List of international cricket centuries at the Westpac Stadium

Westpac Stadium

Westpac Stadium is a sports ground in Wellington, New Zealand, it has a capacity of 34,500. The ground have been hosted One Day Internationals since its first match in 2000 when New Zealand played West Indies.[1] 28 ODI matches have been played at the ground[2] along with 7 Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is), the first of which was in 2006 when New Zealand played Sri Lanka.[3]

Zimbabwean batsman Alistair Campbell became the first man to score an ODI century at Westpac Stadium when he made 111 against New Zealand in 2001. Martin Guptill's unbeaten mammoth score of 237, made against West Indies in 2015 World Cup, remains the highest score seen at the ground, which is also the only double century at the venue and highest ODI score in all World Cup history. There are 9 ODI centuries have been scored at the ground.[4]

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 Westpac Stadium.
  • The column title Date refers to the date the match started.
  • The column title Result refers to whether the player's team won

One Day International centuries

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

No.ScorePlayerTeamBallsInns.Opposing teamDateResult
1111Alistair Campbell Zimbabwe1331 New Zealand4 January 2001Lost
2156Andrew Symonds Australia1271 New Zealand7 December 2005Won
3106*AB de Villiers South Africa1062 New Zealand25 February 2012Won
4102Ross Taylor New Zealand1061 India31 January 2014Won
5113*Kumar Sangakkara (1/2) Sri Lanka1051 New Zealand29 January 2015Won
6121Joe Root England1081 Sri Lanka1 March 2015Lost
7139*Lahiru Thirimanne Sri Lanka1432 England1 March 2015Won
8117*Kumar Sangakkara (2/2) Sri Lanka862 England1 March 2015Won
9237*Martin Guptill New Zealand1631 West Indies21 March 2015Won
10112*Kane Williamson New Zealand1432 England3 March 2018Lost

References

  1. ↑ "Westpac Stadium — Cricinfo profile". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
  2. ↑ "Westpac Stadium, Wellington / Records / Test matches / Match results". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
  3. ↑ "Westpac Stadium, Wellington / 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.
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