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The Antigua Recreation Ground is a cricket ground in St John's, Antigua and Barbuda. [1] International cricket has been played at the ground since 1978 when a One Day International (ODI) was played between the West Indies and Australia. [2] The ground has also hosted 22 Test Matches, the first was played in 1981 between the West Indies and England. [3] The ground was also used to stage a World Series Cricket Supertest between the WSC Australian and WSC West Indian teams in 1979.
The Englishman Peter Willey scored the first of 57 Test centuries at the ground when he made 102 not out against the West Indies in 1981. The Antigua Recreation Ground has been the scene of 2 world record individual scores, both by Brian Lara and both against England. In 1994 Lara, with an innings of 375 from 538 balls, surpassed fellow West Indian Garry Sobers's record of 365 not out, which had stood since 1958. Lara's record stood until 2003, when it was broken by the Australian Matthew Hayden. It was less than a year later that Lara again broke the record with 400 not out from 582 balls, this remains the highest individual Test innings. The only other player to have scored a triple century at the ground is Chris Gayle who made 317 against South Africa in 2005. [4] [5]
Just 5 ODI centuries have been scored at the ground, the first of these, and highest, was scored by Desmond Haynes in 1978. Haynes's innings of 148, from 136 balls, was scored against Australia in 1978. [6]
The following table summarises the Test centuries scored at the Antigua Recreation Ground. [4]
No. | Score | Player | Team | Balls | Inns. | Opposing team | Date | Result |
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1 | 102* | Peter Willey | ![]() | 158 | 1 | ![]() | 27 March 1981 | Drawn |
2 | 114 | Viv Richards (1/3) | ![]() | 226 | 2 | ![]() | 27 March 1981 | Drawn |
3 | 104* | Geoff Boycott | ![]() | 257 | 3 | ![]() | 27 March 1981 | Drawn |
4 | 102 | Ravi Shastri | ![]() | NR | 1 | ![]() | 28 April 1983 | Drawn |
5 | 154* | Gordon Greenidge (1/2) | ![]() | NR | 2 | ![]() | 28 April 1983 | Drawn |
6 | 136 | Desmond Haynes (1/3) | ![]() | NR | 2 | ![]() | 28 April 1983 | Drawn |
7 | 110 | Jeff Dujon | ![]() | NR | 2 | ![]() | 28 April 1983 | Drawn |
8 | 106 | Clive Lloyd | ![]() | NR | 2 | ![]() | 28 April 1983 | Drawn |
9 | 116 | Mohinder Amarnath | ![]() | NR | 3 | ![]() | 28 April 1983 | Drawn |
10 | 154 | Richie Richardson | ![]() | 326 | 2 | ![]() | 7 April 1984 | Won |
11 | 178 | Viv Richards (2/3) | ![]() | 229 | 2 | ![]() | 7 April 1984 | Won |
12 | 131 | Desmond Haynes (2/3) | ![]() | 283 | 1 | ![]() | 11 April 1986 | Won |
13 | 110* | Viv Richards (3/3) | ![]() | 58 | 3 | ![]() | 11 April 1986 | Won |
14 | 149 | Gordon Greenidge (2/2) | ![]() | 207 | 2 | ![]() | 12 April 1990 | Won |
15 | 167 | Desmond Haynes (3/3) | ![]() | 317 | 2 | ![]() | 12 April 1990 | Won |
16 | 139* | Mark Waugh | ![]() | 188 | 1 | ![]() | 27 April 1991 | Won |
17 | 144 | Mark Taylor | ![]() | 281 | 3 | ![]() | 27 April 1991 | Won |
18 | 178* | Carl Hooper (1/3) | ![]() | 247 | 1 | ![]() | 1 May 1993 | Drawn |
19 | 123 | Inzamam-ul-Haq | ![]() | 225 | 2 | ![]() | 1 May 1993 | Drawn |
20 | 375 | Brian Lara (1/4) | ![]() | 538 | 1 | ![]() | 16 April 1994 | Drawn |
21 | 135 | Mike Atherton | ![]() | 383 | 2 | ![]() | 16 April 1994 | Drawn |
22 | 175 | Robin Smith | ![]() | 315 | 2 | ![]() | 16 April 1994 | Drawn |
23 | 125 | Robert Samuels | ![]() | 219 | 1 | ![]() | 27 April 1996 | Drawn |
24 | 208* | Jimmy Adams | ![]() | 333 | 1 | ![]() | 27 April 1996 | Drawn |
25 | 103 | Nathan Astle | ![]() | 165 | 2 | ![]() | 27 April 1996 | Drawn |
26 | 103 | Brian Lara (2/4) | ![]() | 178 | 1 | ![]() | 4 April 1997 | Drawn |
27 | 104 | Clayton Lambert | ![]() | 232 | 2 | ![]() | 20 March 1998 | Won |
28 | 108* | Carl Hooper (2/3) | ![]() | 150 | 2 | ![]() | 20 March 1998 | Won |
29 | 106 | Nasser Hussain | ![]() | 318 | 3 | ![]() | 20 March 1998 | Lost |
30 | 100 | Brian Lara (3/4) | ![]() | 84 | 2 | ![]() | 3 April 1999 | Lost |
31 | 127 | Justin Langer (1/2) | ![]() | 308 | 3 | ![]() | 3 April 1999 | Won |
32 | 103* | Mohammad Yousuf | ![]() | 231 | 1 | ![]() | 25 May 2000 | Lost |
33 | 130 | VVS Laxman | ![]() | 244 | 1 | ![]() | 10 May 2002 | Drawn |
34 | 115* | Ajay Ratra | ![]() | 284 | 1 | ![]() | 10 May 2002 | Drawn |
35 | 136 | Carl Hooper (3/3) | ![]() | 278 | 2 | ![]() | 10 May 2002 | Drawn |
36 | 136* | Shivnarine Chanderpaul (1/3) | ![]() | 510 | 2 | ![]() | 10 May 2002 | Drawn |
37 | 118 | Ridley Jacobs (1/2) | ![]() | 206 | 2 | ![]() | 10 May 2002 | Drawn |
38 | 111 | Justin Langer (2/2) | ![]() | 161 | 3 | ![]() | 9 May 2003 | Lost |
39 | 177 | Matthew Hayden | ![]() | 260 | 3 | ![]() | 9 May 2003 | Lost |
40 | 105 | Ramnaresh Sarwan (1/3) | ![]() | 139 | 4 | ![]() | 9 May 2003 | Won |
41 | 104 | Shivnarine Chanderpaul (2/3) | ![]() | 154 | 4 | ![]() | 9 May 2003 | Won |
42 | 400* | Brian Lara (4/4) | ![]() | 582 | 1 | ![]() | 10 April 2004 | Drawn |
43 | 107* | Ridley Jacobs (2/2) | ![]() | 207 | 1 | ![]() | 10 April 2004 | Drawn |
44 | 102* | Andrew Flintoff | ![]() | 224 | 2 | ![]() | 10 April 2004 | Drawn |
45 | 140 | Michael Vaughan | ![]() | 267 | 3 | ![]() | 10 April 2004 | Drawn |
46 | 114 | AB de Villiers | ![]() | 173 | 1 | ![]() | 29 April 2005 | Drawn |
47 | 126 | Graeme Smith | ![]() | 173 | 1 | ![]() | 29 April 2005 | Drawn |
48 | 147 | Jacques Kallis | ![]() | 287 | 1 | ![]() | 29 April 2005 | Drawn |
49 | 131 | Ashwell Prince | ![]() | 254 | 1 | ![]() | 29 April 2005 | Drawn |
50 | 317 | Chris Gayle | ![]() | 483 | 2 | ![]() | 29 April 2005 | Drawn |
51 | 127 | Ramnaresh Sarwan (2/3) | ![]() | 279 | 2 | ![]() | 29 April 2005 | Drawn |
52 | 127 | Shivnarine Chanderpaul (3/3) | ![]() | 287 | 2 | ![]() | 29 April 2005 | Drawn |
53 | 107 | Dwayne Bravo | ![]() | 235 | 2 | ![]() | 29 April 2005 | Drawn |
54 | 212 | Wasim Jaffer | ![]() | 399 | 3 | ![]() | 2 June 2006 | Drawn |
55 | 169 | Andrew Strauss | ![]() | 278 | 1 | ![]() | 15 February 2009 | Drawn |
56 | 113 | Paul Collingwood | ![]() | 202 | 1 | ![]() | 15 February 2009 | Drawn |
57 | 106 | Ramnaresh Sarwan (3/3) | ![]() | 196 | 4 | ![]() | 15 February 2009 | Drawn |
The following table summarises the One Day International centuries scored at the Antigua Recreation Ground. [6]
No. | Score | Player | Team | Balls | Inns. | Opposing team | Date | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 148 | Desmond Haynes | ![]() | 136 | 1 | ![]() | 22 February 1978 | Won |
2 | 117 | Gordon Greenidge | ![]() | 123 | 2 | ![]() | 18 March 1989 | Won |
3 | 104 | Herschelle Gibbs | ![]() | 141 | 2 | ![]() | 2 May 2001 | Won |
4 | 104* | Shahriar Nafees | ![]() | 112 | 2 | ![]() | 25 February 2007 | Won |
5 | 134* | Shakib Al Hasan | ![]() | 152 | 1 | ![]() | 28 February 2007 | Won |
The following table summarises the WSC centuries scored at the Antigua Recreation Ground. [11]
No. | Score | Player | Team | Balls | Inns. | Opposing team | Date | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 104 | Greg Chappell | ![]() | NR | 1 | ![]() | 6 April 1979 | Drawn |
2 | 135 | Lawrence Rowe | ![]() | NR | 2 | ![]() | 9 April 1979 | Drawn |
3 | 102 | Rod Marsh | ![]() | NR | 3 | ![]() | 10 April 1979 | Drawn |