Five ODI centuries in the same day – Luke Ronchi, Grant Elliott, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Ian Bell and Steven Smith
There were five centuries scored in different matches on January 23, 2015 in ODIs. At Dunedin, first Luke Ronchi smashed an unbeaten 170 and Grant Elliott scored unbeaten 104 for the Kiwis. In reply, Tillakaratne Dilshan scored 106 runs to end up losing the match by 108 runs as the target set was 361. In the same continent, in Australia at Hobart another ODI was played – between Australia and England.
Ian Bell scored 141 runs for England batting first and set Australia a target of 304 to win. For Australia Steve Smith scored an unbeaten 102 and won the match for Australia by three wickets. That is, five centuries were scored within 12 hours in the same day.
So, is five centuries the most number of centuries in ODIs in a single day? Or there have been more?
It is only the second time in the history of ODIs since 1971 that five centuries have been scored in the single day in ODIs. It is the highest in the case. The previous and the only occasion of five ODI centuries in a single day were on September 3, 2013 when William Porterfield, Eoin Morgan, Ravi Bopara, Aaron Finch and Shaun Marsh scored centuries.
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Date |
Batsman 1 |
Batsman 2 |
Batsman 3 |
Batsman 4 |
Batsman 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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September 3, 2013 |
WTS Porterfield (Ire) 112 |
EJG Morgan (Eng) 124* |
RS Bopara (Eng) 101* |
AJ Finch (Aus) 148 |
SE Marsh (Aus) 151 |
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January 23, 2015 |
L Ronchi (NZ) 170* |
GD Elliott (NZ) 104* |
TM Dilshan (SL) 116 |
IR Bell (Eng) 141 |
SPD Smith (Aus) 102* |
There have been four occasions of four ODI centuries in a single day. Two of those happened in the same match where two centuries were scored from each side. The latest day on which four ODI centuries were recorded in a single day was just five days back, on January 18, 2015 when Hashim Amla, Rilee Rossouw and AB de Villiers scored centuries in the match and Rohit Sharma scored century earlier in the day.
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Date |
Batsman 1 |
Batsman 2 |
Batsman 3 |
Batsman 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
November 10, 1998 |
Ijaz Ahmed (Pak) 111 |
Mohammad Yousuf (Pak) 100 |
AC Gilchrist (Aus) 103 |
RT Ponting (Aus) 124* |
|
February 4, 2007 |
RT Ponting (Aus) 104 |
RN ten Doeschate (Net) 109* |
EJG Morgan (Ire) 115 |
A Bagai (Can) 122 |
|
October 30, 2013 |
SR Watson (Aus) 102 |
GJ Bailey (Aus) 156 |
S Dhawan (Ind) 100 |
V Kohli (Ind) 115* |
|
August 27, 2014 |
AJ Finch (Aus) 102 |
F du Plessis (SA) 106 |
AB de Villiers (SA) 136* |
SK Raina (Ind) 100 |
|
January 18, 2015 |
HM Amla (SA) 153* |
RR Rossouw (SA) 128 |
AB de Villiers (SA) 149* |
RG Sharma (Ind) 138 |
There has been numerous numbers of days which saw three ODI centuries, many of them having happening in the same ODI.
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Date |
Batsman 1 |
Batsman 2 |
Batsman 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
June 3, 1985 |
GM Wood (Aus) 114* |
GA Gooch (Eng) 117* |
DI Gower (Eng) 102 |
|
September 7, 1986 |
GR Marsh (Aus) 104 |
DC Boon (Aus) 111 |
K Srikkanth (Ind) 102 |
|
March 11, 1996 |
BC Lara (WI) 111 |
CZ Harris (NZ) 130 |
ME Waugh (Aus) 110 |
|
October 4, 1996 |
Saeed Anwar (Pak) 115 |
Shahid Afridi (Pak) 102 |
PA de Silva (SL) 122 |
|
January 5,1997 |
ME Waugh (Aus) 102 |
BC Lara (WI) 102 |
CL Hooper (WI) 110* |
|
August 17, 1997 |
MS Atapattu (SL) 118 |
M Azharuddin (Ind) 111* |
A Jadeja (Ind) 119 |
|
January 18, 1998 |
Saeed Anwar (Pak) 140 |
Ijaz Ahmed (Pak) 117 |
SC Ganguly (Ind) 124 |
|
January 26, 1998 |
AC Gilchrist (Aus) 100 |
GW Flower (Zim) 112 |
ST Jayasuriya (SL) 102 |
|
April 9, 1998 |
M Azharuddin (Ind) 153* |
A Jadeja (Ind) 116* |
GW Flower (Zim) 102 |
|
July 7, 1998 |
SC Ganguly (Ind) 109 |
SR Tendulkar (Ind) 128 |
PA de Silva (SL) 105 |
|
March 27, 1999 |
JH Kallis (SA) 100 |
DPMD Jayawardene (SL) 101 |
GW Flower (Zim) 140 |
|
October 5, 2001 |
SC Ganguly (Ind) 127 |
SR Tendulkar (Ind) 101 |
G Kirsten (SA) 133* |
|
February 10, 2003 |
CB Wishart (Zim) 172* |
ST Jayasuriya (SL) 120 |
SB Styris (NZ) 141 |
|
February 23, 2003 |
JM Davison (Can) 111 |
SR Tendulkar (Ind) 152 |
SC Ganguly (Ind) 112* |
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March 3, 2003 |
JF Kloppenburg (Net) 121 |
KJJ van Noortwijk (Net) 134* |
MS Atapattu (SL) 124 |
|
June 28, 2003 |
JH Kallis (SA) 107 |
ME TreScohick (Eng) 114* |
VS Solanki (Eng) 106 |
|
January 24, 2004 |
VVS Laxman (Ind) 131 |
SV Carlisle (Zim) 109 |
SM Ervine (Zim) 100 |
|
July 6, 2004 |
AJ Strauss (Eng) 100 |
A Flintoff (Eng) 123 |
CH Gayle (WI) 132* |
|
July 1, 2006 |
ME TreScohick (Eng) 121 |
WU Tharanga (SL) 109 |
ST Jayasuriya (SL) 152 |
|
January 28, 2007 |
ML Hayden (Aus) 117 |
RT Ponting (Aus) 111 |
JDP Oram (NZ) 101* |
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January 31, 2007 |
SR Tendulkar (Ind) 100* |
WTS Porterfield (Ire) 112* |
A Bagai (Can) 137* |
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February 2, 2007 |
EC Joyce (Eng) 107 |
WTS Porterfield (Ire) 104* |
KJ O'Brien (Ire) 142 |
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October 18, 2007 |
HH Gibbs (SA) 102 |
AB de Villiers (SA) 103* |
TM Odoyo (Ken) 111* |
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June 25, 2008 |
KC Sangakkara (SL) 101 |
MS Dhoni (Ind) 109* |
SK Raina (Ind) 101 |
|
July 1, 2008 |
JAH Marshall (NZ) 161 |
BB McCullum (NZ) 166 |
AM Samad (Can) 130 |
|
April 1, 2009 |
NFI McCallum (Sco) 121* |
WTS Porterfield (Ire) 101 |
RN ten Doeschate (Net) 106* |
|
July 7, 2009 |
GM Hamilton (Sco) 119 |
DF Watts (Sco) 101 |
S Jyoti (Can) 117 |
|
November 5, 2009 |
BRM Taylor (Zim) 118* |
SE Marsh (Aus) 112 |
SR Tendulkar (Ind) 175 |
|
February 16, 2010 |
RN ten Doeschate (Net) 109* |
Noor Ali Zadran (Afg) 114 |
Mohammad Shahzad (Afg) 118 |
|
August 16, 2010 |
Karim Sadiq (Afg) 114* |
Mohammad Shahzad (Afg) 100* |
GC Wilson (Ire) 113 |
|
October 15, 2010 |
HM Amla (SA) 110 |
CA Ingram (SA) 124 |
BRM Taylor (Zim) 145* |
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March 18, 2011 |
RN ten Doeschate (Net) 106 |
PR Stirling (Ire) 101 |
KC Sangakkara (SL) 111 |
|
January 22, 2012 |
GC Smith (SA) 125 |
AB de Villiers (SA) 125* |
KC Sangakkara (SL) 102 |
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February 28, 2012 |
TM Dilshan (SL) 160* |
KC Sangakkara (SL) 105 |
V Kohli (Ind) 133* |
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March 6, 2012 |
DA Warner (Aus) 163 |
MJ Clarke (Aus) 100 |
TM Dilshan (SL) 117 |
|
March 18, 2012 |
Mohammad Hafeez (Pak) 105 |
Nasir Jamshed (Pak) 112 |
V Kohli (Ind) 183 |
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January 23, 2014 |
CS MacLeod (Sco) 175 |
W Barresi (Net) 137* |
IA Karim (Ken) 108 |
There was an interesting sequence in early 2007. There were three centuries on January 28th, two on January 30th, three on January 31st, three on February 2nd and four on February 4th. 15 centuries in 8 days!!
There were three 100s on March 3, 2003 (3 100s on 3-3-03)!