List of international cricket centuries at the Oval

The Oval (also known as the Kennington Oval and, due to sponsorship reasons, the Kia Oval) is a cricket ground in London, England, it was established in 1845 and has a capacity of 23,500. International cricket has been played at the ground since 1880, when England played Australia in the first Test match staged in England.^[1] One Day Internationals (ODIs) have also been played at the ground, the first of these was in 1973 between England and the West Indies. 157 Test centuries have been scored at the Oval along with 25 ODI centuries.^[2][3]

The Englishman W. G. Grace scored the first Test century at the ground, Grace made 152 against Australia in 1880. In 1938 Len Hutton, another Englishman, broke the record for the highest individual Test innings. Hutton, with his score of 364, surpassed Wally Hammond's previous record of 336 not out. Hutton's innings remains the only Test triple century scored at the Oval and the highest by an Englishman at any ground.^[4][5] The West Indian Viv Richards holds the record for the highest Test innings by an overseas player at the ground with 291, which was scored in 1976 against England. Herbert Sutcliffe is the only man to have scored five Test centuries at the ground, while Hammond, Hutton, David Gower and Kevin Pietersen have all scored four centuries. The most centuries scored by an overseas player at the ground is three, which was achieved by the South African Bruce Mitchell.^[2]

The first ODI century scored at the Oval was in 1973 by the West Indian Roy Fredericks, who made 105 against England. New Zealander Nathan Astle's innings of 145 not out, scored against the United States in the 2004 ICC Champions Trophy, is the highest seen at the ground. The only player to have scored multiple ODI centuries at the ground is the Englishman Marcus Trescothick, who has made three.^[3]

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 Oval.
• The column title Date refers to the date the match started.
• The column title Result refers to whether the player's team won^[6][7], lost^[8][9] or if the match was drawn.^[10]

List of centuries

Test centuries

The following table summarises the Test centuries scored at the Oval.^[2]

One Day International centuries

The following table summarises the One Day International centuries scored at the Oval.^[3]

References