List of international cricket centuries at Willowmoore Park

Willowmoore Park is a sports ground in Benoni, South Africa, it has a capacity of 20,000. The ground has hosted One Day Internationals (ODIs) since its first match in 1997 when India played Zimbabwe.[1] 21 ODIs have been played at the ground[2]

Nine ODI centuries have been scored at Willowmoore Park, and the first by Indian maestro Sachin Tendulkar who scored 104 from 97 deliveries against Zimbabwe in the inaugural match in 1997. The highest score achieved at the ground is 140 made by South African opener Hashim Amla against Bangladesh in 2008.[3]

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 Willowmoore Park.
  • 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 Willowmoore Park.

No.ScorePlayerTeamBallsInns.Opposing teamDateResult
1104Sachin Tendulkar India972 Zimbabwe9 February 1997Won
2123*Marvan Atapattu Sri Lanka1212 South Africa1 December 2002Won
3140Hashim Amla South Africa1351 Bangladesh9 November 2008Won
4121*Neil McCallum Scotland1381 Ireland1 April 2009Lost
5101William Porterfield Ireland892 Scotland1 April 2009Won
6103*Tatenda Taibu Zimbabwe1122 South Africa9 November 2009Won
7129JP Duminy South Africa1171 Zimbabwe8 November 2010Won
8109AB de Villiers South Africa991 Zimbabwe8 November 2010Won
9113Temba Bavuma South Africa1231 Ireland25 September 2016Won

References
  1. "Willowmoore Park — Cricinfo profile". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
  2. "Willowmoore Park, Benoni / Records / One-Day Internationals / Match results". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
  3. "Statistics / Statsguru / One-Day Internationals / Batting records". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
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