Australian captains scoring a century in one-day internationals.

Australian captains scoring a century in one-day internationals.

AJ Finch of Australia scored 116 against Pakistan at Sharjah on 22.03.19t to provide the 45th occasion of an Australian captain scoring a century in a one-day international. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No Player Runs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 GS Chappell 125* 2 v England The Oval 06 Jun 1977
2 GS Chappell 138* 1 v New Zealand Sydney 25 Nov 1980
3 GS Chappell 108 2 v New Zealand Auckland 13 Feb 1982
4 AR Border 118* 1 v Sri Lanka Adelaide 28 Jan 1985
5 AR Border 127* 1 v West Indies Sydney 06 Feb 1985
6 MA Taylor 105 1 v India Bengaluru 21 Oct 1996
7 SR Waugh 120* 2 v South Africa Leeds 13 Jun 1999
8 SR Waugh 114* 1 v South Africa Melbourne (CS) 16 Aug 2000
9 RT Ponting 129 1 v South Africa Bloemfontein 30 Mar 2002
10 RT Ponting 119 1 v England Melbourne 15 Dec 2002
11 RT Ponting 106* 2 v Sri Lanka Melbourne 21 Jan 2003
12 RT Ponting 114 1 v Sri Lanka Centurion 07 Mar 2003
13 RT Ponting 140* 1 v India Johannesburg 23 Mar 2003
14 RT Ponting 101 1 v Bangladesh Darwin 06 Aug 2003
15 RT Ponting 108* 1 v India Bengaluru 12 Nov 2003
16 RT Ponting 141* 1 v New Zealand Napier 05 Mar 2005
17 RT Ponting 111 2 v England Lord’s 10 Jul 2005
18 AC Gilchrist 116 2 v Sri Lanka Perth 29 Jan 2006
19 RT Ponting 124 1 v Sri Lanka Sydney 12 Feb 2006
20 RT Ponting 164 1 v South Africa Johannesburg 12 Mar 2006
21 MEK Hussey 109* 1 v West Indies Kuala Lumpur 18 Sep 2006
22 RT Ponting 111 1 v New Zealand Perth 28 Jan 2007
23 RT Ponting 104 2 v New Zealand Melbourne 04 Feb 2007
24 MEK Hussey 105 1 v New Zealand Auckland 18 Feb 2007
25 RT Ponting 113 1 v Scotland Basseterre 14 Mar 2007
26 RT Ponting 107* 2 v New Zealand Adelaide 14 Dec 2007
27 RT Ponting 134* 1 v New Zealand Hobart 20 Dec 2007
28 RT Ponting 124 1 v India Sydney 24 Feb 2008
29 MJ Clarke 100* 2 v Pakistan Abu Dhabi 01 May 2009
30 RT Ponting 126 2 v England Nottingham 15 Sep 2009
31 RT Ponting 111* 2 v England Centurion 02 Oct 2009
32 RT Ponting 106 1 v West Indies Brisbane 14 Feb 2010
33 MJ Clarke 111* 1 v India Visakhapatnam 20 Oct 2010
34 RT Ponting 104 1 v India Ahmedabad 24 Mar 2011
35 MJ Clarke 101 1 v Bangladesh Dhaka 09 Apr 2011
36 MJ Clarke 117 1 v Sri Lanka Adelaide 06 Mar 2012
37 MJ Clarke 105 1 v England Manchester 08 Sep 2013
38 GJ Bailey 156 1 v India Nagpur 30 Oct 2013
39 SPD Smith 102* 2 v England Hobart 23 Jan 2015
40 SPD Smith 149 2 v India Perth 12 Jan 2016
41 DA Warner 106 2 v Sri Lanka Pallekele 04 Sep 2016
42 SPD Smith 108 1 v South Africa Durban 05 Oct 2016
43 SPD Smith 164 1 v New Zealand Sydney 04 Dec 2016
44 SPD Smith 108* 2 v Pakistan Perth 19 Jan 2017
45 AJ Finch 116 2 v Pakistan Sharjah 22 Mar 2019

It also provides the third occasion of an Australian captain scoring a century in a one-day international against Pakistan.  All such occasions are tabulated below. It also represents the highest individual score by an Australian captain against Pakistan. The previous best was 108 not out by SPD Smith at Perth on 19.01.17

No Player Runs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 MJ Clarke 100* 2 v Pakistan Abu Dhabi 01 May 2009
2 SPD Smith 108* 2 v Pakistan Perth 19 Jan 2017
3 AJ Finch 116 2 v Pakistan Sharjah 22 Mar 2019

It also provides the fourth occasion of an Australian captain opener scoring a century in a one day international. All the four occasions are tabulated below

No Player Runs Inns Opposition Ground Start Date
1 MA Taylor 105 1 v India Bengaluru 21 Oct 1996
2 AC Gilchrist 116 2 v Sri Lanka Perth 29 Jan 2006
3 DA Warner 106 2 v Sri Lanka Pallekele 04 Sep 2016
4 AJ Finch 116 2 v Pakistan Sharjah 22 Mar 2019
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