List of international cricket centuries at Newlands Cricket Ground

Newlands Cricket Ground is a South African cricket ground located in Cape Town, it has a capacity of 25,000. The ground hosted its first Test match in 1889 and its first One Day International (ODI) in 1992.[1] 52 Test matches have been played at the ground as well as 36 ODIs.[2][3]

Newlands during a Test match

The first Test match century scored at the ground was in 1889 by the Englishman Bobby Abel who made 120 against South Africa. 99 Test centuries have occurred at the ground, the highest of these was scored in 2006 by the New Zealander Stephen Fleming. Fleming's score of 262 from 423 deliveries is one of six double centuries the ground has seen, the others being 228, 209, 224, 258 and 201 scored by Herschelle Gibbs, Graeme Pollock, Jacques Kallis, Ben Stokes and Hashim Amla respectively. Jacques Kallis has scored the most Test centuries at the ground with nine.[4]

The New Zealand batsman Roger Twose was the first player to score an ODI century at the ground, making 103 against South Africa. Brian Lara and Sourav Ganguly are the only other non-South African batsman to have scored an ODI century at Newlands.Faf du Plessis holds the record for the highest score with 185*. Herschelle Gibbs and AB de Villiers are the only batsmen to have scored two ODI centuries at the ground.[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 the Newlands Cricket Ground.
  • The column title Date refers to the date the match started.
  • The column title Result refers to whether the player's team won,[6][7] lost[8][9] or if the match was drawn.[10][11]

Test centuries

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

No.ScorePlayerTeamBallsInns.Opposing teamDateResult
1120Bobby Abel England NR1 South Africa25 March 1889Won
2134*Henry Wood England NR2 South Africa19 March 1892Won
3124Arthur Hill England NR2 South Africa21 March 1896Won
4106Jimmy Sinclair (1/2) South Africa NR2 England1 April 1899Lost
5112Johnny Tyldesley England NR3 South Africa1 April 1899Won
6104Jimmy Sinclair (2/2) South Africa NR3 Australia8 November 1902Lost
7187Jack Hobbs England NR1 South Africa11 March 1910Won
8142Jack Ryder Australia NR2 South Africa26 November 1921Won
9123Bruce Mitchell (1/2) South Africa NR1 England1 January 1931Drawn
10141Jack Siedle South Africa NR1 England1 January 1931Drawn
11117Herbie Taylor South Africa NR1 England1 January 1931Drawn
12121Bill Brown Australia NR1 South Africa1 January 1936Won
13112Jack Fingleton Australia NR1 South Africa1 January 1936Won
14181Wally Hammond England NR1 South Africa31 December 1938Drawn
15115Les Ames England NR1 South Africa31 December 1938Drawn
16112Bryan Valentine England NR1 South Africa31 December 1938Drawn
17120Dudley Nourse (1/3) South Africa NR2 England31 December 1938Drawn
18120Bruce Mitchell (2/2) South Africa NR2 England1 January 1949Drawn
19112Dudley Nourse (2/3) South Africa NR2 England1 January 1949Drawn
20178Neil Harvey Australia NR1 South Africa31 December 1949Won
21114Dudley Nourse (3/3) South Africa NR3 Australia31 December 1949Lost
22135John Reid New Zealand NR1 South Africa1 January 1954Drawn
23101Colin Cowdrey England NR1 South Africa1 January 1957Won
24189Jim Burke Australia NR1 South Africa31 December 1957Won
25101Zin Harris New Zealand NR1 South Africa1 January 1962Won
26113Roy McLean South Africa NR4 New Zealand1 January 1962Lost
27138Eddie Barlow (1/2) South Africa NR1 England1 January 1965Drawn
28154Tony Pithey South Africa NR1 England1 January 1965Drawn
29121Mike Smith England NR2 South Africa1 January 1965Drawn
30153Bob Simpson Australia NR1 South Africa31 December 1966Won
31134Keith Stackpole Australia NR1 South Africa31 December 1966Won
32209Graeme Pollock South Africa NR2 Australia31 December 1966Lost
33127Eddie Barlow (2/2) South Africa 3221 Australia22 January 1970Won
34102Andrew Hudson South Africa 1741 Australia17 March 1994Lost
35112Hansie Cronje South Africa 2352 New Zealand2 January 1995Won
36109Dave Richardson South Africa 2062 New Zealand2 January 1995Won
37103Gary Kirsten South Africa 2041 India2 January 1997Won
38103*Brian McMillan South Africa 2331 India2 January 1997Won
39102*Lance Klusener South Africa 1001 India2 January 1997Won
40169Sachin Tendulkar (1/2) India 2542 South Africa2 January 1997Lost
41115Mohammad Azharuddin India 1102 South Africa2 January 1997Lost
42113Daryll Cullinan (1/4) South Africa 1591 Sri Lanka19 March 1998Won
43110Jacques Kallis (1/9) South Africa 3281 West Indies2 January 1999Won
44168Daryll Cullinan (2/4) South Africa 3061 West Indies2 January 1999Won
45105Jacques Kallis (2/9) South Africa 2292 England2 January 2000Won
46120Daryll Cullinan (3/4) South Africa 2552 England2 January 2000Won
47112Daryll Cullinan (4/4) South Africa 2322 Sri Lanka2 January 2001Won
48138*Adam Gilchrist Australia 1082 South Africa8 March 2002Won
49100*Ricky Ponting Australia 1604 South Africa8 March 2002Won
50151Graeme Smith (1/4) South Africa 2161 Pakistan2 January 2003Won
51228Herschelle Gibbs (1/2) South Africa 2401 Pakistan2 January 2003Won
52135Taufeeq Umar Pakistan 2542 South Africa2 January 2003Lost
53101Jacques Rudolph South Africa 2151 West Indies2 January 2004Drawn
54122*Mark Boucher South Africa 1731 West Indies2 January 2004Drawn
55116Chris Gayle West Indies 1202 South Africa2 January 2004Drawn
56115Brian Lara West Indies 2382 South Africa2 January 2004Drawn
57142Herschelle Gibbs (2/2) South Africa 2233 West Indies2 January 2004Drawn
58130*Jacques Kallis (3/9) South Africa 1913 West Indies2 January 2004Drawn
59105*Dwayne Smith West Indies 1054 South Africa2 January 2004Drawn
60149Jacques Kallis (4/9) South Africa 3341 England2 January 2005Won
61121Graeme Smith (2/4) South Africa 1072 Zimbabwe4 March 2005Won
62262Stephen Fleming New Zealand 4231 South Africa27 April 2006Drawn
63122*James Franklin New Zealand 2681 South Africa27 April 2006Drawn
64149Hashim Amla (1/3) South Africa 3172 New Zealand27 April 2006Drawn
65108*Ashwell Prince (1/2) South Africa 2862 New Zealand27 April 2006Drawn
66116Wasim Jaffer India 2441 South Africa2 January 2007Lost
67150Ashwell Prince (2/2) South Africa 2492 Australia19 March 2009Won
68102Jacques Kallis (5/9) South Africa 1632 Australia19 March 2009Won
69163AB de Villiers (1/3) South Africa 1962 Australia19 March 2009Won
70123*Mitchell Johnson Australia 1033 South Africa19 March 2009Lost
71108Jacques Kallis (6/9) South Africa 1891 England3 January 2010Drawn
72183Graeme Smith (3/4) South Africa 2733 England3 January 2010Drawn
73161Jacques Kallis (7/9) South Africa 2911 India2 January 2011Drawn
74146Sachin Tendulkar (2/2) India 3142 South Africa2 January 2011Drawn
75109*Jacques Kallis (8/9) South Africa 2403 India2 January 2011Drawn
76151Michael Clarke (1/2) Australia 1761 South Africa9 November 2011Lost
77101*Graeme Smith (4/4) South Africa 1404 Australia9 November 2011Won
78112Hashim Amla (2/3) South Africa 1344 Australia9 November 2011Won
79109Alviro Petersen (1/2) South Africa 1881 Sri Lanka3 January 2012Won
80224Jacques Kallis (9/9) South Africa 3251 Sri Lanka3 January 2012Won
81160*AB de Villiers (2/3) South Africa 2051 Sri Lanka3 January 2012Won
82115*Thilan Samaraweera Sri Lanka 2153 South Africa3 January 2012Lost
83106Alviro Petersen (2/2) South Africa 1762 New Zealand2 January 2013Won
84109Dean Brownlie New Zealand 1863 South Africa2 January 2013Lost
85111Younis Khan Pakistan 2261 South Africa14 February 2013Lost
86111Asad Shafiq Pakistan 2301 South Africa14 February 2013Lost
87135David Warner (1/2) Australia 1521 South Africa1 March 2014Won
88161*Michael Clarke (2/2) Australia 3011 South Africa1 March 2014Won
89145David Warner (2/2) Australia 1563 South Africa1 March 2014Won
90148AB de Villiers (3/3) South Africa 1942 West Indies2 January 2015Won
91258Ben Stokes England 1981 South Africa2 January 2016Drawn
92150*Jonny Bairstow England 1911 South Africa2 January 2016Drawn
93201Hashim Amla (3/3) South Africa 4772 England2 January 2016Drawn
94102*Temba Bavuma South Africa 1482 England2 January 2016Drawn
95129Dean Elgar(1/2) South Africa 2301 Sri Lanka2 January 2017Won
96101Quinton de Kock South Africa 1241 Sri Lanka2 January 2017Won
97141*Dean Elgar(2/2) South Africa 2841 Australia22 March 2018Won
98103Faf du Plessis South Africa 2262 Pakistan3 January 2019Won
99133*Dom Sibley England 3113 South Africa3 January 2020Won

One Day International centuries

The following table summarises the One Day International centuries scored at Newlands.[5]

No.ScorePlayerTeamBallsInns.Opposing teamDateResult
1 103Roger Twose New Zealand1151 South Africa4 November 2000Lost
2 124Gary Kirsten South Africa1301 Kenya22 October 2001Won
3 131*Neil McKenzie South Africa1211 Kenya22 October 2001Won
4 116Brian Lara West Indies1341 South Africa9 February 2003Won
5 107*Sourav Ganguly India1202 Kenya7 March 2003Won
6 109*Jacques Kallis South Africa941 West Indies25 January 2004Won
7 100Herschelle Gibbs (1/2) South Africa1151 England6 February 2005Won
8 100*Justin Kemp South Africa891 India26 November 2006Won
9 119Herschelle Gibbs (2/2) South Africa1012 New Zealand2 December 2007Won
10 121AB de Villiers (1/2) South Africa851 England27 November 2009Won
11 112Alex Hales England1281 South Africa14 February 2016Lost
12 101*AB de Villiers (2/2) South Africa972 England14 February 2016Won
13 122Rilee Rossouw South Africa1181 Australia12 October 2016Won
14 173David Warner Australia1362 South Africa12 October 2016Lost
15 185Faf du Plessis South Africa1411 Sri Lanka7 February 2017Won
16 119Upul Tharanga Sri Lanka902 South Africa7 February 2017Lost
17 160*Virat Kohli India1591 South Africa7 February 2018Won
18 107Quinton de Kock South Africa1132 England4 February 2020Won

Women's Test centuries

The following table summarises the women's Test centuries scored at Newlands.[12]

No.ScorePlayerTeamBallsInns.Opposing teamDateResult
1 105*Yvonne van Mentz South AfricaNR2 England13 January 1961Drawn
2 117*Trish McKelvey New ZealandNR3 South Africa25 February 1972Drawn

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