List of international cricket centuries at the Providence Stadium

Providence Stadium is a sports ground in Providence, Guyana, it has a capacity of 15,000. The ground have been hosted only 2 Test cricket since 2008 when West Indies played Sri Lanka for the first time.[1] 21 One Day Internationals (ODIs) have been hosted, where the first of which was in 2007 when South Africa played Sri Lanka in 2007 ICC World Cup pool game,[2] where Sri Lankan pacer Lasith Malinga demolished Preoteas with four-of-four for the first time in international cricket history.[3] The first of the 6 Twenty20 International matches held at the venue dated back to 2007 where New Zealand won the match by 2 wickets against Sri Lanka.[4]

Sri Lankan opener Malinda Warnapura became the first man to score a Test century at Providence Stadium when he made 120 against West Indies in the inaugural match. The score of 136 by Sri Lankan maestro Mahela Jayawardene against Windies in the same match recorded the highest score seen at the ground with 136 runs. Overall, there are only 2 Test centuries have been scored at the ground.[5]

Seven ODI centuries have been scored at Providence Stadium, and the first by Sri Lanka legend Sanath Jayasuriya who scored 115 from 101 deliveries against West Indies in 2007 World Cup pool match. The highest score achieved at the ground is unbeaten 130 made by Bangladeshi Tamim Iqbal against Windies in 2018.[6]

The only player to score a Twenty20 International century at the venue is Mahela Jayawardene of Sri Lanka against Zimbabwe in 2010 ICC World Twenty20.[7]

Mahela Jayawardene scored 2 international centuries at the venue.

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 Providence Stadium.
  • 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 Providence Stadium.

No.ScorePlayerTeamBallsInns.Opposing teamDateResult
1 120Malinda Warnapura Sri Lanka 2261 West Indies22 March 2008Won
2 136Mahela Jayawardene Sri Lanka 2341 West Indies22 March 2008Won

One Day International centuries

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

No.ScorePlayerTeamBallsInns.Opposing teamDateResult
1115Sanath Jayasuriya Sri Lanka1011 West Indies1 April 2007Won
2112*Shivnarine Chanderpaul West Indies1341 England22 March 2009Won
3105Andrew Strauss England1292 West Indies22 March 2009Lost
4125*Babar Azam Pakistan1321 West Indies9 April 2017Won
5101*Shoaib Malik Pakistan1112 West Indies11 April 2017Won
6130*Tamim Iqbal Bangladesh1601 West Indies22 July 2018Won
7125Shimron Hetmyer West Indies931 Bangladesh25 July 2018Won

Twenty20 International centuries

The following table summarises the Twenty20 International centuries scored at Providence Stadium.

No.ScorePlayerTeamBallsInns.Opposing teamDateResult
1 100Mahela Jayawardene Sri Lanka 641 Zimbabwe3 May 2010Won

References

  1. ↑ "Records / Providence Stadium, Guyana / Test matches / Match results". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  2. ↑ "Records / Providence Stadium, Guyana / One-Day Internationals / Match results". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  3. ↑ "South Africa survive Malinga's menacing spell". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
  4. ↑ "Records / Providence Stadium, Guyana / Twenty20 Internationals / Match results". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  5. ↑ "Statistics / Statsguru / Test matches / Batting records". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  6. ↑ "Statistics / Statsguru / One-Day Internationals / Batting records". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  7. ↑ "Statistics / Statsguru / Twenty20 Internationals / Batting records". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
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