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Newlands during a Test match

Newlands Cricket Ground is a South African cricket ground located in Cape Town, it has a capacity of 25,000. The ground hosted its first Test match in 1889 and its first One Day International (ODI) in 1992.[1] 52 Test matches have been played at the ground as well as 36 ODIs.[2][3]

The first Test match century scored at the ground was in 1889 by the Englishman Bobby Abel who made 120 against South Africa. 99 Test centuries have occurred at the ground, the highest of these was scored in 2006 by the New Zealander Stephen Fleming. Fleming's score of 262 from 423 deliveries is one of six double centuries the ground has seen, the others being 228, 209, 224, 258 and 201 scored by Herschelle Gibbs, Graeme Pollock, Jacques Kallis, Ben Stokes and Hashim Amla respectively. Jacques Kallis has scored the most Test centuries at the ground with nine.[4]

The New Zealand batsman Roger Twose was the first player to score an ODI century at the ground, making 103 against South Africa. Brian Lara and Sourav Ganguly are the only other non-South African batsman to have scored an ODI century at Newlands.Faf du Plessis holds the record for the highest score with 185*. Herschelle Gibbs and AB de Villiers are the only batsmen to 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 the Newlands 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][11]

Test centuries

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

No. Score Player Team Balls Inns. Opposing team Date Result
1 120 Bobby Abel  England NR 1  South Africa 25 March 1889 Won
2 134* Henry Wood  England NR 2  South Africa 19 March 1892 Won
3 124 Arthur Hill  England NR 2  South Africa 21 March 1896 Won
4 106 Jimmy Sinclair (1/2)  South Africa NR 2  England 1 April 1899 Lost
5 112 Johnny Tyldesley  England NR 3  South Africa 1 April 1899 Won
6 104 Jimmy Sinclair (2/2)  South Africa NR 3  Australien 8 November 1902 Lost
7 187 Jack Hobbs  England NR 1  South Africa 11 March 1910 Won
8 142 Jack Ryder  Australien NR 2  Südafrika 26 November 1921 Won
9 123 Bruce Mitchell (1/2)  Südafrika NR 1  England 1 January 1931 Drawn
10 141 Jack Siedle  Südafrika NR 1  England 1 January 1931 Drawn
11 117 Herbie Taylor  Südafrika NR 1  England 1 January 1931 Drawn
12 121 Bill Brown  Australien NR 1  Südafrika 1 January 1936 Won
13 112 Jack Fingleton  Australien NR 1  Südafrika 1 January 1936 Won
14 181 Wally Hammond  England NR 1  Südafrika 31 December 1938 Drawn
15 115 Les Ames  England NR 1  Südafrika 31 December 1938 Drawn
16 112 Bryan Valentine  England NR 1  Südafrika 31 December 1938 Drawn
17 120 Dudley Nourse (1/3)  Südafrika NR 2  England 31 December 1938 Drawn
18 120 Bruce Mitchell (2/2)  Südafrika NR 2  England 1 January 1949 Drawn
19 112 Dudley Nourse (2/3)  Südafrika NR 2  England 1 January 1949 Drawn
20 178 Neil Harvey  Australien NR 1  Südafrika 31 December 1949 Won
21 114 Dudley Nourse (3/3)  Südafrika NR 3  Australien 31 December 1949 Lost
22 135 John Reid  Neuseeland NR 1  Südafrika 1 January 1954 Drawn
23 101 Colin Cowdrey  England NR 1  Südafrika 1 January 1957 Won
24 189 Jim Burke  Australien NR 1  Südafrika 31 December 1957 Won
25 101 Zin Harris  Neuseeland NR 1  Südafrika 1 January 1962 Won
26 113 Roy McLean  Südafrika NR 4  Neuseeland 1 January 1962 Lost
27 138 Eddie Barlow (1/2)  Südafrika NR 1  England 1 January 1965 Drawn
28 154 Tony Pithey  Südafrika NR 1  England 1 January 1965 Drawn
29 121 Mike Smith  England NR 2  Südafrika 1 January 1965 Drawn
30 153 Bob Simpson  Australien NR 1  Südafrika 31 December 1966 Won
31 134 Keith Stackpole  Australien NR 1  Südafrika 31 December 1966 Won
32 209 Graeme Pollock  Südafrika NR 2  Australien 31 December 1966 Lost
33 127 Eddie Barlow (2/2)  Südafrika 322 1  Australien 22 January 1970 Won
34 102 Andrew Hudson  Südafrika 174 1  Australien 17 March 1994 Lost
35 112 Hansie Cronje  Südafrika 235 2  Neuseeland 2 January 1995 Won
36 109 Dave Richardson  Südafrika 206 2  Neuseeland 2 January 1995 Won
37 103 Gary Kirsten  Südafrika 204 1  Indien 2 January 1997 Won
38 103* Brian McMillan  Südafrika 233 1  Indien 2 January 1997 Won
39 102* Lance Klusener  Südafrika 100 1  Indien 2 January 1997 Won
40 169 Sachin Tendulkar (1/2)  Indien 254 2  Südafrika 2 January 1997 Lost
41 115 Mohammad Azharuddin  Indien 110 2  Südafrika 2 January 1997 Lost
42 113 Daryll Cullinan (1/4)  Südafrika 159 1  Sri Lanka 19 March 1998 Won
43 110 Jacques Kallis (1/9)  Südafrika 328 1  West Indies 2 January 1999 Won
44 168 Daryll Cullinan (2/4)  Südafrika 306 1  West Indies 2 January 1999 Won
45 105 Jacques Kallis (2/9)  Südafrika 229 2  England 2 January 2000 Won
46 120 Daryll Cullinan (3/4)  Südafrika 255 2  England 2 January 2000 Won
47 112 Daryll Cullinan (4/4)  Südafrika 232 2  Sri Lanka 2 January 2001 Won
48 138* Adam Gilchrist  Australien 108 2  Südafrika 8 March 2002 Won
49 100* Ricky Ponting  Australien 160 4  Südafrika 8 March 2002 Won
50 151 Graeme Smith (1/4)  Südafrika 216 1  Pakistan 2 January 2003 Won
51 228 Herschelle Gibbs (1/2)  Südafrika 240 1  Pakistan 2 January 2003 Won
52 135 Taufeeq Umar  Pakistan 254 2  Südafrika 2 January 2003 Lost
53 101 Jacques Rudolph  Südafrika 215 1  West Indies 2 January 2004 Drawn
54 122* Mark Boucher  Südafrika 173 1  West Indies 2 January 2004 Drawn
55 116 Chris Gayle  West Indies 120 2  Südafrika 2 January 2004 Drawn
56 115 Brian Lara  West Indies 238 2  Südafrika 2 January 2004 Drawn
57 142 Herschelle Gibbs (2/2)  Südafrika 223 3  West Indies 2 January 2004 Drawn
58 130* Jacques Kallis (3/9)  Südafrika 191 3  West Indies 2 January 2004 Drawn
59 105* Dwayne Smith  West Indies 105 4  Südafrika 2 January 2004 Drawn
60 149 Jacques Kallis (4/9)  Südafrika 334 1  England 2 January 2005 Won
61 121 Graeme Smith (2/4)  Südafrika 107 2  Simbabwe 4 March 2005 Won
62 262 Stephen Fleming  Neuseeland 423 1  Südafrika 27 April 2006 Drawn
63 122* James Franklin  Neuseeland 268 1  Südafrika 27 April 2006 Drawn
64 149 Hashim Amla (1/3)  Südafrika 317 2  Neuseeland 27 April 2006 Drawn
65 108* Ashwell Prince (1/2)  Südafrika 286 2  Neuseeland 27 April 2006 Drawn
66 116 Wasim Jaffer  Indien 244 1  Südafrika 2 January 2007 Lost
67 150 Ashwell Prince (2/2)  Südafrika 249 2  Australien 19 March 2009 Won
68 102 Jacques Kallis (5/9)  Südafrika 163 2  Australien 19 March 2009 Won
69 163 AB de Villiers (1/3)  Südafrika 196 2  Australien 19 March 2009 Won
70 123* Mitchell Johnson  Australien 103 3  Südafrika 19 March 2009 Lost
71 108 Jacques Kallis (6/9)  Südafrika 189 1  England 3 January 2010 Drawn
72 183 Graeme Smith (3/4)  Südafrika 273 3  England 3 January 2010 Drawn
73 161 Jacques Kallis (7/9)  Südafrika 291 1  Indien 2 January 2011 Drawn
74 146 Sachin Tendulkar (2/2)  Indien 314 2  Südafrika 2 January 2011 Drawn
75 109* Jacques Kallis (8/9)  Südafrika 240 3  Indien 2 January 2011 Drawn
76 151 Michael Clarke (1/2)  Australien 176 1  Südafrika 9 November 2011 Lost
77 101* Graeme Smith (4/4)  Südafrika 140 4  Australien 9 November 2011 Won
78 112 Hashim Amla (2/3)  Südafrika 134 4  Australien 9 November 2011 Won
79 109 Alviro Petersen (1/2)  Südafrika 188 1  Sri Lanka 3 January 2012 Won
80 224 Jacques Kallis (9/9)  Südafrika 325 1  Sri Lanka 3 January 2012 Won
81 160* AB de Villiers (2/3)  Südafrika 205 1  Sri Lanka 3 January 2012 Won
82 115* Thilan Samaraweera  Sri Lanka 215 3  Südafrika 3 January 2012 Lost
83 106 Alviro Petersen (2/2)  Südafrika 176 2  Neuseeland 2 January 2013 Won
84 109 Dean Brownlie  Neuseeland 186 3  Südafrika 2 January 2013 Lost
85 111 Younis Khan  Pakistan 226 1  Südafrika 14 February 2013 Lost
86 111 Asad Shafiq  Pakistan 230 1  Südafrika 14 February 2013 Lost
87 135 David Warner (1/2)  Australien 152 1  Südafrika 1 March 2014 Won
88 161* Michael Clarke (2/2)  Australien 301 1  Südafrika 1 March 2014 Won
89 145 David Warner (2/2)  Australien 156 3  Südafrika 1 March 2014 Won
90 148 AB de Villiers (3/3)  Südafrika 194 2  West Indies 2 January 2015 Won
91 258 Ben Stokes  England 198 1  Südafrika 2 January 2016 Drawn
92 150* Jonny Bairstow  England 191 1  Südafrika 2 January 2016 Drawn
93 201 Hashim Amla (3/3)  Südafrika 477 2  England 2 January 2016 Drawn
94 102* Temba Bavuma  Südafrika 148 2  England 2 January 2016 Drawn
95 129 Dean Elgar (1/2)  Südafrika 230 1  Sri Lanka 2 January 2017 Won
96 101 Quinton de Kock  Südafrika 124 1  Sri Lanka 2 January 2017 Won
97 141* Dean Elgar (2/2)  Südafrika 284 1  Australien 22 March 2018 Won
98 103 Faf du Plessis  Südafrika 226 2  Pakistan 3 January 2019 Won
99 133* Dom Sibley  England 311 3  Südafrika 3 January 2020 Won
100 100* Rishabh Pant  Indien 139 3  Südafrika 11 January 2022 Lost
101 106 Aiden Markram  Südafrika 103 3  Indien 3 January 2024 Lost

One Day International centuries

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

No. Score Player Team Balls Inns. Opposing team Date Result
1 103 Roger Twose  Neuseeland 115 1  Südafrika 4 November 2000 Lost
2 124 Gary Kirsten  Südafrika 130 1  Kenia 22 October 2001 Won
3 131* Neil McKenzie  Südafrika 121 1  Kenia 22 October 2001 Won
4 116 Brian Lara  West Indies 134 1  Südafrika 9 February 2003 Won
5 107* Sourav Ganguly  Indien 120 2  Kenia 7 March 2003 Won
6 109* Jacques Kallis  Südafrika 94 1  West Indies 25 January 2004 Won
7 100 Herschelle Gibbs (1/2)  Südafrika 115 1  England 6 February 2005 Won
8 100* Justin Kemp  Südafrika 89 1  Indien 26 November 2006 Won
9 119 Herschelle Gibbs (2/2)  Südafrika 101 2  Neuseeland 2 December 2007 Won
10 121 AB de Villiers (1/2)  Südafrika 85 1  England 27 November 2009 Won
11 112 Alex Hales  England 128 1  Südafrika 14 February 2016 Lost
12 101* AB de Villiers (2/2)  Südafrika 97 2  England 14 February 2016 Won
13 122 Rilee Rossouw  Südafrika 118 1  Australien 12 October 2016 Won
14 173 David Warner  Australien 136 2  Südafrika 12 October 2016 Lost
15 185 Faf du Plessis  Südafrika 141 1  Sri Lanka 7 February 2017 Won
16 119 Upul Tharanga  Sri Lanka 90 2  Südafrika 7 February 2017 Lost
17 160* Virat Kohli  Indien 159 1  Südafrika 7 February 2018 Won
18 107 Quinton de Kock (1/2)  Südafrika 113 2  England 4 February 2020 Won
19 124 Quinton de Kock (2/2)  Südafrika 130 2  Indien 23 January 2022 Won

Women's Test centuries

The following table summarises the women's Test centuries scored at Newlands.[12]

No. Score Player Team Balls Inns. Opposing team Date Result
1 105* Yvonne van Mentz  Südafrika NR 2  England 13 January 1961 Drawn
2 117* Trish McKelvey  Neuseeland NR 3  Südafrika 25 February 1972 Drawn

References

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