List of international cricket centuries by Younis Khan

A man in parrot-green shirt and blue cap standing in a cricket ground
Younus Khan has scored 40 centuries for Pakistan.[1]

Younus Khan (also spelled as Younis 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-three and seven occasions respectively.[3][4] He has played 103 Test and 258 ODI matches for Pakistan, scoring 9,071 and 7,240 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] 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]

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 Test centuries at 17 cricket grounds, including 20 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 nations.[15] He is most successful against and Sri Lanka, making seven Test centuries against them. Khan has made a double century (200 or more runs) on six occasions during Tests while two times got out on 199 and 194 respectively.[16] As of 2016, he is ninth overall among all-time Test century-makers,[3] and top of the equivalent list for Pakistan.[17] In October 2015, Khan became Pakistan's all-time leading run scorer in Test matches, overtaking Javed Miandad's tally of 8832 runs, while playing against England. He is also the only Pakistani batsman to score over 9000 Test runs.

Khan made his ODI debut in February 2000 against Sri Lanka at the National Stadium,[18] Khan's first century came against Hong Kong in July 2004 at the Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo. He scored 144 runs in the match which is his highest total in an ODI match.[19] As of 2016, he is tenth in the list ODI century-makers for Pakistan, a position he shares with Zaheer Abbas.[20] Khan played 25 Twenty20 International (T20I) matches between 2006 and 2010, and never scored a century in the format.[21] His highest score in T20Is remained 51, against Sri Lanka during the 2007 ICC World Twenty20.[22] He announced his retirement from T20Is after winning 2009 ICC World Twenty20 for Pakistan.[23] As of 2016, he is jointly twelfth overall among all-time combined century-makers,[1][n 4] and top of the equivalent list for Pakistan.[24]

Key

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.
Key
Symbol Meaning
* Remained not out
dagger Man of the match
double-dagger Captained the Pakistan cricket team
Balls Balls faced
Pos. Position in the batting order
Inn. The innings of the match
Test The number of the Test match played in that series
S/R Strike rate during the innings
H/A/N Venue was at home (Pakistan), away or neutral
Date Date the match was held, or the starting date of match for Test matches
Lost The match was lost by Pakistan.
Won The match was won by Pakistan.
Drawn The match was drawn.

Test cricket centuries

List of Test centuries scored by Younus Khan
No. Score Balls Against Pos. Inn. Test S/R Venue H/A/N Date Result Ref
1 107 250  Sri Lanka 7 3 1/3 42.80 Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Home 29 February 2000 Lost [7]
2 116 281  Sri Lanka 6 2 2/3 41.28 Galle International Stadium, Galle Away 21 June 2000 Won [25]
3 149* 182  New Zealand 6 3 1/3 81.86 Eden Park, Auckland Away 8 March 2001 Won [26]
4 119 217  Bangladesh 3 2 2/2 54.83 Chittagong Stadium, Chittagong Away 16 January 2002 Won [27]
5 153 dagger 291  West Indies 3 1 2/2 52.57 Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Neutral 7 February 2002 Won [28]
6 124 215  Sri Lanka 3 2 2/2 57.67 National Stadium, Karachi Home 28 October 2004 Lost [29]
7 147 258  India 3 3 2/3 56.97 Eden Gardens, Kolkata Away 16 March 2005 Lost [30]
8 267 dagger 504  India 3 1 3/3 52.97 M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore Away 24 March 2005 Won [31]
9 106 190  West Indies 3 1 2/2 55.78 Sabina Park, Kingston Away 3 June 2005 Won [32]
10 199 336  India 3 1 1/3 59.22 Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Home 13 January 2006 Drawn [33]
11 194 299  India 3 3 2/3 64.88 Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad Home 25 January 2006 Drawn [34]
12 173 dagger 285  England 3 2 3/3 60.70 Headingley Stadium, Leeds Away 4 August 2006 Lost [35]
13 126 160  South Africa 3 4 1/3 78.75 National Stadium, Karachi Home 1 October 2007 Lost [36]
14 130 246  South Africa 3 4 2/2 52.84 Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Home 8 October 2007 Drawn [37]
15 107* double-dagger 182  India 4 4 2/3 58.79 Eden Gardens, Kolkata Away 30 November 2007 Drawn [38]
16 313 Khan was selected man of the match. Khan captained Pakistan in the match. 568  Sri Lanka 3 2 1/2 55.10 National Stadium, Karachi Home 21 February 2009 Drawn [10]
17 131* dagger 230  South Africa 4 4 1/2 56.95 DSC Cricket Stadium, Dubai Neutral 12 November 2010 Drawn [39]
18 122 211  Sri Lanka 4 2 3/3 57.81 Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Neutral 3 November 2011 Drawn [40]
19 200* dagger 290  Bangladesh 4 2 1/2 68.96 Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong Away 9 December 2011 Won [41]
20 127 221  England 4 3 3/3 57.46 DSC Cricket Stadium, Dubai Neutral 3 February 2012 Won [42]
21 111 226  South Africa 4 1 2/3 49.11 Newlands, Cape Town Away 14 February 2013 Lost [43]
22 200* dagger 404  Zimbabwe 4 3 1/2 49.50 Harare Sports Club, Harare Away 3 September 2013 Won [44]
23 136 198  Sri Lanka 4 2 1/3 68.68 Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi Neutral 1 January 2014 Drawn [45]
24 177 331  Sri Lanka 4 1 1/2 53.47 Galle International Stadium, Galle Away 7 August 2014 Lost [46]
25 106 dagger 223  Australia 4 1 1/2 47.53 DSC Cricket Stadium, Dubai Neutral 22 October 2014 Won [47]
26 103* dagger 152  Australia 3 3 1/2 67.76 DSC Cricket Stadium, Dubai Neutral 25 October 2014 Won [47]
27 213 349  Australia 4 1 2/2 61.03 Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi Neutral 30 October 2014 Won [48]
28 100* 141  New Zealand 4 1 1/3 70.92 Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi Neutral 10 November 2014 Won [49]
29 148 195  Bangladesh 4 1 2/2 75.89 Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur Away 6 May 2015 Won [50]
30 171* dagger 271  Sri Lanka 4 4 3/3 63.09 Pallekele Cricket Stadium Away 7 July 2015 Won [51]
31 118 211  England 4 3 2/3 55.92 DSC Cricket Stadium, Dubai Neutral 25 October 2015 Won [52]
32 218 dagger 308  England 5 2 4/4 70.13 Kennington Oval, London Away 12 August 2016 Won [53]
33 127 205  West Indies 4 1 2/3 61.95 Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Neutral 21 October 2016 Won [54]

One Day International centuries

List of ODI centuries scored by Younus Khan
No. Score Balls Against Pos. Inn. S/R Venue H/A/N Date Result Ref
1 144 122  Hong Kong 4 1 118.03 Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Neutral 18 July 2004 Won [19]
2 101 dagger 109  England 3 2 92.66 Rose Bowl Stadium, Southampton Away 5 September 2006 Won [55]
3 117 dagger 110  India 3 2 106.36 Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali Away 8 November 2007 Won [56]
4 108 dagger 99  India 3 1 109.09 Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, Dhaka Neutral 14 June 2008 Won [57]
5 123* dagger 117  India 3 2 105.12 National Stadium, Karachi Home 2 July 2008 Won [58]
6 101 dagger 119  West Indies 3 1 84.87 Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi Neutral 16 November 2008 Won [59]
7 103 117  New Zealand 3 2 88.03 Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi Neutral 17 December 2014 Lost [60]

Notes

  1. ↑ The previous Pakistan players to score a century on their debut were Khalid Ibadulla, Javed Miandad, Saleem Malik, Mohammad Wasim, Ali Naqvi and Azhar Mahmood. This feat was later achieved by Taufeeq Umar, Yasir Hameed, Fawad Alam and Umar Akmal.[8]
  2. ↑ Previously, Hanif Mohammad and Inzamam-ul-Haq scored 337 and 329 runs respectively. Azhar Ali scored 302 not out in 2016.[11]
  3. ↑ The previous Pakistani to score centuries in both innings of a Test were Hanif (1962), Miandad (1984), Wajahatullah Wasti (1999), Yasir (2003), Inzamam (2005) and Mohammad Yousuf (2006). This feat was later achieved by Azhar Ali and Misbah-ul-Haq in 2014.[14]
  4. ↑ He shares the position with Matthew Hayden.[1]

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