List of international cricket centuries at the Wanderers Stadium

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The Wanderers Stadium is a cricket stadium, situated just south of Sandton in Illovo, Johannesburg in Gauteng Province, South Africa.[1] Test, One Day and First class cricket matches are played here. The stadium has a seating capacity of 34,000. The ground is among the most historically significant cricket grounds of the twenty-first century. It has staged some of the most important matches in ODI and T20I history, and has witnessed a number of outstanding world records.

The 2003 Cricket World Cup final was held at the Wanderers Stadium. This stadium also hosted one of the greatest One-Day International matches. The match was played between South Africa and Australia in which a world record score of 434 was chased down by South Africa. It hosted matches of the 2007 ICC World Twenty20 including the first match and the final which was won by India, who defeated Pakistan.

Key

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  • * 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 the Wanderers.
  • The column title Date refers to the date the match started.
  • The column title Result refers to whether the player's team won, lost or ended in a draw, a tie or a no result.[2][3][4]

Test centuries

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The following table summarises the Test centuries scored at the Wanderers.[5]

No. Score Player Team Balls Inns. Opposing team Date Result
1 117 Peter Richardson  England NR 1  South Africa 24 December 1956 Won
2 108 Jackie McGlew (1/2)  South Africa NR 1  Australia 23 December 1957 Drawn
3 115 John Waite (1/2)  South Africa NR 1  Australia 23 December 1957 Drawn
4 122 Richie Benaud (1/2)  Australia NR 2  South Africa 23 December 1957 Drawn
5 100 Richie Benaud (2/2)  Australia NR 1  South Africa 7 February 1958 Won
6 101 John Waite (2/2)  South Africa NR 1  New Zealand 26 December 1961 Drawn
7 120 Jackie McGlew (2/2)  South Africa NR 2  New Zealand 2 February 1962 Won
8 142 John Reid  New Zealand NR 3  South Africa 2 February 1962 Lost
9 172 Ted Dexter  England NR 1  South Africa 23 December 1964 Drawn
10 121 Ken Barrington  England NR 1  South Africa 23 December 1964 Drawn
11 144* Colin Bland  South Africa NR 3  England 23 December 1964 Drawn
12 122* Peter Parfitt  England 289 2  South Africa 22 January 1965 Drawn
13 112 Trevor Goddard  South Africa NR 3  England 22 January 1965 Drawn
14 182 Denis Lindsay (1/2)  South Africa 227 3  Australia 23 December 1966 Won
15 131 Denis Lindsay (2/2)  South Africa NR 2  Australia 3 February 1967 Drawn
16 131 Eddie Barlow  South Africa 252 3  Australia 19 February 1970 Won
17 111 Sachin Tendulkar  India 270 2  South Africa 26 November 1992 Drawn
18 122 Hansie Cronje  South Africa 192 3  Australia 4 March 1994 Won
19 113 Brian McMillan (1/2)  South Africa 180 1  Pakistan 19 January 1995 Won
20 110 Gary Kirsten  South Africa 241 1  England 30 November 1995 Drawn
21 100* Brian McMillan (2/2)  South Africa 168 3  England 30 November 1995 Drawn
22 185* Michael Atherton  England 492 4  South Africa 30 November 1995 Drawn
23 148 Rahul Dravid  India 362 1  South Africa 16 January 1997 Drawn
24 122* Daryll Cullinan (1/2)  South Africa 200 4  India 16 January 1997 Drawn
25 160 Steve Waugh  Australia 366 2  South Africa 28 February 1997 Won
26 214 Greg Blewett  Australia 421 2  South Africa 28 February 1997 Won
27 108 Pat Symcox  South Africa 157 1  Pakistan 14 February 1998 Drawn
28 136 Azhar Mahmood  Pakistan 215 2  South Africa 14 February 1998 Drawn
29 108 Daryll Cullinan (2/2)  South Africa 170 2  England 25 November 1999 Won
30 100 Boeta Dippenaar  South Africa 192 2  New Zealand 8 December 2000 Drawn
31 122 Matthew Hayden  Australia 189 1  South Africa 22 February 2002 Won
32 204* Adam Gilchrist  Australia 213 1  South Africa 22 February 2002 Won
33 133 Damien Martyn (1/2)  Australia 207 1  South Africa 22 February 2002 Won
34 132 Graeme Smith (1/2)  South Africa 184 1  West Indies 12 December 2003 Won
35 158 Jacques Kallis (1/2)  South Africa 297 1  West Indies 12 December 2003 Won
36 202 Brian Lara  West Indies 274 2  South Africa 12 December 2003 Lost
37 147 Andrew Strauss  England 250 1  South Africa 13 January 2005 Won
38 161 Herschelle Gibbs  South Africa 307 2  England 13 January 2005 Lost
39 180 Marcus Trescothick  England 248 3  South Africa 13 January 2005 Won
40 101 Damien Martyn (2/2)  Australia 208 4  South Africa 31 March 2006 Won
41 176* Hashim Amla (1/3)  South Africa 378 3  New Zealand 8 November 2007 Won
42 186 Jacques Kallis (2/2)  South Africa 262 3  New Zealand 8 November 2007 Won
43 117 Marcus North  Australia 233 1  South Africa 26 February 2009 Won
44 104* AB de Villiers (1/3)  South Africa 185 2  Australia 26 February 2009 Lost
45 105 Graeme Smith (2/2)  South Africa 187 2  England 14 January 2010 Won
46 105 Hashim Amla (2/3)  South Africa 243 3  Australia 17 November 2011 Lost
47 103* AB de Villiers (2/3)  South Africa 117 3  Pakistan 1 February 2013 Won
48 119 Virat Kohli  India 181 1  South Africa 18 December 2013 Drawn
49 153 Cheteshwar Pujara  India 270 3  South Africa 18 December 2013 Drawn
50 134 Faf du Plessis(1/2)  South Africa 309 4  India 18 December 2013 Drawn
51 103 AB de Villiers (3/3)  South Africa 168 4  India 18 December 2013 Drawn
52 110 Joe Root  England 139 2  South Africa 14 January 2016 Won
53 155 JP Duminy  South Africa 221 1  Sri Lanka 12 January 2017 Won
54 134 Hashim Amla (3/3)  South Africa 265 1  Sri Lanka 12 January 2017 Won
55 152 Aiden Markram  South Africa 216 1  Australia 30 March 2018 Won
56 120 Faf du Plessis(2/2)  South Africa 178 3  Australia 30 March 2018 Won
57 129 Quinton de Kock  South Africa 138 3  Pakistan 11 January 2019 Won
58 127 Dean Elgar  South Africa 163 2  Sri Lanka 4 January 2021 Won
59 103 Dimuth Karunaratne  Sri Lanka 128 3  South Africa 4 January 2021 Lost

One Day International centuries

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The following table summarises the One Day International centuries scored at the Wanderers.[6]

No. Score Player Team Balls Inns. Opposing team Date Result
1 112 Hansie Cronje South Africa 120 1  Australia 19 February 1994 Won
2 106 Mike Rindel  South Africa 139 1  Pakistan 12 January 1995 Won
3 127 Sourav Ganguly  India 126 1  South Africa 5 October 2001 Lost
4 101 Sachin Tendulkar  India 129 1  South Africa 5 October 2001 Lost
5 133 Gary Kirsten  South Africa 155 2  India 5 October 2001 Won
6 143* Andrew Symonds  Australia 125 1  Pakistan 11 February 2003 Won
7 143 Herschelle Gibbs (1/3)  South Africa 141 1  New Zealand 16 February 2003 Lost
8 134 Stephen Fleming  New Zealand 132 2  South Africa 16 February 2003 Won
9 140* Ricky Ponting (1/2)  Australia 121 1  India 23 March 2003 Won
10 152* Chris Gayle  West Indies 153 1  South Africa 4 February 2004 Lost
11 139 Jacques Kallis  South Africa 142 2  West Indies 4 February 2004 Won
12 164 Ricky Ponting (2/2)  Australia 105 1  South Africa 12 March 2006 Lost
13 175 Herschelle Gibbs (2/3)  South Africa 111 2  Australia 12 March 2006 Won
14 102 Herschelle Gibbs (3/3)  South Africa 82 2  West Indies 3 February 2008 Won
15 125 Graeme Smith  South Africa 143 1  Sri Lanka 22 January 2012 Won
16 125* AB de Villiers (1/3)  South Africa 98 1  Sri Lanka 22 January 2012 Won
17 102 Kumar Sangakkara  Sri Lanka 97 2  South Africa 22 January 2012 Lost
18 122 Hashim Amla (1/2)  South Africa 113 1  Pakistan 17 March 2013 Won
19 128 AB de Villiers (2/3)  South Africa 108 1  Pakistan 17 March 2013 Won
20 135 Quinton de Kock  South Africa 121 1  India 5 December 2013 Won
21 128 Rilee Rossouw  South Africa 115 1  West Indies 18 January 2015 Won
22 153* Hashim Amla (2/2)  South Africa 142 1  West Indies 18 January 2015 Won
23 149 AB de Villiers (3/3)  South Africa 44 1  West Indies 18 January 2015 Won
24 109 Joe Root  England 124 1  South Africa 12 February 2016 Lost
25 111 Faf du Plessis (1/2)  South Africa 93 1  Australia 2 October 2016 Won
26 109 Shikhar Dhawan  India 105 1  South Africa 10 February 2018 Lost
27 112* Faf du Plessis (2/2)  South Africa 114 2  Sri Lanka 3 March 2019 Won
28 193 Fakhar Zaman  Pakistan 155 2  South Africa 4 April 2021 Lost

Twenty20 International centuries

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The following table summarises the Twenty20 International century scored at the Wanderers.[7]

No. Score Player Team Balls Inns. Opposing team Date Result
1 117 Chris Gayle  West Indies 57 1  South Africa 11 September 2007 Lost
2 119 Faf du Plessis  South Africa 56 1  West Indies 11 January 2015 Lost
3 100 Suryakumar Yadav  India 56 1  South Africa 14 December 2023 Won

References

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  1. ^ The Wanderers Stadium - Cricinfo Ground Profile
  2. ^ Test results
  3. ^ ODI results
  4. ^ T20I results
  5. ^ Test hundreds at the Wanderers
  6. ^ ODI hundreds at the Wanderers
  7. ^ T20I hundreds at the Wanderers
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