List of international cricket centuries at the Kensington Oval explained

The Kensington Oval is a 15,000-capacity sports stadium located in Bridgetown on the island nation of Barbados.[1] [2] Used mainly for cricket, the Kensington Oval hosted its first Test in 1930 and its first One Day International (ODI) in 1985.[3] The ground has seen 51 Tests—all including the West Indies—along with 30 ODIs, and has been the scene of 108 Test and 14 ODI centuries.[4] [5] [6] Additionally, the ground hosted a pair of World Series Cricket one-day games and a Supertest between the WSC West Indies and WSC Australian teams.

West Indian Clifford Roach became the first player to score a century at the venue, managing 122 runs in the ground's inaugural match.[5] Two other batsmen, Andy Sandham and George Headley from England and the West Indies respectively, also scored centuries in this match. However, it took a further four Tests until West Indian Clyde Walcott scored the next hundred, 220 in 1954. The innings was also the first double century to be scored at the Kensington Oval. Pakistani Hanif Mohammad's score of 337, which was achieved in 1958, remains the highest score seen at the ground, while West Indian Lawrence Rowe is the only other batsman to score a triple century at the venue, hitting 302 against England in 1974. Desmond Haynes, Clive Lloyd and Shivnarine Chanderpaul are the only players to score four Test centuries at the Kensington Oval, while Garry Sobers, Viv Richards and Brian Lara have all stuck three hundreds.[4] As of January 2019, 9 batsmen have scored double centuries and two triple centuries has scored at the venue.

In the first ODI at the venue, Haynes scored 116 from 138 balls against New Zealand in 1985—the only century in the match. He is also one of only two players to hit two centuries in ODIs at the ground; scoring 117 not out from 132 balls against India in 1989. West Indian Brian Lara is the other batsman, with scores of 110 from 106 deliveries against England in 1998 and 116 from 106 balls against Sri Lanka in 2003. Australian Geoff Marsh became the first touring batsman to score an ODI century at the Kensington Oval, scoring 113 from 136 balls against the West Indies. Fellow countryman Adam Gilchrist holds the record for the highest ODI score with 149 from 104 deliveries, hit during the 2007 Cricket World Cup final against Sri Lanka.[7]

Key

Test centuries

The following table summarises the Test centuries scored at the Kensington Oval.

No. Score Player Team Balls Inns. Opposing team Date Result
1 122 NR 1 Drawn
2 152 NR 2 Drawn
3 176 NR 3 Drawn
4 220 NR 1 Won
5 166 NR 3 Won
6 137 NR 1 Drawn
7 118 NR 1 Drawn
8 219 NR 2 Drawn
9 122 NR 2 Drawn
10 142 NR 1 Drawn
11 197 NR 1 Drawn
12 337 NR 3 Drawn
13 128 NR 1 Drawn
14 136* NR 1 Drawn
15 226 (1/3) NR 2 Drawn
16 197* NR 2 Drawn
17 210 NR 1 Drawn
18 201 NR 1 Drawn
19 102 NR 1 Drawn
20 129 (1/2) NR 2 Drawn
21 201 NR 2 Drawn
22 146 NR 2 Drawn
23 113* (1/4) NR 3 Drawn
24 178* (2/3) NR 1 Drawn
25 150 NR 2 Drawn
26 117* NR 4 Drawn
27 126 NR 2 Drawn
28 105 NR 2 Drawn
29 183 NR 3 Drawn
30 142 (3/3) NR 3 Drawn
31 106 NR 1 Drawn
32 105 (2/2) NR 2 Drawn
33 106* NR 3 Drawn
34 102* NR 3 Drawn
35 148 320 1 Drawn
36 302 430 2 Drawn
37 119 191 2 Drawn
38 129* 357 3 Drawn
39 142 (1/3) NR 2 Won
40 102 (2/4) NR 2 Won
41 117* NR 1 Drawn
42 157 (3/4) NR 2 Drawn
43 100 (4/4) 167 1 Won
44 182* (2/3) 256 3 Won
45 116 210 4 Lost
46 130 NR 2 Won
47 120 197 1 Lost
48 145 (1/4) 222 2 Won
49 131* (1/2) 313 2 Won
50 105 (3/3) 147 2 Won
51 160 (2/2) 278 1 Won
52 108 221 1 Lost
53 117 (1/2) 182 2 Won
54 107 255 3 Lost
55 112* (2/4) 128 4 Won
56 164 245 1 Won
57 119 224 2 Lost
58 109 (3/4) 177 3 Won
59 226 (2/2) 480 3 Won
60 163 384 2 Lost
61 125 (4/4) 206 1 Won
62 118 (1/2) 221 1 Won
63 143 (2/2) 319 3 Won
64 208 (1/2) 470 2 Won
65 125 150 3 Lost
66 137* (1/4) 284 1 Won
67 103 (1/2) 268 1 Drawn
68 154 388 1 Drawn
69 199 (1/2) 376 1 Lost
70 104 (1/2) 290 1 Lost
71 105 (2/2) 271 2 Won
72 153* (1/3) 256 4 Won
73 115 235 1 Drawn
74 165 236 2 Drawn
75 131 180 3 Drawn
76 134 272 1 Drawn
77 106* 195 1 Drawn
78 113* 215 2 Drawn
79 115 235 2 Won
80 101* (2/4) 231 2 Won
81 130 230 1 Won
82 113 (2/2) 204 1 Won
83 115 (2/2) 233 1 Won
84 119* (2/2) 217 2 Won
85 176 (2/3) 224 1 Lost
86 104 203 2 Won
87 178 352 2 Won
88 130 (3/3) 120 1 Won
89 153* (3/4) 254 3 Won
90 122 95 4 Lost
91 108 224 3 Won
92 157 332 3 Won
93 142 210 1 Drawn
94 104 143 1 Drawn
95 291 452 2 Drawn
96 166 268 2 Drawn
97 139* (1/2) 256 3 Drawn
98 103* (4/4) 248 1 Lost
99 161* 271 3 Won
100 105 (2/2) 266 1 Lost
101 131 210 1 Won
102 105 278 2 Lost
103 202* 229 3 Won
104 116* 224 3 Won
105 153 316 1 Drawn
106 120 128 1 Drawn
107 102 215 2 Drawn
108 160 489 2 Drawn

One Day International centuries

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

No. Score Player Team Balls Inns. Opposing team Date result
1 116 (1/2) 138 1 Won
2 117* (2/2) 132 1 Won
3 113 136 1 WonO
4 109* 134 2 Won
5 122 130 1 Won
6 110 (1/2) 106 2 Lost
7 107 132 2 Won
8 116 (2/2) 106 1 Lost
9 104* 105 1 Lost
10 123 129 1 Won
11 132 (1/2) 152 2 Lost
12 100 91 2 Won
13 149 104 1 Won
14 121 138 1 Lost
15 125 134 1 Lost
16 102 103 1 Won
17 110 107 1 Won
18 101 (1/2) 108 1 Won
19 135 (2/2) 129 1 Lost
20 123 85 2 Won
21 102 (2/2) 97 2 Won
22 104* Shimron Hetmyer83 1 Won
23 105 Kyle Mayers1101 Lost

Notes and References

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  2. Web site: Kensington Oval prepares for complete rebuild . ESPN. Cricinfo . 2010-09-03 . 2010-04-01.
  3. Web site: Kensington Oval — Cricinfo profile . ESPN. Cricinfo. 2010-04-01.
  4. Web site: Statsguru: Test matches / Batting records / Innings by innings list. ESPN. Cricinfo. 2010-04-01. dead. https://archive.today/20130120040654/http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=1;filter=advanced;ground=199;orderby=start;runsmin1=100;runsval1=runs;size=200;template=results;type=batting;view=innings. 2013-01-20.
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