List of international cricket centuries at the Queen's Park Oval

The Queen's Park Oval is a cricket ground in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. With a capacity of 25,000 it is the largest ground in the West Indies.[1] 59 Test matches have been played at the ground, the first of these was in 1930 when the West Indies played the touring England team.[2] 65 One Day Internationals (ODIs) have also been played at the Queen's Park Oval. The first ODI at the ground was played between the West Indies and India.[3] Additionally, the ground hosted three World Series Cricket one-day games and a Supertest between the WSC West Indies and WSC Australian teams.

The Queen's Park Oval in 2004

The Englishman Patsy Hendren was the first player to score a Test century at the ground. Hendren's innings of 205 not out was made in 1930 against the West Indies, it is one of only 6 double centuries scored at the ground. The Indian Sunil Gavaskar's innings of 220, made against the West Indies in 1971, remains the highest individual score at the Queen's Park Oval. Sunil Gavaskar is also the only overseas player to have scored four Test centuries at the ground, the others are Everton Weekes, Rohan Kanhai and Alvin Kallicharran. Everton Weekes's 207, made against India in 1953, is the highest individual innings by a West Indian at the ground.[4]

The first of sixteen ODI centuries made at the Queen's Park Oval was scored by the Englishman Graham Gooch in 1986, his innings of 129 came from 118 deliveries. Brian Lara holds the record for highest individual ODI score at the ground, his innings of 146 not out from 132 deliveries was made against New Zealand in 1996. India's Virat Kohli is the only player to have scored three 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 Queen's Park Oval.
  • 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] or a no result.[11]

Test centuries

The following table summarises the Test centuries scored at the Queen's Park Oval.[4]

No.ScorePlayerTeamBallsInns.Opposing teamDateResult
1 205*Patsy Hendren England NR3 West Indies1 February 1930Won
2 105Les Ames England NR3 West Indies1 February 1930Won
3 140Billy Griffith England NR1 West Indies11 February 1948Drawn
4 107George Carew West Indies NR2 England11 February 1948Drawn
5 112Andy Ganteaume West Indies NR2 England11 February 1948Drawn
6 133Jack Robertson England NR3 West Indies11 February 1948Drawn
7 130Polly Umrigar (1/2) India NR1 West Indies21 January 1953Drawn
8 207Everton Weekes (1/4) West Indies NR2 India21 January 1953Drawn
9 115Bruce Pairaudeau West Indies NR2 India21 January 1953Drawn
10 161Everton Weekes (2/4) West Indies NR2 India19 February 1953Drawn
11 163*Madhav Apte India NR3 West Indies19 February 1953Drawn
12 104*Jeffrey Stollmeyer West Indies NR4 India19 February 1953Drawn
13 206Everton Weekes (3/4) West Indies NR1 England17 March 1954Drawn
14 167Frank Worrell West Indies NR1 England17 March 1954Drawn
15 124Clyde Walcott (1/3) West Indies NR1 England17 March 1954Drawn
16 135Peter May England NR2 West Indies17 March 1954Drawn
17 133Denis Compton England NR2 West Indies17 March 1954Drawn
18 126Clyde Walcott (2/3) West Indies NR1 Australia11 April 1955Drawn
19 139Everton Weekes (4/4) West Indies NR1 Australia11 April 1955Drawn
20 110Colin McDonald Australia NR2 West Indies11 April 1955Drawn
21 111Arthur Morris Australia NR2 West Indies11 April 1955Drawn
22 133Neil Harvey Australia NR2 West Indies11 April 1955Drawn
23 110Clyde Walcott (3/3) West Indies NR3 Australia11 April 1955Drawn
24 189Wazir Mohammad Pakistan NR2 West Indies26 March 1958Won
25 121Ken Barrington (1/2) England NR1 West Indies28 January 1960Won
26 108Mike Smith England NR1 West Indies28 January 1960Won
27 110Rohan Kanhai (1/4) West Indies NR4 England28 January 1960Lost
28 119Colin Cowdrey (2/2) England NR1 West Indies25 March 1960Drawn
29 101*Jim Parks England NR3 West Indies25 March 1960Drawn
30 139Rohan Kanhai (2/4) West Indies NR1 India4 April 1962Won
31 104Salim Durani India NR3 West Indies4 April 1962Lost
32 172*Polly Umrigar (2/2) India NR3 West Indies4 April 1962Lost
33 117Basil Butcher West Indies NR1 Australia26 March 1965Drawn
34 143Bob Cowper Australia NR2 West Indies26 March 1965Drawn
35 117Brian Booth Australia NR2 West Indies26 March 1965Drawn
36 121Rohan Kanhai (3/4) West Indies NR1 Australia14 May 1965Lost
37 143Ken Barrington (2/2) England NR1 West Indies19 January 1968Drawn
38 118Tom Graveney England NR1 West Indies19 January 1968Drawn
39 118Clive Lloyd (1/2) West Indies NR2 England19 January 1968Drawn
40 136Seymour Nurse West Indies NR1 England14 March 1968Lost
41 153Rohan Kanhai (4/4) West Indies NR1 England14 March 1968Lost
42 148Colin Cowdrey (1/2) England NR2 West Indies14 March 1968Won
43 112Dilip Sardesai India NR2 West Indies6 March 1971Won
44 124Sunil Gavaskar (1/4) India NR1 West Indies13 April 1971Drawn
45 105Charlie Davis West Indies NR2 India13 April 1971Drawn
46 132Garry Sobers West Indies NR2 India13 April 1971Drawn
47 220Sunil Gavaskar (2/4) India NR3 West Indies13 April 1971Drawn
48 166*Bev Congdon New Zealand NR1 West Indies9 March 1972Drawn
49 101Alvin Kallicharran (1/4) West Indies NR1 New Zealand20 April 1972Drawn
50 112Doug Walters Australia NR1 West Indies23 March 1973Won
51 158Alvin Kallicharran (2/4) West Indies 3342 England2 February 1974Won
52 174Dennis Amiss England 4293 West Indies2 February 1974Lost
53 123Lawrence Rowe West Indies 3402 England30 March 1974Lost
54 112Geoff Boycott England 3853 West Indies30 March 1974Won
55 130Viv Richards (1/3) West Indies 2031 India24 March 1976Drawn
56 156Sunil Gavaskar (3/4) India 3522 West Indies24 March 1976Drawn
57 115*Brijesh Patel India NR2 West Indies24 March 1976Drawn
58 177Viv Richards (2/3) West Indies NR1 India7 April 1976Lost
59 103*Alvin Kallicharran (3/4) West Indies NR3 India7 April 1976Lost
60 102Sunil Gavaskar (4/4) India NR4 West Indies7 April 1976Won
61 112Gundappa Viswanath India NR4 West Indies7 April 1976Won
62 120Roy Fredericks West Indies NR2 Pakistan4 March 1977Won
63 121Mushtaq Mohammad Pakistan NR1 West Indies1 April 1977Won
64 127Alvin Kallicharran (4/4) West Indies NR2 Australia3 March 1978Won
65 123Larry Gomes West Indies 3332 India11 March 1983Drawn
66 143Clive Lloyd (2/2) West Indies NR2 India11 March 1983Drawn
67 117Mohinder Amarnath India NR3 West Indies11 March 1983Drawn
68 100*Kapil Dev India 953 West Indies11 March 1983Drawn
69 130Jeff Dujon (1/2) West Indies 1872 Australia16 March 1984Drawn
70 100*Allan Border Australia 2693 West Indies16 March 1984Drawn
71 100Gordon Greenidge West Indies 2351 New Zealand29 March 1985Drawn
72 102Richie Richardson West Indies 1402 England7 March 1986Won
73 123Viv Richards (3/3) West Indies 1693 Pakistan14 April 1988Drawn
74 106*Jeff Dujon (2/2) West Indies 1753 Pakistan14 April 1988Drawn
75 102Javed Miandad Pakistan 2654 West Indies14 April 1988Drawn
76 143*Desmond Haynes West Indies 2883 Pakistan16 April 1993Won
77 201Navjot Sidhu India 4912 West Indies14 March 1997Drawn
78 128Stuart Williams West Indies 2993 India14 March 1997Drawn
79 106Michael Slater Australia 2053 West Indies5 March 1999Won
80 113*Andy Flower Zimbabwe 2902 West Indies16 March 2000Lost
81 103Daryll Cullinan South Africa 1551 West Indies17 March 2001Won
82 117Sachin Tendulkar India 2601 West Indies19 April 2002Won
83 206Ricky Ponting Australia 3621 West Indies19 April 2003Won
84 160Darren Lehmann Australia 2281 West Indies19 April 2003Won
85 101*Adam Gilchrist Australia 1041 West Indies19 April 2003Won
86 117Daren Ganga West Indies 2382 Australia19 April 2003Lost
87 100*Matthew Hayden Australia 1803 West Indies19 April 2003Won
88 122Brian Lara (1/2) West Indies 2084 Australia19 April 2003Lost
89 196Brian Lara (2/2) West Indies 2861 South Africa8 April 2005Lost
90 148Graeme Smith South Africa 3132 West Indies8 April 2005Won
91 107*Ramnaresh Sarwan (1/2) West Indies 2213 South Africa8 April 2005Lost
92 125Thilan Samaraweera Sri Lanka 1993 West Indies3 April 2008Lost
93 102Ramnaresh Sarwan (2/2) West Indies 1724 Sri Lanka3 April 2008Won
94 142Andrew Strauss England 2711 West Indies6 March 2009Drawn
95 161Paul Collingwood England 2881 West Indies6 March 2009Drawn
96 131*Matt Prior England 1981 West Indies6 March 2009Drawn
97 102Chris Gayle West Indies 1702 England6 March 2009Drawn
98 147*Shivnarine Chanderpaul West Indies 3612 England6 March 2009Drawn
99 109Brendan Nash West Indies 2572 England6 March 2009Drawn
100 102Kevin Pietersen England 923 West Indies6 March 2009Drawn
101 129Kraigg Brathwaite West Indies 2582 New Zealand16 June 2014Won
102 109Darren Bravo West Indies 1552 New Zealand16 June 2014Won
103 125*Shane Dowrich West Indies 3251 Sri Lanka6 June 2018Won
104 102Kusal Mendis Sri Lanka 2104 West Indies6 June 2018Lost

One Day International centuries

The following table summarises the One Day International centuries scored at the Queen's Park Oval.[5]

No.ScorePlayerTeamBallsInns.Opposing teamDateResult
1129*Graham Gooch England1182 West Indies4 March 1986Won
2142*Desmond Haynes (1/2) West Indies1321 Pakistan18 March 1988Won
3104Phil Simmons West Indies1392 South Africa12 April 1992Won
4115Desmond Haynes (2/2) West Indies1121 England5 March 1994Won
5139Brian Lara (1/2) West Indies1231 Australia12 March 1995Won
6106*Stephen Fleming New Zealand1082 West Indies29 March 1996Won
7146*Brian Lara (2/2) West Indies1342 New Zealand30 March 1996Won
8119Clayton Lambert West Indies1241 England8 April 1998Won
9109Runako Morton West Indies1501 Zimbabwe13 May 2006No result
10116Vusi Sibanda Zimbabwe1371 Bermuda20 May 2006Won
11114Virender Sehwag India871 Bermuda19 March 2007Won
12109Sanath Jayasuriya Sri Lanka871 Bangladesh21 March 2007Won
13102Virat Kohli (1/3) India831 West Indies5 July 2013Won
14103Ajinkya Rahane India1041 West Indies25 June 2017Won
15120Virat Kohli (2/3) India1251 West Indies11 August 2019Won
16114*Virat Kohli (3/3) India992 West Indies12 August 2019Won

World Series Cricket centuries

The following table summarises the WSC centuries scored at the Queen's Park Oval.[12]

No.ScorePlayerTeamBallsInns.Opposing teamDateResult
1122Bruce Laird WSC AustraliansNR1 WSC West Indies17 March 1979Won
2150Greg Chappell WSC AustraliansNR2 WSC West Indies19 March 1979Won

References

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