List of international cricket centuries at Newlands Cricket Ground explained

Newlands Cricket Ground is a South African cricket ground located in Cape Town, it has a capacity of 25,000. The ground hosted its first Test match in 1889 and its first One Day International (ODI) in 1992.[1] 52 Test matches have been played at the ground as well as 36 ODIs.[2] [3]

The first Test match century scored at the ground was in 1889 by the Englishman Bobby Abel who made 120 against South Africa. 99 Test centuries have occurred at the ground, the highest of these was scored in 2006 by the New Zealander Stephen Fleming. Fleming's score of 262 from 423 deliveries is one of six double centuries the ground has seen, the others being 228, 209, 224, 258 and 201 scored by Herschelle Gibbs, Graeme Pollock, Jacques Kallis, Ben Stokes and Hashim Amla respectively. Jacques Kallis has scored the most Test centuries at the ground with nine.[4]

The New Zealand batsman Roger Twose was the first player to score an ODI century at the ground, making 103 against South Africa. Brian Lara and Sourav Ganguly are the only other non-South African batsman to have scored an ODI century at Newlands.Faf du Plessis holds the record for the highest score with 185*. Herschelle Gibbs and AB de Villiers are the only batsmen to have scored two ODI centuries at the ground.[5]

Key

Test centuries

The following table summarises the Test centuries scored at Newlands.

No. Score Player Team Balls Inns. Opposing team Date Result
1 120 NR 1 Won
2 134* NR 2 Won
3 124 NR 2 Won
4 106 NR 2 Lost
5 112 NR 3 Won
6 104 NR 3 Lost
7 187 NR 1 Won
8 142 NR 2 Won
9 123 NR 1 Drawn
10 141 NR 1 Drawn
11 117 NR 1 Drawn
12 121 NR 1 Won
13 112 NR 1 Won
14 181 NR 1 Drawn
15 115 NR 1 Drawn
16 112 NR 1 Drawn
17 120 NR 2 Drawn
18 120 NR 2 Drawn
19 112 NR 2 Drawn
20 178 NR 1 Won
21 114 NR 3 Lost
22 135 NR 1 Drawn
23 101 NR 1 Won
24 189 NR 1 Won
25 101 NR 1 Won
26 113 NR 4 Lost
27 138 NR 1 Drawn
28 154 NR 1 Drawn
29 121 NR 2 Drawn
30 153 NR 1 Won
31 134 NR 1 Won
32 209 NR 2 Lost
33 127 322 1 Won
34 102 174 1 Lost
35 112 235 2 Won
36 109 206 2 Won
37 103 204 1 Won
38 103* 233 1 Won
39 102* 100 1 Won
40 169 254 2 Lost
41 115 110 2 Lost
42 113 159 1 Won
43 110 328 1 Won
44 168 306 1 Won
45 105 229 2 Won
46 120 255 2 Won
47 112 232 2 Won
48 138* 108 2 Won
49 100* 160 4 Won
50 151 216 1 Won
51 228 240 1 Won
52 135 254 2 Lost
53 101 215 1 Drawn
54 122* 173 1 Drawn
55 116 120 2 Drawn
56 115 238 2 Drawn
57 142 223 3 Drawn
58 130* 191 3 Drawn
59 105* 105 4 Drawn
60 149 334 1 Won
61 121 107 2 Won
62 262 423 1 Drawn
63 122* 268 1 Drawn
64 149 317 2 Drawn
65 108* 286 2 Drawn
66 116 244 1 Lost
67 150 249 2 Won
68 102 163 2 Won
69 163 196 2 Won
70 123* 103 3 Lost
71 108 189 1 Drawn
72 183 273 3 Drawn
73 161 291 1 Drawn
74 146 314 2 Drawn
75 109* 240 3 Drawn
76 151 176 1 Lost
77 101* 140 4 Won
78 112 134 4 Won
79 109 188 1 Won
80 224 325 1 Won
81 160* 205 1 Won
82 115* 215 3 Lost
83 106 176 2 Won
84 109 186 3 Lost
85 111 226 1 Lost
86 111 230 1 Lost
87 135 152 1 Won
88 161* 301 1 Won
89 145 156 3 Won
90 148 194 2 Won
91 258 198 1 Drawn
92 150* 191 1 Drawn
93 201 477 2 Drawn
94 102* 148 2 Drawn
95 129 230 1 Won
96 101 124 1 Won
97 141* 284 1 Won
98 103 226 2 Won
99 133* 311 3 Won
100 100* 139 3 Lost
101 106 103 3 Lost

One Day International centuries

The following table summarises the One Day International centuries scored at Newlands.

No. Score Player Team Balls Inns. Opposing team Date Result
1 103 115 1 Lost
2 124 130 1 Won
3 131* 121 1 Won
4 116 134 1 Won
5 107* 120 2 Won
6 109* 94 1 Won
7 100 115 1 Won
8 100* 89 1 Won
9 119 101 2 Won
10 121 85 1 Won
11 112 128 1 Lost
12 101* 97 2 Won
13 122 118 1 Won
14 173 136 2 Lost
15 185 141 1 Won
16 119 90 2 Lost
17 160* 159 1 Won
18 107 113 2 Won
19 124 130 2 Won

Women's Test centuries

The following table summarises the women's Test centuries scored at Newlands.[12]

No. Score Player Team Balls Inns. Opposing team Date Result
1 105* NR 2 Drawn
2 117* NR 3 Drawn

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Newlands – Cricinfo profile . ESPN. ESPNcricinfo. 1 April 2010.
  2. Web site: Statsguru: Newlands, Cape Town / Test matches / Match result list . ESPN. ESPNcricinfo. 1 April 2010.
  3. Web site: Statsguru: Newlands, Cape Town / One-Day Internationals matches / Match result list . ESPN. ESPNcricinfo. 1 April 2010.
  4. Web site: Statsguru: Test matches / Batting records / Innings by innings list. ESPN. ESPNcricinfo. 1 April 2010.
  5. Web site: Statsguru: One-Day Internationals / Batting records / Innings by innings list. ESPN. ESPNcricinfo. 1 April 2010.
  6. Web site: Statsguru: Test matches / Batting records / Innings by innings list / Match result : Won. ESPN. ESPNcricinfo. 24 August 2011.
  7. Web site: Statsguru: One Day International matches / Batting records / Innings by innings list / Match result : Won. ESPN. ESPNcricinfo. 24 August 2011.
  8. Web site: Statsguru: Test matches / Batting records / Innings by innings list / Match result : Lost. ESPN. ESPNcricinfo. 24 August 2011.
  9. Web site: Statsguru: One Day International matches / Batting records / Innings by innings list / Match result : Lost. ESPN. ESPNcricinfo. 24 August 2011.
  10. Web site: Statsguru: Test matches / Batting records / Innings by innings list / Match result : Drawn. ESPN. ESPNcricinfo. 24 August 2011.
  11. Web site: Statsguru: Women's Test matches / Batting records / Innings by innings list / Match result : Drawn. ESPN. ESPNcricinfo. 24 August 2011.
  12. Web site: Statistics / Statsguru / Women's Test matches / Batting records . ESPNcricinfo. 13 April 2010.

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