List of international cricket centuries at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

The Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) is an Australian sports stadium located in Melbourne. It was established in 1854 and has a capacity of approximately 100,000.[1] The MCG was the scene of the first ever Test match, which was played in 1877 between Australia and England.[2] The ground also hosted the first One Day International (ODI), which took place in 1971 between Australia and England.[3]

The MCG in December 2006.

Charles Bannerman became the first Test centurion at the ground when he made 165 not out against England in 1877. Another Australian, Bob Cowper, holds the record for the highest individual Test score at the ground, Cowper made 307 against England in 1966. The highest individual score made by an overseas player is 244 not out, scored by Englishman Alastair Cook in 2017. Donald Bradman has scored the most Test centuries at the ground with 9, while the most by an overseas player is 5, scored by Jack Hobbs.[4]

The first ODI century scored at the MCG was in 1979 by the Englishman David Gower. His innings of 101 not out came from 100 balls. Englishman Jason Roy holds the record for the highest individual ODI score at the ground, with 180 from 151 balls, against Australia on 14 January 2018. Ricky Ponting has scored the most ODI centuries at the ground with 7.[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 the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
  • 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] lost[8][9] or if the match was drawn.[10]

List of centuries

Test centuries

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

No.ScorePlayerTeamBallsInns.Opposing teamDateResult
1 165*Charles Bannerman Australia NR1 England15 March 1877Won
2 124Tom Horan Australia NR2 England31 December 1881Drawn
3 149George Ulyett England NR1 Australia10 March 1882Drawn
4 121Johnny Briggs England NR1 Australia1 January 1885Won
5 105*Arthur Shrewsbury England NR2 Australia21 March 1885Won
6 173Andrew Stoddart England NR3 Australia29 December 1894Won
7 120Archie MacLaren England NR2 Australia1 March 1895Won
8 140Jack Brown England NR4 Australia1 March 1895Won
9 112Charlie McLeod Australia NR1 England1 January 1898Won
10 188Clem Hill (1/2) Australia NR1 England29 January 1898Won
11 104Reggie Duff Australia NR3 England1 January 1902Won
12 126Kenneth Hutchings England NR2 Australia1 January 1908Won
13 133*Warwick Armstrong (1/3) Australia NR3 England7 February 1908Won
14 204Aubrey Faulkner South Africa 3202 Australia31 December 1910Lost
15 159Victor Trumper Australia 1583 South Africa31 December 1910Won
16 132Warwick Armstrong (2/3) Australia 1963 South Africa17 February 1911Won
17 100Clem Hill (2/2) Australia 983 South Africa17 February 1911Won
18 114Jack Hearne England 2432 Australia30 December 1911Won
19 126*Jack Hobbs (1/5) England 2064 Australia30 December 1911Won
20 178Jack Hobbs (2/5) England 2962 Australia9 February 1912Won
21 179Wilfred Rhodes England 4052 Australia9 February 1912Won
22 116Nip Pellew Australia 1861 England31 December 1920Won
23 100Jack Gregory Australia 1151 England31 December 1920Won
24 122Jack Hobbs (3/5) England 2182 Australia31 December 1920Lost
25 117Harry Makepeace England 2601 Australia11 February 1921Lost
26 123*Warwick Armstrong (3/3) Australia 2102 England11 February 1921Won
27 128Bill Ponsford Australia 2331 England1 January 1925Won
28 138Vic Richardson Australia 2171 England1 January 1925Won
29 154Jack Hobbs (4/5) England 3402 Australia1 January 1925Lost
30 176Herbert Sutcliffe (1/4) England 4812 Australia1 January 1925Lost
31 127Herbert Sutcliffe (2/4) England 3904 Australia1 January 1925Lost
32 143Herbert Sutcliffe (3/4) England 3391 Australia13 February 1925Won
33 100Alan Kippax Australia 2551 England29 December 1928Lost
34 112Jack Ryder Australia 2191 England29 December 1928Lost
35 200Wally Hammond England 4722 Australia29 December 1928Won
36 107Bill Woodfull (1/3) Australia 3093 England29 December 1928Lost
37 112Donald Bradman (1/9) Australia 2813 England29 December 1928Lost
38 135Herbert Sutcliffe (4/4) England 4624 Australia29 December 1928Won
39 142Jack Hobbs (5/5) England 3011 Australia8 March 1929Lost
40 137Maurice Leyland (1/2) England 3301 Australia8 March 1929Lost
41 102Bill Woodfull (2/3) Australia 3812 England8 March 1929Won
42 123Donald Bradman (2/9) Australia 2472 England8 March 1929Won
43 152Donald Bradman (3/9) Australia NR2 West Indies13 February 1931Won
44 111Ken Viljoen South Africa NR2 Australia31 December 1931Lost
45 161Bill Woodfull (3/3) Australia NR3 South Africa31 December 1931Won
46 167Donald Bradman (4/9) Australia NR3 South Africa31 December 1931Won
47 103*Donald Bradman (5/9) Australia 1463 England30 December 1932Won
48 136Jack Fingleton Australia 4283 England1 January 1937Won
49 270Donald Bradman (6/9) Australia 3753 England1 January 1937Won
50 111*Maurice Leyland (2/2) England 2124 Australia1 January 1937Lost
51 169Donald Bradman (7/9) Australia 1911 England26 February 1937Won
52 112Stan McCabe Australia 1551 England26 February 1937Won
53 118Jack Badcock Australia 2231 England26 February 1937Won
54 104*Colin McCool Australia 1741 England1 January 1947Drawn
55 155Arthur Morris (1/2) Australia 3173 England1 January 1947Drawn
56 100Ray Lindwall Australia 903 England1 January 1947Drawn
57 112Cyril Washbrook England 2994 Australia1 January 1947Drawn
58 132Donald Bradman (8/9) Australia 2041 India1 January 1948Won
59 116Vinoo Mankad (1/2) India 1872 Australia1 January 1948Lost
60 100*Arthur Morris (2/2) Australia 2103 India1 January 1948Won
61 127*Donald Bradman (9/9) Australia 1693 India1 January 1948Won
62 153Neil Harvey (1/3) Australia 2511 India6 February 1948Won
63 111Vinoo Mankad (2/2) India 3092 Australia6 February 1948Lost
64 156*Reg Simpson England NR2 Australia23 February 1951Won
65 108Frank Worrell West Indies NR1 Australia31 December 1951Lost
66 102Lindsay Hassett Australia NR4 West Indies31 December 1951Won
67 162*Russell Endean South Africa NR3 Australia24 December 1952Won
68 205Neil Harvey (2/3) Australia NR1 South Africa6 February 1953Lost
69 102Colin Cowdrey (1/3) England NR1 Australia31 December 1954Won
70 113Peter May England 2981 Australia31 December 1958Lost
71 167Neil Harvey (3/3) Australia 3252 England31 December 1958Won
72 133Colin McDonald Australia 2492 England13 February 1959Won
73 110Conrad Hunte West Indies 2493 Australia30 December 1960Lost
74 113Colin Cowdrey (2/3) England 2312 Australia29 December 1962Won
75 103Brian Booth Australia 2743 England29 December 1962Lost
76 113David Sheppard England 2184 Australia29 December 1962Won
77 109Eddie Barlow South Africa 2521 Australia1 January 1964Lost
78 157Bill Lawry (1/4) Australia 2552 South Africa1 January 1964Won
79 104Hanif Mohammad Pakistan 1951 Australia4 December 1964Drawn
80 109John Edrich England 2862 Australia30 December 1965Drawn
81 104Colin Cowdrey (3/3) England 1872 Australia30 December 1965Drawn
82 120Peter Burge Australia 1933 England30 December 1965Drawn
83 115Doug Walters (1/2) Australia 2963 England30 December 1965Drawn
84 115Ken Barrington England 1531 Australia11 February 1966Drawn
85 108Bill Lawry (2/4) Australia 2562 England11 February 1966Drawn
86 307Bob Cowper Australia 5892 England11 February 1966Drawn
87 109Bob Simpson Australia 1862 India30 December 1967Won
88 100Bill Lawry (3/4) Australia 1482 India30 December 1967Won
89 151Ian Chappell (1/3) Australia 2242 India30 December 1967Won
90 205Bill Lawry (4/4) Australia 4162 West Indies26 December 1968Won
91 165Ian Chappell (2/3) Australia 3202 West Indies26 December 1968Won
92 111Ian Chappell (3/3) Australia 2121 England21 January 1971Drawn
93 109Brian Luckhurst England 2802 Australia21 January 1971Drawn
94 117Basil D'Oliveira England 2942 Australia21 January 1971Drawn
95 135Ian Redpath (1/3) Australia 2041 Pakistan29 December 1972Won
96 116*Greg Chappell (1/4) Australia 2041 Pakistan29 December 1972Won
97 137Sadiq Mohammad (1/2) Pakistan 2612 Australia29 December 1972Lost
98 158Majid Khan (1/2) Pakistan 2762 Australia29 December 1972Lost
99 127Paul Sheahan Australia 2073 Pakistan29 December 1972Won
100 142John Benaud Australia 2073 Pakistan29 December 1972Won
101 122Keith Stackpole Australia 1921 New Zealand29 December 1973Won
102 188Mike Denness England 4482 Australia8 February 1975Won
103 146Keith Fletcher England 4242 Australia8 February 1975Won
104 102Greg Chappell (2/4) Australia 1773 England8 February 1975Lost
105 102Ian Redpath (2/3) Australia 2582 West Indies26 December 1975Won
106 109Gary Cosier (1/2) Australia 1862 West Indies26 December 1975Won
107 102Clive Lloyd West Indies 1213 Australia26 December 1975Lost
108 101Ian Redpath (3/3) Australia 2301 West Indies31 January 1976Won
109 109*Rick McCosker (1/2) Australia 2673 West Indies31 January 1976Won
110 121Greg Chappell (3/4) Australia 1861 Pakistan1 January 1977Won
111 168Gary Cosier (2/2) Australia 2061 Pakistan1 January 1977Won
112 105Sadiq Mohammad (2/2) Pakistan 2622 Australia1 January 1977Lost
113 105Rick McCosker (2/2) Australia 1783 Pakistan1 January 1977Won
114 110*Rod Marsh Australia 1733 England12 March 1977Won
115 174Derek Randall England 3534 Australia12 March 1977Lost
116 118Sunil Gavaskar India 2853 Australia30 December 1977Won
117 100Graeme Wood (1/2) Australia 2831 England29 December 1978Won
118 108Majid Khan (2/2) Pakistan 1573 Australia10 March 1979Won
119 105Allan Border (1/4) Australia 2754 Pakistan10 March 1979Lost
120 114Greg Chappell (4/4) Australia 2122 England1 February 1980Won
121 119*Ian Botham England 2133 Australia1 February 1980Lost
122 107Doug Walters (2/2) Australia 2061 New Zealand26 December 1980Drawn
123 114Gundappa Viswanath India 2221 Australia7 February 1981Won
124 124Allan Border (2/4) Australia 2652 India7 February 1981Lost
125 100Graeme Wood (2/2) Australia 3052 Pakistan11 December 1981Lost
126 100*Kim Hughes Australia 2001 West Indies26 December 1981Won
127 152Mohsin Khan Pakistan 2391 Australia26 December 1983Drawn
128 268Graham Yallop Australia 5172 Pakistan26 December 1983Drawn
129 208Viv Richards West Indies 3761 Australia22 December 1984Drawn
130 113Andrew Hilditch Australia 2724 West Indies22 December 1984Drawn
131 100*Greg Matthews Australia 1521 India26 December 1985Drawn
132 163Allan Border (3/4) Australia 3583 India26 December 1985Drawn
133 112Chris Broad England 2552 Australia26 December 1986Won
134 122Richie Richardson West Indies 2873 Australia24 December 1988Won
135 101Mark Taylor (1/2) Australia 2403 Pakistan12 January 1990Won
136 121Ijaz Ahmed Pakistan 3314 Australia12 January 1990Lost
137 100David Gower England 1701 Australia26 December 1990Lost
138 112Mark Waugh Australia 2341 West Indies26 December 1992Won
139 110Allan Border (4/4) Australia 2741 West Indies26 December 1992Won
140 110Phil Simmons West Indies 1784 Australia26 December 1992Lost
141 170Mark Taylor (2/2) Australia 3491 South Africa26 December 1993Drawn
142 131David Boon (1/2) Australia 2773 England24 December 1994Won
143 110David Boon (2/2) Australia 3121 Sri Lanka26 December 1995Won
144 131*Steve Waugh (1/3) Australia 2521 Sri Lanka26 December 1995Won
145 143Asanka Gurusinha Sri Lanka 2743 Australia26 December 1995Lost
146 105Ricky Ponting (1/4) Australia 2081 South Africa26 December 1997Drawn
147 101Jacques Kallis South Africa 2794 Australia26 December 1997Drawn
148 107Alec Stewart England 1601 Australia26 December 1998Won
149 122*Steve Waugh (2/3) Australia 1982 England26 December 1998Lost
150 116Sachin Tendulkar India 1912 Australia26 December 1999Lost
151 121*Steve Waugh (3/3) Australia 2371 West Indies26 December 2000Won
152 138Matthew Hayden (1/6) Australia 2112 South Africa26 December 2001Won
153 250Justin Langer Australia 4071 England26 December 2002Won
154 102Matthew Hayden (2/6) Australia 1491 England26 December 2002Won
155 145Michael Vaughan England 2183 Australia26 December 2002Lost
156 195Virender Sehwag India 2331 Australia26 December 2003Lost
157 136Matthew Hayden (3/6) Australia 1732 India26 December 2003Won
158 257Ricky Ponting (2/4) Australia 4582 India26 December 2003Won
159 111Mohammad Yousuf Pakistan 1341 Australia26 December 2004Lost
160 142Damien Martyn Australia 2452 Pakistan26 December 2004Won
161 117Ricky Ponting (3/4) Australia 1981 South Africa26 December 2005Won
162 122Michael Hussey Australia 2031 South Africa26 December 2005Won
163 137Matthew Hayden (4/6) Australia 2423 South Africa26 December 2005Won
164 153Matthew Hayden (5/6) Australia 2652 England26 December 2006Won
165 156Andrew Symonds Australia 2202 England26 December 2006Won
166 124Matthew Hayden (6/6) Australia 1831 India26 December 2007Won
167 101Ricky Ponting (4/4) Australia 1261 South Africa26 December 2008Lost
168 166JP Duminy South Africa 3402 Australia26 December 2008Won
169 120*Shane Watson Australia 2203 Pakistan26 December 2009Won
170 168*Jonathan Trott England 3452 Australia26 December 2010Won
171 106Michael Clarke Australia 1872 Sri Lanka26 December 2012Won
172 116Chris Rogers Australia 1554 England26 December 2013Won
173 192Steve Smith (1/4) Australia 3051 India26 December 2014Drawn
174 147Ajinkya Rahane (1/2) India 1712 Australia26 December 2014Drawn
175 169Virat Kohli India 2722 Australia26 December 2014Drawn
176 128Joe Burns Australia 2301 West Indies26 December 2015Won
177 144Usman Khawaja Australia 2271 West Indies26 December 2015Won
178 134*Steve Smith (2/4) Australia 1771 West Indies26 December 2015Won
179 106*Adam Voges Australia 1661 West Indies26 December 2015Won
180 205*Azhar Ali Pakistan 3641 Australia26 December 2016Lost
181 144David Warner Australia 1432 Pakistan26 December 2016Won
182 165*Steve Smith (3/4) Australia 2462 Pakistan26 December 2016Won
183 103David Warner Australia 1511 England26 December 2017Drawn
184 244*Alastair Cook England 4092 Australia26 December 2017Drawn
185 102*Steve Smith (4/4) Australia 2753 England26 December 2017Drawn
186 106Cheteshwar Pujara India 3191 Australia26 December 2018Won
187 114Travis Head Australia 2341 New Zealand26 December 2019Won
188 121Tom Blundell New Zealand 2104 Australia26 December 2019Lost
189 112Ajinkya Rahane (2/2) India 2232 Australia26 December 2020Won

One Day International centuries

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

No.ScorePlayerTeamBallsInns.Opposing teamDateResult
1 101*David Gower (1/2) England1001 Australia4 February 1979Lost
2 153*Viv Richards (1/2) West Indies1301 Australia9 December 1979Won
3 102*Bruce Edgar New Zealand1412 Australia1 February 1981Lost
4 103Gordon Greenidge West Indies1611 Pakistan21 November 1981Won
5 122David Gower (2/2) England1342 New Zealand13 January 1983Lost
6 117Steve Smith Australia1301 New Zealand13 February 1983Won
7 106Viv Richards (2/2) West Indies951 Australia22 January 1984Won
8 123*Desmond Haynes West Indies1302 Australia6 January 1985Won
9 125*Geoff Marsh Australia1211 Pakistan10 January 1989Won
10 102*Rameez Raja Pakistan1581 West Indies23 February 1992Lost
11 100David Boon Australia1471 West Indies18 March 1992Won
12 112*Gary Kirsten South Africa1371 Australia21 January 1994Won
13 123Ricky Ponting (1/7) Australia1381 Sri Lanka9 January 1996Lost
14 102*Steve Waugh Australia1151 Sri Lanka16 January 1996Lost
15 100Ricky Ponting (2/7) Australia1141 New Zealand21 January 1998Lost
16 116*Stephen Fleming New Zealand1222 Australia21 January 1998Won
17 154Adam Gilchrist (1/2) Australia1291 Sri Lanka7 February 1999Won
18 115Ricky Ponting (3/7) Australia1211 India12 January 2000Won
19 100Sourav Ganguly India1272 Australia12 January 2000Lost
20 173Mark Waugh Australia1481 West Indies9 February 2001Won
21 102*Michael Bevan Australia952 New Zealand29 January 2002Won
22 124Adam Gilchrist (2/2) Australia1041 England15 December 2002Won
23 119Ricky Ponting (4/7) Australia1231 England15 December 2002Won
24 106*Ricky Ponting (5/7) Australia972 Sri Lanka21 January 2003Won
25 115Ricky Ponting (6/7) ICC World XI1021 Asia XI10 January 2005Won
26 104Ricky Ponting (7/7) Australia1132 New Zealand4 February 2007Won
27 120*Paul Collingwood England1332 Australia9 February 2007Won
28 161*Shane Watson Australia1502 England16 January 2011Won
29 112Phillip Hughes Australia1291 Sri Lanka11 January 2013Won
30 112*Adam Voges Australia1061 West Indies10 February 2013Won
31 100Johnson Charles West Indies1212 Australia10 February 2013Lost
32 121Aaron Finch (1/3) Australia1282 England12 January 2014Won
33 104Steve Smith Australia1122 South Africa21 November 2014Won
34 138Rohit Sharma (1/2) India1391 Australia18 January 2015Lost
35 135Aaron Finch (2/3) Australia1281 England14 February 2015Won
36 137Shikhar Dhawan India1461 South Africa22 February 2015Won
37 161*Tillakaratne Dilshan Sri Lanka1461 Bangladesh26 February 2015Won
38 105*Kumar Sangakkara Sri Lanka761 Bangladesh26 February 2015Won
39 137Rohit Sharma (2/2) India1261 Bangladesh19 March 2015Won
40 117Virat Kohli India1171 Australia17 January 2016Lost
41 156David Warner Australia1281 New Zealand9 December 2016Won
42 107Aaron Finch (3/3) Australia1191 England14 January 2018Lost
43 180Jason Roy England1512 Australia14 January 2018Won

References

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