sri Lanka	123	2	Zimbabwe	3 September 1996	Won
2	108	Sanath Jayasuriya (1/2)	Sri Lanka	83	1	Bangladesh	22 July 1997	Won
3	100	Robin Singh	India	102	1	Sri Lanka	23 August 1997	No result
4	104	Aravinda de Silva (2/2)	Sri Lanka	117	1	India	24 August 1997	Won
5	112	Grant Flower	Zimbabwe	138	1	Sri Lanka	26 January 1998	Lost
6	102	Sanath Jayasuriya (2/2)	Sri Lanka	100	2	Zimbabwe	26 January 1998	Won
7	102	Arjuna Ranatunga	Sri Lanka	98	1	New Zealand	5 July 1998	Won
8	120	Sachin Tendulkar	India	141	1	Sri Lanka	29 August 1999	Won
9	102*	Romesh Kaluwitharana	Sri Lanka	117	2	England	27 March 2001	Won
10	108	Nathan Astle	New Zealand	143	1	India	2 August 2001	Lost
11	100	Virender Sehwag	India	70	2	New Zealand	2 August 2001	Won
12	111	Brian Lara	West Indies	120	1	Kenya	17 September 2002	Won
13	102	Yasir Hameed	Pakistan	123	1	Bangladesh	17 July 2004	Won
14	118	Shoaib Malik	Pakistan	110	1	Hong Kong	18 July 2004	Won
15	144	Younis Khan	Pakistan	122	1	Hong Kong	18 July 2004	Won
16	101	Jacques Kallis	South Africa	127	2	Sri Lanka	31 August 2004	Lost
17	113	Adrian Barath	West Indies	129	1	Sri Lanka	31 January 2011	No result
18	101*	Upul Tharanga	Sri Lanka	143	2	West Indies	3 February 2011	Won
19	115	Shai Hope	West Indies	140	1	Sri Lanka	22 February 2020	Lost

External links

• Cricinfo SSC ground profile

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