List of international cricket centuries by Azhar Ali

Azhar Ali is a Pakistani cricketer and the captain of the men's national team in Test cricket-as of February 2020. A right-handed top order batsman,[1] he has made 19 centuries in international cricket—16 in Test cricket and 3 in One Day Internationals (ODIs)—as of February 2020.[lower-alpha 1]

Ali scored his maiden Test century on 26 October 2011 at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai against Sri Lanka. His highest Test score up to date is unbeaten 302 against West Indies on 13 October 2016 at the same venue where he scored his maiden century. In Test matches, Ali has scored centuries against five of the Test cricket playing nations except India and South Africa and has scored 6 centuries against Sri Lanka, which is his most favorite opposition.

In ODIs, Ali has scored 3 centuries and all as a captain.

Key

• * – Remained not out

• – Man of the match

• – Captain of Pakistan in that match

Test cricket centuries

Test centuries scored by Azhar[3]

No.	Score	Against	Pos.	Inn.	Test	Venue	H/A/N	Date	Result	Ref
1	100	Sri Lanka	3	2	2/3	Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai	Neutral	26 October 2011	Won	[4]
2	157	England	3	3	3/3	Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai	Neutral	3 February 2012	Won	[5]
3	157	Sri Lanka	3	1	2/3	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo	Away	30 June 2012	Drawn	[6]
4	136	Sri Lanka	3	3	3/3	Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy	Away	8 July 2012	Drawn	[7]
5	103	Sri Lanka	3	4	3/3	Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah	Neutral	16 January 2014	Won	[8]
6	109	Australia	3	1	2/2	Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi	Neutral	30 October 2014	Won	[9]
7	100*	Australia	3	3	2/2	Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi	Neutral	30 October 2014	Won	[9]
8	226	Bangladesh	3	1	2/2	Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka	Away	6 May 2015	Won	[10]
9	117	Sri Lanka	3	3	2/3	Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo	Away	25 June 2015	Lost	[11]
10	139	England	3	2	3/4	Edgbaston, Birmingham	Away	3 August 2016	Lost	[12]
11	302*	West Indies	2	1	1/3	Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai	Neutral	13 October 2016	Won	[13]
12	205*	Australia	2	1	2/3	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne	Away	26 December 2016	Lost	[14]
13	105	West Indies	1	2	2/3	Kensington Oval, Bridgetown	Away	30 April 2017	Lost	[15]
14	127	West Indies	1	1	3/3	Windsor Park, Roseau	Away	10 May 2017	Won	[16]
15	134	New Zealand	3	2	3/3	Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi	Neutral	3 December 2018	Lost	[17]
16	118	Sri Lanka	3	3	3/3	National Stadium, Karachi	Home	19 December 2019	Won	[18]

One Day International cricket centuries

ODI centuries scored by Azhar[19]

No.	Score	Against	Pos.	Inn.	S/R	Venue	H/A/N	Date	Result	Ref
1	101	Bangladesh	1	1	90.17	Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka	Away	22 April 2015	Lost	[20]
2	102	Zimbabwe	1	2	98.07	Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore	Home	29 May 2015	Won	[21]
3	101	West Indies	1	1	92.66	Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi	Neutral	5 October 2016	Won	[22]

Footnotes

1. Azhar is jointly ranked 78th in the all-time list of century makers.[2]

References

1. "Azhar Ali". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 11 February 2020. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
2. "Records / Combined Test, ODI and T20I records / Batting records / Most hundreds in a career". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 29 September 2019. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
3. "List of Test cricket centuries by Azhar Ali". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
4. "2nd Test, Sri Lanka tour of United Arab Emirates at Dubai (DSC), Oct 26-29 2011". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 8 December 2017. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
5. "3rd Test, England tour of United Arab Emirates at Dubai (DSC), Feb 3-6 2012". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 8 December 2017. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
6. "2nd Test, Pakistan tour of Sri Lanka at Colombo (SSC), Jun 30 - Jul 4 2012". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 2 January 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
7. "3rd Test, Pakistan tour of Sri Lanka at Pallekele, Jul 8-12 2012". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 15 February 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
8. "3rd Test, Sri Lanka tour of United Arab Emirates at Sharjah, Jan 16-20 2014". Archived from the original on 19 March 2018.
9. "2nd Test, Australia tour of United Arab Emirates at Abu Dhabi, Oct 30 - Nov 3 2014". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 21 March 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
10. "2nd Test, Pakistan tour of Bangladesh at Dhaka, May 6-9 2015". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 18 May 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
11. "2nd Test, Pakistan tour of Sri Lanka at Colombo (PSS), Jun 25-29 2015". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 7 June 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
12. "3rd Investec Test, Pakistan tour of England and Ireland at Birmingham, Aug 3-7 2016". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
13. "1st Test (D/N), West Indies tour of United Arab Emirates at Dubai (DSC), Oct 13-17 2016". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 13 June 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
14. "2nd Test, Pakistan tour of Australia at Melbourne, Dec 26-30 2016". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 20 June 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
15. "2nd Test, Pakistan tour of West Indies at Bridgetown, Apr 30 - May 4 2017". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 26 June 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
16. "3rd Test, Pakistan tour of West Indies at Roseau, May 10-14 2017". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 27 June 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
17. "3rd Test, New Zealand tour of United Arab Emirates at Abu Dhabi, Dec 3-7 2018". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 8 December 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
18. "2nd Test, ICC World Test Championship at Karachi, Dec 19-23 2019". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 24 December 2019. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
19. "List of One-Day International cricket centuries by Azhar Ali". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
20. "3rd ODI (D/N), Pakistan tour of Bangladesh at Dhaka, Apr 22 2015". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 14 December 2017. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
21. "2nd ODI (D/N), Zimbabwe tour of Pakistan at Lahore, May 29 2015". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 18 December 2017. Retrieved 10 February 2020.
22. "3rd ODI (D/N), West Indies tour of United Arab Emirates at Abu Dhabi, Oct 5 2016". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 18 December 2017. Retrieved 10 February 2020.