List of international cricket centuries at Kingsmead Cricket Ground

Kingsmead is a cricket ground in Durban, South Africa. It has a capacity of 25,000 and at present operates under the sponsor name of "Sahara Stadium Kingsmead".[1] Kingsmead has hosted 44 Test matches, the first was in 1923 when South Africa played the touring England team.[2] The ground has also hosted 46 One Day Internationals (ODIs), the first was in 1992 when South Africa played India.[3]

South Africa vs Australia at Kingsmead, 2009

The Englishman Phil Mead became the first Test century scorer at the ground when he made 181 against South Africa in 1923. Of the 72 Test centuries made at the ground the highest is Gary Kirsten's innings of 275 made against England in 1999. The highest score by an overseas player is 243 which was achieved by the Englishman Eddie Paynter. The only other players to have scored a double century at Kingsmead are Graeme Pollock and Bill Edrich. Three players have scored a century in both innings of a match at the ground. The Englishman Jack Russell became the first player to do it in 1912 followed by the Australian's Ricky Ponting and Phillip Hughes in 2006 and 2009 respectively. Jacques Kallis holds the record for the most Test centuries at the ground with five.[4]

In 1993, against Pakistan, the West Indian Brian Lara scored the first of twenty-three ODI centuries at the ground. Lara's innings of 128 from 125 deliveries remains the highest ODI score seen at Kingsmead. Four players – Jacques Kallis, David Miller, Faf du Plessis and Quinton de Kock (all of South Africa) – have scored two ODI centuries at the ground.[5]

Key
  • * denotes that the batsman was not out.
  • Inns. denotes the number of the innings in the match.
  • Balls denotes the number of balls faced in an innings.
  • NR denotes that the number of balls was not recorded.
  • Parentheses next to the player's score denotes his century number at Kingsmead.
  • The column title Date refers to the date the match started.
  • The column title Result refers to whether the player's team won,[6][7][8] lost[9][10] or if the match was drawn,[11] tied,[12] or a no result.[13]

Test centuries

The following table summarises the Test centuries scored at Kingsmead.[4]

No.ScorePlayerTeamBallsInns.Opposing teamDateResult
1 181Phil Mead England NR1 South Africa18 January 1923Drawn
2 140Jack Russell (1/2) England NR1 South Africa16 February 1923Won
3 111Jack Russell (2/2) England NR3 South Africa16 February 1923Won
4 102Herbie Taylor South Africa NR4 England16 February 1923Lost
5 100Ernest Tyldesley England NR1 South Africa4 February 1928Lost
6 119Bob Catterall South Africa NR2 England4 February 1928Won
7 136*Wally Hammond (1/3) England NR2 South Africa16 January 1931Drawn
8 149Stan McCabe Australia NR2 South Africa14 December 1935Won
9 109Arthur Chipperfield Australia NR2 South Africa14 December 1935Won
10 118Jack Fingleton Australia NR2 South Africa28 February 1936Won
11 243Eddie Paynter England NR1 South Africa20 January 1939Won
12 120Wally Hammond (2/3) England NR1 South Africa20 January 1939Won
13 109Bruce Mitchell South Africa NR3 England20 January 1939Lost
14 125Pieter van der Bijl South Africa NR1 England3 March 1939Drawn
15 103Dudley Nourse South Africa NR1 England3 March 1939Drawn
16 103Alan Melville South Africa NR3 England3 March 1939Drawn
17 120Paul Gibb England NR4 South Africa3 March 1939Drawn
18 219Bill Edrich England NR4 South Africa3 March 1939Drawn
19 140Wally Hammond (3/3) England NR4 South Africa3 March 1939Drawn
20 143Eric Rowan South Africa NR1 Australia20 January 1950Lost
21 151*Neil Harvey Australia NR4 South Africa20 January 1950Won
22 101Roy McLean (1/2) South Africa NR1 New Zealand11 December 1953Won
23 107Geoff Rabone New Zealand NR2 South Africa11 December 1953Lost
24 100Roy McLean (2/2) South Africa NR2 England25 January 1957Drawn
25 110*Doug Insole England NR3 South Africa25 January 1957Drawn
26 105Jackie McGlew (1/2) South Africa NR2 Australia24 January 1958Drawn
27 134John Waite South Africa NR2 Australia24 January 1958Drawn
28 127*Jackie McGlew (2/2) South Africa NR1 New Zealand8 December 1961Won
29 148*Ken Barrington England NR1 South Africa4 December 1964Won
30 108*Jim Parks England NR1 South Africa4 December 1964Won
31 137Denis Lindsay South Africa NR1 Australia20 January 1967Won
32 140Barry Richards South Africa 1641 Australia5 February 1970Won
33 274Graeme Pollock South Africa 4011 Australia5 February 1970Won
34 118Kepler Wessels South Africa 2661 India13 November 1992Drawn
35 103Pravin Amre India 2992 South Africa13 November 1992Drawn
36 113*Mark Waugh Australia 2223 South Africa25 March 1994Drawn
37 132Azhar Mahmood Pakistan 1631 South Africa26 February 1998Won
38 118Saeed Anwar Pakistan 2093 South Africa26 February 1998Won
39 146*Nasser Hussain England 4631 South Africa26 December 1999Drawn
40 275Gary Kirsten (1/3) South Africa 6423 England26 December 1999Drawn
41 108Mark Boucher South Africa 2203 England26 December 1999Drawn
42 180Gary Kirsten (2/3) South Africa 4611 Sri Lanka26 December 2000Drawn
43 104Herschelle Gibbs (1/2) South Africa 1984 Australia15 March 2002Won
44 105Jacques Kallis (1/5) South Africa 2361 Pakistan26 December 2002Won
45 142Herschelle Gibbs (2/2) South Africa 1752 West Indies26 December 2003Won
46 177Jacques Kallis (2/5) South Africa 3442 West Indies26 December 2003Won
47 137Gary Kirsten (3/3) South Africa 2182 West Indies26 December 2003Won
48 114Ramnaresh Sarwan West Indies 2253 South Africa26 December 2003Lost
49 109Shivnarine Chanderpaul West Indies 1713 South Africa26 December 2003Lost
50 162Jacques Kallis (3/5) South Africa 2642 England26 December 2004Drawn
51 132Marcus Trescothick England 2613 South Africa26 December 2004Drawn
52 136Andrew Strauss England 2853 South Africa26 December 2004Drawn
53 118*Graham Thorpe England 2093 South Africa26 December 2004Drawn
54 103Ricky Ponting (1/2) Australia 2251 South Africa24 March 2006Won
55 114Jacques Kallis (4/5) South Africa 2232 Australia24 March 2006Lost
56 102Matthew Hayden Australia 2173 South Africa24 March 2006Won
57 116Ricky Ponting (2/2) Australia 1873 South Africa24 March 2006Won
58 121Ashwell Prince (1/2) South Africa 2121 India26 December 2006Won
59 147Graeme Smith South Africa 1652 West Indies10 January 2008Won
60 123*Ashwell Prince (2/2) South Africa 1962 West Indies10 January 2008Won
61 103*AB de Villiers South Africa 1092 West Indies10 January 2008Won
62 105Marlon Samuels West Indies 1903 South Africa10 January 2008Lost
63 115Phillip Hughes (1/2) Australia 1511 South Africa6 March 2009Won
64 108Simon Katich Australia 1901 South Africa6 March 2009Won
65 160Phillip Hughes (2/2) Australia 3233 South Africa6 March 2009Won
66 118Alastair Cook England 2632 South Africa26 December 2009Won
67 140Ian Bell England 2272 South Africa26 December 2009Won
68 102Thilan Samaraweera Sri Lanka 2691 South Africa26 December 2011Won
69 108Kumar Sangakkara Sri Lanka 1903 South Africa26 December 2011Won
70 115Jacques Kallis (5/5) South Africa 3162 India26 December 2013Won
71 118*Dean Elgar South Africa 2462 England28 December 2015Lost
72 143Aiden Markram South Africa 2184 Australia1 March 2018Lost
73 153*Kusal Perera Sri Lanka 2004 South Africa13 February 2019Won

One Day International centuries

The following table summarises the One Day International centuries scored at Kingsmead.[5]

No.ScorePlayerTeamBallsInns.Opposing teamDateResult
1 128Brian Lara West Indies1251 Pakistan19 February 1993Won
2 101*Arjuna Ranatunga Sri Lanka1081 Pakistan2 December 1994Lost
3 100Aamer Sohail Pakistan1192 Sri Lanka2 December 1994Won
4 114*Ijaz Ahmed Pakistan902 South Africa17 December 1994Won
5 109*Jacques Kallis (1/2) South Africa1141 Pakistan3 April 1998Won
6 105Adam Gilchrist Australia1042 South Africa3 April 2002Won
7 124Marvan Atapattu Sri Lanka1291 South Africa3 March 2003Tied
8 111*Sourav Ganguly India1141 Kenya20 March 2003Won
9 118Herschelle Gibbs South Africa1331 England11 February 2005No result
10 117Graeme Smith South Africa1291 Zimbabwe27 February 2005Won
11 101Boeta Dippenaar South Africa1451 Australia10 March 2006Lost
12 119*Jacques Kallis (2/2) South Africa1601 India22 November 2006Won
13 101*Mohammad Yousuf Pakistan1111 South Africa7 February 2007Won
14 106Quinton de Kock (1/2) South Africa1181 India8 December 2013Won
15 100Hashim Amla South Africa1171 India8 December 2013Won
16 117David Warner Australia1071 South Africa5 October 2016Lost
17 108Steve Smith Australia1071 South Africa5 October 2016Lost
18 118*David Miller (1/2) South Africa792 Australia5 October 2016Won
19 105Faf du Plessis (1/2) South Africa1201 Sri Lanka1 February 2017Won
20 117*David Miller (2/2) South Africa981 Sri Lanka1 February 2017Won
21 120Faf du Plessis (2/2) South Africa1121 India1 February 2018Lost
22 112Virat Kohli India1192 South Africa1 February 2018Won
23 121Quinton de Kock (2/2) South Africa1081 Sri Lanka10 March 2019Won

Twenty20 International century

The following table summarises the Twenty20 International century scored at Kingsmead.[14]

No.ScorePlayerTeamBallsInns.Opposing teamDateResult
1 114*Morne van Wyk South Africa701 West Indies14 January 2015Won

Women's Test centuries

The following table summarises the women's Test centuries scored at Kingsmead.[15]

No.ScorePlayerTeamBallsInns.Opposing teamDateResult
1 126Helen Sharpe England NR1 South Africa31 December 1960Won

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