List of international cricket centuries at the Asgiriya Stadium
Asgiriya Stadium is a sports ground in Kandy, Sri Lanka. It has a capacity of 10,300. The ground hosted Test cricket since its first match in 1983 when Sri Lanka played Australia.[1] 21 Test matches have been played at the ground[2] along with 6 One Day Internationals (ODIs), the first of which was in 1986 when Sri Lanka played Pakistan.[3]
Australia batsman Kepler Wessels became the first man to score a Test century at Asgiriya Stadium when he made 141 against Sri Lanka in 1983. The highest Test individual score at the ground was scored by Sri Lanka batsman Marvan Atapattu, who scored 223 runs against Zimbabwe in 1998. Three double centuries have been scored at the venue. Overall, there are 24 Test centuries have been scored at the ground.[4]
Only 2 ODI centuries have been scored at Asgiriya Stadium, and the first by Sri Lanka maestro Aravinda de Silva who scored 145 from 115 deliveries against Kenya in 1996, to achieve the highest ODI team total of 398, ever recorded before passing 400 in 2006 by Australia.[5]
Key[edit]
- * 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 Asgiriya Stadium.
- The column title Date refers to the date the match started.
- The column title Result refers to whether the player's team won
Test centuries[edit]
The following table summarises the Test centuries scored at Asgiriya Stadium.
| No. | Score | Player | Team | Balls | Inns. | Opposing team | Date | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 141 | Kepler Wessels |  Australia |
188 | 1 |  Sri Lanka |
22 April 1983 | Won |
| 2 | 143 | David Hookes | Australia |
152 | 1 | Sri Lanka |
22 April 1983 | Won |
| 3 | 116* | Mohinder Amarnath |  India |
NA | 3 | Sri Lanka |
14 September 1985 | Drawn |
| 4 | 106 | Roy Dias | Sri Lanka |
216 | 4 | India |
14 September 1985 | Drawn |
| 5 | 124 | Duleep Mendis | Sri Lanka |
228 | 4 | India |
14 September 1985 | Drawn |
| 6 | 100* | Inzamam-ul-Haq |  Pakistan |
125 | 2 | Sri Lanka |
26 August 1994 | Won |
| 7 | 223 | Marvan Atapattu (1/3) | Sri Lanka |
448 | 1 |  Zimbabwe |
7 January 1998 | Won |
| 8 | 207* | Marvan Atapattu (2/3) | Sri Lanka |
457 | 1 | Pakistan |
28 June 2000 | Drawn |
| 9 | 188 | Sanath Jayasuriya (1/3) | Sri Lanka |
358 | 1 | Pakistan |
28 June 2000 | Drawn |
| 10 | 118* | Lance Klusener |  South Africa |
219 | 1 | Sri Lanka |
30 July 2000 | Won |
| 11 | 120 | Marvan Atapattu (3/3) | Sri Lanka |
219 | 2 | Sri Lanka |
30 July 2000 | Won |
| 12 | 101 | Mahela Jayawardene (1/3) | Sri Lanka |
165 | 1 |  England |
7 March 2001 | Lost |
| 13 | 109 | Nasser Hussain | England |
255 | 2 | Sri Lanka |
7 March 2001 | Won |
| 14 | 104 | Mahela Jayawardene (2/3) | Sri Lanka |
149 | 1 | India |
22 August 2001 | Lost |
| 15 | 139 | Sanath Jayasuriya (2/3) | Sri Lanka |
212 | 2 | Zimbabwe |
4 January 2002 | Won |
| 16 | 100 | Tillakaratne Dilshan | Sri Lanka |
129 | 3 | England |
10 December 2003 | Drawn |
| 17 | 105 | Michael Vaughan | England |
333 | 4 | Sri Lanka |
10 December 2003 | Drawn |
| 18 | 144 | Adam Gilchrist | Australia |
185 | 3 | Sri Lanka |
16 March 2004 | Won |
| 19 | 161 | Damien Martyn | Australia |
349 | 3 | Sri Lanka |
16 March 2004 | Won |
| 20 | 144 | Sanath Jayasuriya (3/3) | Sri Lanka |
145 | 4 | Sri Lanka |
16 March 2004 | Lost |
| 21 | 157* | Kumar Sangakkara (1/3) | Sri Lanka |
284 | 3 |  West Indies |
22 July 2005 | Won |
| 22 | 222* | Kumar Sangakkara (2/3) | Sri Lanka |
277 | 2 |  Bangladesh |
11 July 2007 | Won |
| 23 | 165 | Mahela Jayawardene (3/3) | Sri Lanka |
210 | 2 | Bangladesh |
11 July 2007 | Won |
| 24 | 152 | Kumar Sangakkara (3/3) | Sri Lanka |
269 | 3 | England |
1 December 2007 | Won |
One Day International centuries[edit]
The following table summarises the One Day International centuries scored at Asgiriya Stadium.
| No. | Score | Player | Team | Balls | Inns. | Opposing team | Date | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 145 | Aravinda de Silva | Sri Lanka |
115 | 1 |  Kenya |
6 March 1996 | Won |
| 2 | 106* | Mahela Jayawardene | Sri Lanka |
94 | 2 | West Indies |
15 December 2001 | Won |
See also[edit]
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References[edit]
- ↑ "Asgiriya Stadium — Cricinfo profile". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
- ↑ "Records / Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy / Test matches / Match results". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
- ↑ "Records / Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy / Test matches / Match results". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
- ↑ "Statistics / Statsguru / Test matches / Batting records". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
- ↑ "Statistics / Statsguru / One-Day Internationals / Batting records". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
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