List of international cricket centuries at the Wanderers Stadium
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
[edit]- * 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
[edit]The following table summarises the Test centuries scored at the Wanderers.[5]
No. | Score | Player | Team | Balls | Inns. | Opposing team | Date | Result |
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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
[edit]The following table summarises the One Day International centuries scored at the Wanderers.[6]
No. | Score | Player | Team | Balls | Inns. | Opposing team | Date | Result |
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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
[edit]The following table summarises the Twenty20 International century scored at the Wanderers.[7]
No. | Score | Player | Team | Balls | Inns. | Opposing team | Date | Result |
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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 |