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List of international cricket centuries at the Wanderers Stadium

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The Bidvest 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.

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 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

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  Australien NR 2 Südafrika 23 December 1957 Drawn
5 101 John Waite (2/2) Südafrika NR 1  Neuseeland 26 December 1961 Drawn
6 120 Jackie McGlew (2/2) Südafrika NR 2  Neuseeland 2 February 1962 Won
7 142 John Reid  Neuseeland NR 3 Südafrika 2 February 1962 Lost
8 172 Ted Dexter  England NR 1 Südafrika 23 December 1964 Drawn
9 121 Ken Barrington  England NR 1 Südafrika 23 December 1964 Drawn
10 144* Colin Bland Südafrika NR 3  England 23 December 1964 Drawn
11 122* Peter Parfitt  England 289 2 Südafrika 22 January 1965 Drawn
12 112 Trevor Goddard Südafrika NR 3  England 22 January 1965 Drawn
13 182 Denis Lindsay (1/2) Südafrika 227 3  Australien 23 December 1966 Won
14 131 Denis Lindsay (2/2) Südafrika NR 2  Australien 3 February 1967 Drawn
15 131 Eddie Barlow Südafrika 252 3  Australien 19 February 1970 Won
16 111 Sachin Tendulkar  Indien 270 2 Südafrika 26 November 1992 Drawn
17 122 Hansie Cronje Südafrika 192 3  Australien 4 March 1994 Won
18 113 Brian McMillan (1/2)  Südafrika 180 1  Pakistan 19 January 1995 Won
19 110 Gary Kirsten  Südafrika 241 1  England 30 November 1995 Drawn
20 100* Brian McMillan (2/2)  Südafrika 168 3  England 30 November 1995 Drawn
21 185* Michael Atherton  England 492 4  Südafrika 30 November 1995 Drawn
22 148 Rahul Dravid  Indien 362 1  Südafrika 16 January 1997 Drawn
23 122* Daryll Cullinan (1/2)  Südafrika 200 4  Indien 16 January 1997 Drawn
24 214 Greg Blewett  Australien 421 2  Südafrika 28 February 1997 Won
25 160 Steve Waugh  Australien 366 2  Südafrika 28 February 1997 Won
26 108 Pat Symcox  Südafrika 157 1  Pakistan 14 February 1998 Drawn
27 136 Azhar Mahmood  Pakistan 215 2  Südafrika 14 February 1998 Drawn
28 108 Daryll Cullinan (2/2)  Südafrika 170 2  England 25 November 1999 Won
29 122 Matthew Hayden  Australien 189 1  Südafrika 22 February 2002 Won
30 204* Adam Gilchrist  Australien 213 1  Südafrika 22 February 2002 Won
31 133 Damien Martyn (1/2)  Australien 207 1  Südafrika 22 February 2002 Won
32 132 Graeme Smith  Südafrika 184 1  West Indies 12 December 2003 Won
33 158 Jacques Kallis (1/2)  Südafrika 297 1  West Indies 12 December 2003 Won
34 202 Brian Lara  West Indies 274 2  Südafrika 12 December 2003 Lost
35 147 Andrew Strauss  England 250 1  Südafrika 13 January 2005 Won
36 161 Herschelle Gibbs  Südafrika 307 2  England 13 January 2005 Lost
37 180 Marcus Trescothick  England 248 3  Südafrika 13 January 2005 Won
38 101 Damien Martyn (2/2)  Australien 208 4  Südafrika 31 March 2006 Won
39 176* Hashim Amla  Südafrika 378 3  Neuseeland 8 November 2007 Won
40 186 Jacques Kallis (2/2)  Südafrika 262 3  Neuseeland 8 November 2007 Won
41 117 Marcus North  Australien 233 1  Südafrika 26 February 2009 Won
42 104* AB de Villiers (1/3)  Südafrika 185 2  Australien 26 February 2009 Lost

One Day International centuries

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

Twenty20 International centuries

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

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