Bellerive Oval, also known by its sponsored name Blundstone Arena, is a cricket ground in Hobart, Australia. [2] It is the home of the Tasmania cricket team [3] and the Hobart Hurricanes (a Twenty20 team in the Big Bash League), [4] as well as being a Test, One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I) venue. [5] It has a capacity of 16,000 spectators. [2] As of December 2015, the ground has hosted 12 Test matches, the first in 1989 when Australia hosted Sri Lanka. [6] It has also staged 34 ODI matches, the first of which was in 1988 when New Zealand lost to Sri Lanka by four wickets. [7] As of October 2014, two T20Is have been played at the ground. [8] The first was in 2010 when Australia beat the West Indies by 38 runs; [8] the second was in 2014, when Australia defeated England by 13 runs. [8]
The first Test century (100 or more runs in a single innings) scored at the ground was by Australian Mark Taylor in the third innings of the first Test match against Sri Lanka in 1989. [9] In the same innings Dean Jones and Steve Waugh also scored centuries. [10] As of December 2015, 31 Test centuries have been scored at the ground in 12 Test matches. [1] As of December 2015, Adam Voges 269*, scored against West Indies in 2015, is the highest Test innings achieved at the ground and only the second double century (200 or more runs in a single innings) in this ground, after Ricky Ponting's 209, against Pakistan in 2010. [1] The highest Test score by an overseas player is 192 by the Sri Lankan Kumar Sangakkara in 2007. [1] Michael Hussey has scored three Test centuries at the ground, the most by any batsman. [11]
In the second ODI ever at Bellerive Oval, [7] West Indian Desmond Haynes scored the first century at the venue with a score of 101 runs from 112 balls against Pakistan in 1988. [12] In 35 ODIs, a total of 25 centuries have been scored. [12] As of October 2014, the highest ODI score at the ground is 172, scored by Adam Gilchrist, an Australian wicket-keeper. [12] The top scoring non-Australian is Sri Lankan Tillakaratne Dilshan, who scored 160 runs. [12] Dilshan and fellow Sri Lankan Kumar Sangakkara are the only players to have scored two ODI centuries at Bellerive Oval. [13] The top T20I score at the ground is 103* by Australian Glenn Maxwell in 2018. [14]
The following table summarises the Test centuries scored at Bellerive Oval. [15]
No. | Score | Player | Team | Balls | Inns. | Opposing team | Date | Result |
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1 | 108 | Mark Taylor (1/2) | ![]() | 212 | 3 | ![]() | 16 December 1989 | Australia won [10] |
2 | 118* | Dean Jones | ![]() | 178 | 3 | ![]() | 16 December 1989 | Australia won [10] |
3 | 134* | Steve Waugh | ![]() | 177 | 3 | ![]() | 16 December 1989 | Australia won [10] |
4 | 168 | Michael Slater | ![]() | 235 | 1 | ![]() | 26 November 1993 | Australia won [16] |
5 | 106 | David Boon | ![]() | 242 | 1 | ![]() | 26 November 1993 | Australia won [16] |
6 | 111 | Mark Waugh | ![]() | 139 | 1 | ![]() | 26 November 1993 | Australia won [16] |
7 | 123 | Mark Taylor (2/2) | ![]() | 244 | 3 | ![]() | 17 November 1995 | Australia won [17] |
8 | 114 | Matthew Elliott | ![]() | 265 | 1 | ![]() | 27 November 1997 | Drawn [18] |
9 | 133 | Matt Horne | ![]() | 259 | 2 | ![]() | 27 November 1997 | Drawn [18] |
10 | 118 | Inzamam-ul-Haq | ![]() | 191 | 3 | ![]() | 18 November 1999 | Australia won [19] |
11 | 127 | Justin Langer (1/2) | ![]() | 295 | 4 | ![]() | 18 November 1999 | Australia won [19] |
12 | 149* | Adam Gilchrist | ![]() | 163 | 4 | ![]() | 18 November 1999 | Australia won [19] |
13 | 123 | Justin Langer (2/2) | ![]() | 154 | 1 | ![]() | 22 November 2001 | Drawn [20] |
14 | 157* | Ricky Ponting (1/2) | ![]() | 218 | 1 | ![]() | 22 November 2001 | Drawn [20] |
15 | 110 | Matthew Hayden | ![]() | 169 | 2 | ![]() | 17 November 2005 | Australia won [21] |
16 | 137 | Michael Hussey (1/3) | ![]() | 234 | 2 | ![]() | 17 November 2005 | Australia won [21] |
17 | 113 | Dwayne Bravo | ![]() | 202 | 3 | ![]() | 17 November 2005 | Australia won [21] |
18 | 150 | Phil Jaques | ![]() | 237 | 1 | ![]() | 16 November 2007 | Australia won [22] |
19 | 132 | Michael Hussey (2/3) | ![]() | 220 | 1 | ![]() | 16 November 2007 | Australia won [22] |
20 | 104 | Mahela Jayawardene | ![]() | 194 | 2 | ![]() | 16 November 2007 | Australia won [22] |
21 | 192 | Kumar Sangakkara | ![]() | 282 | 4 | ![]() | 16 November 2007 | Australia won [22] |
22 | 209 | Ricky Ponting (2/2) | ![]() | 354 | 1 | ![]() | 14 January 2010 | Australia won [23] |
23 | 166 | Michael Clarke | ![]() | 328 | 1 | ![]() | 14 January 2010 | Australia won [23] |
24 | 102 | Salman Butt | ![]() | 234 | 2 | ![]() | 14 January 2010 | Australia won [23] |
25 | 100 | Simon Katich | ![]() | 138 | 3 | ![]() | 14 January 2010 | Australia won [23] |
26 | 123* | David Warner | ![]() | 170 | 4 | ![]() | 9 December 2011 | New Zealand won [24] |
27 | 115* | Michael Hussey (3/3) | ![]() | 184 | 1 | ![]() | 14 December 2012 | Australia won [25] |
28 | 147 | Tillakaratne Dilshan | ![]() | 273 | 2 | ![]() | 14 December 2012 | Australia won [25] |
29 | 269* | Adam Voges | ![]() | 285 | 1 | ![]() | 10 December 2015 | Australia won [26] |
30 | 182 | Shaun Marsh | ![]() | 266 | 1 | ![]() | 10 December 2015 | Australia won [26] |
31 | 108 | Darren Bravo | ![]() | 177 | 2 | ![]() | 10 December 2015 | Australia won [26] |
32 | 104 | Quinton de Kock | ![]() | 143 | 2 | ![]() | 12 November 2016 | South Africa won [27] |
33 | 101 | Travis Head | ![]() | 113 | 1 | ![]() | 14 January 2022 | Australia won [28] |
The following table summarises the One Day International centuries scored at Bellerive Oval. [12]
No. | Score | Player | Team | Balls | Inns. | Opposing team | Date | Result |
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1 | 101 | Desmond Haynes | ![]() | 112 | 1 | ![]() | 17 December 1988 | West Indies won [29] |
2 | 116* | Ramiz Raja | ![]() | 148 | 2 | ![]() | 15 February 1990 | Pakistan won [30] |
3 | 102* | David Boon | ![]() | 168 | 2 | ![]() | 10 December 1991 | Australia won [31] |
4 | 114 | Aamer Sohail | ![]() | 136 | 1 | ![]() | 27 February 1992 | Pakistan won [32] |
5 | 110 | Stuart Law | ![]() | 135 | 1 | ![]() | 8 December 1994 | Australia won [33] |
6 | 124 | Alistair Campbell | ![]() | 142 | 1 | ![]() | 30 January 2001 | Australia won [34] |
7 | 102* | Mark Waugh | ![]() | 113 | 2 | ![]() | 30 January 2001 | Australia won [34] |
8 | 101* | Damien Martyn | ![]() | 114 | 1 | ![]() | 11 January 2003 | Australia won [35] |
9 | 172 | Adam Gilchrist | ![]() | 126 | 1 | ![]() | 16 January 2004 | Australia won [36] |
10 | 134* | Ricky Ponting | ![]() | 133 | 1 | ![]() | 20 December 2007 | Australia won [37] |
11 | 110 | Shaun Marsh | ![]() | 114 | 1 | ![]() | 21 January 2011 | Australia won [38] |
12 | 104 | Peter Forrest | ![]() | 138 | 1 | ![]() | 24 February 2012 | Sri Lanka won [39] |
13 | 160* | Tillakaratne Dilshan (1/2) | ![]() | 165 | 1 | ![]() | 28 February 2012 | India won [40] |
14 | 105 | Kumar Sangakkara (1/2) | ![]() | 87 | 1 | ![]() | 28 February 2012 | India won [40] |
15 | 133* | Virat Kohli | ![]() | 86 | 2 | ![]() | 28 February 2012 | India won [40] |
16 | 138* | Phillip Hughes | ![]() | 154 | 1 | ![]() | 23 January 2013 | Australia won [41] |
17 | 141 | Ian Bell | ![]() | 125 | 1 | ![]() | 23 January 2015 | Australia won [42] |
18 | 102* | Steve Smith | ![]() | 95 | 2 | ![]() | 23 January 2015 | Australia won [42] |
19 | 112 | Ed Joyce | ![]() | 103 | 1 | ![]() | 7 March 2015 | Ireland won [43] |
20 | 121 | Brendan Taylor | ![]() | 91 | 2 | ![]() | 7 March 2015 | Ireland won [43] |
21 | 104 | Tillakaratne Dilshan (2/2) | ![]() | 99 | 1 | ![]() | 11 March 2015 | Sri Lanka won [44] |
22 | 124 | Kumar Sangakkara (2/2) | ![]() | 95 | 1 | ![]() | 11 March 2015 | Sri Lanka won [44] |
23 | 125 | Faf du Plessis | ![]() | 114 | 1 | ![]() | 11 November 2018 | South Africa won [45] |
24 | 139 | David Miller | ![]() | 108 | 1 | ![]() | 11 November 2018 | South Africa won [45] |
25 | 106 | Shaun Marsh | ![]() | 102 | 2 | ![]() | 11 November 2018 | South Africa won [45] |
No. | Score | Player | Team | Balls | Inns. | Opposing team | Date | Result |
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1 | 103* | Glenn Maxwell | ![]() | 58 | 2 | ![]() | 7 February 2018 | Australia won [46] |