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List of international cricket centuries by Geoffrey Boycott
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[[File:Boycott2.jpg|thumb|right|Geoffrey Boycott has scored 23 centuries in [[Test cricket]] and [[One Day International]]s.]]
[[Geoffrey Boycott]] is a former [[Cricket in England|English cricketer]]. A right-handed [[batsman]],<ref name=cricinfo1></ref> he played for England between 1964 and 1982, including captaining them for 4 Tests and 2 ODIs between 1977 and 1978,<ref></ref><ref></ref> and made 23 [[Century (cricket)|centuries]] in international cricket, 22 in Tests and 1 in One Day Internationals. he sits joint fifty-sixth in the [[List of cricketers by number of international centuries scored|list of century-makers in international cricket]].<ref name="mostcenturies"></ref>
Boycott made his [[Test cricket|Test]] debut against [[Australia national cricket team|Australia]] at [[Trent Bridge]], [[Nottingham]] on 4 June 1964.<ref></ref> He scored his first Test century, also against Australia, in [[Australian cricket team in England in 1964#Fifth Test|the final match of the same series]] at [[The Oval]], [[London]] on 13 August 1964, scoring 113.<ref name="1st Test 100"></ref> He scored his final Test century against [[India national cricket team|India]] at the [[Feroz Shah Kotla Ground|Feroz Shah Kotla]], [[Delhi]] on 23 December 1981,<ref name="last Test 100"></ref> scoring 105. His final Test match was [[English cricket team in India in 1981–82#4th Test|the following game of the same series]] at [[Eden Gardens]], [[Kolkata|Calcutta]] (now Kolkata) on 1 January 1982,<ref></ref> having played 108 matches, and also [[List of Test cricket records#Career runs|held the record for the most runs in Test cricket]] at the time, with 8,114 runs.<ref></ref> His highest score in Tests is 246 [[not out]], scored against [[India national cricket team|India]] at [[Headingley Cricket Ground|Headingley]], [[Leeds]] on 8 June 1967.<ref name="Test high score"></ref>
Boycott made his [[One Day International]] (ODI) debut against [[Australia national cricket team|Australia]] in the [[1970–71 Ashes series#First One Day International – Melbourne|inaugural One Day International]] at the [[Melbourne Cricket Ground]], [[Melbourne]] on 5 January 1971<ref></ref> and played his final ODI against [[India national cricket team|India]] at the [[Gandhi Stadium]], [[Jalandhar]] on 20 December 1981,<ref></ref> having played 36 matches. His only century in the format came against [[Australia national cricket team|Australia]] at the [[Sydney Cricket Ground]], [[Sydney]] on 11 December 1979.<ref name="ODI 100"></ref>
==Key==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
! scope="col" style="width:75px" | Symbol
! scope="col" style="width:450px" | Meaning
|-
! scope="row" |
| Remained [[not out]]
|-
! scope="row" |
| [[Man of the match]]
|-
! scope="row" |Pos.
| Position in the [[Batting order (cricket)|batting order]]
|-
! scope="row" |Inn.
| The [[Innings (cricket)|innings]] of the match
|-
! scope="row" |S/R
| [[Strike rate]] during the innings
|-
! scope="row" |H/A
| Venue was at home (England) or away
|-
! scope="row" |Date
| Match starting day
|-
! scope="row" |Lost
| The match was lost by England
|-
! scope="row" | Won
| The match was won by England
|-
! scope="row" | Drawn
| The match was [[Draw (cricket)|drawn]]
|-
! scope="row" | Home
| The match was played in England
|-
! scope="row" | Away
| The match was played in opponent's country
|-
|}
==Test centuries==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+Test centuries scored by Geoffrey Boycott<ref></ref>
! scope="col" style="width:10px;"|No.
! scope="col" style="width:10px;"|Score
! scope="col" style="width:100px;"|Against
! scope="col" style="width:20px;"|Pos.
! scope="col" style="width:15px;"|Inn.
! scope="col" style="width:20px;"|Test
! scope="col" style="width:300px;"|Venue
! scope="col" style="width:40px;"|H/A
! scope="col" style="width:65px;"|Date
! scope="col" style="width:20px;"|Result
! class="unsortable" scope="col" style="width:10px;" |Ref
|-
| 1
! scope="row" | 113
|| || 1 || 3 || 5/5 || [[The Oval]], [[London]] || Home || || Drawn || <ref name="1st Test 100"/>
|-
| 2
! scope="row" | 117
|| || 1 || 2 || 5/5 || [[St George's Park Cricket Ground|St George's Park]], [[Port Elizabeth]] || Away || || Drawn || <ref></ref>
|-
| 3
! scope="row" | 246*
|| || 2 || 1 || 1/3 || [[Headingley Cricket Ground|Headingley]], [[Leeds]] || Home || || Won || <ref name="Test high score"/>
|-
| 4
! scope="row" | 116
|| || 2 || 2 || 5/5 || [[Bourda]], [[Georgetown, Guyana|Georgetown]] || Away || || Drawn || <ref></ref>
|-
| 5
! scope="row" | 128
|| || 1 || 1 || 1/3 || [[Old Trafford Cricket Ground|Old Trafford]], [[Manchester]] || Home || || Won || <ref></ref>
|-
| 6
! scope="row" | 106
|| || 1 || 4 || 2/3 || [[Lord's]], [[London]] || Home || || Drawn || <ref></ref>
|-
| 7
! scope="row" | 142*
|| || 1 || 3 || 4/7 || [[Sydney Cricket Ground]], [[Sydney]] || Away || || Won || <ref></ref>
|-
| 8
! scope="row" | 119*
|| || 1 || 3 || 6/7 || [[Adelaide Oval]], [[Adelaide]] || Away || || Drawn || <ref></ref>
|-
| 9
! scope="row" | 121*
|| || 1 || 1 || 2/3 || [[Lord's]], [[London]] || Home || || Drawn || <ref></ref>
|-
| 10
! scope="row" | 112
|| || 1 || 1 || 3/3 || [[Headingley Cricket Ground|Headingley]], [[Leeds]] || Home || || Won || <ref></ref>
|-
| 11
! scope="row" | 115
|| || 1 || 2 || 3/3 || [[Headingley Cricket Ground|Headingley]], [[Leeds]] || Home || || Won || <ref></ref>
|-
| 12
! scope="row" | 112
|| || 1 || 3 || 5/5 || [[Queen's Park Oval]], [[Port of Spain]] || Away || || Won || <ref></ref>
|-
| 13
! scope="row" | 107
|| || 2 || 2 || 3/5 || [[Trent Bridge]], [[Nottingham]] || Home || || Won || <ref></ref>
|-
| 14
! scope="row" | 191
|| || 2 || 1 || 4/5 || [[Headingley Cricket Ground|Headingley]], [[Leeds]] || Home || || Won || <ref></ref>
|-
| 15
! scope="row" | 100*
|| || 1 || 4 || 2/3 || [[Niaz Stadium]], [[Hyderabad, Sindh|Hyderabad]] || Away || || Drawn || <ref></ref>
|-
| 16
! scope="row" | 131
|| || 2 || 1 || 2/3 || [[Trent Bridge]], [[Nottingham]] || Home || || Won || <ref></ref>
|-
| 17
! scope="row" | 155
|| || 2 || 1 || 1/4 || [[Edgbaston Cricket Ground|Edgbaston]], [[Birmingham]] || Home || || Won || <ref></ref>
|-
| 18
! scope="row" | 125
|| || 1 || 3 || 4/4 || [[The Oval]], [[London]] || Home || || Drawn || <ref></ref>
|-
| 19
! scope="row" | 128*
|| || 2 || 4 || 1/1 || [[Lord's]], [[London]] || Home || || Drawn || <ref></ref>
|-
| 20
! scope="row" | 104*
|| || 2 || 3 || 4/5 || [[Antigua Recreation Ground]], [[St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda|St. John's]] || Away || || Drawn || <ref></ref>
|-
| 21
! scope="row" | 137
|| || 1 || 2 || 6/6 || [[The Oval]], [[London]] || Home || || Drawn || <ref></ref>
|-
| 22
! scope="row" | 105
|| || 2 || 1 || 3/6 || [[Feroz Shah Kotla Ground|Feroz Shah Kotla]], [[Delhi]] || Away || || Drawn || <ref name="last Test 100"/>
|}
==One Day International centuries==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+ODI centuries scored by Geoffrey Boycott<ref></ref>
! scope="col" style="width:10px;"|No.
! scope="col" style="width:25px;"|Score
! scope="col" style="width:100px;"|Against
! scope="col" style="width:15px;"|Pos.
! scope="col" style="width:15px;"|Inn.
! scope="col" style="width:15px;"|S/R
! scope="col" style="width:300px;"|Venue
! scope="col" style="width:40px;"|H/A
! scope="col" style="width:65px;"|Date
! scope="col" style="width:50px;"|Result
! class="unsortable" scope="col" style="width:10px;" |Ref
|-
|| 1
! scope="row" | 105
|| || 2 || 1 || 84.67 || [[Sydney Cricket Ground]], [[Sydney]] || Away || || Won || <ref name="ODI 100"/>
|}
== Notes ==
==References==
[[Category:Lists of international cricket centuries by player|Boycott]]
[[Category:English cricket lists|Boycott]]
[[File:Boycott2.jpg|thumb|right|Geoffrey Boycott has scored 23 centuries in [[Test cricket]] and [[One Day International]]s.]]
[[Geoffrey Boycott]] is a former [[Cricket in England|English cricketer]]. A right-handed [[batsman]],<ref name=cricinfo1></ref> he played for England between 1964 and 1982, including captaining them for 4 Tests and 2 ODIs between 1977 and 1978,<ref></ref><ref></ref> and made 23 [[Century (cricket)|centuries]] in international cricket, 22 in Tests and 1 in One Day Internationals. he sits joint fifty-sixth in the [[List of cricketers by number of international centuries scored|list of century-makers in international cricket]].<ref name="mostcenturies"></ref>
Boycott made his [[Test cricket|Test]] debut against [[Australia national cricket team|Australia]] at [[Trent Bridge]], [[Nottingham]] on 4 June 1964.<ref></ref> He scored his first Test century, also against Australia, in [[Australian cricket team in England in 1964#Fifth Test|the final match of the same series]] at [[The Oval]], [[London]] on 13 August 1964, scoring 113.<ref name="1st Test 100"></ref> He scored his final Test century against [[India national cricket team|India]] at the [[Feroz Shah Kotla Ground|Feroz Shah Kotla]], [[Delhi]] on 23 December 1981,<ref name="last Test 100"></ref> scoring 105. His final Test match was [[English cricket team in India in 1981–82#4th Test|the following game of the same series]] at [[Eden Gardens]], [[Kolkata|Calcutta]] (now Kolkata) on 1 January 1982,<ref></ref> having played 108 matches, and also [[List of Test cricket records#Career runs|held the record for the most runs in Test cricket]] at the time, with 8,114 runs.<ref></ref> His highest score in Tests is 246 [[not out]], scored against [[India national cricket team|India]] at [[Headingley Cricket Ground|Headingley]], [[Leeds]] on 8 June 1967.<ref name="Test high score"></ref>
Boycott made his [[One Day International]] (ODI) debut against [[Australia national cricket team|Australia]] in the [[1970–71 Ashes series#First One Day International – Melbourne|inaugural One Day International]] at the [[Melbourne Cricket Ground]], [[Melbourne]] on 5 January 1971<ref></ref> and played his final ODI against [[India national cricket team|India]] at the [[Gandhi Stadium]], [[Jalandhar]] on 20 December 1981,<ref></ref> having played 36 matches. His only century in the format came against [[Australia national cricket team|Australia]] at the [[Sydney Cricket Ground]], [[Sydney]] on 11 December 1979.<ref name="ODI 100"></ref>
==Key==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
! scope="col" style="width:75px" | Symbol
! scope="col" style="width:450px" | Meaning
|-
! scope="row" |
| Remained [[not out]]
|-
! scope="row" |
| [[Man of the match]]
|-
! scope="row" |Pos.
| Position in the [[Batting order (cricket)|batting order]]
|-
! scope="row" |Inn.
| The [[Innings (cricket)|innings]] of the match
|-
! scope="row" |S/R
| [[Strike rate]] during the innings
|-
! scope="row" |H/A
| Venue was at home (England) or away
|-
! scope="row" |Date
| Match starting day
|-
! scope="row" |Lost
| The match was lost by England
|-
! scope="row" | Won
| The match was won by England
|-
! scope="row" | Drawn
| The match was [[Draw (cricket)|drawn]]
|-
! scope="row" | Home
| The match was played in England
|-
! scope="row" | Away
| The match was played in opponent's country
|-
|}
==Test centuries==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+Test centuries scored by Geoffrey Boycott<ref></ref>
! scope="col" style="width:10px;"|No.
! scope="col" style="width:10px;"|Score
! scope="col" style="width:100px;"|Against
! scope="col" style="width:20px;"|Pos.
! scope="col" style="width:15px;"|Inn.
! scope="col" style="width:20px;"|Test
! scope="col" style="width:300px;"|Venue
! scope="col" style="width:40px;"|H/A
! scope="col" style="width:65px;"|Date
! scope="col" style="width:20px;"|Result
! class="unsortable" scope="col" style="width:10px;" |Ref
|-
| 1
! scope="row" | 113
|| || 1 || 3 || 5/5 || [[The Oval]], [[London]] || Home || || Drawn || <ref name="1st Test 100"/>
|-
| 2
! scope="row" | 117
|| || 1 || 2 || 5/5 || [[St George's Park Cricket Ground|St George's Park]], [[Port Elizabeth]] || Away || || Drawn || <ref></ref>
|-
| 3
! scope="row" | 246*
|| || 2 || 1 || 1/3 || [[Headingley Cricket Ground|Headingley]], [[Leeds]] || Home || || Won || <ref name="Test high score"/>
|-
| 4
! scope="row" | 116
|| || 2 || 2 || 5/5 || [[Bourda]], [[Georgetown, Guyana|Georgetown]] || Away || || Drawn || <ref></ref>
|-
| 5
! scope="row" | 128
|| || 1 || 1 || 1/3 || [[Old Trafford Cricket Ground|Old Trafford]], [[Manchester]] || Home || || Won || <ref></ref>
|-
| 6
! scope="row" | 106
|| || 1 || 4 || 2/3 || [[Lord's]], [[London]] || Home || || Drawn || <ref></ref>
|-
| 7
! scope="row" | 142*
|| || 1 || 3 || 4/7 || [[Sydney Cricket Ground]], [[Sydney]] || Away || || Won || <ref></ref>
|-
| 8
! scope="row" | 119*
|| || 1 || 3 || 6/7 || [[Adelaide Oval]], [[Adelaide]] || Away || || Drawn || <ref></ref>
|-
| 9
! scope="row" | 121*
|| || 1 || 1 || 2/3 || [[Lord's]], [[London]] || Home || || Drawn || <ref></ref>
|-
| 10
! scope="row" | 112
|| || 1 || 1 || 3/3 || [[Headingley Cricket Ground|Headingley]], [[Leeds]] || Home || || Won || <ref></ref>
|-
| 11
! scope="row" | 115
|| || 1 || 2 || 3/3 || [[Headingley Cricket Ground|Headingley]], [[Leeds]] || Home || || Won || <ref></ref>
|-
| 12
! scope="row" | 112
|| || 1 || 3 || 5/5 || [[Queen's Park Oval]], [[Port of Spain]] || Away || || Won || <ref></ref>
|-
| 13
! scope="row" | 107
|| || 2 || 2 || 3/5 || [[Trent Bridge]], [[Nottingham]] || Home || || Won || <ref></ref>
|-
| 14
! scope="row" | 191
|| || 2 || 1 || 4/5 || [[Headingley Cricket Ground|Headingley]], [[Leeds]] || Home || || Won || <ref></ref>
|-
| 15
! scope="row" | 100*
|| || 1 || 4 || 2/3 || [[Niaz Stadium]], [[Hyderabad, Sindh|Hyderabad]] || Away || || Drawn || <ref></ref>
|-
| 16
! scope="row" | 131
|| || 2 || 1 || 2/3 || [[Trent Bridge]], [[Nottingham]] || Home || || Won || <ref></ref>
|-
| 17
! scope="row" | 155
|| || 2 || 1 || 1/4 || [[Edgbaston Cricket Ground|Edgbaston]], [[Birmingham]] || Home || || Won || <ref></ref>
|-
| 18
! scope="row" | 125
|| || 1 || 3 || 4/4 || [[The Oval]], [[London]] || Home || || Drawn || <ref></ref>
|-
| 19
! scope="row" | 128*
|| || 2 || 4 || 1/1 || [[Lord's]], [[London]] || Home || || Drawn || <ref></ref>
|-
| 20
! scope="row" | 104*
|| || 2 || 3 || 4/5 || [[Antigua Recreation Ground]], [[St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda|St. John's]] || Away || || Drawn || <ref></ref>
|-
| 21
! scope="row" | 137
|| || 1 || 2 || 6/6 || [[The Oval]], [[London]] || Home || || Drawn || <ref></ref>
|-
| 22
! scope="row" | 105
|| || 2 || 1 || 3/6 || [[Feroz Shah Kotla Ground|Feroz Shah Kotla]], [[Delhi]] || Away || || Drawn || <ref name="last Test 100"/>
|}
==One Day International centuries==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+ODI centuries scored by Geoffrey Boycott<ref></ref>
! scope="col" style="width:10px;"|No.
! scope="col" style="width:25px;"|Score
! scope="col" style="width:100px;"|Against
! scope="col" style="width:15px;"|Pos.
! scope="col" style="width:15px;"|Inn.
! scope="col" style="width:15px;"|S/R
! scope="col" style="width:300px;"|Venue
! scope="col" style="width:40px;"|H/A
! scope="col" style="width:65px;"|Date
! scope="col" style="width:50px;"|Result
! class="unsortable" scope="col" style="width:10px;" |Ref
|-
|| 1
! scope="row" | 105
|| || 2 || 1 || 84.67 || [[Sydney Cricket Ground]], [[Sydney]] || Away || || Won || <ref name="ODI 100"/>
|}
== Notes ==
==References==
[[Category:Lists of international cricket centuries by player|Boycott]]
[[Category:English cricket lists|Boycott]]
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