Mahela Jayawardene joins Sunil Gavaskar, Brian Lara on 34 Test tons

Mahela Jayawardene scored his 34th test century as Sri Lanka overcame an early hiccup and scored a healthy 305-5 on day one of the second test against South Africa on Thursday July 24,2014

Mahela Jayawardene made a splendid unbeaten 140 off 225 balls with 16 fours and a six on a flat pitch at Sinhalese Sports Club and raised his 11th test century at the venue - the most by any batsman at one venue.

Dale Steyn (2-55) had Sri Lanka reeling at 16-2 when he snared wickets off successive deliveries before Jayawardene put on 99 for the third wicket with Kaushal Silva (44), and another 131 with captain Angelo Mathews, who scored 63.

Mahela Jayawardene, who will retire from Test cricket next month, showed brilliant form at his favorite venue as Sri Lanka bid to level the two-match series after losing the first test at Galle.

Mahela Jayawardene's Test Match Tons

Test cricket centuries

No.	Score	Against	Pos.	Inn.	Test	Venue	H/A	Date	Result
1	167♠	New Zealand	3	2	2/3	Galle International Stadium, Galle	Home	3 June 1998	Won
2	242♠	India	3	2	2/4	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo	Home	24 February 1999	Drawn
3	167	South Africa	4	1	1/3	Galle International Stadium, Galle	Home	20 July 2000	Won
4	101*	South Africa	4	4	3/3	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo	Home	6 August 2000	Drawn
5	101	England	5	1	2/3	Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy	Home	7 March 2001	Lost
6	104	India	4	1	2/3	Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy	Home	22 August 2001	Lost
7	139	India	4	2	3/3	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo	Home	29 August 2001	Won
8	150	Bangladesh	4	2	2/3	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo	Home	6 September 2001	Won
9	107	England	4	1	1/3	Lord's Cricket Ground, London	Away	16 May 2002	Drawn
10	134	England	4	2	3/3	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo	Home	18 December 2003	Won
11	100*	Zimbabwe	4	2	2/2	Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo	Away	14 May 2004	Won
12	237♠	South Africa	4	1	1/2	Galle International Stadium, Galle	Home	4 August 2004	Drawn
13	141	New Zealand	4	2	1/2	McLean Park, Napier, New Zealand	Away	4 April 2005	Drawn
14	119♠†	England	4	3	1/3	Lord's Cricket Ground, London	Away	11 May 2006	Drawn
15	374♠†	South Africa	4	2	1/2	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo	Home	27 July 2006	Won
16	123♠†	South Africa	4	4	2/2	Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo	Home	4 August 2006	Won
17	127†	Bangladesh	4	2	1/3	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo	Home	25 June 2007	Won
18	165†	Bangladesh	4	3	3/3	Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy	Home	11 July 2007	Won
19	104†	Australia	4	2	2/2	Bellerive Oval, Hobart	Away	16 November 2007	Lost
20	195♠†	England	4	2	2/3	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo	Home	9 December 2007	Drawn
21	213*♠†	England	4	1	3/3	Galle International Stadium, Galle	Home	18 December 2007	Drawn
22	136†	West Indies	4	1	1/2	Providence Stadium, Providence	Away	22 March 2008	Won
23	136†	India	4	1	1/3	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo	Home	23 July 2008	Won
24	166†	Bangladesh	4	3	1/2	Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium, Dhaka	Away	26 December 2008	Won
25	240†	Pakistan	4	1	1/2	National Stadium, Karachi	Away	21 February 2009	Drawn
26	114	New Zealand	4	1	1/2	Galle International Stadium, Galle	Home	18 August 2009	Won
27	275♠	India	4	2	1/3	Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad	Away	16 November 2009	Drawn
28	174	India	4	1	2/3	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo	Home	26 July 2010	Drawn
29	105	Australia	4	4	1/3	Galle International Stadium, Galle	Home	31 August 2011	Lost
30	180†	England	4	2	1/2	Galle International Stadium, Galle	Home	26 March 2012	Won
31	105	England	4	2	2/2	P.Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo	Home	3 April 2012	Lost
32	129♠	Pakistan	5	2	2/3	Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai	Away	9 January 2014	Won
33	203*♠	Bangladesh	4	2	1/2	Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka	Away	29 January 2014	Won
34	165	South Africa	4	1	2/2	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo	Home	24 July 2014	In-Progress