List of international cricket centuries by David Boon

David Boon is a former international cricketer who represented Australia between 1984 and 1996. A right-handed batsman who primarily played as an opener, Boon took part in 107 Test matches and 181 One Day Internationals (ODIs) for his country and scored centuries (100 or more runs in a single innings) on twenty-one and five occasions respectively.[1]

A portrait of David Boon
Boon scored 26 international centuries for Australia

Boon made his Test and ODI debuts against the West Indies in 1984.[1] He made his first Test century in December 1985, when he scored 123 against India at the Adelaide Oval.[2] He achieved his highest Test score in 1989, when he made 200—his solitary double-century—against New Zealand at the WACA Ground, Perth.[3][4] Boon scored three centuries in three consecutive Tests, against India during the 1991–92 home series; he achieved the feat once more in the 1993 Ashes series.[5] His accomplishments with the bat during the 1993 English cricket season led to Wisden naming him as one of their Cricketers of the Year in 1994 and describing him as "the most assured batsman in the Australian team".[6] As of 2017, Boon is ninth (with Neil Harvey) in the list of leading Test century-makers for Australia.[7] He scored centuries against six different opponents, including six outside Australia. He was most successful against England, scoring seven Test centuries; six of his Test centuries came against India.[3]

Boon's first ODI century came against India at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur in September 1986.[8] His highest score in ODI cricket was against Sri Lanka during the 1987–88 World Series Cup when he scored 122 at the Adelaide Oval.[9][10] He was most successful against India, accumulating two ODI centuries.[11] As of 2017, he holds fourteenth position with Damien Martyn in the list of ODI century-makers for Australia.[12]

Key

Boon made five of his international centuries at the Adelaide Oval.[3][11]
Key
SymbolMeaning
*Remained not out
Man of the match
Pos.Position in the batting order
BallsBalls faced
Inn.The innings of the match
TestThe number of the Test match played in that series
S/R.Strike rate during the innings
H/A/NVenue was at home (Australia), away or neutral.
DateDate the match was held, or the starting date of match for Test matches
LostThe match was lost by Australia.
WonThe match was won by Australia.
DrawnThe match was drawn.
TiedThe match result was a Tie.

Test cricket centuries

Test centuries scored by David Boon[13]
No.ScoreAgainstPos.Inn.TestVenueH/A/NDateResultRef
1123  India211/3Adelaide Oval, AdelaideHome13 December 1985Drawn[2]
2131  India123/3Sydney Cricket Ground, SydneyHome2 January 1986Drawn[14]
3122  India111/3MA Chidambaram Stadium, MadrasAway18 September 1986Tied[15]
4103  England213/5Adelaide Oval, AdelaideHome12 December 1986Drawn[16]
5143 ‡  New Zealand221/3Brisbane Cricket Ground, BrisbaneHome4 December 1987Won[17]
6184* ‡  England131/1Sydney Cricket Ground, SydneyHome29 January 1988Drawn[18]
7149  West Indies324/5Sydney Cricket Ground, SydneyHome26 January 1989Won[19]
8200  New Zealand211/1WACA Ground, PerthHome24 November 1989Won[4]
9121  England334/5Adelaide Oval, AdelaideHome25 January 1991Drawn[20]
10109* ‡  West Indies321/5Sabina Park, KingstonAway1 March 1991Drawn[21]
11129*  India313/5Sydney Cricket Ground, SydneyHome2 January 1992Drawn[22]
12135  India334/5Adelaide Oval, AdelaideHome25 January 1992Won[23]
13107  India315/5WACA Ground, PerthHome1 February 1992Won[24]
14111 ‡  West Indies131/6Brisbane Cricket Ground, BrisbaneHome27 November 1992Drawn[25]
15164*  England312/6Lord's Cricket Ground, LondonAway17 June 1993Won[26]
16101  England323/6Trent Bridge, NottinghamAway1 July 1993Drawn[27]
17107  England314/6Headingley, LeedsAway22 July 1993Won[28]
18106  New Zealand312/3Bellerive Oval, HobartHome26 November 1993Won[29]
19114*  Pakistan331/3National Stadium, KarachiAway28 September 1994Lost[30]
20131  England332/4Melbourne Cricket Ground, MelbourneHome24 December 1994Won[31]
21110  Sri Lanka312/3Melbourne Cricket Ground, MelbourneHome26 December 1995Won[32]

One Day International centuries

ODI centuries scored by David Boon[33]
No.ScoreBallsAgainstPos.Inn.S/RVenueH/A/NDateResultRef
1111118  India2194.06Sawai Mansingh Stadium, JaipurAway7 September 1986Lost[8]
2122 ‡130  Sri Lanka2193.84Adelaide Oval, AdelaideHome10 January 1988Won[10]
3102* ‡168  India1260.71Bellerive Oval, HobartHome10 December 1991Won[34]
4100133  New Zealand1275.18Eden Park, AucklandAway22 February 1992Lost[35]
5100 ‡147  West Indies2168.02Melbourne Cricket Ground, MelbourneHome18 March 1992Won[36]

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