List of international cricket centuries at Carisbrook

Looking north across Caversham to Carisbrook, from the slopes of Forbury Hill

Carisbrook was a sports stadium in the New Zealand city of Dunedin. The stadium was used for international cricket matches between 1955 and 2004 after which the Otago Cricket Association moved to the University of Otago Oval, a ground which has since been used for international cricket. It was one of the venues for the 1992 Cricket World Cup and hosted both men's and women's international matches. The ground was the venue for 10 men's Test matches and two women's Tests as well as 21 men's and one women's One Day International (ODI) matches. ^{[lower-alpha 1]}

In cricket a century is scored when an individual batter scores at least 100 runs in an innings. ^[1] This is considered a notable achievement. ^[2] West Indian Everton Weekes became the first batsman to score a Test century at Carisbrook when he made 123 runs against New Zealand in 1956. Bryan Young's score of 267 not out, made against Sri Lanka in 1997, is the highest international score made on the ground. Only two players made a double century at the ground. A total of 10 centuries were scored in men's Test matches on the ground and two in women's matches.

Five centuries were scored in One Day Internationals on the ground, the first by West Indian Viv Richards who scored 119 from 113 deliveries against New Zealand in 1987. The highest score achieved on the ground in an ODI was the 122 not out made by Nathan Astle against England in 2002. Astle is the only player to score more than one century on the ground.

Key

Symbol	Meaning
Score	The number of runs scored by the batter. A * after the score shows that the batter was not out
Balls	The number of balls the batter faced in their innings.
Date	Day the Test started or ODI was held
Inn	Innings in which the century was made
Result	Result of the match

Test matches

A total of 12 centuries were scored in Test matches on the ground, ten in men's Tests and two in women's Test matches.

Men's Tests

Centuries scored in Men's Test matches at Carisbrook

No.	Batter	Score	Balls	Date	Team	Opposing team	Inn	Result
1	Everton Weekes	123	– [lower-alpha 2]	3 February 1956	West Indies	New Zealand	2	West Indies won [3]
2	Graham Dowling	143	– [lower-alpha 2]	15 February 1968	New Zealand	India	1	India won [4]
3	Mushtaq Mohammad [upper-alpha 1]	201	– [lower-alpha 2]	7 February 1973	Pakistan	New Zealand	1	Pakistan won [5]
4	Asif Iqbal [upper-alpha 1]	175	– [lower-alpha 2]	7 February 1973	Pakistan	New Zealand	2	Pakistan won [5]
5	Desmond Haynes	105	323	8 February 1980	West Indies	New Zealand	3	New Zealand won [6]
6	Jeremy Coney	111 *	243	9 February 1985	New Zealand	Pakistan	4	Drawn [7]
7	Asanka Gurusinha [upper-alpha 2]	127	429	18 March 1995	Sri Lanka	New Zealand	3	Drawn [8]
8	Hashan Tillakaratne [upper-alpha 2]	108	258	18 March 1995	Sri Lanka	New Zealand	3	Drawn [8]
9	Bryan Young [upper-alpha 3]	267 *	522	7 March 1997	New Zealand	Sri Lanka	1	New Zealand won [9]
10	Romesh Kaluwitharana [upper-alpha 3]	103	103	7 March 1997	Sri Lanka	New Zealand	3	New Zealand won [9]

Women's Tests

Centuries scored in Women's Test matches at Carisbrook

No.	Batter	Score	Balls	Date	Tean	Opposing team	Inns	Result
1	Shanta Rangaswamy [upper-alpha 4]	123	– [lower-alpha 2]	8 January 1977	India	New Zealand	2	Drawn [12]
2	Barb Bevege [upper-alpha 4]	100 *	– [lower-alpha 2]	8 January 1977	New Zealand	India	3	Drawn [12]

One Day International matches

Five centuries were scored in ODIs on the ground.

Centuries scored in Men's ODIs at Carisbrook

No.	Batter	Score	Balls	Date	Team	Opposing team	Inn	Result
1	Vivian Richards	119	113	18 March 1987	West Indies	New Zealand	1	West Indies won [13]
2	Martin Crowe	104	135	1 March 1990	New Zealand	India	1	New Zealand won [14]
3	Jacques Kallis	100	117	14 February 1999	South Africa	New Zealand	1	New Zealand won [15]
4	Nathan Astle [upper-alpha 5]	119	116	28 February 2001	New Zealand	Pakistan	2	New Zealand won [17]
5	Nathan Astle [upper-alpha 6]	122 *	150	26 February 2002	New Zealand	England	2	New Zealand won [19]

Notes

1. Two men's Test matches and one ODI scheduled for the ground were abandoned without a ball being bowled and are not included in the count of matches on the ground.
2. The number of balls the batter faced is not recorded for this innings.

1. Mushtaq and Asif made their centuries in the same innings. Mushtaq's was the first double century scored on the ground and Mushtaq's only double century made in international matches.
2. Gurusinha and Tillakaratne scored their centuries during the same innings.
3. Young and Kuluwitharana scored their centuries in the same match; Kaluwitharana scored his in Sri Lanka's second innings after they had been asked to follow on. Young's score is the highest made in international cricket on the ground and his only international double century.
4. Rangaswamy and Bevege scored their centuries in the same match. It was Rangaswamy's only century in international cricket and Bevege's only Test century. ^{[10] [11]}
5. Astle's innings was part of a new record partnership for any wicket in ODIs for New Zealand. He opened the batting with Stephen Fleming, the pair making 193 runs for the first wicket. ^[16]
6. Astle's second century on the ground set a new highest score in ODIs on the ground. He is the only player to score more than one century on the ground. The innings was Astle's highest ODI score at the time and saw him pass 5,000 ODI runs, the highest scored by a New Zealander at the time. ^[18]

See also

• List of international cricket five-wicket hauls at Carisbrook

References

1. Rundell M (2006) The Wisden Dictionary of Cricket. London: A & C Black. ISBN   0-7136-7915-8
2. Pervez MA (2001) A Dictionary of Cricket, p.15. Hyderabad: Sangam Books (India). ISBN   978-81-7370-184-9
3. 1st Test, West Indies tour of New Zealand at Dunedin, Feb 3-6 1956, CricInfo. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
4. 1st Test, India tour of New Zealand at Dunedin, Feb 15-20 1968, CricInfo. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
5. 2nd Test, Pakistan tour of New Zealand at Dunedin, Feb 7-10 1973, CricInfo. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
6. 1st Test, West Indies tour of New Zealand at Dunedin, Feb 8-13 1980, CricInfo. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
7. 3rd Test, Pakistan tour of New Zealand at Dunedin, Feb 9-14 1985, CricInfo. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
8. 2nd Test, Sri Lanka tour of New Zealand at Dunedin, Mar 18-22 1995, CricInfo. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
9. 1st Test, Sri Lanka tour of New Zealand at Dunedin, Mar 7-10 1997, CricInfo. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
12. Only Test, India Women tour of New Zealand at Dunedin, Jan 8-11 1977, CricInfo. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
13. 1st ODI, West Indies tour of New Zealand at Dunedin, Mar 18 1987, CricInfo. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
14. 1st Match, Rothmans Cup Triangular Series at Dunedin, Mar 1 1990, CricInfo. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
15. 1st ODI (D/N), South Africa tour of New Zealand at Dunedin, Feb 14 1999, CricInfo. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
17. 5th ODI (D/N), Pakistan tour of New Zealand at Dunedin, Feb 28 2001, CricInfo. Retrieved 2019-12-28.
19. 5th ODI (D/N), England tour of New Zealand at Dunedin, Feb 26 2002, CricInfo. Retrieved 2019-12-28.

External links

• International centuries at Carisbrook, CricInfo