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Sir Vivian Richards Stadium is a sports ground in North Sound, Antigua and Barbuda. It has a capacity of 10,000. The ground hosted Test cricket since its first match in 2008 when West Indies played Australia. [1] 5 Test matches have been played at the ground [2] along with 13 One Day Internationals (ODIs), the first of which was in 2007 when Sri Lanka played Australia. [3] The first T20I was held between the hosts West Indies and South Africa in 2010. Four T20Is have been held at the ground up to now. [4]
Australia batsman Simon Katich became the first man to score a Test century at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium when he made 113 against West Indies in 2008. The highest Test individual score at the ground was scored by Indian batsman Virat Kohli, who scored 200 runs against the West Indies in 2016, which is the only double century recorded at the venue. Overall, 14 Test centuries have been scored at the ground. [5]
Nine ODI centuries have been scored at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium. The first, by Australian Matthew Hayden who scored 158 from 143 deliveries against West Indies in 2007, remains the highest ODI individual score at the venue. [6]
A T20I century is yet to be scored at the venue.
The following table summarises the Test centuries scored at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium.
No. | Score | Player | Team | Balls | Inns. | Opposing team | Date | Result |
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1 | 113 | Simon Katich | Australia | 248 | 1 | West Indies | 30 May 2008 | Drawn |
2 | 110 | Michael Clarke | Australia | 187 | 1 | West Indies | 30 May 2008 | Drawn |
3 | 107* | Shivnarine Chanderpaul | West Indies | 236 | 2 | Australia | 30 May 2008 | Drawn |
4 | 128 | Ramnaresh Sarwan | West Indies | 241 | 4 | Australia | 30 May 2008 | Drawn |
5 | 150 | Chris Gayle | West Indies | 206 | 2 | New Zealand | 25 July 2012 | Won |
6 | 134 | Kieran Powell | West Indies | 288 | 2 | New Zealand | 25 July 2012 | Won |
7 | 143 | Ian Bell | England | 256 | 1 | West Indies | 13 April 2015 | Drawn |
8 | 112* | Jermaine Blackwood | West Indies | 220 | 2 | England | 13 April 2015 | Drawn |
9 | 122 | Gary Ballance | England | 250 | 4 | West Indies | 13 April 2015 | Drawn |
10 | 103* | Jason Holder | West Indies | 149 | 4 | England | 13 April 2015 | Drawn |
11 | 200 | Virat Kohli | India | 283 | 1 | West Indies | 21 July 2016 | Won |
12 | 113 | Ravichandran Ashwin | India | 253 | 1 | West Indies | 21 July 2016 | Won |
13 | 121 | Kraigg Brathwaite | West Indies | 291 | 2 | Bangladesh | 4 July 2018 | Won |
14 | 102 | Ajinkya Rahane | India | 242 | 3 | West Indies | 22 August 2019 | Won |
The following table summarises the One Day International centuries scored at Sir Vivian Richards Stadium.
No. | Score | Player | Team | Balls | Inns. | Opposing team | Date | Result |
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1 | 158 | Matthew Hayden | Australia | 143 | 1 | West Indies | 27 March 2007 | Won |
2 | 102* | Stephen Fleming | New Zealand | 92 | 2 | Bangladesh | 2 April 2007 | Won |
3 | 104 | Kevin Pietersen | England | 122 | 1 | Australia | 8 April 2007 | Won |
4 | 102 | Hashim Amla | South Africa | 109 | 1 | West Indies | 22 May 2010 | Won |
5 | 102 | AB de Villiers | South Africa | 101 | 1 | West Indies | 22 May 2010 | Won |
6 | 106 | Michael Lumb | England | 117 | 2 | West Indies | 28 February 2014 | Lost |
7 | 107 | Joe Root | England | 122 | 1 | West Indies | 5 March 2014 | Won |
8 | 128 | Denesh Ramdin | West Indies | 109 | 2 | England | 5 March 2014 | Lost |
9 | 107 | Eoin Morgan | England | 116 | 1 | West Indies | 3 March 2017 | Won |
Sir Vivian Richards Stadium is a stadium in North Sound, Antigua, Antigua and Barbuda. It was built for use in the 2007 Cricket World Cup where it hosted Super 8 matches. The stadium usually caters for 10,000 people, but temporary seating doubled its capacity for the 2007 World Cup. The stadium is named after former West Indies cricket captain Viv Richards.