List of international cricket centuries at St George's Park
St George's Park is a sports ground in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, it has a capacity of 19,000. The ground have been hosted Test cricket since its first match in 1889 when South Africa played England.[1] 27 Test matches have been played at the ground[2] along with 38 One Day Internationals (ODIs), the first of which was in 1992 when South Africa played India.[3] The ground was first staged to Twenty20 Internationals when South Africa played against West Indies in 2007. The venue has hosted 2 T20I matches so far.[4]
English batsman Phil Mead became the first man to score a Test century at St George's Park when he made 117 against South Africa way back in 1914. 196 runs scored by South African Herschelle Gibbs against India in 2001 stands as the highest score seen at the ground, and a double century is yet to score. Overall, 36 Test centuries have been scored at the ground.[5]
Ten ODI centuries have been scored at St George's Park, and the first by Australian batsman Mark Waugh who scored unbeaten 115 from 125 deliveries against South Africa in 1997. The highest score achieved at the ground is 135 made by Pakistani Saleem Elahi against South Africa in 2002.[6]
Key[]
- * denotes that the batsman was not out.
- Inns. denotes the number of the innings in the match.
- Balls denotes the number of balls faced in an innings.
- NR denotes that the number of balls was not recorded.
- Parentheses next to the player's score denotes his century number at St George's Park.
- The column title Date refers to the date the match started.
- The column title Result refers to whether the player's team won
Test centuries[]
The following table summarises the Test centuries scored at St George's Park.
No. | Score | Player | Team | Balls | Inns. | Opposing team | Date | Result |
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1 | 117 | Phil Mead | England | NA | 2 | South Africa | 27 February 1914 | Won |
2 | 125 | Billy Wade | South Africa | NA | 1 | England | 5 March 1949 | Lost |
3 | 136* | George Mann | England | NA | 2 | South Africa | 5 March 1949 | Won |
4 | 157 | Arthur Morris | Australia | NA | 1 | South Africa | 3 March 1950 | Won |
5 | 116 | Neil Harvey | Australia | NA | 1 | South Africa | 3 March 1950 | Won |
6 | 167 | Lindsay Hassett | Australia | NA | 1 | South Africa | 3 March 1950 | Won |
7 | 109 | Paul Barton | New Zealand | NA | 1 | South Africa | 16 February 1962 | Won |
8 | 137 | Graeme Pollock (1/2) | South Africa | 236 | 1 | England | 12 February 1965 | Drawn |
9 | 117 | Geoff Boycott | England | 396 | 2 | South Africa | 12 February 1965 | Drawn |
10 | 105 | Graeme Pollock (2/2) | South Africa | NA | 2 | Australia | 24 February 1967 | Won |
11 | 126 | Barry Richards | South Africa | 212 | 3 | Australia | 5 March 1970 | Won |
12 | 102 | Lee Irvine | South Africa | 146 | 3 | Australia | 5 March 1970 | Won |
13 | 135 | Hansie Cronje | South Africa | 310 | 2 | India | 26 December 1992 | Won |
14 | 129 | Kapil Dev | India | 180 | 3 | South Africa | 26 December 1992 | Lost |
15 | 116 | Mark Waugh | Australia | 228 | 4 | South Africa | 14 March 1997 | Won |
16 | 174 | Lance Klusener | South Africa | 221 | 1 | England | 9 December 1999 | Drawn |
17 | 108 | Michael Atherton | England | 274 | 2 | South Africa | 9 December 1999 | Drawn |
18 | 150 | Mathew Sinclair | New Zealand | 321 | 1 | South Africa | 30 November 2000 | Lost |
19 | 120 | Neil McKenzie | South Africa | 207 | 2 | New Zealand | 30 November 2000 | Won |
20 | 196 | Herschelle Gibbs | South Africa | 354 | 1 | India | 16 November 2001 | Drawn |
21 | 110 | Boeta Dippenaar | South Africa | 245 | 1 | England | 17 December 2004 | Lost |
22 | 126 | Andrew Strauss | England | 228 | 2 | South Africa | 17 December 2004 | Won |
23 | 104 | Shivnarine Chanderpaul | West Indies | 253 | 1 | South Africa | 26 December 2007 | Won |
24 | 110 | Hashim Amla (1/2) | South Africa | 235 | 1 | New Zealand | 11 January 2013 | Won |
25 | 137 | Faf du Plessis (1/2) | South Africa | 252 | 1 | New Zealand | 11 January 2013 | Won |
26 | 103* | Dean Elgar (1/2) | South Africa | 170 | 1 | New Zealand | 11 January 2013 | Won |
27 | 116 | AB de Villiers (1/2) | South Africa | 232 | 1 | Australia | 20 February 2014 | Won |
28 | 123 | JP Duminy | South Africa | 231 | 1 | Australia | 20 February 2014 | Won |
29 | 127* | Hashim Amla (2/2) | South Africa | 176 | 3 | Australia | 20 February 2014 | Won |
30 | 107 | Chris Rogers | Australia | 237 | 4 | South Africa | 20 February 2014 | Lost |
31 | 121 | Dean Elgar (2/2) | South Africa | 239 | 1 | West Indies | 26 December 2014 | Drawn |
32 | 103 | Faf du Plessis (2/2) | South Africa | 230 | 1 | West Indies | 26 December 2014 | Drawn |
33 | 106 | Kraigg Brathwaite | West Indies | 186 | 2 | South Africa | 26 December 2014 | Drawn |
34 | 101 | Marlon Samuels | West Indies | 160 | 2 | South Africa | 26 December 2014 | Drawn |
35 | 117 | Stephen Cook | South Africa | 154 | 3 | Sri Lanka | 26 December 2016 | Won |
36 | 125 | Aiden Markram | South Africa | 204 | 1 | Zimbabwe | 26 December 2017 | Won |
37 | 126* | AB de Villiers (2/2) | South Africa | 146 | 2 | Australia | 9 March 2018 | Won |
38 | 120 | Ben Stokes | England | 214 | 1 | South Africa | 16 January 2020 | Won |
39 | 135* | Ollie Pope | England | 226 | 1 | South Africa | 16 January 2020 | Won |
One Day International centuries[]
The following table summarises the One Day International centuries scored at St George's Park.
No. | Score | Player | Team | Balls | Inns. | Opposing team | Date | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 115* | Mark Waugh | Australia | 125 | 2 | South Africa | 31 March 1997 | Won |
2 | 125 | Herschelle Gibbs (1/2) | South Africa | 146 | 1 | West Indies | 20 January 1999 | Won |
3 | 135 | Saleem Elahi | Pakistan | 129 | 1 | South Africa | 11 December 2002 | Won |
4 | 112 | Abdul Razzaq | Pakistan | 120 | 1 | South Africa | 11 December 2002 | Won |
5 | 105 | Graeme Smith | South Africa | 131 | 2 | England | 4 February 2005 | Won |
6 | 121* | Jacques Kallis | South Africa | 133 | 2 | West Indies | 27 January 2008 | Won |
7 | 125 | Herschelle Gibbs (2/2) | South Africa | 110 | 1 | Australia | 13 April 2009 | Won |
8 | 102 | Ahmed Shehzad | Pakistan | 112 | 1 | South Africa | 27 November 2013 | Won |
9 | 130* | David Miller | South Africa | 133 | 1 | West Indies | 25 January 2015 | Lost |
10 | 115 | Rohit Sharma | India | 126 | 1 | South Africa | 13 February 2018 | Won |
11 | 108* | Hashim Amla | South Africa | 120 | 1 | Pakistan | 19 January 2019 | Lost |
References[]
- ^ "St George's Park — Cricinfo profile". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
- ^ "St George's Park, Port Elizabeth / Records / Test matches / Match results". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
- ^ "St George's Park, Port Elizabeth / Records / One-Day Internationals / Match results". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
- ^ "St George's Park, Port Elizabeth / Records / Twenty20 Internationals / Match results". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
- ^ "Statistics / Statsguru / Test matches / Batting records". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
- ^ "Statistics / Statsguru / One-Day Internationals / Batting records". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
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