Pinnaduwage Aravinda de Silva is a former cricketer and captain of the Sri Lanka national cricket team. He scored centuries (scores of 100 runs or more in a single innings) in Test and One Day International (ODI) cricket matches organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC). He was named as one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1996. Identified as "one of the game's best entertainers" by Cricinfo's Simon Wilde, De Silva scored 20 centuries in Tests and 11 in ODIs.
De Silva debuted in 1984 and scored his first Test century in October 1985 against Pakistan. In a man-of-the-match performance, he scored 122 in an eight-and-a-half-hours innings. He made centuries in both innings of a match when he scored 138 and 103 – not out in both innings – in the second Test of the 1997 series against Pakistan, and , he is the only player to score unbeaten centuries in both innings of a Test. He repeated the feat of scoring centuries in both innings in the same year, when he scored 146 and 120 against India in another man-of-the-match performance. De Silva's highest Test score of 267, achieved in January 1991 in Wellington, was reached in 380 balls against New Zealand. The performance is the sixth-highest score by a Sri Lankan batsman in Test cricket. De Silva scored his twenty Test centuries against seven different opponents, and was most successful against Pakistan, making eight. , he is thirty-fourth in the international Test century-makers list, and third in the Sri Lankan list.
De Silva's maiden ODI century was against India in 1990; he scored 104 runs off 124 balls. His highest score in ODIs is 145, against Kenya in the 1996 Cricket World Cup. His score led Sri Lanka to 398, the highest ODI total by any team at that time; it was also the first century made by a Sri Lankan in a World Cup. He also scored a century in the second innings of the final, making 107 runs not out. , he is twenty-sixth in the list of all-time ODI century-makers and sixth in the equivalent list for Sri Lanka. He was most successful against Pakistan, scoring 11 centuries in both Tests and ODIs put together. De Silva also holds the record for the tenth-fastest Test double century, which he attained while playing against Bangladesh in 2002.
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+ Key for the tables Symbol Meaning * Remained not out Man of the Match Pos. Position in the batting order Inn. The innings of the match Test The number of the Test match played in that series H/A/N Venue was at home (Sri Lanka), away or neutral Date Date the match was held, or the starting date of match for Test matchesLost The match was lost by Sri Lanka. Won The match was won by Sri Lanka. Drawn The match was drawn.
Test centuries + List of Test centuries scored by Aravinda de Silva No. Score BallsThe number of balls played for the first two centuries were not recorded. Against Pos. Inn. Test Venue H/A/N Date Result Ref 1 122 7 1 1/3 Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad Away Drawn 2 105 3 3 3/3 National Stadium, Karachi Away Lost 3 167 361 5 2 1/2 Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane Away Drawn 4 267 380 4 2 1/3 Basin Reserve, Wellington Away Drawn 5 123 193 4 3 3/3 Eden Park, Auckland Away Drawn 6 148 297 4 1 3/3 Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo Home Drawn 7 127 156 4 2 1/3 Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo Home Drawn 8 105 316 4 3 2/3 Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad Away Won 9 168 383 3 3 1/2 R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Home Drawn 10 138* 208 4 1 2/2 Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Home Drawn 11 103* 4 3 2/2 Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Home Drawn 12 126 211 4 2 1/2 R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Home Drawn 13 146 226 4 1 2/2 Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Home Drawn 14 120 198 4 3 2/2 Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Home Drawn 15 110* 263 4 3 1/3 Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali Away Drawn 16 143* 310 4 4 2/2 Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Home Won 17 152 292 4 2 1/1 Kennington Oval, London Away Won 18 112 276 4 2 1/3 Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Away Won 19 106 243 4 1 1/3 Galle International Stadium, Galle Home Won 20 206 234 5 2 1/2 Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo Home Won
One Day International centuries + List of ODI centuries scored by Aravinda de Silva No. Score Balls Against Pos. Inn. S/R Venue H/A/N Date Result Ref 1 124 4 2 Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur Away Lost 2 105 4 2 Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo Home Won 3 100 4 1 Harare Sports Club, Harare Away Won 4 115 4 1 Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy Home Won 5 124 4 2 Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Neutral Won 6 123 4 2 Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Home Won 7 116 4 2 Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi Neutral Lost 8 131 4 1 Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Neutral Won 9 117 4 1 Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Home Won 10 90 4 2 Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Away Won 11 94 3 2 R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Home Lost
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