List of international cricket centuries at the R. Premadasa Stadium

Block B of R. Premadasa

The R. Premadasa Stadium is a cricket stadium^[1] in Maligawatta, Colombo, Sri Lanka. The stadium was, before June 1994, known as the Khettarama Cricket Stadium and is today one of the main venues where the Sri Lankan cricket team play, having hosted more than 100 one day international matches. It is the largest stadium in Sri Lanka with capacity of 35,000 spectators. It was also the stadium were the highest Test score was scored.

The ground staged its first Test in 1992 against Australia. The first One Day International was played in 1986 against Pakistan.

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 R. Premadasa Stadium.
• The column title Date refers to the date the match started.
• The column title Result refers to whether the player's team won^[2][3] lost^[4][5] or if the match was drawn^[6] or a no result.^[7]

List of centuries

• 
  Sanath Jayasuriya (Sri):
  His 340, made against India in 1997, is the record highest innings at the ground and was the highest by a Sri Lankan at the time.He also Has scored 4 ODI centuries here.
• 
  Sachin Tendulkar (Ind):
  Has scored a Test century and 4 ODI centuries at the ground.

Test centuries

The following table summarises the Test centuries scored at the R. Premadasa Stadium.^[8]

No.	Score	Player	Team	Balls	Inns.	Opposing team	Date	Result
1	100*	Jones, DeanDean Jones	Australia	213	3	Sri Lanka	28 August 1992	Drawn
2	103	Tillakaratne, HashanHashan Tillakaratne	Sri Lanka	228	1	Pakistan	19 April 1997	Drawn
3	113	Ahmed, IjazIjaz Ahmed	Pakistan	245	2	Sri Lanka	19 April 1997	Drawn
4	168	de Silva, AravindaAravinda de Silva (1/2)	Sri Lanka	383	3	Pakistan	19 April 1997	Drawn
5	111	Sidhu, NavjotNavjot Sidhu	India	200	1	Sri Lanka	2 August 1997	Drawn
6	143	Tendulkar, SachinSachin Tendulkar	India	247	1	Sri Lanka	2 August 1997	Drawn
7	126	Azharuddin, MohammadMohammad Azharuddin	India	199	1	Sri Lanka	2 August 1997	Drawn
8	340	Jayasuriya, SanathSanath Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka	578	2	India	2 August 1997	Drawn
9	225	Mahanama, RoshanRoshan Mahanama	Sri Lanka	561	2	India	2 August 1997	Drawn
10	126	de Silva, AravindaAravinda de Silva (2/2)	Sri Lanka	211	2	India	2 August 1997	Drawn
11	174*	Fleming, StephenStephen Fleming	New Zealand	333	3	Sri Lanka	27 May 1998	Won
12	142	McMillan, CraigCraig McMillan	New Zealand	179	3	Sri Lanka	27 May 1998	Won
13	150	Sangakkara, KumarKumar Sangakkara (1/2)	Sri Lanka	268	1	West Indies	23 November 2010	Drawn
14	139	Sangakkara, KumarKumar Sangakkara (2/2)	Sri Lanka	289	2	Bangladesh	16 March 2013	Won
15	102	Chandimal, DineshDinesh Chandimal	Sri Lanka	176	2	Bangladesh	16 March 2013	Won

One Day International centuries

The following table summarises the One Day International centuries scored at the R. Premadasa Stadium.^[9]

No.	Score	Player	Team	Balls	Inns.	Opposing team	Date	Result
1	107	Mahanama, RoshanRoshan Mahanama	Sri Lanka	132	1	New Zealand	13 December 1992	Won
2	110	Tendulkar, SachinSachin Tendulkar (1/4)	India	130	1	Australia	9 September 1994	Won
3	110	Tendulkar, SachinSachin Tendulkar (2/4)	India	138	1	Sri Lanka	28 August 1996	Lost
4	120*	Jayasuriya, SanathSanath Jayasuriya (1/4)	Sri Lanka	128	2	India	28 August 1996	Won
5	131*	Ranatunga, ArjunaArjuna Ranatunga	Sri Lanka	152	2	India	18 July 1997	Won
6	118	Atapattu, MarvanMarvan Atapattu (1/2)	Sri Lanka	153	1	India	17 August 1997	Won
7	111*	Azharuddin, MohammadMohammad Azharuddin	India	117	2	Sri Lanka	17 August 1997	Lost
8	119	Jadeja, AjayAjay Jadeja	India	121	2	Sri Lanka	17 August 1997	Lost
9	113	Ganguly, SouravSourav Ganguly (1/3)	India	126	1	Sri Lanka	20 August 1997	Lost
10	111	Goodwin, MurrayMurray Goodwin	Zimbabwe	134	1	Sri Lanka	24 January 1998	Lost
11	109	Ganguly, SouravSourav Ganguly (2/3)	India	136	1	Sri Lanka	7 July 1998	Won
12	128	Tendulkar, SachinSachin Tendulkar (3/4)	India	131	1	Sri Lanka	7 July 1998	Won
13	105	de Silva, AravindaAravinda de Silva	Sri Lanka	94	2	India	7 July 1998	Lost
14	101*	Jayawardene, MahelaMahela Jayawardene	Sri Lanka	115	1	England	25 March 2001	Won
15	117	Astle, NathanNathan Astle	New Zealand	150	1	India	20 July 2001	Won
16	102*	Jayasuriya, SanathSanath Jayasuriya (2/4)	Sri Lanka	120	2	Pakistan	12 September 2002	Won
17	111*	Kaif, MohammadMohammad Kaif	India	112	1	Zimbabwe	14 September 2002	Won
18	145	Flower, AndyAndy Flower	Zimbabwe	164	2	India	14 September 2002	Lost
19	101	Atapattu, MarvanMarvan Atapattu (1/2)	Sri Lanka	118	1	Netherlands	16 September 2002	Won
20	119	Trescothick, MarcusMarcus Trescothick	England	102	1	Zimbabwe	18 September 2002	Won
21	116	Gibbs, HerschelleHerschelle Gibbs (1/2)	South Africa	126	1	Kenya	20 September 2002	Won
22	126	Sehwag, VirenderVirender Sehwag (1/2)	India	104	2	England	22 September 2002	Won
23	117*	Ganguly, SouravSourav Ganguly (3/3)	India	109	2	England	22 September 2002	Won
24	116*	Gibbs, HerschelleHerschelle Gibbs (1/2)	South Africa	119	2	India	25 September 2002	Lost
25	101	Sangakkara, KumarKumar Sangakkara (1/2)	Sri Lanka	110	2	Australia	27 February 2004	Lost
26	107*	Jayasuriya, SanathSanath Jayasuriya (3/4)	Sri Lanka	101	2	Bangladesh	23 July 2004	Won
27	143	Malik, ShoaibShoaib Malik	Pakistan	127	1	India	25 July 2004	Won
28	130	Jayasuriya, SanathSanath Jayasuriya (4/4)	Sri Lanka	132	2	India	27 July 2004	Lost
29	110	Singh, YuvrajYuvraj Singh (1/2)	India	114	1	West Indies	7 August 2005	Won
30	105	Tharanga, UpulUpul Tharanga (1/2)	Sri Lanka	110	1	Bangladesh	2 September 2005	Won
31	116	Sehwag, VirenderVirender Sehwag (2/2)	India	90	1	Sri Lanka	3 February 2009	Won
32	117	Singh, YuvrajYuvraj Singh (2/2)	India	95	1	Sri Lanka	3 February 2009	Won
33	150	Gambhir, GautamGautam Gambhir (1/2)	India	147	1	Sri Lanka	5 February 2009	Won
34	102*	Akmal, UmarUmar Akmal	Pakistan	72	1	Sri Lanka	7 August 2009	Won
35	104	Samaraweera, ThilanThilan Samaraweera	Sri Lanka	124	1	New Zealand	8 September 2009	Won
36	138	Tendulkar, SachinSachin Tendulkar (4/4)	India	133	1	Sri Lanka	14 September 2009	Won
37	102*	Tharanga, UpulUpul Tharanga (2/2)	Sri Lanka	122	2	England	26 March 2011	Won
38	108*	Dilshan, TillakaratneTillakaratne Dilshan (1/2)	Sri Lanka	115	2	England	26 March 2011	Won
39	102	Gambhir, GautamGautam Gambhir (2/2)	India	101	2	Sri Lanka	28 July 2012	Won
40	128*	Kohli, ViratVirat Kohli	India	119	2	Sri Lanka	31 July 2012	Won
41	169	Sangakkara, KumarKumar Sangakkara (2/2)	Sri Lanka	137	1	South Africa	20 July 2013	Won
42	109	Amla, HashimHashim Amla	South Africa	130	1	Sri Lanka	6 July 2014	Won
43	119	Ali, MoeenMoeen Ali	England	87	2	Sri Lanka	26 November 2014	Lost
44	101	Dilshan, TillakaratneTillakaratne Dilshan (2/2)	Sri Lanka	124	1	England	16 December 2014	Won

External links

• Cricinfo R. Premadasa Stadium profile

References

1. http://www.espncricinfo.com/srilanka/content/ground/59306.html Cricinfo ground info
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5. "Statsguru: One Day International matches / Batting records / Innings by innings list / Match result : Lost". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
6. "Statsguru: Test matches / Batting records / Innings by innings list / Match result : Drawn". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
7. "Statsguru: One Day International matches / Batting records / Innings by innings list / Match result : No Result". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
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