List of international cricket centuries at St George's Park

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]

St George's Park grand stand

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.ScorePlayerTeamBallsInns.Opposing teamDateResult
1 117Phil Mead England NA2 South Africa27 February 1914Won
2 125Billy Wade South Africa NA1 England5 March 1949Lost
3 136*George Mann England NA2 South Africa5 March 1949Won
4 157Arthur Morris Australia NA1 South Africa3 March 1950Won
5 116Neil Harvey Australia NA1 South Africa3 March 1950Won
6 167Lindsay Hassett Australia NA1 South Africa3 March 1950Won
7 109Paul Barton New Zealand NA1 South Africa16 February 1962Won
8 137Graeme Pollock (1/2) South Africa 2361 England12 February 1965Drawn
9 117Geoff Boycott England 3962 South Africa12 February 1965Drawn
10 105Graeme Pollock (2/2) South Africa NA2 Australia24 February 1967Won
11 126Barry Richards South Africa 2123 Australia5 March 1970Won
12 102Lee Irvine South Africa 1463 Australia5 March 1970Won
13 135Hansie Cronje South Africa 3102 India26 December 1992Won
14 129Kapil Dev India 1803 South Africa26 December 1992Lost
15 116Mark Waugh Australia 2284 South Africa14 March 1997Won
16 174Lance Klusener South Africa 2211 England9 December 1999Drawn
17 108Michael Atherton England 2742 South Africa9 December 1999Drawn
18 150Mathew Sinclair New Zealand 3211 South Africa30 November 2000Lost
19 120Neil McKenzie South Africa 2072 New Zealand30 November 2000Won
20 196Herschelle Gibbs South Africa 3541 India16 November 2001Drawn
21 110Boeta Dippenaar South Africa 2451 England17 December 2004Lost
22 126Andrew Strauss England 2282 South Africa17 December 2004Won
23 104Shivnarine Chanderpaul West Indies 2531 South Africa26 December 2007Won
24 110Hashim Amla (1/2) South Africa 2351 New Zealand11 January 2013Won
25 137Faf du Plessis (1/2) South Africa 2521 New Zealand11 January 2013Won
26 103*Dean Elgar (1/2) South Africa 1701 New Zealand11 January 2013Won
27 116AB de Villiers (1/2) South Africa 2321 Australia20 February 2014Won
28 123JP Duminy South Africa 2311 Australia20 February 2014Won
29 127*Hashim Amla (2/2) South Africa 1763 Australia20 February 2014Won
30 107Chris Rogers Australia 2374 South Africa20 February 2014Lost
31 121Dean Elgar (2/2) South Africa 2391 West Indies26 December 2014Drawn
32 103Faf du Plessis (2/2) South Africa 2301 West Indies26 December 2014Drawn
33 106Kraigg Brathwaite West Indies 1862 South Africa26 December 2014Drawn
34 101Marlon Samuels West Indies 1602 South Africa26 December 2014Drawn
35 117Stephen Cook South Africa 1543 Sri Lanka26 December 2016Won
36 125Aiden Markram South Africa 2041 Zimbabwe26 December 2017Won
37 126*AB de Villiers (2/2) South Africa 1462 Australia9 March 2018Won
38 120Ben Stokes England 2141 South Africa16 January 2020Won
39 135*Ollie Pope England 2261 South Africa16 January 2020Won

One Day International centuries

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

No.ScorePlayerTeamBallsInns.Opposing teamDateResult
1115*Mark Waugh Australia1252 South Africa31 March 1997Won
2125Herschelle Gibbs (1/2) South Africa1461 West Indies20 January 1999Won
3135Saleem Elahi Pakistan1291 South Africa11 December 2002Won
4112Abdul Razzaq Pakistan1201 South Africa11 December 2002Won
5105Graeme Smith South Africa1312 England4 February 2005Won
6121*Jacques Kallis South Africa1332 West Indies27 January 2008Won
7125Herschelle Gibbs (2/2) South Africa1101 Australia13 April 2009Won
8102Ahmed Shehzad Pakistan1121 South Africa27 November 2013Won
9130*David Miller South Africa1331 West Indies25 January 2015Lost
10115Rohit Sharma India1261 South Africa13 February 2018Won
11108*Hashim Amla South Africa1201 Pakistan19 January 2019Lost

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