List of international cricket centuries at the Wanderers Stadium
The Bidvest Wanderers Stadium is a cricket stadium, situated just south of Sandton in Illovo, Johannesburg in Gauteng Province, South Africa.[1] Test, One Day and First class cricket matches are played here. The stadium has a seating capacity of 34,000. The ground is among the most historically significant cricket grounds of the twenty-first century. It has staged some of the most important matches in ODI and T20I history, and has witnessed a number of outstanding world records.
The 2003 Cricket World Cup final was held at the Wanderers Stadium. This stadium also hosted one of the greatest One-Day International matches. The match was played between South Africa and Australia in which a world record score of 434 was chased down by South Africa. It hosted matches of the 2007 ICC World Twenty20 including the first match and the final which was won by India, who defeated Pakistan.
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 the Wanderers.
- The column title Date refers to the date the match started.
- The column title Result refers to whether the player's team won, lost or ended in a draw, a tie or a no result.[2][3][4]
Test centuries[]
The following table summarises the Test centuries scored at the Wanderers.[5]
No. | Score | Player | Team | Balls | Inns. | Opposing team | Date | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 117 | Peter Richardson | ![]() |
NR | 1 | ![]() |
24 December 1956 | Won |
2 | 108 | Jackie McGlew (1/2) | ![]() |
NR | 1 | ![]() |
23 December 1957 | Drawn |
3 | 115 | John Waite (1/2) | ![]() |
NR | 1 | ![]() |
23 December 1957 | Drawn |
4 | 122 | Richie Benaud (1/2) | ![]() |
NR | 2 | ![]() |
23 December 1957 | Drawn |
5 | 100 | Richie Benaud (2/2) | ![]() |
NR | 1 | ![]() |
7 February 1958 | Won |
6 | 101 | John Waite (2/2) | ![]() |
NR | 1 | ![]() |
26 December 1961 | Drawn |
7 | 120 | Jackie McGlew (2/2) | ![]() |
NR | 2 | ![]() |
2 February 1962 | Won |
8 | 142 | John Reid | ![]() |
NR | 3 | ![]() |
2 February 1962 | Lost |
9 | 172 | Ted Dexter | ![]() |
NR | 1 | ![]() |
23 December 1964 | Drawn |
10 | 121 | Ken Barrington | ![]() |
NR | 1 | ![]() |
23 December 1964 | Drawn |
11 | 144* | Colin Bland | ![]() |
NR | 3 | ![]() |
23 December 1964 | Drawn |
12 | 122* | Peter Parfitt | ![]() |
289 | 2 | ![]() |
22 January 1965 | Drawn |
13 | 112 | Trevor Goddard | ![]() |
NR | 3 | ![]() |
22 January 1965 | Drawn |
14 | 182 | Denis Lindsay (1/2) | ![]() |
227 | 3 | ![]() |
23 December 1966 | Won |
15 | 131 | Denis Lindsay (2/2) | ![]() |
NR | 2 | ![]() |
3 February 1967 | Drawn |
16 | 131 | Eddie Barlow | ![]() |
252 | 3 | ![]() |
19 February 1970 | Won |
17 | 111 | Sachin Tendulkar | ![]() |
270 | 2 | ![]() |
26 November 1992 | Drawn |
18 | 122 | Hansie Cronje | ![]() |
192 | 3 | ![]() |
4 March 1994 | Won |
19 | 113 | Brian McMillan (1/2) | ![]() |
180 | 1 | ![]() |
19 January 1995 | Won |
20 | 110 | Gary Kirsten | ![]() |
241 | 1 | ![]() |
30 November 1995 | Drawn |
21 | 100* | Brian McMillan (2/2) | ![]() |
168 | 3 | ![]() |
30 November 1995 | Drawn |
22 | 185* | Michael Atherton | ![]() |
492 | 4 | ![]() |
30 November 1995 | Drawn |
23 | 148 | Rahul Dravid | ![]() |
362 | 1 | ![]() |
16 January 1997 | Drawn |
24 | 122* | Daryll Cullinan (1/2) | ![]() |
200 | 4 | ![]() |
16 January 1997 | Drawn |
25 | 160 | Steve Waugh | ![]() |
366 | 2 | ![]() |
28 February 1997 | Won |
26 | 214 | Greg Blewett | ![]() |
421 | 2 | ![]() |
28 February 1997 | Won |
27 | 108 | Pat Symcox | ![]() |
157 | 1 | ![]() |
14 February 1998 | Drawn |
28 | 136 | Azhar Mahmood | ![]() |
215 | 2 | ![]() |
14 February 1998 | Drawn |
29 | 108 | Daryll Cullinan (2/2) | ![]() |
170 | 2 | ![]() |
25 November 1999 | Won |
30 | 100 | Boeta Dippenaar | ![]() |
192 | 2 | ![]() |
8 December 2000 | Drawn |
31 | 122 | Matthew Hayden | ![]() |
189 | 1 | ![]() |
22 February 2002 | Won |
32 | 204* | Adam Gilchrist | ![]() |
213 | 1 | ![]() |
22 February 2002 | Won |
33 | 133 | Damien Martyn (1/2) | ![]() |
207 | 1 | ![]() |
22 February 2002 | Won |
34 | 132 | Graeme Smith (1/2) | ![]() |
184 | 1 | ![]() |
12 December 2003 | Won |
35 | 158 | Jacques Kallis (1/2) | ![]() |
297 | 1 | ![]() |
12 December 2003 | Won |
36 | 202 | Brian Lara | ![]() |
274 | 2 | ![]() |
12 December 2003 | Lost |
37 | 147 | Andrew Strauss | ![]() |
250 | 1 | ![]() |
13 January 2005 | Won |
38 | 161 | Herschelle Gibbs | ![]() |
307 | 2 | ![]() |
13 January 2005 | Lost |
39 | 180 | Marcus Trescothick | ![]() |
248 | 3 | ![]() |
13 January 2005 | Won |
40 | 101 | Damien Martyn (2/2) | ![]() |
208 | 4 | ![]() |
31 March 2006 | Won |
41 | 176* | Hashim Amla (1/3) | ![]() |
378 | 3 | ![]() |
8 November 2007 | Won |
42 | 186 | Jacques Kallis (2/2) | ![]() |
262 | 3 | ![]() |
8 November 2007 | Won |
43 | 117 | Marcus North | ![]() |
233 | 1 | ![]() |
26 February 2009 | Won |
44 | 104* | AB de Villiers (1/3) | ![]() |
185 | 2 | ![]() |
26 February 2009 | Lost |
45 | 105 | Graeme Smith (2/2) | ![]() |
187 | 2 | ![]() |
14 January 2010 | Won |
46 | 105 | Hashim Amla (2/3) | ![]() |
243 | 3 | ![]() |
17 November 2011 | Lost |
47 | 103* | AB de Villiers (2/3) | ![]() |
117 | 3 | ![]() |
1 February 2013 | Won |
48 | 119 | Virat Kohli | ![]() |
181 | 1 | ![]() |
18 December 2013 | Drawn |
49 | 153 | Cheteshwar Pujara | ![]() |
270 | 3 | ![]() |
18 December 2013 | Drawn |
50 | 134 | Faf du Plessis(1/2) | ![]() |
309 | 4 | ![]() |
18 December 2013 | Drawn |
51 | 103 | AB de Villiers (3/3) | ![]() |
168 | 4 | ![]() |
18 December 2013 | Drawn |
52 | 110 | Joe Root | ![]() |
139 | 2 | ![]() |
14 January 2016 | Won |
53 | 155 | JP Duminy | ![]() |
221 | 1 | ![]() |
12 January 2017 | Won |
54 | 134 | Hashim Amla (3/3) | ![]() |
265 | 1 | ![]() |
12 January 2017 | Won |
55 | 152 | Aiden Markram | ![]() |
216 | 1 | ![]() |
30 March 2018 | Won |
56 | 120 | Faf du Plessis(2/2) | ![]() |
178 | 3 | ![]() |
30 March 2018 | Won |
57 | 129 | Quinton de Kock | ![]() |
138 | 3 | ![]() |
11 January 2019 | Won |
58 | 127 | Dean Elgar | ![]() |
163 | 2 | ![]() |
4 January 2021 | Won |
59 | 103 | Dimuth Karunaratne | ![]() |
128 | 3 | ![]() |
4 January 2021 | Lost |
One Day International centuries[]
The following table summarises the One Day International centuries scored at the Wanderers.[6]
No. | Score | Player | Team | Balls | Inns. | Opposing team | Date | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 112 | Hansie Cronje | ![]() |
120 | 1 | ![]() |
19 February 1994 | Won |
2 | 106 | Mike Rindel | ![]() |
139 | 1 | ![]() |
12 January 1995 | Won |
3 | 127 | Sourav Ganguly | ![]() |
126 | 1 | ![]() |
5 October 2001 | Lost |
4 | 101 | Sachin Tendulkar | ![]() |
129 | 1 | ![]() |
5 October 2001 | Lost |
5 | 133 | Gary Kirsten | ![]() |
155 | 2 | ![]() |
5 October 2001 | Won |
6 | 143* | Andrew Symonds | ![]() |
125 | 1 | ![]() |
11 February 2003 | Won |
7 | 143 | Herschelle Gibbs (1/3) | ![]() |
141 | 1 | ![]() |
16 February 2003 | Lost |
8 | 134 | Stephen Fleming | ![]() |
132 | 2 | ![]() |
16 February 2003 | Won |
9 | 140* | Ricky Ponting (1/2) | ![]() |
121 | 1 | ![]() |
23 March 2003 | Won |
10 | 152* | Chris Gayle | ![]() |
153 | 1 | ![]() |
4 February 2004 | Lost |
11 | 139 | Jacques Kallis | ![]() |
142 | 2 | ![]() |
4 February 2004 | Won |
12 | 164 | Ricky Ponting (2/2) | ![]() |
105 | 1 | ![]() |
12 March 2006 | Lost |
13 | 175 | Herschelle Gibbs (2/3) | ![]() |
111 | 2 | ![]() |
12 March 2006 | Won |
14 | 102 | Herschelle Gibbs (3/3) | ![]() |
82 | 2 | ![]() |
3 February 2008 | Won |
15 | 125 | Graeme Smith | ![]() |
143 | 1 | ![]() |
22 January 2012 | Won |
16 | 125* | AB de Villiers (1/3) | ![]() |
98 | 1 | ![]() |
22 January 2012 | Won |
17 | 102 | Kumar Sangakkara | ![]() |
97 | 2 | ![]() |
22 January 2012 | Lost |
18 | 122 | Hashim Amla (1/2) | ![]() |
113 | 1 | ![]() |
17 March 2013 | Won |
19 | 128 | AB de Villiers (2/3) | ![]() |
108 | 1 | ![]() |
17 March 2013 | Won |
20 | 135 | Quinton de Kock | ![]() |
121 | 1 | ![]() |
5 December 2013 | Won |
21 | 128 | Rilee Rossouw | ![]() |
115 | 1 | ![]() |
18 January 2015 | Won |
22 | 153* | Hashim Amla (2/2) | ![]() |
142 | 1 | ![]() |
18 January 2015 | Won |
23 | 149 | AB de Villiers (3/3) | ![]() |
44 | 1 | ![]() |
18 January 2015 | Won |
24 | 109 | Joe Root | ![]() |
124 | 1 | ![]() |
12 February 2016 | Lost |
25 | 111 | Faf du Plessis (1/2) | ![]() |
93 | 1 | ![]() |
2 October 2016 | Won |
26 | 109 | Shikhar Dhawan | ![]() |
105 | 1 | ![]() |
10 February 2018 | Lost |
27 | 112* | Faf du Plessis (2/2) | ![]() |
114 | 2 | ![]() |
3 March 2019 | Won |
28 | 193 | Fakhar Zaman | ![]() |
155 | 2 | ![]() |
4 April 2021 | Lost |
Twenty20 International centuries[]
The following table summarises the Twenty20 International century scored at the Wanderers.[7]
No. | Score | Player | Team | Balls | Inns. | Opposing team | Date | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 117 | Chris Gayle | ![]() |
57 | 1 | ![]() |
11 September 2007 | Lost |
2 | 119 | Faf du Plessis | ![]() |
56 | 1 | ![]() |
11 January 2015 | Lost |
References[]
- Lists of international cricket centuries by ground
- Cricket grounds in South Africa
- South African cricket lists
- Johannesburg-related lists