PHKD Mendis of Sri Lanka scored 113 against England at Manchester in the just concluded test which went in vain to provide the 55^th occasion of a Sri Lankan batsman’s century in a test innings in a losing cause. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	I	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	RL Dias	109	1	v Pakistan	Lahore	22 Mar 1982
2	PA de Silva	105	3	v Pakistan	Karachi	7 Nov 1985
3	AP Gurusinha	137	2	v Australia	Col-SSC	17 Aug 1992
4	A Ranatunga	127	2	v Australia	Col-SSC	17 Aug 1992
5	RS Kaluwitharana	132*	2	v Australia	Col-SSC	17 Aug 1992
6	PA de Silva	127	2	v Pakistan	Col-PSS	09 Aug 1994
7	HP Tillakaratne	119	3	v Australia	Perth	08 Dec 1995
8	AP Gurusinha	143	3	v Australia	Melbourne	26 Dec 1995
9	ST Jayasuriya	112	4	v Australia	Adelaide	25 Jan 1996
10	RS Kaluwitharana	103	3	v New Zealand	Dunedin	07 Mar 1997
11	MS Atapattu	120	2	v South Africa	Kandy	30 Jul 2000
12	DPMD Jayawardene	101	1	v England	Kandy	07 Mar 2001
13	DPMD Jayawardene	104	1	v India	Kandy	22 Aug 2001
14	RP Arnold	109	3	v England	Manchester	13 Jun 2002
15	HP Tillakaratne	104*	1	v South Africa	Centurion	15 Nov 2002
16	TM Dilshan	104	2	v Australia	Galle	08 Mar 2004
17	ST Jayasuriya	131	4	v Australia	Kandy	16 Mar 2004
18	MS Atapattu	118	2	v Australia	Col-SSC	24 Mar 2004
19	ST Jayasuriya	107	3	v Pakistan	Karachi	28 Oct 2004
20	KC Sangakkara	138	3	v Pakistan	Karachi	28 Oct 2004
21	MG Vandort	105	3	v England	Birmingham	25 May 2006
22	KC Sangakkara	100*	3	v New Zealand	Christchurch	07 Dec 2006
23	DPMD Jayawardene	104	2	v Australia	Hobart	16 Nov 2007
24	KC Sangakkara	192	4	v Australia	Hobart	16 Nov 2007
25	TT Samaraweera	125	3	v West Indies	Port of Spain	03 Apr 2008
26	TM Dilshan	109	1	v India	Brabourne	02 Dec 2009
27	KC Sangakkara	137	3	v India	Brabourne	02 Dec 2009
28	TT Samaraweera	137*	1	v India	Col-PSS	03 Aug 2010
29	HAPW Jayawardene	112	1	v England	Cardiff	26 May 2011
30	DPMD Jayawardene	105	4	v Australia	Galle	31 Aug 2011
31	TT Samaraweera	115*	3	v South Africa	Cape Town	03 Jan 2012
32	DPMD Jayawardene	105	1	v England	Col-PSS	03 Apr 2012
33	TM Dilshan	147	2	v Australia	Hobart	14 Dec 2012
34	FDM Karunaratne	152	3	v New Zealand	Christchurch	26 Dec 2014
35	KC Sangakkara	203	2	v New Zealand	Wellington	03 Jan 2015
36	JK Silva	125	1	v Pakistan	Galle	17 Jun 2015
37	FDM Karunaratne	130	1	v Pakistan	Pallekele	03 Jul 2015
38	AD Mathews	122	3	v Pakistan	Pallekele	03 Jul 2015
39	AD Mathews	102	2	v India	Col-PSS	20 Aug 2015
40	AD Mathews	110	4	v India	Col-SSC	28 Aug 2015
41	LD Chandimal	126	3	v England	Ch-le-St	27 May 2016
42	LD Chandimal	138	1	v Bangladesh	Col-PSS	15 Mar 2017
43	FDM Karunaratne	126	3	v Bangladesh	Col-PSS	15 Mar 2017
44	FDM Karunaratne	141	3	v India	Col-SSC	03 Aug 2017
45	BKG Mendis	110	3	v India	Col-SSC	03 Aug 2017
46	BKG Mendis	102	4	v West Indies	Port of Spain	06 Jun 2018
47	DM de Silva	109	1	v New Zealand	Col-PSS	22 Aug 2019
48	BOP Fernando	102	4	v Pakistan	Karachi	19 Dec 2019
49	FDM Karunaratne	103	3	v South Africa	Johannesburg	03 Jan 2021
50	HDRL Thirimanne	111	3	v England	Galle	14 Jan 2021
51	AD Mathews	110	1	v England	Galle	22 Jan 2021
52	FDM Karunaratne	107	4	v India	Bengaluru	12 Mar 2022
53	AD Mathews	115	3	v New Zealand	Christchurch	09 Mar 2023
54	DM de Silva	122	1	v Pakistan	Galle	16 Jul 2023
55	PHKD Mendis	113	3	v England	Manchester	21 Aug 2024