List of international cricket centuries at McLean Park

McLean Park is a sports ground in Napier, New Zealand, it has a capacity of 19,700. The ground have been hosted Test cricket since its first match in 1979 when New Zealand played Pakistan.[1] 10 Test matches have been played at the ground[2] along with 42 One Day Internationals (ODIs), the first of which was in 1983 when New Zealand played Sri Lanka.[3]

McLean Park from aerial view

Pakistani batsman Asif Iqbal became the first man to score a Test century at McLean Park when he made 104 against New Zealand in 1979. Jesse Ryder's score of 201, made against India in 2009, remains the highest score seen at the ground, which is the only double century at the venue. There are 23 test centuries have been scored at the ground.[4]

Twenty one ODI centuries have been scored at McLean Park, the first by Englishman Chris Broad who scored 106 from 140 deliveries against New Zealand in 1988. The highest score achieved at the ground is 141 not out made by Australian maestro Ricky Ponting against England in 2005.[5]

Ross Taylor has scored 2 Test and 3 ODI centuries at McLean Park, which is highest by a player 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 McLean Park.
  • 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 McLean Park.

No.ScorePlayerTeamBallsInns.Opposing teamDateResult
1 104Asif Iqbal Pakistan NR1 New Zealand16 February 1979Drawn
2 114Geoff Howarth New Zealand NR2 Pakistan16 February 1979Drawn
3 119*Majid Khan Pakistan NR3 New Zealand16 February 1979Drawn
4 113*John Wright New Zealand 2082 India9 February 1990Drawn
5 160Hamish Marshall New Zealand 2501 Sri Lanka4 April 2005Drawn
6 114Nathan Astle New Zealand 2031 Sri Lanka4 April 2005Drawn
7 127Marvan Atapattu Sri Lanka 2442 New Zealand4 April 2005Drawn
8 108Mahela Jayawardene Sri Lanka 2432 New Zealand4 April 2005Drawn
9 129Kevin Pietersen England 2081 New Zealand22 March 2008Won
10 177Andrew Strauss England 3433 New Zealand22 March 2008Won
11 110Ian Bell England 1673 New Zealand22 March 2008Won
12 126*Shivnarine Chanderpaul West Indies 2821 New Zealand19 December 2008Drawn
13 136Tim McIntosh New Zealand 3372 West Indies19 December 2008Drawn
14 197Chris Gayle West Indies 3963 New Zealand19 December 2008Drawn
15 151Ross Taylor (1/2) New Zealand 2041 India26 March 2009Drawn
16 201Jesse Ryder New Zealand 3281 India26 March 2009Drawn
17 115Brendon McCullum New Zealand 1401 India26 March 2009Drawn
18 137Gautam Gambhir India 4363 New Zealand26 March 2009Drawn
19 124*VVS Laxman India 2123 New Zealand26 March 2009Drawn
20 117*Imran Farhat Pakistan 1691 New Zealand11 December 2009Drawn
21 134Daniel Vettori New Zealand 1862 Pakistan11 December 2009Drawn
22 122*Ross Taylor (2/2) New Zealand 2011 Zimbabwe26 January 2012Won
23 102*BJ Watling New Zealand 1491 Zimbabwe26 January 2012Won

One Day International centuries

The following table summarises the One Day International centuries scored at McLean Park.

No.ScorePlayerTeamBallsInns.Opposing teamDateResult
1106Chris Broad England1401 New Zealand16 March 1988Lost
2101John Wright New Zealand1202 England16 March 1988Won
3111*Stephen Fleming New Zealand1372 Australia12 February 1998Won
4104*Nathan Astle (1/2) New Zealand1372 Zimbabwe6 March 1998Won
5104Nathan Astle (2/2) New Zealand1281 Australia1 March 2000Lost
6107Michael Bevan Australia1412 New Zealand1 March 2000Won
7108Virender Sehwag India1192 New Zealand29 December 2002Lost
8141*Ricky Ponting Australia1271 New Zealand5 March 2005Won
9112Peter Fulton New Zealand1312 Sri Lanka8 January 2006Lost
10102Lou Vincent New Zealand1171 West Indies1 March 2006Won
11110*Runako Morton West Indies1552 New Zealand1 March 2006Lost
12128*Ross Taylor (1/3) New Zealand1331 Sri Lanka28 December 2006Lost
13111Sanath Jayasuriya Sri Lanka822 New Zealand28 December 2006Won
14139Jamie How New Zealand1162 England20 February 2008Tied
15135Chris Gayle West Indies1291 New Zealand13 January 2009Lost
16119Brendon McCullum New Zealand881 Zimbabwe9 February 2012Won
17100Ross Taylor (2/3) New Zealand1171 England20 February 2013Lost
18123Virat Kohli India1112 New Zealand19 January 2014Lost
19112Kane Williamson New Zealand881 Pakistan3 February 2015Won
20102*Ross Taylor (3/3) New Zealand701 Pakistan3 February 2015Won
21117*Martin Guptill New Zealand1162 Bangladesh13 February 2019Won

Twenty 20 International centuries

The following table summarises the Twenty 20 International centuries scored at McLean Park.

No.ScorePlayerTeamBallsInns.Opposing teamDateResult
1103*Dawid Malan England511 New Zealand8 November 2019Won

References
  1. "McLean Park — Cricinfo profile". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
  2. "McLean Park, Napier / Records / Test matches / Match results". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
  3. "McLean Park, Napier / 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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