List of international cricket centuries by Adam Gilchrist

Adam Gilchrist is a retired international Australian batsman and wicketkeeper. He scored centuries (scores of 100 or more) 33 times in his career. And he scored centuries in both Test and One Day International (ODI) matches organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC). Describing his batting philosophy simply as "just hit the ball",[1] he has been called "one of the most destructive batsmen the sport has ever seen".[2]

Australian batsman and wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist

Selected for the Australian ODI side, Gilchrist made his debut in October 1996 against South Africa in the Titan Cup at Faridabad.[1] His first century came in January 1998 against the same opponents, this time at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG). Opening the batting, he scored 100 runs from 104 deliveries, and led Australia to a seven-wicket victory.[3] Gilchrist's third ODI century helped Australia to equal the world record for the highest ODI runchase,[4] while his fourth, against Sri Lanka in 1999, helped Australia achieve the highest successful run chase in ODI history at the SCG at the time.[5] His fifth ODI century, 154 against the same team later in the tournament, broke Dean Jones and Ricky Ponting's Australian record score of 145.[6] Gilchrist's sixth ODI century, 128 from 98 deliveries against New Zealand, helped Australia on their way to their highest ever ODI total.[7] He reached the milestone in 78 balls, equalling the Australian record of Allan Border for the fastest hundred in ODIs.[8] As part of Gilchrist's eighth century, he and Ponting shared an Australian second-wicket record partnership of 225.[9] He was named the Australian One-Day International Player of the Year in both 2003 and 2004.[1] Gilchrist's highest score in ODI cricket is 172, achieved against Zimbabwe in January 2004.[10] Gilchrist's century against the World XI came from 73 deliveries, breaking his own Australian record by five balls.[11] He broke this mark again with his 14th century, reaching three figures in 67 balls.[12] His penultimate ODI century was made in the 2007 Cricket World Cup final which also happened to be his only world cup century. Scoring 149 runs from 104 deliveries, including eight sixes and thirteen fours, Gilchrist made the highest score and quickest century in the final of the World Cup.[13] Australia won every ODI match in which Gilchrist scored a century, and he retired with 99 to his name, scoring at a rate of more than one run per delivery in 13 of them.

Gilchrist made his Test debut against Pakistan in November 1999,[1] and scored his first international century in the second match of the series.[14] Scoring an unbeaten 149 in the fourth innings of the match, he led Australia to a four-wicket victory in Hobart. This was the third highest successful runchase in Test history and the highest on Australian soil.[15] His second Test century helped to extend Australia's world record streak of consecutive Test wins to 16.[16] This came after the Australians fell to 5/99 in reply to India's total of 171, before Gilchrist scored 122 from 112 deliveries, featuring in a 197-run partnership with Matthew Hayden in 32 overs.[17] His highest Test score, 204 not out, was made against South Africa at the New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg in February 2002. Featuring in a partnership of 317 with Damien Martyn,[18] this was the fastest double century in Test history at the time, in terms of deliveries received.[19] He followed this with 138 from 108 balls in the next match,[18] and ended the three-Test series with 473 runs from 474 balls, at a batting average of 157.66.[18][20] In the same year, he was named as one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year.[2] In 2006, he made the second-fastest century in Test history, hitting 100 from 57 balls, including three sixes in a single over against English bowler Monty Panesar.[2] Usually batting at number seven in the Test side, Gilchrist scored centuries against all nine other Test nations. By the time of his retirement from international cricket in January 2008, he had scored 17 Test centuries.[2]

Key
Sri Lankan spin bowler Muttiah Muralitharan bowls to Adam Gilchrist in February 2006. Gilchrist hit a century in 67 balls and went on to make 122 before he was bowled by Muralitharan.[21]
Symbol Meaning
* Remained not out
♠ Player of the match
Test The number of the Test matches played in that series
Pos. Position in the batting order
Inn. The innings of the match
S.R. Strike rate during the innings.
H/A/N The venue was at home (Australia), away or neutral.
Lost The match was lost by Australia.
Won The match was won by Australia.
Draw The match was drawn.

Test centuries
No.ScoreAgainstPos.Inn.TestVenueH/ADateResult
1149* Pakistan7 42/3Bellerive Oval, HobartHome18 November 1999Won[14]
2122♠ India7 21/3Wankhede Stadium, MumbaiAway27 February 2001Won[22]
3152♠ England7 21/5Edgbaston, BirminghamAway5 July 2001Won[23]
4118 New Zealand7 11/3Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, BrisbaneHome8 November 2001Draw[24]
5204*♠ South Africa7 11/3New Wanderers Stadium, JohannesburgAway22 February 2002Won[25]
6138* South Africa7 22/3Newlands, Cape TownAway8 March 2002Won[26]
7133 England7 25/5Sydney Cricket Ground, SydneyHome2 January 2003Lost[27]
8101* West Indies5 12/4Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, TrinidadAway19 April 2003Won[28]
9113* Zimbabwe7 11/2Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, PerthHome9 October 2003Won[29]
10144 Sri Lanka3 32/3Asgiriya Stadium, KandyAway16 March 2004Won[30]
11104 India7 11/4M Chinnaswamy Stadium, BangaloreAway6 October 2004Won[31]
12126 New Zealand7 21/2Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, BrisbaneHome18 November 2004Won[32]
13113 Pakistan6 13/3Sydney Cricket Ground, SydneyHome2 January 2005Won[33]
14121♠ New Zealand8 21/3Jade Stadium, ChristchurchAway10 March 2005Won[34]
15162♠ New Zealand7 12/3Basin Reserve, WellingtonAway18 March 2005Draw[35]
16144♠ Bangladesh6 21/2Fatullah Osmani Stadium, FatullahAway9 April 2006Won[36]
17102* England7 33/5Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, PerthHome14 December 2006Won[37]

One Day International centuries
No.ScoreAgainstPos.Inn.S.R.VenueH/A/NDateResult
1100♠ South Africa1 296.15Sydney Cricket Ground, SydneyHome26 January 1998Won[3]
2118♠ New Zealand1 2100.85Lancaster Park, ChristchurchAway8 February 1998Won[38]
3103 Pakistan1 299.03Gaddafi Stadium, LahoreAway10 November 1998Won[39]
4131♠ Sri Lanka1 2111.01Sydney Cricket Ground, SydneyHome13 January 1999Won[40]
5154♠ Sri Lanka1 1119.37Melbourne Cricket Ground, MelbourneHome7 February 1999Won[41]
6128♠ New Zealand2 1130.61Jade Stadium, ChristchurchAway26 February 2000Won[42]
7105♠ South Africa1 2100.96Kingsmead, DurbanAway3 April 2002Won[43]
8124♠ England1 1119.23Melbourne Cricket Ground, MelbourneHome15 December 2002Won[44]
9111♠ India1 1106.73M Chinnaswamy Stadium, BangaloreAway12 November 2003Won[45]
10172♠ Zimbabwe1 1136.50Bellerive Oval, HobartHome16 January 2004Won[46]
11121*♠ England1 2119.80Kennington Oval, LondonAway12 July 2005Won[47]
12103♠ICC World XI1 1130.37Docklands Stadium, MelbourneHome7 October 2005Won[48]
13116♠ Sri Lanka1 2110.47Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, PerthHome29 January 2006Won[49]
14122♠ Sri Lanka1 2134.06Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, BrisbaneHome14 February 2006Won[21]
15149♠ Sri Lanka1 1143.26Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, BarbadosNeutral28 April 2007Won[50]
16118♠ Sri Lanka1 189.39Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, PerthHome15 February 2008Won[51]

References

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