List of international cricket centuries at St George's Park explained

St George's Park is a sports ground in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, it has a capacity of 19,000. The ground have been hosted Test cricket since its first match in 1889 when South Africa played England.^[1] 27 Test matches have been played at the ground^[2] along with 38 One Day Internationals (ODIs), the first of which was in 1992 when South Africa played India.^[3] The ground was first staged to Twenty20 Internationals when South Africa played against West Indies in 2007. The venue has hosted 2 T20I matches so far.^[4]

English batsman Phil Mead became the first man to score a Test century at St George's Park when he made 117 against South Africa way back in 1914. 196 runs scored by South African Herschelle Gibbs against India in 2001 stands as the highest score seen at the ground, and a double century is yet to score. Overall, 36 Test centuries have been scored at the ground.^[5]

Ten ODI centuries have been scored at St George's Park, and the first by Australian batsman Mark Waugh who scored unbeaten 115 from 125 deliveries against South Africa in 1997. The highest score achieved at the ground is 135 made by Pakistani Saleem Elahi against South Africa in 2002.^[6]

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 St George's Park.
• The column title Date refers to the date the match started.
• The column title Result refers to whether the player's team won

Test centuries

The following table summarises the Test centuries scored at St George's Park.

No.	Score	Player	Team	Balls	Inns.	Opposing team	Date	Result
1	117			NA	2			Won
2	125			NA	1			Lost
3	136*			NA	2			Won
4	157			NA	1			Won
5	116			NA	1			Won
6	167			NA	1			Won
7	109			NA	1			Won
8	137	Graeme Pollock (1/2)		236	1			Drawn
9	117			396	2			Drawn
10	105	Graeme Pollock (2/2)		NA	2			Won
11	126			212	3			Won
12	102			146	3			Won
13	135			310	2			Won
14	129			180	3			Lost
15	116			228	4			Won
16	174			221	1			Drawn
17	108			274	2			Drawn
18	150			321	1			Lost
19	120			207	2			Won
20	196			354	1			Drawn
21	110			245	1			Lost
22	126			228	2			Won
23	104			253	1			Won
24	110	Hashim Amla (1/2)		235	1			Won
25	137	Faf du Plessis (1/2)		252	1			Won
26	103*	Dean Elgar (1/2)		170	1			Won
27	116	AB de Villiers (1/2)		232	1			Won
28	123			231	1			Won
29	127*	Hashim Amla (2/2)		176	3			Won
30	107			237	4			Lost
31	121	Dean Elgar (2/2)		239	1			Drawn
32	103	Faf du Plessis (2/2)		230	1			Drawn
33	106			186	2			Drawn
34	101			160	2			Drawn
35	117			154	3			Won
36	125			204	1			Won
37	126*	AB de Villiers (2/2)		146	2			Won
38	120			214	1			Won
39	135*			226	1			Won

One Day International centuries

The following table summarises the One Day International centuries scored at St George's Park.

No.	Score	Player	Team	Balls	Inns.	Opposing team	Date	Result
1	115*			125	2			Won
2	125	Herschelle Gibbs (1/2)		146	1			Won
3	135			129	1			Won
4	112			120	1			Won
5	105			131	2			Won
6	121*			133	2			Won
7	125	Herschelle Gibbs (2/2)		110	1			Won
8	102			112	1			Won
9	130*			133	1			Lost
10	115			126	1			Won
11	108*			120	1			Lost

Notes and References

1. Web site: St George's Park — Cricinfo profile . ESPN. Cricinfo. 26 December 2016.
2. Web site: St George's Park, Port Elizabeth / Records / Test matches / Match results. ESPN. Cricinfo. 26 December 2016.
3. Web site: St George's Park, Port Elizabeth / Records / One-Day Internationals / Match results . ESPN. Cricinfo. 26 December 2016.
4. Web site: St George's Park, Port Elizabeth / Records / Twenty20 Internationals / Match results . ESPN. Cricinfo. 26 December 2016.
5. Web site: Statistics / Statsguru / Test matches / Batting records. ESPN. Cricinfo. 26 December 2016.
6. Web site: Statistics / Statsguru / One-Day Internationals / Batting records. ESPN. Cricinfo. 26 December 2016.