List of international cricket centuries by Gary Kirsten
A left-handed batsman who primarily played as an opener, Kirsten took part in 101 Test matches and 185 One Day Internationals (ODIs) for his country and scored centuries (100 or more runs in a single innings) on 21 and 13 occasions respectively.[2] As of June 2015, Kirsten is joint fourth in the list of leading Test century-makers for South Africa with AB de Villiers, and his total of three double centuries for the team is exceeded only by the four recorded by Graeme Smith.[6] Kirsten's first ODI century came against Australia in January 1994 in the first match of the best-of-three final of the Tri-nation tournament.As of November 2016, this is the highest one-day figure recorded by a South African and the third-highest in the World Cup by any batsman.As of November 2016, he is thirtieth among all-time century makers, and sixth in the equivalent list for South Africa.
Gary KirstencricketerSouth AfricabatsmanopenerTest matchesOne Day InternationalscenturiesinningsAustraliaEngland1996–97 seriesDurbanHanif MohammadPakistanaverageWisden Cricketers of the YearAB de VilliersGraeme SmithTri-nation tournamentUnited Arab Emirates1996 Cricket World Cupnot outKingsmead Cricket GroundMan of the matchbatting orderStrike rateThe Wanderers StadiumJohannesburgEden GardensKolkataNewlands Cricket GroundCape TownIqbal StadiumFaisalabadAdelaide OvalAdelaideOld Trafford Cricket GroundWest IndiesSuperSport ParkCenturionNew ZealandEden ParkAucklandSri LankaBourda Cricket GroundGeorgetownZimbabweHarare Sports ClubHarareSydney Cricket GroundBangladeshBuffalo ParkEast LondonSenwes ParkPotchefstroomLord's Cricket GroundHeadingleyWestpac ParkHamiltonMelbourne Cricket GroundMelbourneRawalpindi Cricket StadiumRawalpindiSharjah Cricket Association StadiumSharjahNairobi Gymkhana ClubNairobiNehru Stadium, IndoreBrisbane Cricket GroundBrisbaneNehru Stadium, KochiDe Beers Diamond OvalKimberleyBoland ParkViv RichardsRediff.comList of international cricket centuriesInternational cricketSachin Tendulkar (100)Virat Kohli (81)Ricky Ponting (71)Kumar Sangakkara (63)Jacques Kallis (62)Hashim Amla (55)Mahela Jayawardene (54)Brian Lara (53)Joe Root (52)David Warner (49)Rahul Dravid (48)Rohit Sharma (48)AB de Villiers (47)Steve Smith (47)Kane Williamson (46)Chris Gayle (42)Sanath Jayasuriya (42)Shivnarine Chanderpaul (41)Younis Khan (41)Matthew Hayden (40)Ross Taylor (40)Mohammad Yousuf (39)Tillakaratne Dilshan (39)Mark Waugh (38)Sourav Ganguly (38)Virender Sehwag (38)Alastair Cook (38)Graeme Smith (37)Michael Clarke (36)Sunil Gavaskar (35)Desmond Haynes (35)Viv Richards (35)Steve Waugh (35)Inzamam-ul-Haq (35)Herschelle Gibbs (35)Adam Gilchrist (33)Kevin Pietersen (32)Javed Miandad (31)Aravinda de Silva (31)Saeed Anwar (31)Babar Azam (31)Allan Border (30)Gordon Greenidge (30)Don Bradman (29)Mohammad Azharuddin (29)Graham Gooch (28)Quinton de Kock (28)