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Cricket is a bat-and-ball team sport that originated in England and is now played in more than 100 countries. A cricket match is contested by two teams, usually of eleven players each^[1] and is played on a grass field in the centre of which is a flat strip of ground 22 yards (20 m) long called a pitch. A wicket, usually made of wood, is placed at each end of the pitch and used as a target.

The object of each team is to score more "runs" than the other team and so win the game.

William Joseph "Bill" O'Reilly, often known as Tiger O'Reilly, was an Australian cricketer, rated as one of the best spin bowlers ever to play cricket. He delivered the ball from a two-fingered grip at close to medium pace with great accuracy, and could produce leg breaks, googlies, and top spinners, with no discernible change in his action. As well as his skill, O'Reilly was also known for his competitiveness, and bowled with the aggression of a paceman.

Following his retirement from playing, he became a well-respected cricket writer and broadcaster. According to Matthew Engel writing in Thirty Obituaries from Wisden, "When O'Reilly died, Sir Donald Bradman said he was the greatest bowler he had ever faced or watched."

This list shows all instances in which the Indian cricketer, Sachin Tendulkar has scored 100 runs or more in Test matches and One Day International (ODI) matches, organised by the International Cricket Council. Tendulkar has scored a total of 42 centuries in Test matches and 43 centuries in ODIs, each of which is a world record. He is yet to score a century in a Twenty20 international cricket match.

List of Test cricket centuries

No.	Score	Against	Inn.	Test	Venue	H/A	Date	Result
1	119*	England	2	2	Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester	Away	01990-08-14 14 August 1990	Draw[2]
2	148*	Australia	1	3	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney	Away	01992-01-06 6 January 1992	Draw[3]
3	114	Australia	1	5	WACA Ground, Perth	Away	01992-02-03 3 February 1992	Lost[4]
4	111	South Africa	1	2	Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg	Away	01992-11-28 28 November 1992	Draw[5]
5	165	England	1	2	M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai	Home	01993-02-12 12 February 1993	Won[6]
6	104*	Sri Lanka	2	2	Sinhalese Sports Club, Colombo	Away	01993-07-31 31 July 1993	Won[7]

International

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• June 15, 2008: Pakistan beat India by 25 runs to win triangular one-day series in Bangladesh.
• October 2: Australia beat India by 84 runs at Kochi in second of seven match series.
• September 7: Pakistan Cricket Board bans Shoaib Akhtar for an indefinite period for the alleged brawl with his team-mate Muhammad Asif
• August 7: Indian Team for the Twenty20 World Championship and the ODI series against England announced.

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• 1918 - Surrey and England bowler Alec Bedser and his twin Eric are born in Reading, Berkshire

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