List of international cricket centuries by Chris Gayle

Chris Gayle is a West Indian cricketer who captained the West Indies cricket team from 2007 to 2010.[1] A left-handed batsman, he has scored centuries (100 or more runs in a single innings) in Test and One Day International (ODI) matches on fifteen and twenty-five occasions respectively. He has also scored century in Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket on two occasions. Gayle made his Test debut in March 2000 against Zimbabwe, scoring 33 and 0.[2] He made his first Test century the following year, scoring 175 against the same team during the first match of the 2001 series between the teams.[3] Gayle's first double century came in June 2002 against New Zealand when he scored 204 in a man of the match performance in Queen's Park.[4] He scored his first triple century against South Africa at Antigua Recreation Ground in May 2005.[5] His highest score of 333—fourth highest total for the West Indies—came against Sri Lanka at the Galle International Stadium in November 2010.[6][n 1] Gayle is one of four players to score two triple centuries in Test cricket.[n 2] He has scored centuries against seven different opponents, and has been most successful against New Zealand and South Africa, making three against each of them. He has scored Test centuries at twelve different cricket grounds, including eight at venues outside the West Indies.[9][10]

Chris Gayle
Gayle has scored 42 centuries for the West Indies.

Gayle made his ODI debut in 1999 against India,[11] and his maiden century in the format came three years later against Kenya at the Simba Union Ground.[12] His highest score of 215 came during the 2015 Cricket World Cup against Zimbabwe at the Manuka Oval, Canberra. With five scores over 150 in ODIs, he is joint-third in the list.[n 3] Gayle has scored ODI centuries at nineteen different cricket grounds. Eighteen of his ODI centuries came at fifteen different venues outside the West Indies.[14][15] Along with Shikhar Dhawan, Herschelle Gibbs, and Sourav Ganguly, Gayle holds the record for the most centuries in the ICC Champions Trophy, with three.[16]

Having made his first T20I appearance in February 2006, Gayle became the first player to score a century in the format when he made 117 against South Africa in the first match of the 2007 ICC World Twenty20.[17] As of July 2018, he is one of nine players to have scored more than one century in the format.[19] As of 2019, he is eleventh overall—tied with Sanath Jayasuriya—among all-time century-makers in international cricket.[20]

 
Gayle scored his highest Test score (333) at the Galle International Stadium in 2010.
Key for centuries' lists
Symbol Meaning
* Remained not out
Man of the match
Captained the West Indies 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 (West Indies), away or neutral
Date Date the match was held, or the starting date of match for Test matches
Lost The match was lost by the West Indies.
Won The match was won by the West Indies.
Drawn The match was drawn.

Test centuries

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Test cricket centuries scored by Chris Gayle[21]
No. Score Balls Against Pos. Inn. Test S/R Venue H/A/N Date Result Ref
1 175 255   Zimbabwe 2 2 1/2 68.62 Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo Away 19 July 2001 Won [3]
2 204 332   New Zealand 1 2 2/2 61.44 Queen's Park, St. George's Home 28 June 2002 Drawn [4]
3 116 120   South Africa 1 2 3/4 96.66 Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town Away 2 January 2004 Drawn [22]
4 107 159   South Africa 1 3 4/4 67.20 SuperSport Park, Centurion Away 16 January 2004 Lost [23]
5 141 293   Bangladesh 2 2 1/2 48.12 Beausejour Cricket Ground, Gros Islet Home 28 May 2004 Drawn [24]
6 105 87   England 1 3 4/4 120.68 The Oval, London Away 19 August 2004 Lost [25]
7 317 483   South Africa 1 2 4/4 65.63 Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John's Home 29 May 2005 Drawn [5]
8 197 396   New Zealand 1 3 2/2 49.74 McLean Park, Napier Away 19 December 2008 Drawn [26]
9 104 193   England 1 2 1/5 53.88 Sabina Park, Kingston Home 4 February 2009 Won [27]
10 102 170   England 1 2 5/5 60.00 Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain Home 6 March 2009 Drawn [28]
11 165*†‡ 285   Australia 1 3 2/3 57.89 Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Away 4 December 2009 Drawn [29]
12 102 72   Australia 1 2 3/3 141.66 WACA Ground, Perth Away 16 December 2009 Lost [30]
13 333 437   Sri Lanka 1 1 1/3 76.20 Galle International Stadium, Galle Away 15 November 2010 Drawn [6]
14 150 206   New Zealand 1 2 1/2 82.81 Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, Antigua Home 25 July 2012 Won [31]
15 101 145   Zimbabwe 1 2 2/2 69.65 Windsor Park, Roseau Home 20 March 2013 Won [32]

One Day International centuries

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ODI cricket centuries scored by Chris Gayle[33]
No. Score Balls Against Pos. Inn. S/R Venue H/A/N Date Result Ref
1 152 150   Kenya 1 1 101.33 Simba Union Ground, Nairobi Away 15 August 2001 Won [12]
2 103 116   India 1 2 88.79 Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur Away 9 November 2002 Won [34]
3 140 127   India 1 1 110.23 Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad Away 15 November 2002 Lost [35]
4 101 107   India 1 2 94.39 IPCL Sports Complex Ground, Vadodara Away 18 November 2002 Won [36]
5 119 151   Kenya 1 1 78.80 De Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberley Neutral 4 March 2003 Won [37]
6 153* 160   Zimbabwe 2 1 95.62 Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo Away 22 November 2003 Won [38]
7 112* 75   Zimbabwe 2 2 149.33 Harare Sports Club, Harare Away 30 November 2003 Won [39]
8 152* 153   South Africa 1 1 99.34 The Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Away 4 February 2004 Lost [40]
9 132* 165   England 1 2 80.00 Lord's Cricket Ground, London Away 6 July 2004 Won [41]
10 132 152   South Africa 1 2 86.84 Kensington Oval, Bridgetown Home 11 May 2005 Lost [42]
11 124 137   Pakistan 1 2 90.51 Beausejour Cricket Ground, Gros Islet Home 22 May 2005 Lost [43]
12 123 130   India 1 1 94.61 Sabina Park, Kingston Home 18 May 2006 Lost [44]
13 104* 118   Bangladesh 1 2 88.13 Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur Neutral 11 October 2006 Won [45]
14 101 128   England 1 1 78.90 Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad Neutral 28 October 2006 Lost [46]
15 133* 135   South Africa 1 2 98.51 Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur Neutral 2 November 2006 Won [47]
16 110*†‡ 77   Canada 2 1 142.85 Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City Away 24 August 2008 Won [48]
17 113 †‡ 106   Pakistan 1 1 106.60 Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Neutral 12 November 2008 Lost [49]
18 122 137   Pakistan 1 2 89.05 Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi Neutral 16 November 2008 Lost [50]
19 135†‡ 129   New Zealand 1 1 104.65 McLean Park, Napier Away 13 January 2009 Lost [51]
20 125 107   New Zealand 2 1 116.82 Sabina Park, Kingston Home 7 July 2012 Won [52]
21 109 100   Sri Lanka 1 2 109.00 Sabina Park, Kingston Home 28 June 2013 Won [53]
22 215 147   Zimbabwe 1 1 146.25 Manuka Oval, Canberra Neutral 24 February 2015 Won [54]
23 123 91   UAE 1 1 135.16 Old Hararians, Harare Neutral 6 March 2018 Won [55]
24 135 129   England 1 1 104.65 Kensington Oval, Bridgetown Home 20 February 2019 Lost [56]
25 162 97   England 1 2 167.01 Queen's Park, St. George's Home 27 February 2019 Lost [57]

Twenty20 International centuries

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T20I cricket century by Chris Gayle[58]
No. Score Balls Against Pos. Inn. S/R Venue H/A/N Date Result Ref
1 117 † 57   South Africa 1 1 205.26 Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Away 11 September 2007 Lost [17]
2 100* † 48   England 2 2 208.33 Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Neutral 16 March 2016 Won [59]

Notes

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  1. ^ Brian Lara made 400 not out and 375, and Garfield Sobers scored 365 not out.[7]
  2. ^ The other three players to accomplish this feat are Donald Bradman, Brian Lara and Virender Sehwag.[8]
  3. ^ He shares the position with India's Sachin Tendulkar.[13]

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