The Wanderers Stadium is a cricket stadium, situated just south of Sandton in Illovo, Johannesburg in Gauteng Province, South Africa. [1] Test, One Day and First class cricket matches are played here. The stadium has a seating capacity of 34,000. The ground is among the most historically significant cricket grounds of the twenty-first century. It has staged some of the most important matches in ODI and T20I history, and has witnessed a number of outstanding world records.
The 2003 Cricket World Cup final was held at the Wanderers Stadium. This stadium also hosted one of the greatest One-Day International matches. The match was played between South Africa and Australia in which a world record score of 434 was chased down by South Africa. It hosted matches of the 2007 ICC World Twenty20 including the first match and the final which was won by India, who defeated Pakistan.
The following table summarises the Test centuries scored at the Wanderers. [5]
No. | Score | Player | Team | Balls | Inns. | Opposing team | Date | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 117 | Peter Richardson | ![]() | NR | 1 | ![]() | 24 December 1956 | Won |
2 | 108 | Jackie McGlew (1/2) | ![]() | NR | 1 | ![]() | 23 December 1957 | Drawn |
3 | 115 | John Waite (1/2) | ![]() | NR | 1 | ![]() | 23 December 1957 | Drawn |
4 | 122 | Richie Benaud (1/2) | ![]() | NR | 2 | ![]() | 23 December 1957 | Drawn |
5 | 100 | Richie Benaud (2/2) | ![]() | NR | 1 | ![]() | 7 February 1958 | Won |
6 | 101 | John Waite (2/2) | ![]() | NR | 1 | ![]() | 26 December 1961 | Drawn |
7 | 120 | Jackie McGlew (2/2) | ![]() | NR | 2 | ![]() | 2 February 1962 | Won |
8 | 142 | John Reid | ![]() | NR | 3 | ![]() | 2 February 1962 | Lost |
9 | 172 | Ted Dexter | ![]() | NR | 1 | ![]() | 23 December 1964 | Drawn |
10 | 121 | Ken Barrington | ![]() | NR | 1 | ![]() | 23 December 1964 | Drawn |
11 | 144* | Colin Bland | ![]() | NR | 3 | ![]() | 23 December 1964 | Drawn |
12 | 122* | Peter Parfitt | ![]() | 289 | 2 | ![]() | 22 January 1965 | Drawn |
13 | 112 | Trevor Goddard | ![]() | NR | 3 | ![]() | 22 January 1965 | Drawn |
14 | 182 | Denis Lindsay (1/2) | ![]() | 227 | 3 | ![]() | 23 December 1966 | Won |
15 | 131 | Denis Lindsay (2/2) | ![]() | NR | 2 | ![]() | 3 February 1967 | Drawn |
16 | 131 | Eddie Barlow | ![]() | 252 | 3 | ![]() | 19 February 1970 | Won |
17 | 111 | Sachin Tendulkar | ![]() | 270 | 2 | ![]() | 26 November 1992 | Drawn |
18 | 122 | Hansie Cronje | ![]() | 192 | 3 | ![]() | 4 March 1994 | Won |
19 | 113 | Brian McMillan (1/2) | ![]() | 180 | 1 | ![]() | 19 January 1995 | Won |
20 | 110 | Gary Kirsten | ![]() | 241 | 1 | ![]() | 30 November 1995 | Drawn |
21 | 100* | Brian McMillan (2/2) | ![]() | 168 | 3 | ![]() | 30 November 1995 | Drawn |
22 | 185* | Michael Atherton | ![]() | 492 | 4 | ![]() | 30 November 1995 | Drawn |
23 | 148 | Rahul Dravid | ![]() | 362 | 1 | ![]() | 16 January 1997 | Drawn |
24 | 122* | Daryll Cullinan (1/2) | ![]() | 200 | 4 | ![]() | 16 January 1997 | Drawn |
25 | 160 | Steve Waugh | ![]() | 366 | 2 | ![]() | 28 February 1997 | Won |
26 | 214 | Greg Blewett | ![]() | 421 | 2 | ![]() | 28 February 1997 | Won |
27 | 108 | Pat Symcox | ![]() | 157 | 1 | ![]() | 14 February 1998 | Drawn |
28 | 136 | Azhar Mahmood | ![]() | 215 | 2 | ![]() | 14 February 1998 | Drawn |
29 | 108 | Daryll Cullinan (2/2) | ![]() | 170 | 2 | ![]() | 25 November 1999 | Won |
30 | 100 | Boeta Dippenaar | ![]() | 192 | 2 | ![]() | 8 December 2000 | Drawn |
31 | 122 | Matthew Hayden | ![]() | 189 | 1 | ![]() | 22 February 2002 | Won |
32 | 204* | Adam Gilchrist | ![]() | 213 | 1 | ![]() | 22 February 2002 | Won |
33 | 133 | Damien Martyn (1/2) | ![]() | 207 | 1 | ![]() | 22 February 2002 | Won |
34 | 132 | Graeme Smith (1/2) | ![]() | 184 | 1 | ![]() | 12 December 2003 | Won |
35 | 158 | Jacques Kallis (1/2) | ![]() | 297 | 1 | ![]() | 12 December 2003 | Won |
36 | 202 | Brian Lara | ![]() | 274 | 2 | ![]() | 12 December 2003 | Lost |
37 | 147 | Andrew Strauss | ![]() | 250 | 1 | ![]() | 13 January 2005 | Won |
38 | 161 | Herschelle Gibbs | ![]() | 307 | 2 | ![]() | 13 January 2005 | Lost |
39 | 180 | Marcus Trescothick | ![]() | 248 | 3 | ![]() | 13 January 2005 | Won |
40 | 101 | Damien Martyn (2/2) | ![]() | 208 | 4 | ![]() | 31 March 2006 | Won |
41 | 176* | Hashim Amla (1/3) | ![]() | 378 | 3 | ![]() | 8 November 2007 | Won |
42 | 186 | Jacques Kallis (2/2) | ![]() | 262 | 3 | ![]() | 8 November 2007 | Won |
43 | 117 | Marcus North | ![]() | 233 | 1 | ![]() | 26 February 2009 | Won |
44 | 104* | AB de Villiers (1/3) | ![]() | 185 | 2 | ![]() | 26 February 2009 | Lost |
45 | 105 | Graeme Smith (2/2) | ![]() | 187 | 2 | ![]() | 14 January 2010 | Won |
46 | 105 | Hashim Amla (2/3) | ![]() | 243 | 3 | ![]() | 17 November 2011 | Lost |
47 | 103* | AB de Villiers (2/3) | ![]() | 117 | 3 | ![]() | 1 February 2013 | Won |
48 | 119 | Virat Kohli | ![]() | 181 | 1 | ![]() | 18 December 2013 | Drawn |
49 | 153 | Cheteshwar Pujara | ![]() | 270 | 3 | ![]() | 18 December 2013 | Drawn |
50 | 134 | Faf du Plessis (1/2) | ![]() | 309 | 4 | ![]() | 18 December 2013 | Drawn |
51 | 103 | AB de Villiers (3/3) | ![]() | 168 | 4 | ![]() | 18 December 2013 | Drawn |
52 | 110 | Joe Root | ![]() | 139 | 2 | ![]() | 14 January 2016 | Won |
53 | 155 | JP Duminy | ![]() | 221 | 1 | ![]() | 12 January 2017 | Won |
54 | 134 | Hashim Amla (3/3) | ![]() | 265 | 1 | ![]() | 12 January 2017 | Won |
55 | 152 | Aiden Markram | ![]() | 216 | 1 | ![]() | 30 March 2018 | Won |
56 | 120 | Faf du Plessis (2/2) | ![]() | 178 | 3 | ![]() | 30 March 2018 | Won |
57 | 129 | Quinton de Kock | ![]() | 138 | 3 | ![]() | 11 January 2019 | Won |
58 | 127 | Dean Elgar | ![]() | 163 | 2 | ![]() | 4 January 2021 | Won |
59 | 103 | Dimuth Karunaratne | ![]() | 128 | 3 | ![]() | 4 January 2021 | Lost |
The following table summarises the One Day International centuries scored at the Wanderers. [6]
No. | Score | Player | Team | Balls | Inns. | Opposing team | Date | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 112 | Hansie Cronje | ![]() | 120 | 1 | ![]() | 19 February 1994 | Won |
2 | 106 | Mike Rindel | ![]() | 139 | 1 | ![]() | 12 January 1995 | Won |
3 | 127 | Sourav Ganguly | ![]() | 126 | 1 | ![]() | 5 October 2001 | Lost |
4 | 101 | Sachin Tendulkar | ![]() | 129 | 1 | ![]() | 5 October 2001 | Lost |
5 | 133 | Gary Kirsten | ![]() | 155 | 2 | ![]() | 5 October 2001 | Won |
6 | 143* | Andrew Symonds | ![]() | 125 | 1 | ![]() | 11 February 2003 | Won |
7 | 143 | Herschelle Gibbs (1/3) | ![]() | 141 | 1 | ![]() | 16 February 2003 | Lost |
8 | 134 | Stephen Fleming | ![]() | 132 | 2 | ![]() | 16 February 2003 | Won |
9 | 140* | Ricky Ponting (1/2) | ![]() | 121 | 1 | ![]() | 23 March 2003 | Won |
10 | 152* | Chris Gayle | ![]() | 153 | 1 | ![]() | 4 February 2004 | Lost |
11 | 139 | Jacques Kallis | ![]() | 142 | 2 | ![]() | 4 February 2004 | Won |
12 | 164 | Ricky Ponting (2/2) | ![]() | 105 | 1 | ![]() | 12 March 2006 | Lost |
13 | 175 | Herschelle Gibbs (2/3) | ![]() | 111 | 2 | ![]() | 12 March 2006 | Won |
14 | 102 | Herschelle Gibbs (3/3) | ![]() | 82 | 2 | ![]() | 3 February 2008 | Won |
15 | 125 | Graeme Smith | ![]() | 143 | 1 | ![]() | 22 January 2012 | Won |
16 | 125* | AB de Villiers (1/3) | ![]() | 98 | 1 | ![]() | 22 January 2012 | Won |
17 | 102 | Kumar Sangakkara | ![]() | 97 | 2 | ![]() | 22 January 2012 | Lost |
18 | 122 | Hashim Amla (1/2) | ![]() | 113 | 1 | ![]() | 17 March 2013 | Won |
19 | 128 | AB de Villiers (2/3) | ![]() | 108 | 1 | ![]() | 17 March 2013 | Won |
20 | 135 | Quinton de Kock | ![]() | 121 | 1 | ![]() | 5 December 2013 | Won |
21 | 128 | Rilee Rossouw | ![]() | 115 | 1 | ![]() | 18 January 2015 | Won |
22 | 153* | Hashim Amla (2/2) | ![]() | 142 | 1 | ![]() | 18 January 2015 | Won |
23 | 149 | AB de Villiers (3/3) | ![]() | 44 | 1 | ![]() | 18 January 2015 | Won |
24 | 109 | Joe Root | ![]() | 124 | 1 | ![]() | 12 February 2016 | Lost |
25 | 111 | Faf du Plessis (1/2) | ![]() | 93 | 1 | ![]() | 2 October 2016 | Won |
26 | 109 | Shikhar Dhawan | ![]() | 105 | 1 | ![]() | 10 February 2018 | Lost |
27 | 112* | Faf du Plessis (2/2) | ![]() | 114 | 2 | ![]() | 3 March 2019 | Won |
28 | 193 | Fakhar Zaman | ![]() | 155 | 2 | ![]() | 4 April 2021 | Lost |
The following table summarises the Twenty20 International century scored at the Wanderers. [7]
No. | Score | Player | Team | Balls | Inns. | Opposing team | Date | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 117 | Chris Gayle | ![]() | 57 | 1 | ![]() | 11 September 2007 | Lost |
2 | 119 | Faf du Plessis | ![]() | 56 | 1 | ![]() | 11 January 2015 | Lost |
3 | 100 | Suryakumar Yadav | ![]() | 56 | 1 | ![]() | 14 December 2023 | Won |
4 | 109 | Sanju Samson | ![]() | 56 | 1 | ![]() | 15 November 2024 | Won |
5 | 120 | Tilak Varma | ![]() | 47 | 1 | ![]() | 15 November 2024 | Won |
The Barabati Stadium is an Indian sports stadium used mostly for cricket and association football, and also sometimes for concerts and field hockey, located in Cuttack, Odisha. It is a regular venue for international cricket and is the home ground of Odisha cricket team. The stadium is owned and operated by the Odisha Olympic Association. It is also used for association football. It hosts Santosh Trophy national football tournament and the state's Odisha First Division League football matches. The Barabati Stadium is one of the older grounds in India, having hosted several touring sides – including the MCC, the West Indies team and the Australians – before it hosted its first international cricket match. It hosted only the third one-day international in this country, in January 1982, when India put it across England by five wickets to lift the series 2–1. It hosted its first ever Test match five years later where India played hosts to Sri Lanka. Though it is not a regular Test venue, it continues to host One-Day Internationals regularly. It also hosted the 2013 Women's Cricket World Cup. This ground is also known for its good playing conditions and smooth experiences.
ACA–VDCA Cricket Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India. It is primarily used for international cricket matches. The stadium has two-tiers and was designed to avoid any restricted views, eliminating pillars or columns which come in the field of view of spectators. The pitch is known to be batsman-friendly.