List of international cricket centuries at Mangaung Oval

Mangaung Oval is a sports ground in Bloemfontein, South Africa with a capacity of 20,000. The ground has hosted Test cricket since its first match in 1999 when South Africa played Zimbabwe.[1] Four Test matches have been played at the ground[2] along with 28 One Day Internationals (ODIs), the first of which was in 1992 when South Africa played India.[3] The ground staged its first [Twenty20 International]] when South Africa played against Zimbabwe in 2010.[4]

South African batsman Jacques Kallis became the first man to score a Test century at Mangaung Oval when he made 160 against New Zealand in 2000. It still stands as the highest Test individual score at the ground, and a double century is yet to be scored. Overall, 9 Test centuries have been scored at the ground.[5]

Sixteen ODI centuries have been scored at Mangaung Oval, the first by South African batsman Andrew Hudson who scored 108 from 147 deliveries against India in 1992. The highest score achieved at the ground is 145* not out made by Zimbabwean wicket keeper Brendan Taylor against South Africa in 2010.[6]

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 Mangaung 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 Mangaung Oval.

No.ScorePlayerTeamBallsInns.Opposing teamDateResult
1 160Jacques Kallis South Africa 2891 New Zealand17 November 2000Won
2 155Sachin Tendulkar India 1841 South Africa3 November 2001Lost
3 105Virender Sehwag India 1731 South Africa3 November 2001Lost
4 107Herschelle Gibbs South Africa 1452 India3 November 2001Won
5 108Lance Klusener South Africa 1242 India3 November 2001Won
6 157Graeme Smith South Africa 2481 Bangladesh19 November 2008Won
7 112Hashim Amla South Africa 1651 Bangladesh19 November 2008Won
8 113Dean Elgar South Africa 1521 Bangladesh6 October 2017Won
9 143Aiden Markram South Africa 1861 Bangladesh6 October 2017Won
10 132Hashim Amla South Africa 1631 Bangladesh6 October 2017Won
11 145Faf du Plessis South Africa 1811 Bangladesh6 October 2017Won

One Day International centuries

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

No.ScorePlayerTeamBallsInns.Opposing teamDateResult
1108Andrew Hudson South Africa1472 India15 December 1992Won
2111*Brian Lara West Indies1402 South Africa23 February 1993Lost
3140Sanath Jayasuriya (1/2) Sri Lanka1431 New Zealand8 December 1994No result
4129Ricky Ponting Australia1261 South Africa30 March 2002Won
5120Sanath Jayasuriya (2/2) Sri Lanka1251 New Zealand10 February 2003Won
6141Scott Styris New Zealand1252 Sri Lanka10 February 2003Lost
7121Feiko Kloppenburg Netherlands1421 Namibia3 March 2003Won
8134*Klaas-Jan van Noortwijk Netherlands1291 Namibia3 March 2003Won
9102*Nathan Astle New Zealand1212 Zimbabwe8 March 2003Won
10108*Kevin Pietersen England961 South Africa2 February 2005Tied
11110Hashim Amla South Africa961 Zimbabwe15 October 2010Won
12124Colin Ingram (1/2) South Africa1261 Zimbabwe15 October 2010Won
13145*Brendan Taylor Zimbabwe1362 South Africa15 October 2010Lost
14105*Colin Ingram (2/2) South Africa1041 Pakistan10 March 2013Won
15105Jos Buttler England761 South Africa3 February 2016Won
16138*Quinton de Kock South Africa962 England3 February 2016Lost

References
  1. "Mangaung Oval — Cricinfo profile". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
  2. "Mangaung Oval, Bloemfontein / Records / Test matches / Match results". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
  3. "Mangaung Oval, Bloemfontein / Records / One-Day Internationals / Match results". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
  4. "Mangaung Oval, Bloemfontein / Records / Twenty20 Internationals / Match results". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
  5. "Statistics / Statsguru / Test matches / Batting records". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
  6. "Statistics / Statsguru / One-Day Internationals / Batting records". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
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