List of international cricket centuries at Carisbrook

Carisbrook

Carisbrook was a sports stadium in Dunedin, New Zealand. It had a capacity of 29,000. Until its closure in 2004 for cricket, the ground had hosted Test cricket since its first match in 1955 when New Zealand played England.[1] Ten Test matches were played at the ground[2] along with 21 One Day Internationals (ODIs), the first of which was in 1974 when New Zealand played Australia.[3]

West Indian Everton Weekes became the first man to score a Test century at Carisbrook when he made 123 against New Zealand in 1956. Bryan Young's score of 267 not out, made against Sri Lanka in 1997, remained the highest score seen at the ground. Only two players made a double century at the ground. Overall, 10 test centuries were recorded from Carisbrook.[4]

Five ODI centuries were scored at Carisbrook, the first by West Indian Vivian Richards who scored 119 from 113 deliveries against New Zealand in 1987. The highest score achieved at the ground was 122 not out made by Nathan Astle against England in 2002.[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 Carisbrook.
  • The column title Date refers to the date the match started.
  • The column title Result refers to whether the player's team won

Test centuries

The following table summarises the Test centuries scored at Carisbrook.

No.ScorePlayerTeamBallsInns.Opposing teamDateResult
1 123Everton Weekes West Indies NR2 New Zealand3 February 1956Won
2 143Graham Dowling New Zealand NR1 India15 February 1968Lost
3 201Mushtaq Mohammad Pakistan NR1 New Zealand7 February 1973Won
4 175Asif Iqbal Pakistan NR2 New Zealand7 February 1973Won
5 105Desmond Haynes West Indies 3233 New Zealand8 February 1980Lost
6 111*Jeremy Coney New Zealand 2434 Pakistan9 February 1985Drawn
7 127Asanka Gurusinha Sri Lanka 4293 New Zealand18 March 1995Drawn
8 108Hashan Tillakaratne Sri Lanka 2583 New Zealand18 March 1995Drawn
9 267*Bryan Young New Zealand 5221 Sri Lanka7 March 1997Won
10 103Romesh Kaluwitharana Sri Lanka 1033 New Zealand7 March 1997Won

One Day International centuries

The following table summarises the One Day International centuries scored at Carisbrook.

No.ScorePlayerTeamBallsInns.Opposing teamDateResult
1119Vivian Richards West Indies1131 New Zealand18 March 1987Won
2104Martin Crowe New Zealand1351 India1 March 1990Won
3100Jacques Kallis South Africa1171 New Zealand14 February 1999Lost
4119Nathan Astle (1/2) New Zealand1162 Pakistan28 February 2001Won
5122*Nathan Astle (2/2) New Zealand1502 England26 February 2002Won

References

  1. ↑ "Carisbrook — Cricinfo profile". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
  2. ↑ "Carisbrook, Dunedin / Records / Test matches / Match results". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
  3. ↑ "Carisbrook, Dunedin / Records / One-Day Internationals / Match results". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
  4. ↑ "Statistics / Statsguru / Test matches / Batting records". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
  5. ↑ "Statistics / Statsguru / One-Day Internationals / Batting records". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
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