Sri Lankan batsmen – one scoring a ninety and another a century in the same test innings
BOP Fernando {91}, P Nissanka {103} and N Dickwella {96} scored nineties and century in the third innings of the test against West Indies at North Sound in the first test of the just concluded series to provide the 21st occasion of at least Sri Lanka’s one batsman scoring a ninety and another scoring a century in the same test innings. All such occasions are tabulated below
No | No | Player | Runs | I | Opp | Ground | Start Date |
1 | 1 | S Wettimuny | 157 | 1 | Pak | Faisalabad | 14 Mar 1982 |
2 | RL Dias | 98 | 1 | Pak | Faisalabad | 14 Mar 1982 | |
3 | RS Madugalle | 91* | 1 | Pak | Faisalabad | 14 Mar 1982 | |
2 | 1 | RL Dias | 97 | 3 | Ind | Chennai | 17 Sep 1982 |
2 | LRD Mendis | 105 | 3 | Ind | Chennai | 17 Sep 1982 | |
3 | 1 | SAR Silva | 111 | 1 | Ind | Col-PSS | 06 Sep 1985 |
2 | RL Dias | 95 | 1 | Ind | Col-PSS | 06 Sep 1985 | |
4 | 1 | RS Mahanama | 109 | 1 | NZl | Col-SSC | 06 Dec 1992 |
2 | HP Tillakaratne | 93 | 1 | NZl | Col-SSC | 06 Dec 1992 | |
5 | 1 | HP Tillakaratne | 108 | 3 | NZl | Dunedin | 18 Mar 1995 |
2 | A Ranatunga | 90 | 3 | NZl | Dunedin | 18 Mar 1995 | |
6 | 1 | M Jayawardene | 91 | 2 | Zim | Harare | 26 Nov 1999 |
2 | TM Dilshan | 163* | 2 | Zim | Harare | 26 Nov 1999 | |
7 | 1 | Sangakkara | 140 | 2 | Win | Galle | 13 Nov 2001 |
2 | M Jayawardene | 99 | 2 | Win | Galle | 13 Nov 2001 | |
8 | 1 | ST Jayasuriya | 92 | 1 | Zim | Col-SSC | 27 Dec 2001 |
2 | Sangakkara | 128 | 1 | Zim | Col-SSC | 27 Dec 2001 | |
3 | HP Tillakaratne | 96 | 1 | Zim | Col-SSC | 27 Dec 2001 | |
4 | Samaraweera | 123* | 1 | Zim | Col-SSC | 27 Dec 2001 | |
9 | 1 | M Jayawardene | 213* | 1 | Eng | Galle | 18 Dec 2007 |
2 | WPUJC Vaas | 90 | 1 | Eng | Galle | 18 Dec 2007 | |
10 | 1 | TM Dilshan | 162 | 1 | Ban | Chattogram | 03 Jan 2009 |
2 | CK Kapugedera | 96 | 1 | Ban | Chattogram | 03 Jan 2009 | |
11 | 1 | TM Dilshan | 92 | 1 | NZl | Galle | 18 Aug 2009 |
2 | M Jayawardene | 114 | 1 | NZl | Galle | 18 Aug 2009 | |
3 | Samaraweera | 159 | 1 | NZl | Galle | 18 Aug 2009 | |
12 | 1 | M Jayawardene | 92 | 1 | NZl | Col-SSC | 26 Aug 2009 |
2 | Samaraweera | 143 | 1 | NZl | Col-SSC | 26 Aug 2009 | |
13 | 1 | Sangakkara | 109 | 3 | NZl | Col-SSC | 26 Aug 2009 |
2 | M Jayawardene | 96 | 3 | NZl | Col-SSC | 26 Aug 2009 | |
14 | 1 | TM Dilshan | 109 | 1 | Ind | Mum-BS | 02 Dec 2009 |
2 | AD Mathews | 99 | 1 | Ind | Mum-BS | 02 Dec 2009 | |
15 | 1 | M Jayawardene | 105 | 4 | Aus | Galle | 31 Aug 2011 |
2 | AD Mathews | 95 | 4 | Aus | Galle | 31 Aug 2011 | |
16 | 1 | TM Dilshan | 92 | 1 | Pak | Sharjah | 03 Nov 2011 |
2 | Sangakkara | 144 | 1 | Pak | Sharjah | 03 Nov 2011 | |
17 | 1 | JK Silva | 95 | 2 | Pak | Dub-DSC | 08 Jan 2014 |
2 | M Jayawardene | 129 | 2 | Pak | Dub-DSC | 08 Jan 2014 | |
18 | 1 | Sangakkara | 221 | 2 | Pak | Galle | 06 Aug 2014 |
2 | AD Mathews | 91 | 2 | Pak | Galle | 06 Aug 2014 | |
19 | 1 | JK Silva | 94 | 1 | Zim | Harare | 29 Oct 2016 |
2 | MDKJ Perera | 110 | 1 | Zim | Harare | 29 Oct 2016 | |
20 | 1 | F Karunaratne | 93 | 1 | Pak | A Dhabi | 28 Sep 2017 |
2 | LD Chandimal | 155* | 1 | Pak | A Dhabi | 28 Sep 2017 | |
21 | 1 | AD Mathews | 110 | 1 | Eng | Galle | 22 Jan 2021 |
2 | N Dickwella | 92 | 1 | Eng | Galle | 22 Jan 2021 | |
22 | 1 | BOP Fernando | 91 | 3 | Win | N Sound | 21 Mar 2021 |
2 | P Nissanka | 103 | 3 | Win | N Sound | 21 Mar 2021 | |
3 | N Dickwella | 96 | 3 | Win | N Sound | 21 Mar 2021 |
BOP Fernando {91}, P Nissanka {103} and N Dickwella {96} scored nineties and century in the third innings of the test against West Indies at North Sound in the first test of the just concluded series to provide the second occasion of Sri Lanka’s two batsmen scoring nineties and another scoring a century in the same test innings. Both such occasions are tabulated below. The first such occasion was witnessed against Pakistan at Faisalabad in March 198
No | No | Player | Runs | I | Opp | Ground | Start Date |
1 | 1 | S Wettimuny | 157 | 1 | Pak | Faisalabad | 14 Mar 1982 |
2 | RL Dias | 98 | 1 | Pak | Faisalabad | 14 Mar 1982 | |
3 | RS Madugalle | 91* | 1 | Pak | Faisalabad | 14 Mar 1982 | |
2 | 1 | BOP Fernando | 91 | 3 | Win | N Sound | 21 Mar 2021 |
2 | P Nissanka | 103 | 3 | Win | N Sound | 21 Mar 2021 | |
3 | N Dickwella | 96 | 3 | Win | N Sound | 21 Mar 2021 |