List of international cricket centuries by Younis Khan

Younis Khan (also spelled as Younus Khan) is a Pakistani cricketer and former captain of the Pakistan national cricket team.[2] He has scored centuries (100 or more runs in a single innings) in Test and One Day International (ODI) matches on thirty-four and seven occasions respectively.[3][4] He has played 115 Test and 265 ODI matches for Pakistan, scoring 10000+ and 7,249 runs respectively.[2] He was described by the BBC as "a dependable member of the strong Pakistan middle order" and the "most graceful batsman in the side".[5] Former Australian captain Michael Clarke said about him that he was "one of the gentlemen of our game, class player" and "a very good player".[6]

A man in parrot-green shirt and blue cap standing in a cricket ground
Younis Khan has scored 41 centuries for Pakistan.[1]
A view of a cricket ground during a practice match
Khan made his International debut at the National Stadium, Karachi, in 2000, and made a triple-century there in 2009.

Khan scored a century on his Test debut against Sri Lanka at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium in 2000,[7] and became the seventh Pakistan player to achieve this feat.[8][9][n 1] His score of 313, against Sri Lanka at the National Stadium, Karachi in 2009, is the third highest total by a Pakistan batsman in Test cricket and the twentieth highest overall.[10][11][n 2] Khan has scored 34 Test centuries at twenty-one cricket grounds, including 27 at venues outside Pakistan.[12][13] He scored centuries in both innings of a Test match against Australia in January 2014 becoming seventh Pakistani to achieve the feat.[n 3]

In Test cricket, Khan is the first Pakistani batsman to score centuries against all the Test cricket playing teams and only cricketer to score to score centuries in eleven countries.[15] He was most successful against Sri Lanka, making eight Test centuries against them. As of January 2017, he is joint sixth-overall among all-time Test century-makers,[3] and top of the equivalent list for Pakistan.[16] In October 2015, Khan became Pakistan's all-time leading run scorer in Test matches, overtaking Javed Miandad's tally of 8,832 runs, while playing against England.[17] He is also the only Pakistani batsman to score over 10,000 Test runs.[18] In August 2016, Khan scored his sixth double century (200 or more runs) during Tests to equal Javed Miandad’s record of scoring the most individual double tons for Pakistan in Test cricket.[19] He also became only the second batsman after Kumar Sangakkara to register six scores of more than 200 against six different countries.[20]

Khan made his ODI debut in February 2000 against Sri Lanka at the National Stadium,[21] Khan's first century came against Hong Kong in July 2004 at the Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo. His score of 144 is his highest set in an ODI match.[22] As of January 2017, he is tenth in the list of ODI century-makers for Pakistan, a position he shares with Zaheer Abbas.[23] Khan played 25 Twenty20 International (T20I) matches between 2006 and 2010, and never scored a century in the format.[24] His highest score in T20Is remained 51, against Sri Lanka during the 2007 ICC World Twenty20.[25] He announced his retirement from T20Is after winning the 2009 ICC World Twenty20 for Pakistan.[26] As of January 2017, he is jointly twelfth overall among all-time combined century-makers,[1][n 4] and top of the equivalent list for Pakistan.[27]

Key

Test cricket centuries

Test centuries scored by Younis[28]
No.ScoreBallsAgainstPos.Inn.TestS/RVenueH/A/NDateResultRef
1107250  Sri Lanka731/342.80Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, RawalpindiHome29 February 2000Lost[7]
2116281  Sri Lanka622/341.28Galle International Stadium, GalleAway21 June 2000Won[29]
3149*182  New Zealand631/381.86Eden Park, AucklandAway8 March 2001Won[30]
4119217  Bangladesh322/254.83Chittagong Stadium, ChittagongAway16 January 2002Won[31]
5153291  West Indies312/252.57Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, SharjahNeutral7 February 2002Won[32]
6124215  Sri Lanka322/257.67National Stadium, KarachiHome28 October 2004Lost[33]
7147258  India332/356.97Eden Gardens, KolkataAway16 March 2005Lost[34]
8267504  India313/352.97M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, BangaloreAway24 March 2005Won[35]
9106190  West Indies312/255.78Sabina Park, KingstonAway3 June 2005Won[36]
10199336  India311/359.22Gaddafi Stadium, LahoreHome13 January 2006Drawn[37]
11194299  India332/364.88Iqbal Stadium, FaisalabadHome25 January 2006Drawn[38]
12173285  England323/360.70Headingley Stadium, LeedsAway4 August 2006Lost[39]
13126160  South Africa341/378.75National Stadium, KarachiHome1 October 2007Lost[40]
14130246  South Africa342/252.84Gaddafi Stadium, LahoreHome8 October 2007Drawn[41]
15107*182  India442/358.79Eden Gardens, KolkataAway30 November 2007Drawn[42]
16313 † ‡568  Sri Lanka321/255.10National Stadium, KarachiHome21 February 2009Drawn[10]
17131*230  South Africa441/256.95DSC Cricket Stadium, DubaiNeutral12 November 2010Drawn[43]
18122211  Sri Lanka423/357.81Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, SharjahNeutral3 November 2011Drawn[44]
19200*290  Bangladesh421/268.96Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, ChittagongAway9 December 2011Won[45]
20127221  England433/357.46DSC Cricket Stadium, DubaiNeutral3 February 2012Won[46]
21111226  South Africa412/349.11Newlands, Cape TownAway14 February 2013Lost[47]
22200*404  Zimbabwe431/249.50Harare Sports Club, HarareAway3 September 2013Won[48]
23136198  Sri Lanka421/368.68Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu DhabiNeutral1 January 2014Drawn[49]
24177331  Sri Lanka411/253.47Galle International Stadium, GalleAway7 August 2014Lost[50]
25106223  Australia411/247.53DSC Cricket Stadium, DubaiNeutral22 October 2014Won[51]
26103*152  Australia331/267.76DSC Cricket Stadium, DubaiNeutral25 October 2014Won[51]
27213349  Australia412/261.03Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu DhabiNeutral30 October 2014Won[52]
28100*141  New Zealand411/370.92Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu DhabiNeutral10 November 2014Won[53]
29148195  Bangladesh412/275.89Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, MirpurAway6 May 2015Won[54]
30171*271  Sri Lanka443/363.09Pallekele Cricket StadiumAway7 July 2015Won[55]
31118211  England432/355.92DSC Cricket Stadium, DubaiNeutral25 October 2015Won[56]
32218308  England524/470.13Kennington Oval, LondonAway12 August 2016Won[57]
33127205  West Indies412/361.95Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu DhabiNeutral21 October 2016Won[58]
34175*334  Australia423/352.39Sydney Cricket Ground, SydneyAway3 January 2017Lost[59]

One Day International cricket centuries

ODI centuries scored by Younis[60]
No.ScoreAgainstPos.Inn.S/RVenueH/A/NDateResultRef
1144  Hong Kong41118.03Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, ColomboNeutral18 July 2004Won[61]
2101  England3292.66Rose Bowl, SouthamptonAway5 September 2006Won[62]
3117  India32106.36Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, MohaliAway8 November 2007Won[63]
4108  India31109.09Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, DhakaNeutral14 June 2008Won[64]
5123*  India32105.12National Stadium, KarachiHome2 July 2008Won[65]
6101  West Indies3184.87Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu DhabiNeutral16 November 2008Won[66]
7103  New Zealand3288.03Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu DhabiNeutral17 December 2014Lost[67]

Notes

References

General

  • "Younis Khan Test centuries". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 4 November 2014. Retrieved 8 December 2012.
  • "Younis Khan One Day International centuries". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 December 2012.[permanent dead link]

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