List of international cricket centuries at Lancaster Park

Lancaster Park, currently known as AMI Stadium for sponsorship reasons, is a sports stadium in Christchurch, New Zealand.[1] Lancaster Park has been used as an international cricket ground since 1930, when New Zealand played England in a Test match.[2] The ground has also hosts One Day Internationals (ODIs), the first of these was in 1973 when New Zealand played Pakistan.[3]

An aerial view of Lancaster Park.

61 Test centuries have been scored at Lancaster Park. The South African Jim Christy scored the first century at the ground when he made 103 against New Zealand in 1932. The first Test century by a New Zealander at Lancaster Park came in 1947, scored by Walter Hadlee against England. Walter Hadlee's son, Richard Hadlee, also scored a Test century at the ground when he made 103 against the West Indies in 1980. The West Indian Seymour Nurse holds the record for the highest Test innings at the ground, Nurse made 258 against New Zealand in 1969. Graham Dowling's 239, made against India in 1968, is the highest score at Lancaster Park by a New Zealander. Nathan Astle, also from New Zealand, holds the world record for fastest Test double century, which was made at Lancaster Park in 2002. Glenn Turner is the only player to have hit 3 Test centuries at the ground.[4][5]

The first ODI century made at the ground was in 1974 by the New Zealander Ken Wadsworth. Wadsworth made 104 from 98 deliveries against Australia. The Indian Sachin Tendulkar holds the record for the highest ODI innings at the ground. Tendulkar scored 163 not out from 133 deliveries against New Zealand in 2009. Three players have scored two ODI centuries at Lancaster Park: West Indian Gordon Greenidge, Australian Adam Gilchrist and New Zealander Stephen Fleming.[6]

Brendon McCullum is the only player to have scored a Twenty20 International century at Lancaster Park. McCullum's innings of 116 not out from 56 deliveries was made against Australia in 2010.[7]

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 Lancaster Park.
  • The column title Date refers to the date the match started.
  • The column title Result refers to whether the player's team won,[8][9][10] lost[11][12] or if the match was drawn,[13][14] tied,[15] or a no result.[16]

List of centuries
  • Brendon McCullum (NZ):
    McCullum has scored the only Twenty20 International century at the ground, 116* in 2010.
  • Sachin Tendulkar (Ind):
    Tendulkar holds the record for the highest ODI score at the ground with 163*.

Test centuries

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

No.ScorePlayerTeamBallsInns.Opposing teamDateResult
1 103Jim Christy South Africa NR2 New Zealand27 February 1932Won
2 113Bruce Mitchell South Africa NR2 New Zealand27 February 1932Won
3 227Wally Hammond England NR1 New Zealand24 March 1933Drawn
4 103Les Ames England NR1 New Zealand24 March 1933Drawn
5 116Walter Hadlee New Zealand NR1 England21 March 1947Drawn
6 116Bert Sutcliffe New Zealand NR1 England17 March 1951Drawn
7 134*Trevor Bailey England NR2 New Zealand17 March 1951Drawn
8 103Everton Weekes West Indies NR1 New Zealand18 February 1956Won
9 141Ted Dexter England 2921 New Zealand27 February 1959Won
10 100John Reid New Zealand NR3 England15 March 1963Lost
11 100*Hanif Mohammad Pakistan NR3 New Zealand12 February 1965Drawn
12 104Bev Congdon (1/2) New Zealand NR2 England25 February 1966Drawn
13 239Graham Dowling New Zealand 5191 India22 February 1968Won
14 258Seymour Nurse West Indies NR1 New Zealand13 March 1969Drawn
15 117*Brian Hastings New Zealand NR3 West Indies13 March 1969Drawn
16 100Basil D'Oliveira England 2162 New Zealand25 February 1971Won
17 101Glenn Turner (1/3) New Zealand 2602 Australia8 March 1974Won
18 110*Glenn Turner (2/3) New Zealand 3554 Australia8 March 1974Won
19 164*Dennis Amiss England 3512 New Zealand28 February 1975Drawn
20 117Glenn Turner (3/3) New Zealand NR2 India5 February 1976Drawn
21 250Doug Walters Australia 3421 New Zealand18 February 1977Drawn
22 101Gary Gilmour Australia 1461 New Zealand18 February 1977Drawn
23 107*Bev Congdon (2/2) New Zealand 2514 Australia18 February 1977Drawn
24 103Ian Botham England 2881 New Zealand24 February 1978Won
25 129Bruce Edgar New Zealand NR2 Pakistan2 February 1979Lost
26 160*Javed Miandad Pakistan NR3 New Zealand2 February 1979Won
27 147Geoff Howarth New Zealand 2612 West Indies22 February 1980Drawn
28 103Richard Hadlee New Zealand 922 West Indies22 February 1980Drawn
29 122Desmond Haynes West Indies 1993 New Zealand22 February 1980Drawn
30 100Lawrence Rowe West Indies 1653 New Zealand22 February 1980Drawn
31 100*Collis King West Indies 1093 New Zealand22 February 1980Drawn
32 123*John Reid New Zealand 4292 India6 March 1981Drawn
33 176Greg Chappell Australia 2181 New Zealand19 March 1982Won
34 141John Wright (1/2) New Zealand 2623 Australia19 March 1982Lost
35 140Allan Border (1/2) Australia 3381 New Zealand28 February 1986Drawn
36 137Martin Crowe New Zealand 2262 Australia28 February 1986Drawn
37 114*Allan Border (2/2) Australia 2013 New Zealand28 February 1986Drawn
38 114Chris Broad England 2441 New Zealand12 February 1988Drawn
39 185John Wright (2/2) New Zealand 4431 India2 February 1990Won
40 148Alec Stewart England 2651 New Zealand18 January 1992Won
41 102Ken Rutherford New Zealand 2153 Australia25 February 1993Lost
42 103Basit Ali Pakistan 1391 New Zealand24 February 1994Lost
43 120Bryan Young New Zealand 3144 Pakistan24 February 1994Won
44 120*Shane Thomson New Zealand 1674 Pakistan24 February 1994Won
45 100*Adam Parore New Zealand 2491 West Indies3 February 1995Drawn
46 103Ijaz Ahmed Pakistan 2133 New Zealand8 December 1995Won
47 118Mike Atherton England 3114 New Zealand14 February 1997Won
48 211*Herschelle Gibbs South Africa 4682 New Zealand11 March 1999Drawn
49 148*Jacques Kallis South Africa 3402 New Zealand11 March 1999Drawn
50 204*Mathew Sinclair New Zealand 3481 Pakistan15 March 2001Drawn
51 130 Inzamam-ul-Haq Pakistan 2412 New Zealand15 March 2001Drawn
52 203Mohammad Yousuf Pakistan 4292 New Zealand15 March 2001Drawn
53 101*Saqlain Mushtaq Pakistan 2912 New Zealand15 March 2001Drawn
54 106Nasser Hussain England 2441 New Zealand13 March 2002Won
55 200*Graham Thorpe England 2313 New Zealand13 March 2002Won
56 137Andrew Flintoff England 1633 New Zealand13 March 2002Won
57 222Nathan Astle New Zealand 1684 England13 March 2002Lost
58 146Hamish Marshall New Zealand 2561 Australia10 March 2005Lost
59 118Simon Katich Australia 2292 New Zealand10 March 2005Won
60 121Adam Gilchrist Australia 1262 New Zealand10 March 2005Won
61 100*Kumar Sangakkara Sri Lanka 1543 New Zealand7 December 2006Lost

One Day International centuries

The following table summarises the One Day International centuries scored at Lancaster Park.[6]

No.ScorePlayerTeamBallsInns.Opposing teamDateResult
1 104Ken Wadsworth New Zealand982 Australia31 March 1974Lost
2 103Gordon Greenidge (1/2) West Indies1371 New Zealand6 February 1980Lost
3 133*Gordon Greenidge (2/2) West Indies1402 New Zealand28 March 1987Won
4 107Dean Jones Australia1431 New Zealand4 March 1990Won
5 119*Ramiz Raja Pakistan1552 New Zealand18 March 1992Won
6 118Adam Gilchrist (1/2) Australia1172 New Zealand8 February 1998Won
7 115Chris Cairns New Zealand801 India19 January 1999Won
8 128Adam Gilchrist (2/2) Australia981 New Zealand26 February 2000Won
9 104*Craig McMillan New Zealand751 Pakistan25 February 2001Won
10 115*Stephen Fleming (1/2) New Zealand1352 Pakistan10 January 2004Won
11 108Stephen Fleming (2/2) New Zealand1152 South Africa17 February 2004Won
12 114Matthew Hayden Australia1241 New Zealand22 February 2005Won
13 101Scott Styris New Zealand962 Australia10 December 2005Won
14 103Upul Tharanga Sri Lanka1251 New Zealand3 January 2006Lost
15 118*Nathan Astle New Zealand1261 West Indies25 February 2006Won
16 163*Sachin Tendulkar India1331 New Zealand8 March 2009Won
17 105Jesse Ryder New Zealand802 India8 March 2009Lost
18 101Imrul Kayes Bangladesh1381 New Zealand11 February 2010Lost
19 115Mohammad Hafeez Pakistan1441 New Zealand29 January 2011Won

Twenty20 International centuries

The following table summarises the Twenty20 International centuries scored at Lancaster Park.[7]

No.ScorePlayerTeamBallsInns.Opposing teamDateResult
1116*Brendon McCullum New Zealand561 Australia28 February 2010Tied (NZ won by super over)

Women's Test centuries

The following table summarises the women's Test centuries scored at the Lancaster Park.[17]

No.ScorePlayerTeamBallsInns.Opposing teamDateResult
1 189Betty Snowball EnglandNR2 New Zealand16 February 1935Won
2 110Molly Hide EnglandNR2 New Zealand16 February 1935Won
3 108Mary Duggan EnglandNR2 New Zealand29 November 1957Drawn

Women's One Day International centuries

The following table summarises the women's One Day International centuries scored at Lancaster Park.[18]

No.ScorePlayerTeamBallsInns.Opposing teamDateResult
1 100*Denise Annetts Australia1041 England25 January 1992No result

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