List of international cricket centuries at Kingsmead Cricket Ground

South Africa vs Australia at Kingsmead, 2009

Kingsmead is a cricket ground in Durban, South Africa. It has a capacity of 25,000 and at present operates under the sponsor name of "Sahara Stadium Kingsmead".[1] Kingsmead has hosted 40 Test matches, the first was in 1923 when South Africa played the touring England team.[2] The ground has also hosted 39 One Day Internationals (ODIs), the first was in 1992 when South Africa played India.[3]

The Englishman Phil Mead became the first Test century scorer at the ground when he made 181 against South Africa in 1923. Of the 70 Test centuries made at the ground the highest is Gary Kirsten's innings of 275 made against England in 1999. The highest score by an overseas player is 243 which was achieved by the Englishman Eddie Paynter. The only other players to have scored a double century at Kingsmead are Graeme Pollock and Bill Edrich. Three players have scored a century in both innings of a match at the ground. The Englishman Jack Russell became the first player to do it in 1912 followed by the Australian's Ricky Ponting and Phillip Hughes in 2006 and 2009 respectively. Jacques Kallis holds the record for the most Test centuries at the ground with five.[4]

In 1993, against Pakistan, the West Indian Brian Lara scored the first of fifteen ODI centuries at the ground. Lara's innings of 128 from 125 deliveries remains the highest ODI score seen at Kingsmead. Jacques Kallis is the only player to have scored two ODI centuries at the ground, with scores of 109 not out against Pakistan in 1998 and 119 not out against India in 2006.[5]

Key

Test centuries

The following table summarises the Test centuries scored at Kingsmead.[4]

No. Score Player Team Balls Inns. Opposing team Date Result
1 181 Mead, PhilPhil Mead  England NR 1  South Africa 18 January 1923 Drawn
2 140 Russell, JackJack Russell (1/2)  England NR 1  South Africa 16 February 1923 Won
3 111 Russell, JackJack Russell (2/2)  England NR 3  South Africa 16 February 1923 Won
4 102 Taylor, HerbieHerbie Taylor  South Africa NR 4  England 16 February 1923 Lost
5 100 Tyldesley, ErnestErnest Tyldesley  England NR 1  South Africa 4 February 1928 Lost
6 119 Catterall, BobBob Catterall  South Africa NR 2  England 4 February 1928 Won
7 136* Hammond, WallyWally Hammond (1/3)  England NR 2  South Africa 16 January 1931 Drawn
8 149 McCabe, StanStan McCabe  Australia NR 2  South Africa 14 December 1935 Won
9 109 Chipperfield, ArthurArthur Chipperfield  Australia NR 2  South Africa 14 December 1935 Won
10 118 Fingleton, JackJack Fingleton  Australia NR 2  South Africa 28 February 1936 Won
11 243 Paynter, EddieEddie Paynter  England NR 1  South Africa 20 January 1939 Won
12 120 Hammond, WallyWally Hammond (2/3)  England NR 1  South Africa 20 January 1939 Won
13 109 Mitchell, BruceBruce Mitchell  South Africa NR 3  England 20 January 1939 Lost
14 125 van der Bijl, PieterPieter van der Bijl  South Africa NR 1  England 3 March 1939 Drawn
15 103 Nourse, DudleyDudley Nourse  South Africa NR 1  England 3 March 1939 Drawn
16 103 Melville, AlanAlan Melville  South Africa NR 3  England 3 March 1939 Drawn
17 120 Gibb, PaulPaul Gibb  England NR 4  South Africa 3 March 1939 Drawn
18 219 Edrich, BillBill Edrich  England NR 4  South Africa 3 March 1939 Drawn
19 140 Hammond, WallyWally Hammond (3/3)  England NR 4  South Africa 3 March 1939 Drawn
20 143 Rowan, EricEric Rowan  South Africa NR 1  Australia 20 January 1950 Lost
21 151* Harvey, NeilNeil Harvey  Australia NR 4  South Africa 20 January 1950 Won
22 101 McLean, RoyRoy McLean (1/2)  South Africa NR 1  New Zealand 11 December 1953 Won
23 107 Rabone, GeoffGeoff Rabone  New Zealand NR 2  South Africa 11 December 1953 Lost
24 100 McLean, RoyRoy McLean (2/2)  South Africa NR 2  England 25 January 1957 Drawn
25 110* Insole, DougDoug Insole  England NR 3  South Africa 25 January 1957 Drawn
26 105 McGlew, JackieJackie McGlew (1/2)  South Africa NR 2  Australia 24 January 1958 Drawn
27 134 Waite, JohnJohn Waite  South Africa NR 2  Australia 24 January 1958 Drawn
28 127* McGlew, JackieJackie McGlew (2/2)  South Africa NR 1  New Zealand 8 December 1961 Won
29 148* Barrington, KenKen Barrington  England NR 1  South Africa 4 December 1964 Won
30 108* Parks, JimJim Parks  England NR 1  South Africa 4 December 1964 Won
31 137 Lindsay, DenisDenis Lindsay  South Africa NR 1  Australia 20 January 1967 Won
32 140 Richards, BarryBarry Richards  South Africa 164 1  Australia 5 February 1970 Won
33 274 Pollock, GraemeGraeme Pollock  South Africa 401 1  Australia 5 February 1970 Won
34 118 Wessels, KeplerKepler Wessels  South Africa 266 1  India 13 November 1992 Drawn
35 103 Amre, PravinPravin Amre  India 299 2  South Africa 13 November 1992 Drawn
36 113* Waugh, MarkMark Waugh  Australia 222 3  South Africa 25 March 1994 Drawn
37 132 Mahmood, AzharAzhar Mahmood  Pakistan 163 1  South Africa 26 February 1998 Won
38 118 Anwar, SaeedSaeed Anwar  Pakistan 209 3  South Africa 26 February 1998 Won
39 146* Hussain, NasserNasser Hussain  England 463 1  South Africa 26 December 1999 Drawn
40 275 Kirsten, GaryGary Kirsten (1/3)  South Africa 642 3  England 26 December 1999 Drawn
41 108 Boucher, MarkMark Boucher  South Africa 220 3  England 26 December 1999 Drawn
42 180 Kirsten, GaryGary Kirsten (2/3)  South Africa 461 1  Sri Lanka 26 December 2000 Drawn
43 104 Gibbs, HerschelleHerschelle Gibbs (1/2)  South Africa 198 4  Australia 15 March 2002 Won
44 105 Kallis, JacquesJacques Kallis (1/5)  South Africa 236 1  Pakistan 26 December 2002 Won
45 142 Gibbs, HerschelleHerschelle Gibbs (2/2)  South Africa 175 2  West Indies 26 December 2003 Won
46 177 Kallis, JacquesJacques Kallis (2/5)  South Africa 344 2  West Indies 26 December 2003 Won
47 137 Kirsten, GaryGary Kirsten (3/3)  South Africa 218 2  West Indies 26 December 2003 Won
48 114 Sarwan, RamnareshRamnaresh Sarwan  West Indies 225 3  South Africa 26 December 2003 Lost
49 109 Chanderpaul, ShivnarineShivnarine Chanderpaul  West Indies 171 3  South Africa 26 December 2003 Lost
50 162 Kallis, JacquesJacques Kallis (3/5)  South Africa 264 2  England 26 December 2004 Drawn
51 132 Trescothick, MarcusMarcus Trescothick  England 261 3  South Africa 26 December 2004 Drawn
52 136 Strauss, AndrewAndrew Strauss  England 285 3  South Africa 26 December 2004 Drawn
53 118* Thorpe, GrahamGraham Thorpe  England 209 3  South Africa 26 December 2004 Drawn
54 103 Ponting, RickyRicky Ponting (1/2)  Australia 225 1  South Africa 24 March 2006 Won
55 114 Kallis, JacquesJacques Kallis (4/5)  South Africa 223 2  Australia 24 March 2006 Lost
56 102 Hayden, MatthewMatthew Hayden  Australia 217 3  South Africa 24 March 2006 Won
57 116 Ponting, RickyRicky Ponting (2/2)  Australia 187 3  South Africa 24 March 2006 Won
58 121 Prince, AshwellAshwell Prince (1/2)  South Africa 212 1  India 26 December 2006 Won
59 147 Smith, GraemeGraeme Smith  South Africa 165 2  West Indies 10 January 2008 Won
60 123* Prince, AshwellAshwell Prince (2/2)  South Africa 196 2  West Indies 10 January 2008 Won
61 103* de Villiers, ABAB de Villiers  South Africa 109 2  West Indies 10 January 2008 Won
62 105 Samuels, MarlonMarlon Samuels  West Indies 190 3  South Africa 10 January 2008 Lost
63 115 Hughes, PhillipPhillip Hughes (1/2)  Australia 151 1  South Africa 6 March 2009 Won
64 108 Katich, SimonSimon Katich  Australia 190 1  South Africa 6 March 2009 Won
65 160 Hughes, PhillipPhillip Hughes (2/2)  Australia 323 3  South Africa 6 March 2009 Won
66 118 Cook, AlastairAlastair Cook  England 263 2  South Africa 26 December 2009 Won
67 140 Bell, IanIan Bell  England 227 2  South Africa 26 December 2009 Won
68 102 Samaraweera, ThilanThilan Samaraweera  Sri Lanka 269 1  South Africa 26 December 2011 Won
69 108 Sangakkara, KumarKumar Sangakkara  Sri Lanka 190 3  South Africa 26 December 2011 Won
70 115 Kallis, JacquesJacques Kallis (5/5)  South Africa 316 2  India 26 December 2013 Won
71 118* Elgar, DeanDean Elgar  South Africa 246 2  England 28 December 2015 Lost

One Day International centuries

The following table summarises the One Day International centuries scored at Kingsmead.[5]

No. Score Player Team Balls Inns. Opposing team Date Result
1 128 Lara, BrianBrian Lara  West Indies 125 1  Pakistan 19 February 1993 Won
2 101* Ranatunga, ArjunaArjuna Ranatunga  Sri Lanka 108 1  Pakistan 2 December 1994 Lost
3 100 Sohail, AamerAamer Sohail  Pakistan 119 2  Sri Lanka 2 December 1994 Won
4 114* Ahmed, IjazIjaz Ahmed  Pakistan 90 2  South Africa 17 December 1994 Won
5 109* Kallis, JacquesJacques Kallis (1/2)  South Africa 114 1  Pakistan 3 April 1998 Won
6 105 Gilchrist, AdamAdam Gilchrist  Australia 104 2  South Africa 3 April 2002 Won
7 124 Atapattu, MarvanMarvan Atapattu  Sri Lanka 129 1  South Africa 3 March 2003 Tied
8 111* Ganguly, SouravSourav Ganguly  India 114 1  Kenya 20 March 2003 Won
9 118 Gibbs, HerschelleHerschelle Gibbs  South Africa 133 1  England 11 February 2005 No result
10 117 Smith, GraemeGraeme Smith  South Africa 129 1  Zimbabwe 27 February 2005 Won
11 101 Dippenaar, BoetaBoeta Dippenaar  South Africa 145 1  Australia 10 March 2006 Lost
12 119* Kallis, JacquesJacques Kallis (2/2)  South Africa 160 1  India 22 November 2006 Won
13 101* Yousuf, MohammadMohammad Yousuf  Pakistan 111 1  South Africa 7 February 2007 Won
14 106 de Kock, QuintonQuinton de Kock  South Africa 118 1  India 8 December 2013 Won
15 100 Amla, HashimHashim Amla  South Africa 117 1  India 8 December 2013 Won

Twenty20 International century

The following table summarises the Twenty20 International century scored at Kingsmead.[14]

No. Score Player Team Balls Inns. Opposing team Date Result
14 114* van Wyk, MorneMorne van Wyk  South Africa 70 1  West Indies 14 January 2015 Won

Women's Test centuries

The following table summarises the women's Test centuries scored at Kingsmead.[15]

No. Score Player Team Balls Inns. Opposing team Date Result
1 126 Sharpe, HelenHelen Sharpe  England NR 1  South Africa 31 December 1960 Won

References

  1. ↑ "Kingsmead — Cricinfo profile". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 17 April 2010.
  2. ↑ "Statsguru: Kingsmead, Durban / Test matches / Match result list". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 19 April 2010.
  3. ↑ "Statsguru: Kingsmead, Durban / One-Day Internationals matches / Match result list". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 19 April 2010.
  4. 1 2 "Statsguru: Test matches / Batting records / Innings by innings list". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 19 April 2010.
  5. 1 2 "Statsguru: One-Day Internationals / Batting records / Innings by innings list". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 19 April 2010.
  6. ↑ "Statsguru: Test matches / Batting records / Innings by innings list / Match result : Won". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
  7. ↑ "Statsguru: One Day International matches / Batting records / Innings by innings list / Match result : Won". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
  8. ↑ "Statsguru: Women's Test matches / Batting records / Innings by innings list / Match result : Won". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
  9. ↑ "Statsguru: Test matches / Batting records / Innings by innings list / Match result : Lost". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
  10. ↑ "Statsguru: One Day International matches / Batting records / Innings by innings list / Match result : Lost". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
  11. ↑ "Statsguru: Test matches / Batting records / Innings by innings list / Match result : Drawn". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
  12. ↑ "Statsguru: One-Day Internationals / Batting records / Innings by innings list / Match result : Tied". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
  13. ↑ "Statsguru: One-Day Internationals / Batting records / Innings by innings list / Match result : No Result". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
  14. ↑ Twenty20 International century
  15. ↑ "Statistics / Statsguru / Women's Test matches / Batting records". Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 June 2010.
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