On August 27, 2014 four centuries were scored in the day in ODIs. Bharath Seervi lists the days on which three or more ODI centuries were scored.
Aaron Finch (102), Faf du Plessis (106), AB de Villiers (136*) and Suresh Raina (100) all scored an ODI century on the same day, on August 27, 2014. Four centuries is the second most number of hundreds in a single day in One Day Internationals. The most number of centuries in ODIs in a single day is five, on September 3, 2013 when William Porterfield (112), Eoin Morgan (124*), Ravi Bopara (101*), Aaron Finch (148) and Shaun Marsh (151) were the centurions.
In the past, there have been three other days on which four ODI centuries were scored. They are 10 November 1998, 4 February 2007 and 30 October 2013. There are 37 other days on which three centuries were scored in ODIs. Below are the tables listing the days on which three or more ODI centuries were made.
Five ODI centuries in a single day
There were three centuries in England vs Ireland ODI and two more between Australia vs Scotland on September 3, 203.
Date
Batsman 1
Batsman 2
Batsman 3
Batsman 4
Batsman 5
September 3, 2013
WTS Porterfield (Ire) 112
EJG Morgan (Eng) 124*
RS Bopara (Eng) 101*
AJ Finch (Aus) 148
SE Marsh (Aus) 151
Four ODI centuries in a single day
The first time four ODI centuries were scored in a single day was in the Australia vs Pakistan ODI at Lahore on November 10, 1998 when Ijaz Ahmed and Mohammad Yousuf were the centurions from Pakistan and Adam Gilchrist and Ricky Ponting were the centurions from Australia.
The second such instance occured on October 30, 2013 in the ODI between Australia and India. Shane Watson and George Bailey were the centurions from Australian side while Shikhar Dhawan and Virat Kohli were their reply from Indian side. The third instance of four ODI centuries in a single day was on February 4, 2007 but in different matches – in the ODIs of Australia vs New Zealand, Netherlands vs Bermuda and Canada vs Ireland.
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
Three ODI centuries in a single day
Three batsmen scoring ODI century on a same day has occured 37 times in ODI history, out of which 21 times it happened in a single ODI. Two batsmen scoring centuries from single side and one more from the other side is not a rare occasion. The first time three batsmen were witnessed scoring three centuries in a single day was on June 3, 1985 when Graeme Wood scored 114* from Australia and Graham Gooch and David Gower scored 117* and 102 from England at Lord’s. All the occasions are listed in the table below.
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
ShahidAfridi (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*
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*
January 31, 2007
SR Tendulkar (Ind) 100*
WTS Porterfield (Ire) 112*
A Bagai (Can) 137*
February 2, 2007
EC Joyce (Eng) 107
WTS Porterfield (Ire) 104*
KJ O’Brien (Ire) 142
October 18, 2007
HH Gibbs (SA) 102
AB de Villiers (SA) 103*
TM Odoyo (Ken) 111*
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*
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
February 28, 2012
TM Dilshan (SL) 160*
KC Sangakkara (SL) 105
V Kohli (Ind) 133*
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
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 28, two on January 30, three on January 31, three on February 2 and four on February 4. 15 centuries in 8 days.
There were three 100s on March 3, 2003 (3 100s on 3-3-03)
(Bharath Seervi is a cricket statistician who is obsessed with digging numbers, facts and records related to the game. An active member of Society of Cricket Statisticians of India, he blogs at www.cricketseervistats.blogspot.com. He can be followed on Twitter atwww.twitter.com/SeerviBharath and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/SeerviCricket)
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