List of international cricket centuries at St George's Park
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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
[edit]- * 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
[edit]The following table summarises the Test centuries scored at St George's Park.
No. | Score | Player | Team | Balls | Inns. | Opposing team | Date | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 117 | Phil Mead | ![]() |
NA | 2 | ![]() |
27 February 1914 | Won |
2 | 125 | Billy Wade | ![]() |
NA | 1 | ![]() |
5 March 1949 | Lost |
3 | 136* | George Mann | ![]() |
NA | 2 | ![]() |
5 March 1949 | Won |
4 | 157 | Arthur Morris | ![]() |
NA | 1 | ![]() |
3 March 1950 | Won |
5 | 116 | Neil Harvey | ![]() |
NA | 1 | ![]() |
3 March 1950 | Won |
6 | 167 | Lindsay Hassett | ![]() |
NA | 1 | ![]() |
3 March 1950 | Won |
7 | 109 | Paul Barton | ![]() |
NA | 1 | ![]() |
16 February 1962 | Won |
8 | 137 | Graeme Pollock (1/2) | ![]() |
236 | 1 | ![]() |
12 February 1965 | Drawn |
9 | 117 | Geoff Boycott | ![]() |
396 | 2 | ![]() |
12 February 1965 | Drawn |
10 | 105 | Graeme Pollock (2/2) | ![]() |
NA | 2 | ![]() |
24 February 1967 | Won |
11 | 126 | Barry Richards | ![]() |
212 | 3 | ![]() |
5 March 1970 | Won |
12 | 102 | Lee Irvine | ![]() |
146 | 3 | ![]() |
5 March 1970 | Won |
13 | 135 | Hansie Cronje | ![]() |
310 | 2 | ![]() |
26 December 1992 | Won |
14 | 129 | Kapil Dev | ![]() |
180 | 3 | ![]() |
26 December 1992 | Lost |
15 | 116 | Mark Waugh | ![]() |
228 | 4 | ![]() |
14 March 1997 | Won |
16 | 174 | Lance Klusener | ![]() |
221 | 1 | ![]() |
9 December 1999 | Drawn |
17 | 108 | Michael Atherton | ![]() |
274 | 2 | ![]() |
9 December 1999 | Drawn |
18 | 150 | Mathew Sinclair | ![]() |
321 | 1 | ![]() |
30 November 2000 | Lost |
19 | 120 | Neil McKenzie | ![]() |
207 | 2 | ![]() |
30 November 2000 | Won |
20 | 196 | Herschelle Gibbs | ![]() |
354 | 1 | ![]() |
16 November 2001 | Drawn |
21 | 110 | Boeta Dippenaar | ![]() |
245 | 1 | ![]() |
17 December 2004 | Lost |
22 | 126 | Andrew Strauss | ![]() |
228 | 2 | ![]() |
17 December 2004 | Won |
23 | 104 | Shivnarine Chanderpaul | ![]() |
253 | 1 | ![]() |
26 December 2007 | Won |
24 | 110 | Hashim Amla (1/2) | ![]() |
235 | 1 | ![]() |
11 January 2013 | Won |
25 | 137 | Faf du Plessis (1/2) | ![]() |
252 | 1 | ![]() |
11 January 2013 | Won |
26 | 103* | Dean Elgar (1/2) | ![]() |
170 | 1 | ![]() |
11 January 2013 | Won |
27 | 116 | AB de Villiers (1/2) | ![]() |
232 | 1 | ![]() |
20 February 2014 | Won |
28 | 123 | JP Duminy | ![]() |
231 | 1 | ![]() |
20 February 2014 | Won |
29 | 127* | Hashim Amla (2/2) | ![]() |
176 | 3 | ![]() |
20 February 2014 | Won |
30 | 107 | Chris Rogers | ![]() |
237 | 4 | ![]() |
20 February 2014 | Lost |
31 | 121 | Dean Elgar (2/2) | ![]() |
239 | 1 | ![]() |
26 December 2014 | Drawn |
32 | 103 | Faf du Plessis (2/2) | ![]() |
230 | 1 | ![]() |
26 December 2014 | Drawn |
33 | 106 | Kraigg Brathwaite | ![]() |
186 | 2 | ![]() |
26 December 2014 | Drawn |
34 | 101 | Marlon Samuels | ![]() |
160 | 2 | ![]() |
26 December 2014 | Drawn |
35 | 117 | Stephen Cook | ![]() |
154 | 3 | ![]() |
26 December 2016 | Won |
36 | 125 | Aiden Markram | ![]() |
204 | 1 | ![]() |
26 December 2017 | Won |
37 | 126* | AB de Villiers (2/2) | ![]() |
146 | 2 | ![]() |
9 March 2018 | Won |
38 | 120 | Ben Stokes | ![]() |
214 | 1 | ![]() |
16 January 2020 | Won |
39 | 135* | Ollie Pope | ![]() |
226 | 1 | ![]() |
16 January 2020 | Won |
One Day International centuries
[edit]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 | ![]() |
125 | 2 | ![]() |
31 March 1997 | Won |
2 | 125 | Herschelle Gibbs (1/2) | ![]() |
146 | 1 | ![]() |
20 January 1999 | Won |
3 | 135 | Saleem Elahi | ![]() |
129 | 1 | ![]() |
11 December 2002 | Won |
4 | 112 | Abdul Razzaq | ![]() |
120 | 1 | ![]() |
11 December 2002 | Won |
5 | 105 | Graeme Smith | ![]() |
131 | 2 | ![]() |
4 February 2005 | Won |
6 | 121* | Jacques Kallis | ![]() |
133 | 2 | ![]() |
27 January 2008 | Won |
7 | 125 | Herschelle Gibbs (2/2) | ![]() |
110 | 1 | ![]() |
13 April 2009 | Won |
8 | 102 | Ahmed Shehzad | ![]() |
112 | 1 | ![]() |
27 November 2013 | Won |
9 | 130* | David Miller | ![]() |
133 | 1 | ![]() |
25 January 2015 | Lost |
10 | 115 | Rohit Sharma | ![]() |
126 | 1 | ![]() |
13 February 2018 | Won |
11 | 108* | Hashim Amla | ![]() |
120 | 1 | ![]() |
19 January 2019 | Lost |
References
[edit]- ^ "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.