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List of international cricket centuries at Lancaster Park

Lancaster Park was a sports stadium in Christchurch, New Zealand.[1] Lancaster Park was used as an international cricket ground from 1930, when New Zealand played England in a Test match,[2] until its destruction in the 2011 Christchurch earthquake. The ground also hosted One Day Internationals (ODIs), the first of these was in 1973 when New Zealand played Pakistan.[3]

An aerial view of Lancaster Park

61 Test centuries were scored at Lancaster Park. The South African Jim Christy scored the first century at the ground when he made 103 against New Zealand in 1932. The first Test century by a New Zealander at Lancaster Park came in 1947, scored by Walter Hadlee against England. Walter Hadlee's son, Richard Hadlee, also scored a Test century at the ground when he made 103 against the West Indies in 1980. The West Indian Seymour Nurse holds the record for the highest Test innings at the ground, Nurse made 258 against New Zealand in 1969. Graham Dowling's 239, made against India in 1968, is the highest score at Lancaster Park by a New Zealander. Nathan Astle, also from New Zealand, holds the world record for fastest Test double century, which was made at Lancaster Park in 2002. Glenn Turner was the only player to have hit 3 Test centuries at the ground.[4][5]

The first ODI century made at the ground was in 1974 by the New Zealander Ken Wadsworth. Wadsworth made 104 from 98 deliveries against Australia. The Indian Sachin Tendulkar holds the record for the highest ODI innings at the ground. Tendulkar scored 163 not out from 133 deliveries against New Zealand in 2009. Three players have scored two ODI centuries at Lancaster Park: West Indian Gordon Greenidge, Australian Adam Gilchrist and New Zealander Stephen Fleming.[6]

Brendon McCullum was the only player to have scored a Twenty20 International century at Lancaster Park. McCullum's innings of 116 not out from 56 deliveries was made against Australia in 2010.[7]

Key edit

  • * 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 Lancaster Park.
  • The column title Date refers to the date the match started.
  • The column title Result refers to whether the player's team won,[8][9][10] lost[11][12] or if the match was drawn,[13][14] tied,[15] or a no result.[16]

List of centuries edit

  •  
    Brendon McCullum (NZ):
    McCullum has scored the only Twenty20 International century at the ground, 116* in 2010.
  •  
    Sachin Tendulkar (Ind):
    Tendulkar holds the record for the highest ODI score at the ground with 163*.

Test centuries edit

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

No. Score Player Team Balls Inns. Opposing team Date Result
1 103 Jim Christy   South Africa NR 2   New Zealand 27 February 1932 Won
2 113 Bruce Mitchell   South Africa NR 2   New Zealand 27 February 1932 Won
3 227 Wally Hammond   England NR 1   New Zealand 24 March 1933 Drawn
4 103 Les Ames   England NR 1   New Zealand 24 March 1933 Drawn
5 116 Walter Hadlee   New Zealand NR 1   England 21 March 1947 Drawn
6 116 Bert Sutcliffe   New Zealand NR 1   England 17 March 1951 Drawn
7 134* Trevor Bailey   England NR 2   New Zealand 17 March 1951 Drawn
8 103 Everton Weekes   West Indies NR 1   New Zealand 18 February 1956 Won
9 141 Ted Dexter   England 292 1   New Zealand 27 February 1959 Won
10 100 John Reid   New Zealand NR 3   England 15 March 1963 Lost
11 100* Hanif Mohammad   Pakistan NR 3   New Zealand 12 February 1965 Drawn
12 104 Bev Congdon (1/2)   New Zealand NR 2   England 25 February 1966 Drawn
13 239 Graham Dowling   New Zealand 519 1   India 22 February 1968 Won
14 258 Seymour Nurse   West Indies NR 1   New Zealand 13 March 1969 Drawn
15 117* Brian Hastings   New Zealand NR 3   West Indies 13 March 1969 Drawn
16 100 Basil D'Oliveira   England 216 2   New Zealand 25 February 1971 Won
17 101 Glenn Turner (1/3)   New Zealand 260 2   Australia 8 March 1974 Won
18 110* Glenn Turner (2/3)   New Zealand 355 4   Australia 8 March 1974 Won
19 164* Dennis Amiss   England 351 2   New Zealand 28 February 1975 Drawn
20 117 Glenn Turner (3/3)   New Zealand NR 2   India 5 February 1976 Drawn
21 250 Doug Walters   Australia 342 1   New Zealand 18 February 1977 Drawn
22 101 Gary Gilmour   Australia 146 1   New Zealand 18 February 1977 Drawn
23 107* Bev Congdon (2/2)   New Zealand 251 4   Australia 18 February 1977 Drawn
24 103 Ian Botham   England 288 1   New Zealand 24 February 1978 Won
25 129 Bruce Edgar   New Zealand NR 2   Pakistan 2 February 1979 Lost
26 160* Javed Miandad   Pakistan NR 3   New Zealand 2 February 1979 Won
27 147 Geoff Howarth   New Zealand 261 2   West Indies 22 February 1980 Drawn
28 103 Richard Hadlee   New Zealand 92 2   West Indies 22 February 1980 Drawn
29 122 Desmond Haynes   West Indies 199 3   New Zealand 22 February 1980 Drawn
30 100 Lawrence Rowe   West Indies 165 3   New Zealand 22 February 1980 Drawn
31 100* Collis King   West Indies 109 3   New Zealand 22 February 1980 Drawn
32 123* John Reid   New Zealand 429 2   India 6 March 1981 Drawn
33 176 Greg Chappell   Australia 218 1   New Zealand 19 March 1982 Won
34 141 John Wright (1/2)   New Zealand 262 3   Australia 19 March 1982 Lost
35 140 Allan Border (1/2)   Australia 338 1   New Zealand 28 February 1986 Drawn
36 137 Martin Crowe   New Zealand 226 2   Australia 28 February 1986 Drawn
37 114* Allan Border (2/2)   Australia 201 3   New Zealand 28 February 1986 Drawn
38 114 Chris Broad   England 244 1   New Zealand 12 February 1988 Drawn
39 185 John Wright (2/2)   New Zealand 443 1   India 2 February 1990 Won
40 148 Alec Stewart   England 265 1   New Zealand 18 January 1992 Won
41 102 Ken Rutherford   New Zealand 215 3   Australia 25 February 1993 Lost
42 103 Basit Ali   Pakistan 139 1   New Zealand 24 February 1994 Lost
43 120 Bryan Young   New Zealand 314 4   Pakistan 24 February 1994 Won
44 120* Shane Thomson   New Zealand 167 4   Pakistan 24 February 1994 Won
45 100* Adam Parore   New Zealand 249 1   West Indies 3 February 1995 Drawn
46 103 Ijaz Ahmed   Pakistan 213 3   New Zealand 8 December 1995 Won
47 118 Mike Atherton   England 311 4   New Zealand 14 February 1997 Won
48 211* Herschelle Gibbs   South Africa 468 2   New Zealand 11 March 1999 Drawn
49 148* Jacques Kallis   South Africa 340 2   New Zealand 11 March 1999 Drawn
50 204* Mathew Sinclair   New Zealand 348 1   Pakistan 15 March 2001 Drawn
51 130 Inzamam-ul-Haq   Pakistan 241 2   New Zealand 15 March 2001 Drawn
52 203 Mohammad Yousuf   Pakistan 429 2   New Zealand 15 March 2001 Drawn
53 101* Saqlain Mushtaq   Pakistan 291 2   New Zealand 15 March 2001 Drawn
54 106 Nasser Hussain   England 244 1   New Zealand 13 March 2002 Won
55 200* Graham Thorpe   England 231 3   New Zealand 13 March 2002 Won
56 137 Andrew Flintoff   England 163 3   New Zealand 13 March 2002 Won
57 222 Nathan Astle   New Zealand 168 4   England 13 March 2002 Lost
58 146 Hamish Marshall   New Zealand 256 1   Australia 10 March 2005 Lost
59 118 Simon Katich   Australia 229 2   New Zealand 10 March 2005 Won
60 121 Adam Gilchrist   Australia 126 2   New Zealand 10 March 2005 Won
61 100* Kumar Sangakkara   Sri Lanka 154 3   New Zealand 7 December 2006 Lost

One Day International centuries edit

The following table summarises the One Day International centuries scored at Lancaster Park.[6]

No. Score Player Team Balls Inns. Opposing team Date Result
1 104 Ken Wadsworth   New Zealand 98 2   Australia 31 March 1974 Lost
2 103 Gordon Greenidge (1/2)   West Indies 137 1   New Zealand 6 February 1980 Lost
3 133* Gordon Greenidge (2/2)   West Indies 140 2   New Zealand 28 March 1987 Won
4 107 Dean Jones   Australia 143 1   New Zealand 4 March 1990 Won
5 119* Ramiz Raja   Pakistan 155 2   New Zealand 18 March 1992 Won
6 118 Adam Gilchrist (1/2)   Australia 117 2   New Zealand 8 February 1998 Won
7 115 Chris Cairns   New Zealand 80 1   India 19 January 1999 Won
8 128 Adam Gilchrist (2/2)   Australia 98 1   New Zealand 26 February 2000 Won
9 104* Craig McMillan   New Zealand 75 1   Pakistan 25 February 2001 Won
10 115* Stephen Fleming (1/2)   New Zealand 135 2   Pakistan 10 January 2004 Won
11 108 Stephen Fleming (2/2)   New Zealand 115 2   South Africa 17 February 2004 Won
12 114 Matthew Hayden   Australia 124 1   New Zealand 22 February 2005 Won
13 101 Scott Styris   New Zealand 96 2   Australia 10 December 2005 Won
14 103 Upul Tharanga   Sri Lanka 125 1   New Zealand 3 January 2006 Lost
15 118* Nathan Astle   New Zealand 126 1   West Indies 25 February 2006 Won
16 163* Sachin Tendulkar   India 133 1   New Zealand 8 March 2009 Won
17 105 Jesse Ryder   New Zealand 80 2   India 8 March 2009 Lost
18 101 Imrul Kayes   Bangladesh 138 1   New Zealand 11 February 2010 Lost
19 115 Mohammad Hafeez   Pakistan 144 1   New Zealand 29 January 2011 Won

Twenty20 International centuries edit

The following table summarises the Twenty20 International centuries scored at Lancaster Park.[7]

No. Score Player Team Balls Inns. Opposing team Date Result
1 116* Brendon McCullum   New Zealand 56 1   Australia 28 February 2010 Tied (NZ won by super over)

Women's Test centuries edit

The following table summarises the women's Test centuries scored at the Lancaster Park.[17]

No. Score Player Team Balls Inns. Opposing team Date Result
1 189 Betty Snowball   England NR 2   New Zealand 16 February 1935 Won
2 110 Molly Hide   England NR 2   New Zealand 16 February 1935 Won
3 108 Mary Duggan   England NR 2   New Zealand 29 November 1957 Drawn

Women's One Day International centuries edit

The following table summarises the women's One Day International centuries scored at Lancaster Park.[18]

No. Score Player Team Balls Inns. Opposing team Date Result
1 100* Denise Annetts   Australia 104 1   England 25 January 1992 No result

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