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Warner Park Sporting Complex, or commonly Warner Park, is an 8,000 capacity cricket ground in Basseterre, St. Kitts, it is one of the home grounds of the West Indies cricket team. The ground hosted its first Test match in 2006 when the West Indies played India in late June. First One Day International (ODI) also played at the same tour of India in 2006. In 2009, Warner Park hosted its first Twenty20 International between West Indies and Bangladesh. [1] Since 2006 onwards, the ground has been the scene of 10 Test [2] and 10 ODI centuries. [3]
Three centuries were scored in the ground's inaugural Test match, the first was by the West Indian Daren Ganga, when he scored 135 runs in the first innings. The highest individual score at the venue is 166 scored by West Indian great Shivnarine Chanderpaul, against South Africa. A double century is not yet scored at the ground.
Ramnaresh Sarwan of West Indies became the first ODI centurion at the ground when he made unbeaten 115 against India in the inaygaral ODI match in 2006. The score of 169 which was made by the West Indian wicket-keeper Denesh Ramdin remains as the highest ODI score at the ground, which was score against Bangladesh.
The following table summarises the Test centuries scored at Warner Park. [2]
No. | Score | Player | Team | Balls | Inns. | Opposing team | Date | Result |
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1 | 135 | Daren Ganga | West Indies | 294 | 1 | India | 22 June 2006 | Drawn |
2 | 116 | Ramnaresh Sarwan | West Indies | 174 | 1 | India | 22 June 2006 | Drawn |
3 | 100 | V. V. S. Laxman | India | 231 | 2 | West Indies | 22 June 2006 | Drawn |
4 | 132 | Graeme Smith | South Africa | 238 | 1 | West Indies | 18 June 2010 | Drawn |
5 | 110 | Jacques Kallis | South Africa | 227 | 1 | West Indies | 18 June 2010 | Drawn |
6 | 135* | AB de Villiers | South Africa | 168 | 1 | West Indies | 18 June 2010 | Drawn |
7 | 166 | Shivnarine Chanderpaul | West Indies | 357 | 2 | South Africa | 18 June 2010 | Drawn |
8 | 114 | Brendon Nash | West Indies | 148 | 2 | South Africa | 18 June 2010 | Drawn |
9 | 135 | Taufeeq Umar | Pakistan | 314 | 3 | West Indies | 20 May 2011 | Won |
10 | 102* | Misbah-ul-Haq | Pakistan | 141 | 3 | West Indies | 20 May 2011 | Won |
The following table summarises the One Day International centuries scored at Warner Park. [3]
No. | Score | Player | Team | Balls | Inns. | Opposing team | Date | Result |
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1 | 115* | Ramnaresh Sarwan | West Indies | 119 | 2 | India | 23 May 2006 | Won |
2 | 113 | Ricky Ponting | Australia | 93 | 1 | Scotland | 14 March 2007 | Won |
3 | 128* | Jacques Kallis | South Africa | 109 | 1 | Netherlands | 16 March 2007 | Won |
4 | 123 | Brad Hodge | Australia | 89 | 1 | Netherlands | 18 March 2007 | Won |
5 | 101 | Matthew Hayden | Australia | 68 | 1 | South Africa | 24 March 2007 | Won |
6 | 110 | Ross Taylor | New Zealand | 115 | 2 | West Indies | 14 July 2012 | Lost |
7 | 124 | Darren Bravo | West Indies | 127 | 1 | Bangladesh | 25 August 2014 | Won |
8 | 169 | Denesh Ramdin | West Indies | 121 | 1 | Bangladesh | 25 August 2014 | Won |
9 | 109 | David Warner | Australia | 120 | 1 | South Africa | 11 June 2016 | Won |
10 | 110* | Hashim Amla | South Africa | 99 | 1 | West Indies | 15 June 2016 | Won |
11 | 103 | Tamim Iqbal | Bangladesh | 124 | 1 | West Indies | 28 July 2018 | Won |