P Nissanka of Sri Lanka scored  127 not out against England in the just concluded test at The Oval to provide the 37th occasion of a Sri Lanka’s opening batsman’s century in a winning cause. Sri Lanka won this test by eight wickets

No	Player	Runs	I	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	SAR Silva	111	1	v India	Col-PSS	06 Sep 1985
2	RS Mahanama	109	1	v New Zealand	Col-SSC	06 Dec 1992
3	MS Atapattu	223	1	v Zimbabwe	Kandy	07 Jan 1998
4	ST Jayasuriya	213	2	v England	The Oval	27 Aug 1998
5	ST Jayasuriya	148	1	v South Africa	Galle	20 Jul 2000
6	MS Atapattu	201*	1	v England	Galle	22 Feb 2001
7	ST Jayasuriya	111	2	v India	Galle	14 Aug 2001
8	MS Atapattu	108	2	v India	Col-SSC	29 Aug 2001
9	MS Atapattu	201	2	v Bangladesh	Col-SSC	06 Sep 2001
10	ST Jayasuriya	139	2	v Zimbabwe	Kandy	04 Jan 2002
11	MS Atapattu	100*	3	v Zimbabwe	Galle	12 Jan 2002
12	MG Vandort	140	3	v Bangladesh	Col-SSC	28 Jul 2002
13	MS Atapattu	170	2	v Zimbabwe	Harare	06 May 2004
14	ST Jayasuriya	157	2	v Zimbabwe	Harare	06 May 2004
15	MS Atapattu	249	2	v Zimbabwe	Bulawayo	14 May 2004
16	ST Jayasuriya	253	3	v Pakistan	Faisalabad	20 Oct 2004
17	WU Tharanga	165	2	v Bangladesh	Bogra	08 Mar 2006
18	MG Vandort	117	2	v Bangladesh	Col-SSC	25 Jun 2007
19	SM Warnapura	120	1	v West Indies	Providence	22 Mar 2008
20	SM Warnapura	115	1	v India	Col-SSC	23 Jul 2008
21	TM Dilshan	123*	3	v New Zealand	Galle	18 Aug 2009
22	NT Paranavitana	111	1	v India	Galle	18 Jul 2010
23	TM Dilshan	101	1	v Pakistan	Galle	22 Jun 2012
24	JK Silva	139	2	v Bangladesh	Mirpur	27 Jan 2014
25	FDM Karunaratne	186	1	v West Indies	Galle	14 Oct 2015
26	FDM Karunaratne	110	3	v Zimbabwe	Harare	29 Oct 2016
27	WU Tharanga	115	3	v Bangladesh	Galle	07 Mar 2017
28	FDM Karunaratne	196	1	v Pakistan	Dub-DICS	06 Oct 2017
29	FDM Karunaratne	158*	1	v South Africa	Galle	12 Jul 2018
30	FDM Karunaratne	122	4	v New Zealand	Galle	14 Aug 2019
31	FDM Karunaratne	118	1	v Bangladesh	Pallekele	29 Apr 2021
32	HDRL Thirimanne	140	1	v Bangladesh	Pallekele	29 Apr 2021
33	FDM Karunaratne	147	1	v West Indies	Galle	21 Nov 2021
34	FDM Karunaratne	179	1	v Ireland	Galle	16 Apr 2023
35	KNM Fernando	205	2	v Ireland	Galle	24 Apr 2023
36	FDM Karunaratne	115	2	v Ireland	Galle	24 Apr 2023
37	P Nissanka	127*	4	v England	The Oval	06 Sep 2024

P Nissanka of Sri Lanka scored  127 not out against England in the just concluded test at The Oval to provide the third occasion of a Sri Lanka’s opening batsman’s century against England in a winning cause. Sri Lanka won this test by eight wickets

No	Player	Runs	I	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	ST Jayasuriya	213	2	v England	The Oval	27 Aug 1998
2	MS Atapattu	201*	1	v England	Galle	22 Feb 2001
3	P Nissanka	127*	4	v England	The Oval	06 Sep 2024

P Nissanka of Sri Lanka scored  127 not out against England in the just concluded test at The Oval to provide the second occasion of a Sri Lanka’s opening batsman’s century in the fourth innings of a test in a winning cause. Sri Lanka won this test by eight wickets

No	Player	Runs	I	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	FDM Karunaratne	122	4	v New Zealand	Galle	14 Aug 2019
2	P Nissanka	127*	4	v England	The Oval	06 Sep 2024