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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.

John Barton "Bart" King was an American cricketer, active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. King was one of the Philadelphian cricketers that played from the end of the 19th century until the outbreak of World War I.

King was a skilled batsman, but proved his worth as a bowler, successfully competing against the best cricketers from England and Australia. During his career, he set numerous records in North America and was the dominant bowler on his team when it toured England in 1897, 1903, and 1908. He led the first-class bowling averages in England in 1908. Sir Pelham Warner described Bart King as one of the finest bowlers of all time, and Donald Bradman called him "America's greatest cricketing son.

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]

International

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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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On this day in cricket

Australia

• 1927 - Bill Ponsford beats his own world record score for a first-class innings, making 437 out of Victoria's total of 793 in the match against Queensland at Melbourne Cricket Ground.
• 1946 - On day four of the 2nd Ashes Test at Sydney, Sid Barnes (pictured) is famously out while on 234, equalling Don Bradman's record which had been set just one over before. Barnes later admitted throwing away his wicket: "It wouldn't be right for someone to make more runs than Sir Donald Bradman". The pair had also set a world record fifth wicket partnership of 405 which still stands.

South Africa

• 1881 - Aubrey Faulkner born.

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