Batsmen registering the first one day hundred in a calendar year

Batsmen registering the first one day hundred in a calendar year

TM Dilshan with his 104 runs against Bangladesh at Mirpur on 04.01.10 became the first batsman to score the one day hundred in the calendar year 2010. The following is the list of batsmen who have registered the first one day hundred in each calendar year

In the calendar year 1997, three batsmen scored hundreds in the one day game between Australia and West Indies on 05.01.97. All the three hundreds are taken into account in this list.

Similarly. Six years later, in calendar year 2003, two batsmen scored hundreds in the one day game between Australia and Sri Lanka on 09.01.03. These two hundreds are also taken into account in this list.

Even though the first one day game was played on 05.01.71 in the calendar year 1971, the first one day hundred was scored in 1972 by DL Amiss of England against Australia on 24.08.1972

No Player Runs Team Opp Ground Date Year
1 DL Amiss 103 Eng Aus Manchester 24.08.72 1972
2 DL Amiss 100 Eng NZl Swansea 18.07.73 1973
3 KJWadsworth 104 NZl Aus Christchurch 31.03.74 1974
4 BE Congdon 101 NZl Eng Wellington 09.03.75 1975
5 IVA Richards 119* Win Eng Scarborough 26.08.76 1976
6 DL Amiss 108 Eng Aus The Oval 06.06.77 1977
7 DL Haynes 148 Win Aus St John’s 22.02.78 1978
8 DI Gower 101* Eng Aus Melbourne 04.02.79 1979
9 CG Greenidge 103 Win NZl Christchurch 06.02.80 1980
10 BA Edgar 102* NZl Aus Melbourne 01.02.81 1981
11 GS Chappell 108 Aus NZl Auckland 13.02.82 1982
12 DI Gower 122 Eng NZl Melbourne 13.01.83 1983
13 DL Haynes 108* Win Aus Sydney 17.01.84 1984
14 DL Haynes 123* Win Aus Melbourne 06.01.85 1985
15 GR Marsh 125 Aus Ind Sydney 21.01.86 1986
16 DM Jones 104 Aus Eng Perth 01.01.87 1987
17 IVA Richards 110* Win Ind Rajkot 05.01.88 1988
18 GR Marsh 125* Aus Pak Melbourne 10.01.89 1989
19 Ijaz Ahmed 102* Pak Srl Brisbane 10.02.90 1990
20 GR Marsh 113 Aus Win Bridgetown 13.03.91 1991
21 JavedMiandad 115* Pak Srl Hyd-Pak 15.01.92 1992
22 VG Kambli 100* Ind Eng Jaipur 18.01.93 1993
23 G Kirsten 112* RSA Aus Melbourne 21.01.94 1994
24 MJR Rindel 106 RSA Pak Johannesburg 12.01.95 1995
25 RT Ponting 123 Aus Srl Melbourne 09.01.96 1996
26 ME Waugh 102 Aus Win Brisbane 05.01.97 1997
27 BC Lara 102 Win Aus Brisbane 05.01.97 1997
28 CL Hooper 110* Win Aus Brisbane 05.01.97 1997
29 G Kirsten 103 RSA NZl Brisbane 09.01.98 1998
30 R Dravid 123* Ind NZl Taupo 09.01.99 1999
31 RT Ponting 115 Aus Ind Melbourne 12.01.00 2000
32 ADRCampbell 111 Zim NZl Wellington 04.01.01 2001
33 CL Cairns 102* NZl RSA Brisbane 19.01.02 2002
34 MSAtapattu 101 Srl Aus Sydney 09.01.03 2003
35 STJayasuriya 122 Srl Aus Sydney 09.01.03 2003
36 SB Styris 101* NZl Pak Auckland 03.01.04 2004
37 RT Ponting 115 ICC Asia Melbourne 10.01.05 2005
38 WUTharanga 103 Srl NZl Christchurch 03.01.06 2006
39 RR Watson 123* Sco Can Mombasa 18.01.07 2007
40 JH Kallis 121* RSA Win PElizabeth 27.01.08 2008
41 MJ Guptill 122* NZl Win Auckland 10.01.09 2009
42 TM Dilshan 104 Srl Ban Mirpur 04.01.10 2010

TM Dilshan’s 104 against Bangladesh at Mirpur on 04.01.10 provide the fourth occasion of Sri Lankan batsman to register the first hundred in a calendar year. MS Atapattu’s and ST Jayasuriya’s hundreds against Australia at Sydney on 09.01.03 came in calendar year 2003. The following list show all the four occasions

No Player Runs Team Opp Ground Date Year
1 MSAtapattu 101 Srl Aus Sydney 09.01.03 2003
2 STJayasuriya 122 Srl Aus Sydney 09.01.03 2003
3 WUTharanga 103 Srl NZl Christchurch 03.01.06 2006
4 TM Dilshan 104 Srl Ban Mirpur 04.01.10 2010

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