List of international cricket centuries by Sanath Jayasuriya

Sanath Jayasuriya is a Sri Lankan cricketer and former captain of the Sri Lanka national cricket team. He is an all-rounder and opening batsman, and is known for his aggressive batting style that has earned him the name "Master Blaster".^[1][2] His batting style introduced a new strategy to the game during the 1996 World Cup, where he and fellow opener Romesh Kaluwitharana batted highly aggressively in the early overs using fielding restrictions^{[N 1]} to their advantage. This later became a standard opening batting strategy and, according to Australian cricketer Glenn McGrath, Jayasuriya "changed everyone's thinking about how to start innings".^[5] As a result of his performances, Jayasuriya was selected as a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1997,^[6] despite not having played in the previous English cricketing season.^{[N 2][9]} He scored 42 centuries in Test and One Day International (ODI) games, but was not able to score a century in a Twenty20 International match, where his highest score is 88.^[10]

Although Jayasuriya made his Test debut in 1991, it was not until 1996 that he scored his first century, when he had become a regular player in the Sri Lankan side.^[11] His career high of 340 against India in August 1997 was the highest score by a Sri Lankan cricketer until 2006^[12] and is also part of the highest team total (952/6) made in Test cricket.^[13][14] He has also scored two double centuries; 213 against England and 253 against Pakistan. His 157 against Zimbabwe in 2004 is the second fastest century by a Sri Lankan player.^[15] Jayasuriya, having scored centuries against every Test playing nation except New Zealand and the West Indies,^[16] retired from Test cricket in 2007 with 14 to his name.^[16]

Jayasuriya made his ODI debut in 1989 and started playing as an opening batsman in 1993.^[17] He went on to score his first century in 1994 against New Zealand. From then on, Jayasuriya has scored the highest number of ODI centuries for Sri Lanka with 28 to his name. As of September 2019^[update], he holds fourth place for the most ODI centuries in a career, behind Virat Kohli (50 centuries), Sachin Tendulkar (49 centuries) and Ricky Ponting (30 centuries).^[18] His second century, 134 against Pakistan in 1996, was scored at a strike rate of 206.15 and was the fastest century in ODI cricket at the time. This record was later broken by Pakistani cricketer Shahid Afridi.^[19] The 189 he made against India in 2000 is the sixth highest ODI score in a single innings.^[20] Making his second highest ODI score of 157 against the Netherlands in 2006, Jayasuriya paved the way for Sri Lanka to set the world record for the highest ODI team total of 443/9.^[21] With his 107 against India on 28 January 2009, Jayasuriya—39 years and 212 days old at the time—became the oldest player to score a century,^[22] and also became the second player to score more than 13,000 runs in a career.^{[N 3][23]}

• * – Remained not out
• ‡ – Captain in that match
• † – Man of the match
• (D/L) – Result was determined by the Duckworth–Lewis method

Test centuries scored by Sanath Jayasuriya^[24]

No.	Score	Against	Pos.	Inn.	Test	Venue	H/A	Date	Result	Ref
1	112	Australia	1	4	3/3	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide	Away	25 January 1996	Lost	[25]
2	113	Pakistan	1	3	2/2	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo	Home	26 April 1997	Drawn	[26]
3	340 †	India	1	2	1/2	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	Home	2 August 1997	Drawn	[27]
4	199	India	1	3	2/2	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo	Home	9 August 1997	Drawn	[28]
5	213	England	1	2	1/1	The Oval, London	Away	27 August 1998	Won	[29]
6	188 ‡	Pakistan	2	1	3/3	Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy	Home	28 June 2000	Drawn	[30]
7	148 †	South Africa	2	1	1/3	Galle International Stadium, Galle	Home	20 July 2000	Won	[31]
8	111 † ‡	India	2	2	1/3	Galle International Stadium, Galle	Home	14 August 2001	Won	[32]
9	139 ‡	Zimbabwe	2	2	2/3	Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy	Home	4 January 2002	Won	[33]
10	145 ‡	Bangladesh	6	2	1/2	Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo	Home	21 July 2002	Won	[34]
11	131	Australia	2	4	2/3	Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy	Home	16 March 2004	Lost	[35]
12	157	Zimbabwe	2	2	1/2	Harare Sports Club Ground, Harare	Away	6 May 2004	Won	[36]
13	253 †	Pakistan	2	3	1/2	Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad	Away	20 October 2004	Won	[37]
14	107	Pakistan	1	3	2/2	National Stadium, Karachi	Away	28 October 2004	Lost	[38]

ODI centuries scored by Sanath Jayasuirya^[39]

No.	Score	Balls	Against	Pos.	Inn.	S/R	Venue	H/A/N	Date	Result	Ref
1	140	143	New Zealand	2	1	97.90	Goodyear Park, Bloemfontein	Neutral	8 December 1994	No result	[40]
2	134 †	65	Pakistan	1	1	206.15	Singapore Cricket Club, Padang	Neutral	2 April 1996	Won	[41]
3	120* †	128	India	1	2	93.75	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	Home	28 August 1996	Won	[42]
4	151* †	120	India	1	2	125.83	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai	Away	17 May 1997	Won	[43]
5	108 †	83	Bangladesh	1	1	130.12	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo	Home	22 July 1997	Won	[44]
6	134* †	114	Pakistan	1	2	117.54	Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore	Away	5 November 1997	Won	[45]
7	102 † ‡	100	Zimbabwe	1	2	102.00	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo	Home	26 January 1998	Won	[46]
8	105 † ‡	116	India	1	1	90.51	Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka	Neutral	1 June 2000	Won	[47]
9	189 † ‡	161	India	1	1	117.39	Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah	Neutral	29 October 2000	Won	[48]
10	103 † ‡	83	New Zealand	1	2	124.09	Eden Park, Auckland	Away	6 February 2001	Won	[49]
11	107 ‡	116	New Zealand	2	1	92.24	Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah	Neutral	10 April 2001	Won	[50]
12	112 † ‡	87	England	1	1	128.73	Headingley, Leeds	Away	2 July 2002	Lost	[51]
13	102* † ‡	120	Pakistan	1	2	85.00	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	Home	12 September 2002	Won	[52]
14	122 † ‡	105	Australia	2	1	116.19	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney	Away	9 January 2003	Won	[53]
15	106 † ‡	110	England	2	1	96.36	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney	Neutral	13 January 2003	Won	[54]
16	120 † ‡	125	New Zealand	2	1	96.00	Goodyear Park, Bloemfontein	Neutral	10 February 2003	Won	[55]
17	107* †	101	Bangladesh	2	2	105.94	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	Home	23 July 2004	Won	[56]
18	130	132	India	2	2	98.48	R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo	Home	27 July 2004	Lost	[57]
19	114 †	96	Australia	2	1	118.75	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney	Away	22 January 2006	Won	[58]
20	122 †	136	England	2	1	89.70	The Oval, London	Away	20 June 2006	Won	[59]
21	152 †	99	England	2	2	153.53	Headingley, Leeds	Away	1 July 2006	Won	[60]
22	157 †	104	Netherlands	2	1	150.96	VRA Cricket Ground, Amstelveen	Away	4 July 2006	Won	[61]
23	111 †	82	New Zealand	2	2	135.36	McLean Park, Napier	Away	28 December 2006	Won	[62]
24	109 †	87	Bangladesh	2	1	125.28	Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain	Neutral	21 March 2007	Won (D/L)	[63]
25	115 †	101	West Indies	2	1	113.86	Providence Stadium, Guyana	Away	1 April 2007	Won	[64]
26	130 †	88	Bangladesh	1	1	147.72	National Stadium, Karachi	Neutral	30 June 2008	Won	[65]
27	125	114	India	1	1	109.64	National Stadium, Karachi	Neutral	6 July 2008	Won	[66]
28	107 †	114	India	2	1	93.85	Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla	Home	28 January 2009	Lost	[67]

• List of international cricket centuries by Sanath Jayasuriya at ESPNcricinfo