List of international cricket centuries by Tillakaratne Dilshan

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Dilshan has scored 16 centuries in Test matches and 22 centuries in ODIs, and one in T20Is

Tillakaratne Dilshan is an Sri Lankan cricketer. He has scored 39 centuries (100 or more runs) in Test matches, One Day International (ODI) matches and Twenty20 International (T20I), organized by the International Cricket Council. Dilshan has scored 16 centuries in Test matches and 22 centuries in ODIs, and one in T20Is.[1][2]

Dilshan scored his 16th and last Test century on 18 March 2013 at the Galle International Stadium in Galle against Bangladesh. His 17th ODI century comes in his favorite ground Pallekele International Cricket Stadium on 28 July 2013 against South Africa, where at this ground he scored 5 ODI centuries and also his only Twenty20 International century against Australia on 6 August 2011.[3]

In Test matches, Dilshan has scored centuries against all the Test cricket playing nations except South Africa and West Indies, and has scored 150 against four of them. He is seventh on the list of leading Test century makers for Sri Lanka.[4] His centuries have been scored at ten cricket grounds, six of which were outside Sri Lanka. He has been dismissed two times in the nineties.[5]

In ODIs, Dilshan has scored centuries against all test playing opponents except West Indies. His maiden century was made against Netherlands at the VRA Cricket Ground, Amstelveen in 2006. He is third in the list of leading century-makers in ODIs for Sri Lanka.[6] Of these 22 ODI centuries, nine were scored at home grounds and thirteen were at away (opposition's home) or neutral venues. He has been dismissed one time in the ninetynine.

Dilshan scored his only T20I century against Australia in 2011, and became the fifth batsmen to score hundreds in all forms of the game.[1] He scored 104 runs from 57 balls.[7] This is the highest individual score by a Sri Lankan in Twenty20 Internationals.

Key

Tillakaratne Dilshan batting against England at Lord's.
Dilshan batting
Symbol Meaning
* Remained not out
Test The number of the Test matches played in that series
Pos. Position in the batting order
Inn. The innings in the Test match
H/A The venue was at home (Sri Lanka) or away.
Lost The match was lost by Sri Lanka.
Won The match was won by Sri Lanka.
Draw The match was drawn.

Test centuries

Test centuries of Tillakaratne Dilshan
No. Score Match Against City Ground Date Ref
[1] 163 2  Zimbabwe Harare, Zimbabwe Harare Sports Club 1999 [8]
[2] 100 1  England Kandy, Sri Lanka Asgiriya Stadium 2003 [9]
[3] 104 13  Australia Galle, Sri Lanka Galle International Stadium 2004 [10]
[4] 168 27  Bangladesh Colombo, Sri Lanka P. Saravanamuttu Stadium 2005 [11]
[5] 125 46  India Colombo, Sri Lanka Sinhalese Sports Club Ground 2008 [12]
[6] 162 50  Bangladesh Chittagong, Bangladesh Chittagong Divisional Stadium 2009
[7] 143 50  Bangladesh Chittagong, Bangladesh Chittagong Divisional Stadium 2009 [13]
[8] 145 52  Pakistan Lahore, Pakistan Gaddafi Stadium 2009 [14]
[9] 123* 56  New Zealand Galle, Sri Lanka Galle International Stadium 2009 [15]
[10] 112 58  India Ahmedabad, India Sardar Patel Stadium 2009 [16]
[11] 109 60  India Mumbai, India Brabourne Stadium 2009 [17]
[12] 193 68  England London, England Lord's Cricket Ground 2011 [18]
[13] 101 80  Pakistan Galle, Sri Lanka Galle International Stadium 2012
[14] 121 81  Pakistan Colombo, Sri Lanka Sinhalese Sports Club Ground 2012
[15] 147 83  Australia Hobart, Australia Bellerive Oval 2012
[16] 126 86  Bangladesh Galle, Sri Lanka Galle International Stadium 2013

One Day International centuries

ODI centuries of Tillakaratne Dilshan
Runs Match Against City/country Venue Year Result
[1] 117 94  Netherlands Amstelveen, Netherlands VRA Ground 2000 Won by  Sri Lanka
[2] 137* 155  Pakistan Lahore, Pakistan Gaddafi Stadium 2000 Won by  Sri Lanka
[3] 106 164  South Africa Centurion, South Africa SuperSport Park 2000 Won by  Sri Lanka
[4] 160 167  India Rajkot, India Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground 2000 Won by  India
[5] 123 168  India Nagpur, India Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground 2000 Won by  Sri Lanka
[6] 104 172  Bangladesh Mirpur, Dhaka, Bangladesh Shere Bangla National Stadium 2001 Won by  Sri Lanka
[7] 108* 179  Zimbabwe Harare, Zimbabwe Harare Sports Club 2001 Won by  Sri Lanka
[8] 110 188  India Dambulla, Sri Lanka Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium 2001 Won by  Sri Lanka
[9] 144 199  Zimbabwe Kandy, Sri Lanka Pallekele International Cricket Stadium 2001 Won by  Sri Lanka
[10] 108* 201  England Colombo, Sri Lanka R. Premadasa Stadium 2001 Won by  Sri Lanka
[11] 160* 231  India Hobart, Australia Bellerive Oval 2001 Won by  India
[12] 106 234  Australia Adelaide, Australia Adelaide Oval 2001 Won by  Sri Lanka
[13] 119* 240  Pakistan Kandy, Sri Lanka Pallekele International Cricket Stadium 2011 Won by  Sri Lanka
[14] 102* 250  New Zealand Kandy, Sri Lanka Pallekele International Cricket Stadium 2011 Won by  Sri Lanka
[15] 113* 256  Bangladesh Hambantota, Sri Lanka Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium 2011 Won by  Sri Lanka
[16] 125 258  Bangladesh Kandy, Sri Lanka Pallekele International Cricket Stadium 2011 Won by  Sri Lanka
[17] 115* 266  South Africa Kandy, Sri Lanka Pallekele International Cricket Stadium 2011 Won by  Sri Lanka
[18] 101 300  England Colombo, Sri Lanka R. Premadasa Stadium 2011 Won by  Sri Lanka
[19] 116 302  New Zealand Hamilton, New Zealand Seddon Park 2011 Won by  Sri Lanka
[20] 116 305  New Zealand Dunedin, New Zealand University Oval 2015 Won by  New Zealand
[21] 161* 310  Bangladesh Melbourne, Australia Melbourne Cricket Ground 2015 Won by  Sri Lanka
[22] 104 313  Scotland Hobart, Australia Bellerive Oval 2015 Won by  Sri Lanka

T20I Cricket Centuries

T20I centuries of Tillakaratne Dilshan
Runs Match Against City/country Venue Year Result
[1] 104* 33  Australia Pallekele, Sri Lanka Pallekele International Cricket Stadium 2011 Won by Sri Lanka

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Player Profile:Tillakaratne Dilshan". Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 March 2012.
  2. "TM DILSHAN". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 March 2015.
  3. http://www.howstat.com.au/cricket/Statistics/Players/PlayerNotables_T20.asp?PlayerID=2197&s=2
  4. "Records – Test matches – Most hundreds in a career for Sri Lanka". Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 March 2012.
  5. "Statsguru – TM Dilshan 90s". Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 March 2012.
  6. "Cricket Records – Sri Lanka – One-Day Internationals – Most hundreds". Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
  7. 1st T20I: Sri Lanka v Australia at Pallekele, Aug 6, 2011
  8. Articles about Tillakaratne Dilshan – Times Of India
  9. Tillakaratne Dilshan Test Century 2: Against England in 2003:100 at Kandy | Cricket Centuries
  10. Tillakaratne Dilshan Test Century 3: Against Australia in 2004:104 at Galle | Cricket Centuries
  11. Tillakaratne Dilshan Test Century 4: Against Bangladesh in 2005:168 at Colombo (PSS) | Cricket Centuries
  12. Tillakaratne Dilshan Test Century 5: Against India in 2008:125* at Colombo (SSC) | Cricket Centuries
  13. Tillakaratne Dilshan Test Century 7: Against Bangladesh in 2009:143 at Chittagong | Cricket Centuries
  14. Tillakaratne Dilshan Test Century 8: Against Pakistan in 2009:145 at Lahore | Cricket Centuries
  15. Tillakaratne Dilshan Test Century 9: Against New Zealand in 2009:123* at Galle | Cricket Centuries
  16. Tillakaratne Dilshan Test Century 10: Against India in 2009:112 at Ahmedabad | Cricket Centuries
  17. Tillakaratne Dilshan Test Century 11: Against India in 2009:109 at Mumbai (BS) | Cricket Centuries
  18. Tillakaratne Dilshan Test Century 12: Against England in 2011:193 at Lord’s | Cricket Centuries