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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.

Kevin Peter Pietersen is a South Africa-born English cricketer. He is an attacking right-handed batsman and occasional off spin bowler who plays for Hampshire County Cricket Club and is an important member of both the England Test match and One-day International teams.

After moving from South Africa and qualifying to play for England he was called up to the national side almost immediately. He made his international debut in 2004, and his Test match debut the following year. Pietersen quickly became the fastest batsman to reach both 1000 and 2000 runs in One-day International cricket, and also has the second-highest run total from his first 25 Tests.

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 43 centuries in Test matches and 45 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]

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• September 20, 2009: Australia beat England 6–1 in the Natwest ODI Series.
• September 14, 2009: Justin Langer announces his retirement from all forms of cricket at the end of the 2009 English cricket season.
• August 26, 2009: Daniel Vettori becomes only the 8th player to achieve the double of 3000 runs and 300 wickets in Test cricket.
• August 23, 2009: England beat Australia by 197 runs in the fifth Test at The Oval to reclaim The Ashes.
• August 15, 2009: Sussex beat Somerset by 63 runs to win the 2009 Twenty20 Cup.

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• 1980 - Mohammad Kaif is born

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• 1940 - Mike Denness is born

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