List of international cricket centuries by Sanath Jayasuriya
Introduction Sanath Jayasuriya has the most centuries (28) for Sri Lanka in ODIs.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". 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 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". As a result of his performances, Jayasuriya was selected as a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1997, despite not having played in the previous English cricketing season. 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.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. His career high of 340 against India in August 1997 was the highest score by a Sri Lankan cricketer until 2006 and is also part of the highest team total (952/6) made in Test cricket. 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. Jayasuriya, having scored centuries against every Test playing nation except New Zealand and the West Indies, retired from Test cricket in 2007 with 14 to his name.Jayasuriya made his ODI debut in 1989 and started playing as an opening batsman in 1993.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. , he holds fourth place for the most ODI centuries in a career, behind Sachin Tendulkar (49 centuries), Virat Kohli (43 centuries) and Ricky Ponting (30 centuries). 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. The 189 he made against India in 2000 is the sixth highest ODI score in a single innings. 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.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, and also became the second player to score more than 13,000 runs in a career.
Key * '''*'''  Remained not out* ''''''  Captain in that match* ''''''  Man of the match * (D/L)  Result was determined by the Duckworth–Lewis method
Test centuries +Test centuries scored by Sanath Jayasuriya   Score  Against        Venue         1   112    1  4  3/3  Adelaide Oval, Adelaide  Away    Lost   2   113    1 3  2/2  Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo  Home    Drawn   3   340     1 2  1/2  R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo  Home    Drawn   4   199    1 3  2/2  Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo  Home    Drawn   5   213    1 2  1/1  The Oval, London  Away    Won   6   188     2  1  3/3  Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy  Home    Drawn   7   148     2 1  1/3  Galle International Stadium, Galle  Home    Won   8   111      2 2  1/3  Galle International Stadium, Galle  Home    Won   9   139     2 2  2/3  Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy  Home    Won   10   145     6 2  1/2  Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo  Home    Won   11   131    2 4  2/3  Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy  Home    Lost   12   157    2 2  1/2 Harare Sports Club Ground, Harare  Away    Won   13   253     2 3  1/2  Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad  Away    Won   14   107    1 3  2/2  National Stadium, Karachi  Away    Lost
ODI centuries +ODI centuries scored by Sanath Jayasuirya   Score  Balls  Against        Venue         1   140  143    2 1  97.90   Goodyear Park, Bloemfontein   Neutral    No result   2   134   65    1 1  206.15   Singapore Cricket Club,  Padang  Neutral    Won   3   120*   128    1 2  93.75   R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo  Home    Won   4   151*   120    1 2  125.83   Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai  Away    Won   5   108   83    1 1  130.12   Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo  Home    Won   6   134*   114    1 2  117.54   Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore  Away    Won   7   102    100    1 2  102.00   Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo  Home    Won   8   105    116    1 1  90.51   Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka  Neutral    Won   9   189    161    1 1  117.39   Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah  Neutral    Won   10   103    83    1 2  124.09   Eden Park, Auckland  Away    Won   11   107   116    2 1  92.24   Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah  Neutral    Won  12   112    87    1 1  128.73   Headingley, Leeds  Away    Lost   13   102*    120    1 2  85.00   R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo  Home    Won   14   122    105    2 1  116.19   Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney  Away    Won   15   106    110    2 1  96.36   Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney  Neutral    Won   16   120    125    2 1  96.00   Goodyear Park, Bloemfontein  Neutral    Won   17   107*   101    2 2  105.94   R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo  Home    Won   18   130  132    2  2  98.48   R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo  Home    Lost   19   114   96    2 1  118.75   Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney  Away    Won   20   122   136    2  1  89.70   The Oval, London  Away    Won   21   152   99    2 2  153.53   Headingley, Leeds  Away    Won   22   157   104    2 1  150.96   VRA Cricket Ground, Amstelveen  Away    Won   23   111   82    2 2  135.36   McLean Park, Napier  Away    Won   24   109   87    2 1  125.28   Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain  Neutral    Won (D/L)   25   115   101    2 1  113.86   Providence Stadium, Guyana  Away    Won   26   130   88    1 1  147.72   National Stadium, Karachi  Neutral    Won   27   125  114    1 1  109.64   National Stadium, Karachi  Neutral    Won   28   107   114    2 1  93.85   Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla  Home    Lost
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