List of international cricket centuries at Mangaung Oval

Mangaung Oval is a sports ground in Bloemfontein, South Africa with a capacity of 20,000. The ground has hosted Test cricket since its first match in 1999 when South Africa played Zimbabwe. ^[1] Four Test matches have been played at the ground ^[2] along with 28 One Day Internationals (ODIs), the first of which was in 1992 when South Africa played India. ^[3] The ground staged its first [Twenty20 International]] when South Africa played against Zimbabwe in 2010. ^[4]

South African batsman Jacques Kallis became the first man to score a Test century at Mangaung Oval when he made 160 against New Zealand in 2000. It still stands as the highest Test individual score at the ground, and a double century is yet to be scored. Overall, 9 Test centuries have been scored at the ground. ^[5]

Sixteen ODI centuries have been scored at Mangaung Oval, the first by South African batsman Andrew Hudson who scored 108 from 147 deliveries against India in 1992. The highest score achieved at the ground is 145* not out made by Zimbabwean wicket keeper Brendan Taylor against South Africa in 2010. ^[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 Mangaung Oval.
• 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 Mangaung Oval.

No.	Score	Player	Team	Balls	Inns.	Opposing team	Date	Result
1	160	Jacques Kallis	South Africa	289	1	New Zealand	17 November 2000	Won
2	155	Sachin Tendulkar	India	184	1	South Africa	3 November 2001	Lost
3	105	Virender Sehwag	India	173	1	South Africa	3 November 2001	Lost
4	107	Herschelle Gibbs	South Africa	145	2	India	3 November 2001	Won
5	108	Lance Klusener	South Africa	124	2	India	3 November 2001	Won
6	157	Graeme Smith	South Africa	248	1	Bangladesh	19 November 2008	Won
7	112	Hashim Amla	South Africa	165	1	Bangladesh	19 November 2008	Won
8	113	Dean Elgar	South Africa	152	1	Bangladesh	6 October 2017	Won
9	143	Aiden Markram	South Africa	186	1	Bangladesh	6 October 2017	Won
10	132	Hashim Amla	South Africa	163	1	Bangladesh	6 October 2017	Won
11	145	Faf du Plessis	South Africa	181	1	Bangladesh	6 October 2017	Won

One Day International centuries

The following table summarises the One Day International centuries scored at Mangaung Oval.

No.	Score	Player	Team	Balls	Inns.	Opposing team	Date	Result
1	108	Andrew Hudson	South Africa	147	2	India	15 December 1992	Won
2	111*	Brian Lara	West Indies	140	2	South Africa	23 February 1993	Lost
3	140	Sanath Jayasuriya (1/2)	Sri Lanka	143	1	New Zealand	8 December 1994	No result
4	129	Ricky Ponting	Australia	126	1	South Africa	30 March 2002	Won
5	120	Sanath Jayasuriya (2/2)	Sri Lanka	125	1	New Zealand	10 February 2003	Won
6	141	Scott Styris	New Zealand	125	2	Sri Lanka	10 February 2003	Lost
7	121	Feiko Kloppenburg	Netherlands	142	1	Namibia	3 March 2003	Won
8	134*	Klaas-Jan van Noortwijk	Netherlands	129	1	Namibia	3 March 2003	Won
9	102*	Nathan Astle	New Zealand	121	2	Zimbabwe	8 March 2003	Won
10	108*	Kevin Pietersen	England	96	1	South Africa	2 February 2005	Tied
11	110	Hashim Amla	South Africa	96	1	Zimbabwe	15 October 2010	Won
12	124	Colin Ingram (1/2)	South Africa	126	1	Zimbabwe	15 October 2010	Won
13	145*	Brendan Taylor	Zimbabwe	136	2	South Africa	15 October 2010	Lost
14	105*	Colin Ingram (2/2)	South Africa	104	1	Pakistan	10 March 2013	Won
15	105	Jos Buttler	England	76	1	South Africa	3 February 2016	Won
16	138*	Quinton de Kock	South Africa	96	2	England	3 February 2016	Lost

References

1. "Mangaung Oval — Cricinfo profile". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
2. "Mangaung Oval, Bloemfontein / Records / Test matches / Match results". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
3. "Mangaung Oval, Bloemfontein / Records / One-Day Internationals / Match results". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
4. "Mangaung Oval, Bloemfontein / Records / Twenty20 Internationals / Match results". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
5. "Statistics / Statsguru / Test matches / Batting records". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
6. "Statistics / Statsguru / One-Day Internationals / Batting records". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 27 December 2016.