List of international cricket centuries at St George's Park

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St George's Park grand stand

St George's Park is a sports ground in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, it has a capacity of 19,000. The ground have been hosted Test cricket since its first match in 1889 when South Africa played England. [1] 27 Test matches have been played at the ground [2] along with 38 One Day Internationals (ODIs), the first of which was in 1992 when South Africa played India. [3] The ground was first staged to Twenty20 Internationals when South Africa played against West Indies in 2007. The venue has hosted 2 T20I matches so far. [4]

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English batsman Phil Mead became the first man to score a Test century at St George's Park when he made 117 against South Africa way back in 1914. 196 runs scored by South African Herschelle Gibbs against India in 2001 stands as the highest score seen at the ground, and a double century is yet to score. Overall, 36 Test centuries have been scored at the ground. [5]

Ten ODI centuries have been scored at St George's Park, and the first by Australian batsman Mark Waugh who scored unbeaten 115 from 125 deliveries against South Africa in 1997. The highest score achieved at the ground is 135 made by Pakistani Saleem Elahi against South Africa in 2002. [6]

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Test centuries

The following table summarises the Test centuries scored at St George's Park.

No.ScorePlayerTeamBallsInns.Opposing teamDateResult
1 Phil Mead Flag of England.svg  England 2Red Ensign of South Africa (1912-1951).svg  South Africa 27 February 1914Won
2 Billy Wade Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg  South Africa 1Flag of England.svg  England 5 March 1949Lost
3 George Mann Flag of England.svg  England 2Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg  South Africa 5 March 1949Won
4 Arthur Morris Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 1Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg  South Africa 3 March 1950Won
5 Neil Harvey Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 1Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg  South Africa 3 March 1950Won
6 Lindsay Hassett Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 1Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg  South Africa 3 March 1950Won
7 Paul Barton Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg  South Africa 16 February 1962Won
8 Graeme Pollock (1/2)Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg  South Africa 1Flag of England.svg  England 12 February 1965Drawn
9 Geoff Boycott Flag of England.svg  England 2Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg  South Africa 12 February 1965Drawn
10 Graeme Pollock (2/2)Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg  South Africa 2Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 24 February 1967Won
11 Barry Richards Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg  South Africa 3Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 5 March 1970Won
12 Lee Irvine Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg  South Africa 3Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 5 March 1970Won
13 Hansie Cronje Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg  South Africa 2Flag of India.svg  India 26 December 1992Won
14 Kapil Dev Flag of India.svg  India 3Flag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg  South Africa 26 December 1992Lost
15 Mark Waugh Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 4Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 14 March 1997Won
16 Lance Klusener Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1Flag of England.svg  England 9 December 1999Drawn
17 Michael Atherton Flag of England.svg  England 2Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 9 December 1999Drawn
18 Mathew Sinclair Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 30 November 2000Lost
19 Neil McKenzie Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 2Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 30 November 2000Won
20 Herschelle Gibbs Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1Flag of India.svg  India 16 November 2001Drawn
21 Boeta Dippenaar Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1Flag of England.svg  England 17 December 2004Lost
22 Andrew Strauss Flag of England.svg  England 2Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 17 December 2004Won
23 Shivnarine Chanderpaul WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 1Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 26 December 2007Won
24 Hashim Amla (1/2)Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 11 January 2013Won
25 Faf du Plessis (1/2)Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 11 January 2013Won
26 Dean Elgar (1/2)Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 11 January 2013Won
27 AB de Villiers (1/2)Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 20 February 2014Won
28 JP Duminy Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 20 February 2014Won
29 Hashim Amla (2/2)Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 3Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 20 February 2014Won
30 Chris Rogers Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 4Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 20 February 2014Lost
31 Dean Elgar (2/2)Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 26 December 2014Drawn
32 Faf du Plessis (2/2)Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 26 December 2014Drawn
33 Kraigg Brathwaite WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 2Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 26 December 2014Drawn
34 Marlon Samuels WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 2Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 26 December 2014Drawn
35 Stephen Cook Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 3Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 26 December 2016Won
36 Aiden Markram Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 26 December 2017Won
37 AB de Villiers (2/2)Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 2Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 9 March 2018Won
38 Ben Stokes Flag of England.svg  England 1Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 16 January 2020Won
39 Ollie Pope Flag of England.svg  England 1Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 16 January 2020Won

One Day International centuries

The following table summarises the One Day International centuries scored at St George's Park.

No.ScorePlayerTeamBallsInns.Opposing teamDateResult
1115* Mark Waugh Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 1252Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 31 March 1997Won
2125 Herschelle Gibbs (1/2)Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1461WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 20 January 1999Won
3135 Saleem Elahi Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 1291Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 11 December 2002Won
4112 Abdul Razzaq Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 1201Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 11 December 2002Won
5105 Graeme Smith Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1312Flag of England.svg  England 4 February 2005Won
6121* Jacques Kallis Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1332WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 27 January 2008Won
7125 Herschelle Gibbs (2/2)Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1101Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 13 April 2009Won
8102 Ahmed Shehzad Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 1121Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 27 November 2013Won
9130* David Miller Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1331WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 25 January 2015Lost
10115 Rohit Sharma Flag of India.svg  India 1261Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 13 February 2018Won
11108* Hashim Amla Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1201Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 19 January 2019Lost

References

  1. "St George's Park — Cricinfo profile". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
  2. "St George's Park, Port Elizabeth / Records / Test matches / Match results". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
  3. "St George's Park, Port Elizabeth / Records / One-Day Internationals / Match results". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
  4. "St George's Park, Port Elizabeth / Records / Twenty20 Internationals / Match results". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
  5. "Statistics / Statsguru / Test matches / Batting records". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
  6. "Statistics / Statsguru / One-Day Internationals / Batting records". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 26 December 2016.