List of international cricket centuries at Old Trafford explained

Old Trafford is a cricket ground that is located in Manchester, England.^[1] The ground hosted its first Test match in 1884 when England played Australia, 85 Test matches have been played at the ground as of August 2024.^[2] The ground has also been the scene of 57 One Day Internationals (ODIs), the first taking place in 1972.^[3]

The Englishman Billy Gunn became the first player to score a Test century at Old Trafford. Gunn's innings of 102 not out was made against Australia in 1893. The highest score made at the ground, 311 from 740 deliveries, was achieved by Bob Simpson against England in 1964. It was during the same match that Ken Barrington's score for 256 set the record of the highest innings by an Englishman and remains the second highest overall. Only three other batsman have achieved the feat of scoring a double century at the ground. Denis Compton, Gordon Greenidge and Alec Stewart share the record of most centuries at the ground with three.^[4] The ground has witnessed 137 Test centuries.

This ground is also known for being the venue of Sachin Tendulkar's first of 100 centuries in 1990.

Twenty-three ODI centuries have been scored at the ground, the first of these was scored by Dennis Amiss for England against Australia in 1972. The West Indian Viv Richards's score of 189 not out, made against England in 1984, is the highest ODI innings the ground has seen. The record for highest score by an Englishman belongs to Eoin Morgan who made 148 against Afghanistan in the 2019 World Cup.^[5]

Indian batsman KL Rahul is the only person to score a T20I century at the venue.

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 Old Trafford.
• 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] or if the match was drawn.^[9]

Test centuries

The following table summarises the Test centuries scored at Old Trafford.

No.	Score	Player	Team	Balls	Inns.	Opposing team	Date	Result
1				NR	2			Drawn
2	108			NR	1			Won
3				NR	3			Lost
4	130			NR	1			Drawn
5	104			NR	1			Won
6	128			NR	2			Lost
7	113			NR	1			Won
8	114			NR	1			Won
9	121			NR	1			Won
10				NR	2			Lost
11	101			NR	1			Drawn
12	117			NR	1			Drawn
13	109			NR	1			Drawn
14	113			NR	1			Won
15	154			NR	1			Won
16				NR	1			Drawn
17	105			NR	1			Drawn
18				NR	1			Drawn
19	127			NR	2			Drawn
20	132			248	1			Drawn
21	153			309	1			Drawn
22	137			204	2			Drawn
23	108			NR	1			Drawn
24	124			NR	2			Drawn
25	167			NR	2			Drawn
26	114			NR	3			Drawn
27	112			NR	3			Drawn
28	100			NR	1			Won
29	191			NR	2			Won
30	115			NR	2			Won
31	115			NR	3			Lost
32				NR	1			Drawn
33	103			NR	2			Drawn
34	101			NR	3			Drawn
35	104			NR	1			Won
36	104			NR	1			Won
37	122			NR	1			Drawn
38	158			NR	1			Lost
39				NR	2			Won
40	113			NR	2			Won
41	108			NR	2			Won
42	117			NR	3			Lost
43	104			NR	1			Won
44	113			NR	1			Won
45	101			NR	2			Won
46	131			NR	1			Won
47	100			NR	1			Won
48	112			NR	4			Lost
49	118			NR	4			Lost
50	109			157	2			Drawn
51	102			NR	3			Won
52	182			NR	1			Won
53	106			NR	1			Drawn
54	311			740	1			Drawn
55	174			NR	2			Drawn
56	256			NR	2			Drawn
57	135			279	1			Won
58	161			241	1			Won
59	128			362	1			Won
60	107			298	1			Drawn
61	101			173	3			Drawn
62				289	1			Won
63	101			251	2			Lost
64				188	3			Won
65	134			198	1			Won
66	101			155	3			Won
67	135			261	3			Won
68	137			338	2			Won
69	112			230	3			Lost
70	101			159	2			Drawn
71	118			102	3			Won
72	114			125	4			Lost
73				356	4			Lost
74	128			169	1			Drawn
75				196	2			Drawn
76	223			425	1			Won
77	101			228	1			Won
78				185	2			Lost
79	160			266	2			Drawn
80				334	3			Drawn
81	166			365	1			Drawn
82	143			285	1			Lost
83				293	3			Lost
84	116			163	1			Drawn
85	131			276	1			Drawn
86				197	1			Drawn
87	179			243	2			Drawn
88	109			141	3			Drawn
89				189	4			Drawn
90	205			284	1			Drawn
91	124			233	1			Won
92				133	3			Won
93	133			247	4			Lost
94	111			281	1			Drawn
95	115			237	3			Drawn
96	145			226	3			Lost
97	108			174	1			Won
98	116			271	3			Won
99	210			525	1			Drawn
100	132			266	1			Drawn
101	164			317	3			Drawn
102	101			175	2			Drawn
103				210	2			Drawn
104	105			153	2			Drawn
105	112			158	3			Drawn
106	114			153	1			Won
107	120			223	2			Lost
108	138			261	2			Lost
109	117			272	4			Lost
110	123			226	1			Won
111	123			190	1			Won
112	109			236	3			Lost
113	114			239	2			Won
114	166			215	1			Drawn
115	106			158	3			Drawn
116	156			275	4			Drawn
117	127			260	2			Won
118				135	2			Won
119	106			215	3			Won
120				257	4			Lost
121				176	1			Lost
122	106			186	4			Won
123	128			255	1			Won
124	108			114	2			Lost
125	187			314	1			Drawn
126	113			206	2			Drawn
127	105			172	1			Won
128	254			406	1			Won
129	211			318	1			Won
130	120			372	1			Won
131	176			356	1			Won
132	156			319	1			Lost
133	103			163	2			Won
134				217	2			Won
135	189			182	2			Drawn
136	111			173	3			Drawn
137	111			148	2			Won
138	113			183	3			Lost

One Day International centuries

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

No.	Score	Player	Team	Balls	Inns.	Opposing team	Date	Result
1	103			134	2			Won
2				177	2			Won
3				140	1			Won
4				170	1			Won
5				172	2			Won
6	118			137	2			Won
7				148	2			Won
8	100			83	1			Won
9	105			102	1			Won
10	101			114	1			Won
11				97	2			Won
12				122	2			Won
13	140			113	1			Won
14	148			71	1			Won
15	148			154	1			Won
16	101			82	2			Lost
17	100			94	1			Won
18	122			117	2			Lost
19	118			110	2			Lost
20	112			125	1			Lost
21	108			90	2			Won
22	106			114	2			Won
23				113	2			Won

Twenty20 Internationals International centuries

The following table summarises the Twenty20 Internationals centuries scored at the Old Trafford.^[10]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Old Trafford – Cricinfo profile . ESPN. ESPNcricinfo. 3 April 2010.
2. Web site: Statsguru: Old Trafford, Manchester / Test matches / Match result list . ESPN. ESPNcricinfo. 3 April 2010.
3. Web site: Statsguru: Old Trafford, Manchester / One-Day Internationals matches / Match result list . ESPN. ESPNcricinfo. 3 April 2010.
4. Web site: Statsguru: Test matches / Batting records / Innings by innings list. ESPN. ESPNcricinfo. 3 April 2010.
5. Web site: Statsguru: One-Day Internationals / Batting records / Innings by innings list. ESPN. ESPNcricinfo. 3 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: Test matches / Batting records / Innings by innings list / Match result : Drawn. ESPN. ESPNcricinfo. 24 August 2011.
10. Web site: Statistics / Statsguru / Twenty20 Internationals / Batting records. 3 July 2018.