List of international cricket centuries at the University Otago Oval

University Oval in 2009

University Oval is a sports ground in Logan Park, Dunedin, New Zealand, it has a capacity of 6,000. The ground have hosted Test cricket since its first match in 2008 when New Zealand played Bangladesh.[1] 7 Test matches have been played at the ground[2] along with 7 One Day Internationals (ODIs), the first of which was in 2010 when Bangladesh played New Zealand.[3]

New Zealand batsman Matthew Bell became the first man to score a Test century at University Oval when he made 107 against Bangladesh in inaugural match in 2008. Darren Bravo's 218 against New Zealand in 2013 stands as the highest score seen at the ground. There are only two double centuries scored at the venue. In total, there are 15 Test centuries have been scored at the ground.[4]

Four ODI centuries have been scored at University Oval, and the first by New Zealand middle order batsman Grant Elliott who scored 104 not out from 96 deliveries against Sri Lanka in 2015. The highest score achieved at the ground is 170 not out made by Kiwi wicket keeper Luke Ronchi against Sri Lanka in the same match.[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 University Oval.
  • 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 University Oval.

No.ScorePlayerTeamBallsInns.Opposing teamDateResult
1 107Matthew Ball New Zealand 1842 Bangladesh4 January 2008Won
2 117Jacob Oram New Zealand 1662 Bangladesh4 January 2008Won
3 106Jerome Taylor West Indies 1072 New Zealand11 December 2008Drawn
4 129Umar Akmal Pakistan 1602 New Zealand24 November 2009Lost
5 115Graeme Smith South Africa 2343 New Zealand7 March 2012Drawn
6 115Jacques Kallis South Africa 2633 New Zealand7 March 2012Drawn
7 105*Jacques Rudolph South Africa 1823 New Zealand7 March 2012Drawn
8 171Hamish Rutherford New Zealand 2172 England6 March 2013Drawn
9 116Alastair Cook England 2523 New Zealand6 March 2013Drawn
10 117Nick Compton England 3103 New Zealand6 March 2013Drawn
11 217*Ross Taylor New Zealand 3191 West Indies3 December 2013Drawn
12 113Brendon McCullum New Zealand 1341 West Indies3 December 2013Drawn
13 218Darren Bravo West Indies 4163 New Zealand3 December 2013Drawn
14 156Martin Guptill New Zealand 2341 Sri Lanka10 December 2015Won
15 109*Tom Latham New Zealand 1803 Sri Lanka10 December 2015Won
16 140Dean Elgar South Africa 2991 New Zealand8 March 2017Drawn
17 130Kane Williamson New Zealand 2412 South Africa8 March 2017Drawn

One Day International centuries

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

No.ScorePlayerTeamBallsInns.Opposing teamDateResult
1104*Grant Elliott New Zealand961 Sri Lanka23 January 2015Won
2170*Luke Ronchi New Zealand991 Sri Lanka23 January 2015Won
3116Tillakaratne Dilshan Sri Lanka1062 New Zealand23 January 2015Lost
4100Mahela Jayawardene Sri Lanka1202 Afghanistan22 February 2015Won
5138Jonny Bairstow England1061 New Zealand7 March 2018Lost
6102Joe Root England1011 New Zealand7 March 2018Lost
7181*Ross Taylor New Zealand1472 England7 March 2018Won

References

  1. ↑ "University Oval — Cricinfo profile". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
  2. ↑ "University Oval, Dunedin / Records / Test matches / Match results". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
  3. ↑ "University Oval, 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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