List of international cricket centuries by Colin Cowdrey

Colin Cowdrey was an English cricketer. A right-handed batsman,[1] he played for England between 1954 and 1975, including captaining them for 27 matches between 1959 and 1969,[2] and made 22 centuries in international cricket, all in Tests. As of March 2019 he sits joint sixtieth in the list of century-makers in international cricket.[lower-alpha 1][3]

Cowdrey made his Test debut against Australia at the Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane on 26 November 1954.[4] He scored his first Test century against the same opposition in the third Test of the same series at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 31 December 1954, scoring 102.[5] He scored his final Test century against Pakistan at the Lahore Stadium, Lahore on 21 February 1969, scoring 100,[6] and his final Test match was against Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 8 February 1975,[7] having played 114 matches, and also held the record for the most runs in Test cricket at the time, with 7,459 runs, which was then subsequently passed by Garfield Sobers. His highest score in Tests is 182, scored against Pakistan at The Oval, London on 16 August 1962.[8]

Cowdrey's only One Day International (ODI) appearance came against Australia in the inaugural One Day International at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 5 January 1971, in which he scored 1 run.[9]

Key

Symbol	Meaning
*	Remained not out
	Man of the match
	Captained the English cricket team
Pos.	Position in the batting order
Inn.	The innings of the match
H/A	Venue was at home (England) or away
Date	Match starting day
Lost	The match was lost by England
Won	The match was won by England
Drawn	The match was drawn
Home	The match was played in England
Away	The match was played in opponent's country

Test centuries

Test centuries scored by Colin Cowdrey[10]

No.	Score	Against	Pos.	Inn.	Test	Venue	H/A	Date	Result	Ref
1	102	Australia	4	1	3/5	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne	Away	31 December 1954	Won	[5]
2	101	South Africa	5	1	2/5	Newlands, Cape Town	Away	1 January 1957	Won	[11]
3	154	West Indies	5	3	1/5	Edgbaston, Birmingham	Home	30 May 1957	Drawn	[12]
4	152	West Indies	5	2	2/5	Lord's, London	Home	20 June 1957	Won	[13]
5	100*	Australia	5	3	3/5	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney	Away	9 January 1959	Drawn	[14]
6	160	India	3	2	3/5	Headingley, Leeds	Home	2 July 1959	Won	[15]
7	114	West Indies	2	1	3/5	Sabina Park, Kingston	Away	17 February 1960	Drawn	[16]
8	119	West Indies	2	1	5/5	Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain	Away	25 March 1960	Drawn	[17]
9	155	South Africa	2	3	5/5	The Oval, London	Home	18 August 1960	Drawn	[18]
10	159	Pakistan	2	1	1/5	Edgbaston, Birmingham	Home	31 May 1962	Won	[19]
11	182	Pakistan	2	1	5/5	The Oval, London	Home	16 August 1962	Won	[8]
12	113	Australia	4	2	2/5	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne	Away	29 December 1962	Won	[20]
13	128*	New Zealand	8	2	2/3	Basin Reserve, Wellington	Away	1 March 1963	Won	[21]
14	107	India	4	2	3/5	Eden Gardens, Calcutta	Away	29 January 1964	Drawn	[22]
15	151	India	6	2	4/5	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi	Away	8 February 1964	Drawn	[23]
16	119	New Zealand	4	2	2/3	Lord's, London	Home	17 June 1965	Won	[24]
17	105	South Africa	5	2	2/3	Trent Bridge, Nottingham	Home	5 August 1965	Lost	[25]
18	104	Australia	5	2	2/5	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne	Away	30 December 1965	Drawn	[26]
19	101	West Indies	3	1	2/5	Sabina Park, Kingston	Away	8 February 1968	Drawn	[27]
20	148	West Indies	3	2	4/5	Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain	Away	14 March 1968	Won	[28]
21	104[lower-alpha 2]	Australia	3	1	3/5	Edgbaston, Birmingham	Home	11 July 1968	Drawn	[29]
22	100	Pakistan	3	1	1/3	Lahore Stadium, Lahore	Away	21 February 1969	Drawn	[6]

Notes

1. Cowdrey shares the position with Wally Hammond, Michael Hussey and Ijaz Ahmed.
2. Awarded as a "Batsman Of The Match" award, joint with Ian Chappell.

References

1. "Colin Cowdrey". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
2. "Statistics / Statsguru / MC Cowdrey / Test matches / Matches captained". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
3. "Records / Combined Test, ODI and T20I records / Batting records / Most hundreds in a career". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 4 October 2012. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
4. "1st Test, England tour of Australia at Brisbane, Nov 26 - Dec 1 1954". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
5. "3rd Test, England tour of Australia at Melbourne, Dec 31 1954 - Jan 5 1955". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
6. "1st Test, England tour of Pakistan at Lahore, Feb 21-24 1969". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
7. "6th Test, England tour of Australia at Melbourne, Feb 8-13 1975". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
8. "5th Test, Pakistan tour of England at London, Aug 16-20 1962". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
9. "Only ODI, England [Marylebone Cricket Club] tour of Australia at Melbourne, Jan 5 1971". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
10. "Statistics / Statsguru / MC Cowdrey / Test matches / Hundreds". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
11. "2nd Test, England tour of South Africa at Cape Town, Jan 1-5 1957". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
12. "1st Test, West Indies tour of England at Birmingham, May 30 - Jun 4 1957". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
13. "2nd Test, West Indies tour of England at London, Jun 20-22 1957". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
14. "3rd Test, England tour of Australia at Sydney, Jan 9-15 1959". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
15. "3rd Test, India tour of England at Leeds, Jul 2-4 1959". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
16. "3rd Test, England tour of West Indies at Kingston, Feb 17-23 1960". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
17. "5th Test, England tour of West Indies at Port of Spain, Mar 25-31 1960". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
18. "5th Test, South Africa tour of England at London, Aug 18-23 1960". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
19. "1st Test, Pakistan tour of England at Birmingham, May 31 - Jun 4 1962". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
20. "2nd Test, England [Marylebone Cricket Club] tour of Australia at Melbourne, Dec 29 1962 - Jan 3 1963". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
21. "2nd Test, England tour of New Zealand at Wellington, Mar 1-4 1963". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
22. "3rd Test, England tour of India at Kolkata, Jan 29 - Feb 3 1964". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
23. "4th Test, England tour of India at Delhi, Feb 8-13 1964". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
24. "2nd Test, New Zealand tour of England at London, Jun 17-22 1965". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
25. "2nd Test, South Africa tour of England at Nottingham, Aug 5-9 1965". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
26. "2nd Test, England tour of Australia at Melbourne, Dec 30 1965 - Jan 4 1966". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
27. "2nd Test, England tour of West Indies at Kingston, Feb 8-14 1968". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
28. "4th Test, England tour of West Indies at Port of Spain, Mar 14-19 1968". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
29. "3rd Test, Australia tour of England at Birmingham, Jul 11-16 1968". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 March 2019.