List of international cricket centuries at the Wanderers Stadium

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.

  • * 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 Wanderers.
  • The column title Date refers to the date the match started.
  • The column title Result refers to whether the player's team won, lost or ended in a draw, a tie or a no result.[2][3][4]

Test centuries

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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   England NR 1   Südafrika 24 December 1956 Won
2 108 Jackie McGlew (1/2)   Südafrika NR 1   Australien 23 December 1957 Drawn
3 115 John Waite (1/2)   Südafrika NR 1   Australien 23 December 1957 Drawn
4 122 Richie Benaud (1/2)   Australien NR 2   Südafrika 23 December 1957 Drawn
5 100 Richie Benaud (2/2)   Australien NR 1   Südafrika 7 February 1958 Won
6 101 John Waite (2/2)   Südafrika NR 1   Neuseeland 26 December 1961 Drawn
7 120 Jackie McGlew (2/2)   Südafrika NR 2   Neuseeland 2 February 1962 Won
8 142 John Reid   Neuseeland NR 3   Südafrika 2 February 1962 Lost
9 172 Ted Dexter   England NR 1   Südafrika 23 December 1964 Drawn
10 121 Ken Barrington   England NR 1   Südafrika 23 December 1964 Drawn
11 144* Colin Bland   Südafrika NR 3   England 23 December 1964 Drawn
12 122* Peter Parfitt   England 289 2   Südafrika 22 January 1965 Drawn
13 112 Trevor Goddard   Südafrika NR 3   England 22 January 1965 Drawn
14 182 Denis Lindsay (1/2)   Südafrika 227 3   Australien 23 December 1966 Won
15 131 Denis Lindsay (2/2)   Südafrika NR 2   Australien 3 February 1967 Drawn
16 131 Eddie Barlow   Südafrika 252 3   Australien 19 February 1970 Won
17 111 Sachin Tendulkar   Indien 270 2   Südafrika 26 November 1992 Drawn
18 122 Hansie Cronje   Südafrika 192 3   Australien 4 March 1994 Won
19 113 Brian McMillan (1/2)   Südafrika 180 1   Pakistan 19 January 1995 Won
20 110 Gary Kirsten   Südafrika 241 1   England 30 November 1995 Drawn
21 100* Brian McMillan (2/2)   Südafrika 168 3   England 30 November 1995 Drawn
22 185* Michael Atherton   England 492 4   Südafrika 30 November 1995 Drawn
23 148 Rahul Dravid   Indien 362 1   Südafrika 16 January 1997 Drawn
24 122* Daryll Cullinan (1/2)   Südafrika 200 4   Indien 16 January 1997 Drawn
25 160 Steve Waugh   Australien 366 2   Südafrika 28 February 1997 Won
26 214 Greg Blewett   Australien 421 2   Südafrika 28 February 1997 Won
27 108 Pat Symcox   Südafrika 157 1   Pakistan 14 February 1998 Drawn
28 136 Azhar Mahmood   Pakistan 215 2   Südafrika 14 February 1998 Drawn
29 108 Daryll Cullinan (2/2)   Südafrika 170 2   England 25 November 1999 Won
30 100 Boeta Dippenaar   Südafrika 192 2   Neuseeland 8 December 2000 Drawn
31 122 Matthew Hayden   Australien 189 1   Südafrika 22 February 2002 Won
32 204* Adam Gilchrist   Australien 213 1   Südafrika 22 February 2002 Won
33 133 Damien Martyn (1/2)   Australien 207 1   Südafrika 22 February 2002 Won
34 132 Graeme Smith (1/2)   Südafrika 184 1   West Indies 12 December 2003 Won
35 158 Jacques Kallis (1/2)   Südafrika 297 1   West Indies 12 December 2003 Won
36 202 Brian Lara   West Indies 274 2   Südafrika 12 December 2003 Lost
37 147 Andrew Strauss   England 250 1   Südafrika 13 January 2005 Won
38 161 Herschelle Gibbs   Südafrika 307 2   England 13 January 2005 Lost
39 180 Marcus Trescothick   England 248 3   Südafrika 13 January 2005 Won
40 101 Damien Martyn (2/2)   Australien 208 4   Südafrika 31 March 2006 Won
41 176* Hashim Amla (1/3)   Südafrika 378 3   Neuseeland 8 November 2007 Won
42 186 Jacques Kallis (2/2)   Südafrika 262 3   Neuseeland 8 November 2007 Won
43 117 Marcus North   Australien 233 1   Südafrika 26 February 2009 Won
44 104* AB de Villiers (1/3)   Südafrika 185 2   Australien 26 February 2009 Lost
45 105 Graeme Smith (2/2)   Südafrika 187 2   England 14 January 2010 Won
46 105 Hashim Amla (2/3)   Südafrika 243 3   Australien 17 November 2011 Lost
47 103* AB de Villiers (2/3)   Südafrika 117 3   Pakistan 1 February 2013 Won
48 119 Virat Kohli   Indien 181 1   Südafrika 18 December 2013 Drawn
49 153 Cheteshwar Pujara   Indien 270 3   Südafrika 18 December 2013 Drawn
50 134 Faf du Plessis(1/2)   Südafrika 309 4   Indien 18 December 2013 Drawn
51 103 AB de Villiers (3/3)   Südafrika 168 4   Indien 18 December 2013 Drawn
52 110 Joe Root   England 139 2   Südafrika 14 January 2016 Won
53 155 JP Duminy   Südafrika 221 1   Sri Lanka 12 January 2017 Won
54 134 Hashim Amla (3/3)   Südafrika 265 1   Sri Lanka 12 January 2017 Won
55 152 Aiden Markram   Südafrika 216 1   Australien 30 March 2018 Won
56 120 Faf du Plessis(2/2)   Südafrika 178 3   Australien 30 March 2018 Won
57 129 Quinton de Kock   Südafrika 138 3   Pakistan 11 January 2019 Won
58 127 Dean Elgar   Südafrika 163 2   Sri Lanka 4 January 2021 Won
59 103 Dimuth Karunaratne   Sri Lanka 128 3   Südafrika 4 January 2021 Lost

One Day International centuries

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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   Südafrika 120 1   Australien 19 February 1994 Won
2 106 Mike Rindel   Südafrika 139 1   Pakistan 12 January 1995 Won
3 127 Sourav Ganguly   Indien 126 1   Südafrika 5 October 2001 Lost
4 101 Sachin Tendulkar   Indien 129 1   Südafrika 5 October 2001 Lost
5 133 Gary Kirsten   Südafrika 155 2   Indien 5 October 2001 Won
6 143* Andrew Symonds   Australien 125 1   Pakistan 11 February 2003 Won
7 143 Herschelle Gibbs (1/3)   Südafrika 141 1   Neuseeland 16 February 2003 Lost
8 134 Stephen Fleming   Neuseeland 132 2   Südafrika 16 February 2003 Won
9 140* Ricky Ponting (1/2)   Australien 121 1   Indien 23 March 2003 Won
10 152* Chris Gayle   West Indies 153 1   Südafrika 4 February 2004 Lost
11 139 Jacques Kallis   Südafrika 142 2   West Indies 4 February 2004 Won
12 164 Ricky Ponting (2/2)   Australien 105 1   Südafrika 12 March 2006 Lost
13 175 Herschelle Gibbs (2/3)   Südafrika 111 2   Australien 12 March 2006 Won
14 102 Herschelle Gibbs (3/3)   Südafrika 82 2   West Indies 3 February 2008 Won
15 125 Graeme Smith   Südafrika 143 1   Sri Lanka 22 January 2012 Won
16 125* AB de Villiers (1/3)   Südafrika 98 1   Sri Lanka 22 January 2012 Won
17 102 Kumar Sangakkara   Sri Lanka 97 2   Südafrika 22 January 2012 Lost
18 122 Hashim Amla (1/2)   Südafrika 113 1   Pakistan 17 March 2013 Won
19 128 AB de Villiers (2/3)   Südafrika 108 1   Pakistan 17 March 2013 Won
20 135 Quinton de Kock   Südafrika 121 1   Indien 5 December 2013 Won
21 128 Rilee Rossouw   Südafrika 115 1   West Indies 18 January 2015 Won
22 153* Hashim Amla (2/2)   Südafrika 142 1   West Indies 18 January 2015 Won
23 149 AB de Villiers (3/3)   Südafrika 44 1   West Indies 18 January 2015 Won
24 109 Joe Root   England 124 1   Südafrika 12 February 2016 Lost
25 111 Faf du Plessis (1/2)   Südafrika 93 1   Australien 2 October 2016 Won
26 109 Shikhar Dhawan   Indien 105 1   Südafrika 10 February 2018 Lost
27 112* Faf du Plessis (2/2)   Südafrika 114 2   Sri Lanka 3 March 2019 Won
28 193 Fakhar Zaman   Pakistan 155 2   Südafrika 4 April 2021 Lost

Twenty20 International centuries

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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   West Indies 57 1   Südafrika 11 September 2007 Lost
2 119 Faf du Plessis   Südafrika 56 1   West Indies 11 January 2015 Lost
3 100 Suryakumar Yadav   Indien 56 1   Südafrika 14 December 2023 Won

References

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