The Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) is a sports stadium in Sydney. The ground hosted its first Test match in 1882.[1] The first One Day International played at the ground was in 1979.[2]
The Australian Percy McDonnell scored the first century at the ground in 1882 with 147 against England. 156 centuries have been scored at the ground in total. The highest score at the ground, 293*, was achieved by the Australian Michael Clarke on January 5th, 2012 (The match is still in progress). R. E. Foster 287 and Brian Lara 277 hold the 2nd and 3rd highest scores, respectively. Ricky Ponting has scored the most Test centuries at the ground with 6.[3]
35 One Day International centuries have been scored at the ground. The first of these was scored by Geoff Boycott in 1979. Andrew Symonds holds the record for the highest score with 151. The highest score by an overseas player is 139 by the Indian Yuvraj Singh.[4]
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The following table summarises the Test centuries scored at the Sydney Cricket Ground.[3]
No. | Score | Player | Team | Balls | Inns. | Opposing team | Date | Result |
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1 | 147 | Percy McDonnell | Australia | NR | 2 | England | 3 March 1882 | Won |
2 | 135* | Allan Steel | England | NR | 1 | Australia | 17 February 1883 | Lost |
3 | 128 | George Bonnor | Australia | NR | 2 | England | 14 March 1885 | Won |
4 | 132* | Bobby Abel | England | NR | 2 | Australia | 29 January 1892 | Lost |
5 | 134 | John Lyons | Australia | NR | 3 | England | 29 January 1892 | Won |
6 | 161 | George Giffen | Australia | NR | 1 | England | 14 December 1894 | Lost |
7 | 201 | Syd Gregory | Australia | NR | 1 | England | 14 December 1894 | Lost |
8 | 117 | Albert Ward | England | NR | 3 | Australia | 14 December 1894 | Won |
9 | 105 | Harry Graham | Australia | NR | 1 | England | 1 February 1895 | Won |
10 | 109 | Archie MacLaren (1/2) | England | NR | 1 | Australia | 13 December 1897 | Won |
11 | 175 | K. S. Ranjitsinhji | England | NR | 1 | Australia | 13 December 1897 | Won |
12 | 101 | Joe Darling (1/2) | Australia | NR | 3 | England | 13 December 1897 | Lost |
13 | 160 | Joe Darling (2/2) | Australia | NR | 4 | England | 26 February 1898 | Won |
14 | 116 | Archie MacLaren (2/2) | England | NR | 1 | Australia | 13 December 1901 | Won |
15 | 133 | Monty Noble | Australia | NR | 1 | England | 11 December 1903 | Lost |
16 | 287 | R. E. Foster | England | NR | 2 | Australia | 11 December 1903 | Won |
17 | 102 | Len Braund | England | NR | 2 | Australia | 11 December 1903 | Won |
18 | 185* | Victor Trumper (1/3) | Australia | NR | 3 | England | 11 December 1903 | Lost |
19 | 119 | George Gunn (1/2) | England | NR | 1 | Australia | 13 December 1907 | Lost |
20 | 122* | George Gunn (2/2) | England | NR | 2 | Australia | 21 February 1908 | Lost |
21 | 166 | Victor Trumper (2/3) | Australia | NR | 3 | England | 21 February 1908 | Won |
22 | 132 | Warren Bardsley | Australia | 150 | 1 | South Africa | 9 December 1910 | Won |
23 | 191 | Clem Hill | Australia | 200 | 1 | South Africa | 9 December 1910 | Won |
24 | 137 | Charles Macartney (1/2) | Australia | 193 | 1 | South Africa | 3 March 1911 | Won |
25 | 150 | Billy Zulch | South Africa | 304 | 3 | Australia | 3 March 1911 | Lost |
26 | 113 | Victor Trumper (3/3) | Australia | 208 | 1 | England | 15 December 1911 | Won |
27 | 133* | Frank Woolley (1/2) | England | 215 | 1 | Australia | 23 February 1912 | Won |
28 | 104 | Herbie Collins (1/2) | Australia | 278 | 3 | England | 17 December 1920 | Won |
29 | 158 | Warwick Armstrong | Australia | 209 | 3 | England | 17 December 1920 | Won |
30 | 170 | Charles Macartney (2/2) | Australia | 227 | 2 | England | 25 February 1921 | Won |
31 | 114 | Herbie Collins (2/2) | Australia | 311 | 1 | England | 19 December 1924 | Won |
32 | 110 | Bill Ponsford (1/2) | Australia | 275 | 1 | England | 19 December 1924 | Won |
33 | 115 | Jack Hobbs | England | 266 | 2 | Australia | 19 December 1924 | Lost |
34 | 108 | Johnny Taylor | Australia | 217 | 3 | England | 19 December 1924 | Won |
35 | 115 | Herbert Sutcliffe (1/2) | England | 254 | 4 | Australia | 19 December 1924 | Lost |
36 | 123 | Frank Woolley (2/2) | England | 139 | 4 | Australia | 19 December 1924 | Lost |
37 | 251 | Wally Hammond (1/4) | England | 605 | 2 | Australia | 14 December 1928 | Won |
38 | 111 | Bill Woodfull | Australia | 286 | 3 | England | 14 December 1928 | Lost |
39 | 112 | Stork Hendry | Australia | 305 | 3 | England | 14 December 1928 | Lost |
40 | 183 | Bill Ponsford (2/2) | Australia | NR | 1 | West Indies | 1 January 1931 | Won |
41 | 123* | Freddie Martin | West Indies | NR | 1 | Australia | 27 February 1931 | Won |
42 | 105 | George Headley | West Indies | NR | 1 | Australia | 27 February 1931 | Won |
43 | 127 | Keith Rigg | Australia | NR | 2 | South Africa | 18 December 1931 | Won |
44 | 112 | Donald Bradman (1/2) | Australia | NR | 2 | South Africa | 18 December 1931 | Won |
45 | 187* | Stan McCabe | Australia | 233 | 1 | England | 2 December 1932 | Lost |
46 | 194 | Herbert Sutcliffe (2/2) | England | 496 | 2 | Australia | 2 December 1932 | Won |
47 | 112 | Wally Hammond (2/4) | England | 242 | 2 | Australia | 2 December 1932 | Won |
48 | 102 | Nawab of Pataudi | England | 380 | 2 | Australia | 2 December 1932 | Won |
49 | 101 | Wally Hammond (3/4) | England | 205 | 2 | Australia | 23 February 1933 | Won |
50 | 231* | Wally Hammond (4/4) | England | 579 | 1 | Australia | 18 December 1936 | Won |
51 | 234 | Sid Barnes | Australia | 667 | 2 | England | 13 December 1946 | Won |
52 | 234 | Donald Bradman (2/2) | Australia | 396 | 2 | England | 13 December 1946 | Won |
53 | 119 | Bill Edrich | England | 379 | 3 | Australia | 13 December 1946 | Lost |
54 | 122* | Leonard Hutton | England | 356 | 1 | Australia | 28 February 1947 | Lost |
55 | 145* | Keith Miller (1/2) | Australia | NR | 2 | England | 5 January 1951 | Won |
56 | 132 | Lindsay Hassett | Australia | NR | 2 | West Indies | 30 November 1951 | Won |
57 | 129 | Keith Miller (2/2) | Australia | NR | 2 | West Indies | 30 November 1951 | Won |
58 | 104 | Jeffrey Stollmeyer | West Indies | NR | 4 | Australia | 25 January 1952 | Lost |
59 | 190 | Neil Harvey | Australia | NR | 2 | South Africa | 9 January 1953 | Won |
60 | 104 | Peter May | England | 280 | 3 | Australia | 17 December 1954 | Won |
61 | 111 | Tom Graveney | England | 157 | 1 | Australia | 25 February 1955 | Drawn |
62 | 100* | Colin Cowdrey | England | 302 | 3 | Australia | 9 January 1959 | Drawn |
63 | 168 | Garry Sobers (1/2) | West Indies | 234 | 1 | Australia | 13 January 1961 | Won |
64 | 108 | Gerry Alexander | West Indies | 190 | 3 | Australia | 13 January 1961 | Won |
65 | 101 | Ken Barrington | England | NR | 1 | Australia | 15 February 1963 | Drawn |
66 | 103 | Peter Burge | Australia | 291 | 2 | England | 15 February 1963 | Drawn |
67 | 122 | Graeme Pollock | South Africa | 237 | 2 | Australia | 10 January 1964 | Drawn |
68 | 102* | Brian Booth | Australia | 233 | 1 | South Africa | 7 February 1964 | Drawn |
69 | 126 | Colin Bland | South Africa | 331 | 2 | Australia | 7 February 1964 | Drawn |
70 | 185 | Bob Barber | England | 255 | 1 | Australia | 7 January 1966 | Won |
71 | 103 | John Edrich | England | 245 | 1 | Australia | 7 January 1966 | Won |
72 | 165 | Bob Cowper | Australia | 345 | 3 | India | 26 January 1968 | Won |
73 | 118 | Doug Walters (1/3) | Australia | 185 | 2 | West Indies | 3 January 1969 | Won |
74 | 101 | Basil Butcher | West Indies | 233 | 3 | Australia | 3 January 1969 | Lost |
75 | 151 | Bill Lawry | Australia | 367 | 1 | West Indies | 14 February 1969 | Won |
76 | 242 | Doug Walters (2/3) | Australia | 412 | 1 | West Indies | 14 February 1969 | Won |
77 | 132 | Ian Redpath (1/2) | Australia | 277 | 3 | West Indies | 14 February 1969 | Won |
78 | 103 | Doug Walters (3/3) | Australia | 181 | 3 | West Indies | 14 February 1969 | Won |
79 | 113 | Garry Sobers (2/2) | West Indies | 126 | 4 | Australia | 14 February 1969 | Lost |
80 | 137 | Seymour Nurse | West Indies | 204 | 4 | Australia | 14 February 1969 | Lost |
81 | 142* | Geoff Boycott | England | 360 | 3 | Australia | 9 January 1971 | Won |
82 | 121 | Mushtaq Mohammad | Pakistan | 276 | 2 | Australia | 6 January 1973 | Lost |
83 | 108 | John Parker | New Zealand | 220 | 1 | Australia | 5 January 1974 | Drawn |
84 | 117 | John Morrison | New Zealand | 247 | 3 | Australia | 5 January 1974 | Drawn |
85 | 105 | Ian Redpath (2/2) | Australia | 239 | 3 | England | 4 January 1975 | Won |
86 | 144 | Greg Chappell (1/4) | Australia | 209 | 3 | England | 4 January 1975 | Won |
87 | 182* | Greg Chappell (2/4) | Australia | 274 | 2 | West Indies | 3 January 1976 | Won |
88 | 120 | Asif Iqbal | Pakistan | 213 | 2 | Australia | 14 January 1977 | Won |
89 | 150 | Derek Randall | England | 498 | 3 | Australia | 6 January 1979 | Won |
90 | 121 | Graham Yallop | Australia | 212 | 1 | England | 10 February 1979 | Lost |
91 | 204 | Greg Chappell (3/4) | Australia | 296 | 2 | India | 2 January 1981 | Won |
92 | 126 | Larry Gomes | West Indies | 252 | 1 | Australia | 2 January 1982 | Drawn |
93 | 127* | John Dyson | Australia | 321 | 4 | West Indies | 2 January 1982 | Drawn |
94 | 137 | Kim Hughes | Australia | 316 | 3 | England | 2 January 1983 | Drawn |
95 | 182 | Greg Chappell (4/4) | Australia | 400 | 2 | Pakistan | 2 January 1984 | Won |
96 | 173 | Kepler Wessels | Australia | 352 | 1 | West Indies | 30 December 1984 | Won |
97 | 172 | Sunil Gavaskar | India | 400 | 1 | Australia | 2 January 1986 | Drawn |
98 | 116 | Kris Srikkanth | India | 117 | 1 | Australia | 2 January 1986 | Drawn |
99 | 138 | Mohinder Amarnath | India | 312 | 1 | Australia | 2 January 1986 | Drawn |
100 | 131 | David Boon (1/4) | Australia | 311 | 2 | India | 2 January 1986 | Drawn |
101 | 184* | Dean Jones | Australia | 421 | 1 | England | 10 January 1987 | Won |
102 | 139 | Chris Broad | England | 361 | 1 | Australia | 29 January 1988 | Drawn |
103 | 184* | David Boon (2/4) | Australia | 431 | 3 | England | 29 January 1988 | Drawn |
104 | 149 | David Boon (3/4) | Australia | 425 | 2 | West Indies | 26 January 1989 | Won |
105 | 143 | Desmond Haynes | West Indies | 272 | 3 | Australia | 26 January 1989 | Lost |
106 | 101* | Mark Taylor (1/2) | Australia | 227 | 2 | Pakistan | 3 February 1990 | Drawn |
107 | 128 | Greg Matthews | Australia | 175 | 1 | England | 4 January 1991 | Drawn |
108 | 105 | Mike Atherton | England | 349 | 2 | Australia | 4 January 1991 | Drawn |
109 | 123 | David Gower | England | 236 | 2 | Australia | 4 January 1991 | Drawn |
110 | 129* | David Boon (4/4) | Australia | 361 | 1 | India | 2 January 1992 | Drawn |
111 | 206 | Ravi Shastri | India | 477 | 2 | Australia | 2 January 1992 | Drawn |
112 | 148* | Sachin Tendulkar (1/3) | India | 213 | 2 | Australia | 2 January 1992 | Drawn |
113 | 100 | Steve Waugh (1/3) | Australia | 207 | 1 | West Indies | 2 January 1993 | Drawn |
114 | 109 | Richie Richardson | West Indies | 253 | 2 | Australia | 2 January 1993 | Drawn |
115 | 277 | Brian Lara | West Indies | 372 | 2 | Australia | 2 January 1993 | Drawn |
116 | 113 | Mark Taylor (2/2) | Australia | 248 | 4 | England | 1 January 1995 | Drawn |
117 | 103 | Michael Slater (1/2) | Australia | 236 | 4 | England | 1 January 1995 | Drawn |
118 | 137 | Ijaz Ahmed | Pakistan | 332 | 1 | Australia | 30 November 1995 | Won |
119 | 116 | Mark Waugh (1/3) | Australia | 206 | 2 | Pakistan | 30 November 1995 | Lost |
120 | 100 | Mark Waugh (2/3) | Australia | 186 | 2 | South Africa | 2 January 1998 | Won |
121 | 121 | Mark Waugh (3/3) | Australia | 205 | 1 | England | 2 January 1999 | Won |
122 | 123 | Michael Slater (2/2) | Australia | 189 | 3 | England | 2 January 1999 | Won |
123 | 223 | Justin Langer (1/3) | Australia | 355 | 2 | India | 2 January 2000 | Won |
124 | 141* | Ricky Ponting (1/6) | Australia | 183 | 2 | India | 2 January 2000 | Won |
125 | 167 | V. V. S. Laxman (1/3) | India | 198 | 3 | Australia | 2 January 2000 | Lost |
126 | 103 | Steve Waugh (2/3) | Australia | 238 | 2 | West Indies | 2 January 2001 | Won |
127 | 126 | Justin Langer (2/3) | Australia | 211 | 1 | South Africa | 2 January 2002 | Won |
128 | 105 | Matthew Hayden (1/4) | Australia | 198 | 1 | South Africa | 2 January 2002 | Won |
129 | 117 | Damien Martyn | Australia | 166 | 1 | South Africa | 2 January 2002 | Won |
130 | 153 | Gary Kirsten | South Africa | 359 | 3 | Australia | 2 January 2002 | Lost |
131 | 124 | Mark Butcher | England | 275 | 1 | Australia | 2 January 2003 | Won |
132 | 102 | Steve Waugh (3/3) | Australia | 135 | 2 | England | 2 January 2003 | Lost |
133 | 133 | Adam Gilchrist (1/2) | Australia | 121 | 2 | England | 2 January 2003 | Lost |
134 | 183 | Michael Vaughan | England | 278 | 3 | Australia | 2 January 2003 | Won |
135 | 118 | Stuart Carlisle | Zimbabwe | 213 | 1 | Australia | 17 October 2003 | Lost |
136 | 169 | Ricky Ponting (2/6) | Australia | 249 | 2 | Zimbabwe | 17 October 2003 | Won |
137 | 101* | Matthew Hayden (2/4) | Australia | 85 | 4 | Zimbabwe | 17 October 2003 | Won |
138 | 241* | Sachin Tendulkar (2/3) | India | 436 | 1 | Australia | 2 January 2004 | Drawn |
139 | 178 | V. V. S. Laxman (2/3) | India | 298 | 1 | Australia | 2 January 2004 | Drawn |
140 | 117 | Justin Langer (3/3) | Australia | 149 | 2 | India | 2 January 2004 | Drawn |
141 | 125 | Simon Katich | Australia | 166 | 2 | India | 2 January 2004 | Drawn |
142 | 108 | Salman Butt | Pakistan | 185 | 1 | Australia | 2 January 2005 | Lost |
143 | 207 | Ricky Ponting (3/6) | Australia | 332 | 2 | Pakistan | 2 January 2005 | Won |
144 | 113 | Adam Gilchrist (2/2) | Australia | 120 | 2 | Pakistan | 2 January 2005 | Won |
145 | 111 | Matthew Hayden (3/4) | Australia | 180 | 1 | ICC World XI | 14 October 2005 | Won |
146 | 111 | Jacques Kallis | South Africa | 275 | 1 | Australia | 2 January 2006 | Lost |
147 | 119 | Ashwell Prince | South Africa | 271 | 1 | Australia | 2 January 2006 | Lost |
148 | 120 | Ricky Ponting (4/6) | Australia | 174 | 2 | South Africa | 2 January 2006 | Won |
149 | 143* | Ricky Ponting (5/6) | Australia | 159 | 4 | South Africa | 2 January 2006 | Won |
150 | 162* | Andrew Symonds | Australia | 226 | 1 | India | 2 January 2008 | Won |
151 | 109 | V. V. S. Laxman (3/3) | India | 142 | 2 | Australia | 2 January 2008 | Lost |
152 | 154* | Sachin Tendulkar (3/3) | India | 243 | 2 | Australia | 2 January 2008 | Lost |
153 | 123 | Matthew Hayden (4/4) | Australia | 196 | 3 | India | 2 January 2008 | Won |
154 | 145* | Michael Hussey (1/3) | Australia | 259 | 3 | India | 2 January 2008 | Won |
155 | 138 | Michael Clarke (1/2) | Australia | 250 | 1 | South Africa | 3 January 2009 | Won |
156 | 134* | Michael Hussey (2/3) | Australia | 284 | 3 | Pakistan | 3 January 2010 | Won |
157 | 189 | Alastair Cook | England | 342 | 2 | Australia | 3 January 2011 | Won |
158 | 115 | Ian Bell | England | 232 | 2 | Australia | 3 January 2011 | Won |
159 | 118 | Matt Prior | England | 130 | 2 | Australia | 3 January 2011 | Won |
160 | 295* | Michael Clarke (2/2) | Australia | 424 | 2 | India | 3 January 2012 | N/A |
161 | 134 | Ricky Ponting (6/6) | Australia | 225 | 2 | India | 3 January 2012 | N/A |
162 | 111* | Michael Hussey (3/3) | Australia | 207 | 2 | India | 3 January 2012 | N/A |
The following table summarises the One Day International centuries scored at the Sydney Cricket Ground.[4]
No. | Score | Player | Team | Balls | Inns. | Opposing team | Date | Result |
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1 | 105 | Geoff Boycott | England | 124 | 1 | Australia | 11 December 1979 | Won |
2 | 138* | Greg Chappell | Australia | 109 | 1 | New Zealand | 25 November 1980 | Won |
3 | 105* | Allan Border (1/2) | Australia | 122 | 2 | India | 18 December 1980 | Won |
4 | 117* | Bruce Laird | Australia | 159 | 2 | West Indies | 24 November 1981 | Won |
5 | 108 | Zaheer Abbas | Pakistan | 110 | 2 | Australia | 17 December 1981 | Won |
6 | 108* | Allan Lamb | England | 106 | 2 | New Zealand | 20 January 1983 | Won |
7 | 108* | Desmond Haynes | West Indies | 130 | 1 | Australia | 17 January 1984 | Won |
8 | 106 | Steve Smith | Australia | 129 | 1 | Pakistan | 25 January 1984 | Won |
9 | 103* | Viv Richards | West Indies | 122 | 2 | Australia | 15 January 1985 | Won |
10 | 127* | Allan Border (2/2) | Australia | 140 | 1 | West Indies | 6 February 1985 | Won |
11 | 125 | Geoff Marsh (1/2) | Australia | 145 | 1 | India | 21 January 1986 | Won |
12 | 101 | Geoff Marsh (2/2) | Australia | 148 | 1 | New Zealand | 20 January 1988 | Won |
13 | 107 | Mark Waugh | Australia | 111 | 1 | South Africa | 23 January 1994 | Won |
14 | 100 | Adam Gilchrist (1/2) | Australia | 104 | 2 | South Africa | 26 January 1998 | Won |
15 | 131 | Adam Gilchrist (2/2) | Australia | 118 | 2 | Sri Lanka | 13 January 1999 | Won |
16 | 108 | Graeme Hick | England | 129 | 1 | Australia | 17 January 1999 | Won |
17 | 116* | Brian Lara | West Indies | 106 | 2 | Australia | 17 January 2001 | Lost |
18 | 111* | Nick Knight | England | 133 | 1 | Australia | 13 December 2002 | Lost |
19 | 101 | Marvan Atapattu | Sri Lanka | 124 | 1 | Australia | 9 January 2003 | Won |
20 | 122 | Sanath Jayasuriya (1/3) | Sri Lanka | 105 | 1 | Australia | 9 January 2003 | Won |
21 | 106 | Sanath Jayasuriya (2/3) | Sri Lanka | 110 | 1 | England | 13 January 2003 | Won |
22 | 106* | V. V. S. Laxman | India | 130 | 1 | Australia | 22 January 2004 | Lost |
23 | 139 | Yuvraj Singh | India | 122 | 1 | Australia | 22 January 2004 | Lost |
24 | 126 | Matthew Hayden | Australia | 122 | 1 | India | 8 February 2004 | Won |
25 | 103* | Michael Clarke | Australia | 107 | 2 | Pakistan | 23 January 2005 | Won |
26 | 114 | Sanath Jayasuriya (3/3) | Sri Lanka | 96 | 1 | Australia | 22 January 2006 | Won |
27 | 124 | Ricky Ponting (1/2) | Australia | 127 | 1 | Sri Lanka | 12 February 2006 | Won |
28 | 151 | Andrew Symonds | Australia | 127 | 1 | Sri Lanka | 12 February 2006 | Won |
29 | 107 | Ed Joyce | England | 142 | 1 | Australia | 2 February 2007 | Won |
30 | 124 | Ricky Ponting (2/2) | Australia | 133 | 1 | India | 24 February 2008 | Won |
31 | 113 | Gautam Gambhir | India | 119 | 2 | Australia | 24 February 2008 | Lost |
32 | 117* | Sachin Tendulkar | India | 120 | 2 | Australia | 2 March 2008 | Won |
33 | 109 | Brad Haddin | Australia | 114 | 1 | New Zealand | 8 February 2009 | Won |
34 | 115 | Grant Elliott | New Zealand | 124 | 2 | Australia | 8 February 2009 | Lost |
35 | 137 | Jonathan Trott | England | 126 | 1 | Australia | 2 February 2011 | Lost |
The following table summarises the women's Test centuries scored at the Sydney Cricket Ground.[13]
No. | Score | Player | Team | Balls | Inns. | Opposing team | Date | Result |
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1 | 119 | Myrtle Maclagan | England | NR | 2 | Australia | 4 January 1935 | Won |
2 | 124* | Molly Hide | England | NR | 3 | Australia | 19 February 1949 | Drawn |
The following table summarises the women's Test centuries scored at the Sydney Cricket Ground.[13]
No. | Score | Player | Team | Balls | Inns. | Opposing team | Date | Result |
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1 | 127* | Lisa Keightley | Australia | 152 | 1 | England | 29 January 2000 | Won |
2 | 104* | Lisa Sthalekar | Australia | 112 | 1 | India | 1 November 2008 | Won |
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