List of international cricket centuries at Kingsmead Cricket Ground

South Africa vs Australia at Kingsmead, 2009

Kingsmead is a cricket ground in Durban, South Africa. It has a capacity of 25,000 and at present operates under the sponsor name of "Sahara Stadium Kingsmead".^[1] Kingsmead has hosted 40 Test matches, the first was in 1923 when South Africa played the touring England team.^[2] The ground has also hosted 39 One Day Internationals (ODIs), the first was in 1992 when South Africa played India.^[3]

The Englishman Phil Mead became the first Test century scorer at the ground when he made 181 against South Africa in 1923. Of the 70 Test centuries made at the ground the highest is Gary Kirsten's innings of 275 made against England in 1999. The highest score by an overseas player is 243 which was achieved by the Englishman Eddie Paynter. The only other players to have scored a double century at Kingsmead are Graeme Pollock and Bill Edrich. Three players have scored a century in both innings of a match at the ground. The Englishman Jack Russell became the first player to do it in 1912 followed by the Australian's Ricky Ponting and Phillip Hughes in 2006 and 2009 respectively. Jacques Kallis holds the record for the most Test centuries at the ground with five.^[4]

In 1993, against Pakistan, the West Indian Brian Lara scored the first of fifteen ODI centuries at the ground. Lara's innings of 128 from 125 deliveries remains the highest ODI score seen at Kingsmead. Jacques Kallis is the only player to have scored two ODI centuries at the ground, with scores of 109 not out against Pakistan in 1998 and 119 not out against India in 2006.^[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 Kingsmead.
• 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][8] lost^[9][10] or if the match was drawn,^[11] tied,^[12] or a no result.^[13]

Test centuries

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

No.	Score	Player	Team	Balls	Inns.	Opposing team	Date	Result
1	181	Mead, PhilPhil Mead	England	NR	1	South Africa	18 January 1923	Drawn
2	140	Russell, JackJack Russell (1/2)	England	NR	1	South Africa	16 February 1923	Won
3	111	Russell, JackJack Russell (2/2)	England	NR	3	South Africa	16 February 1923	Won
4	102	Taylor, HerbieHerbie Taylor	South Africa	NR	4	England	16 February 1923	Lost
5	100	Tyldesley, ErnestErnest Tyldesley	England	NR	1	South Africa	4 February 1928	Lost
6	119	Catterall, BobBob Catterall	South Africa	NR	2	England	4 February 1928	Won
7	136*	Hammond, WallyWally Hammond (1/3)	England	NR	2	South Africa	16 January 1931	Drawn
8	149	McCabe, StanStan McCabe	Australia	NR	2	South Africa	14 December 1935	Won
9	109	Chipperfield, ArthurArthur Chipperfield	Australia	NR	2	South Africa	14 December 1935	Won
10	118	Fingleton, JackJack Fingleton	Australia	NR	2	South Africa	28 February 1936	Won
11	243	Paynter, EddieEddie Paynter	England	NR	1	South Africa	20 January 1939	Won
12	120	Hammond, WallyWally Hammond (2/3)	England	NR	1	South Africa	20 January 1939	Won
13	109	Mitchell, BruceBruce Mitchell	South Africa	NR	3	England	20 January 1939	Lost
14	125	van der Bijl, PieterPieter van der Bijl	South Africa	NR	1	England	3 March 1939	Drawn
15	103	Nourse, DudleyDudley Nourse	South Africa	NR	1	England	3 March 1939	Drawn
16	103	Melville, AlanAlan Melville	South Africa	NR	3	England	3 March 1939	Drawn
17	120	Gibb, PaulPaul Gibb	England	NR	4	South Africa	3 March 1939	Drawn
18	219	Edrich, BillBill Edrich	England	NR	4	South Africa	3 March 1939	Drawn
19	140	Hammond, WallyWally Hammond (3/3)	England	NR	4	South Africa	3 March 1939	Drawn
20	143	Rowan, EricEric Rowan	South Africa	NR	1	Australia	20 January 1950	Lost
21	151*	Harvey, NeilNeil Harvey	Australia	NR	4	South Africa	20 January 1950	Won
22	101	McLean, RoyRoy McLean (1/2)	South Africa	NR	1	New Zealand	11 December 1953	Won
23	107	Rabone, GeoffGeoff Rabone	New Zealand	NR	2	South Africa	11 December 1953	Lost
24	100	McLean, RoyRoy McLean (2/2)	South Africa	NR	2	England	25 January 1957	Drawn
25	110*	Insole, DougDoug Insole	England	NR	3	South Africa	25 January 1957	Drawn
26	105	McGlew, JackieJackie McGlew (1/2)	South Africa	NR	2	Australia	24 January 1958	Drawn
27	134	Waite, JohnJohn Waite	South Africa	NR	2	Australia	24 January 1958	Drawn
28	127*	McGlew, JackieJackie McGlew (2/2)	South Africa	NR	1	New Zealand	8 December 1961	Won
29	148*	Barrington, KenKen Barrington	England	NR	1	South Africa	4 December 1964	Won
30	108*	Parks, JimJim Parks	England	NR	1	South Africa	4 December 1964	Won
31	137	Lindsay, DenisDenis Lindsay	South Africa	NR	1	Australia	20 January 1967	Won
32	140	Richards, BarryBarry Richards	South Africa	164	1	Australia	5 February 1970	Won
33	274	Pollock, GraemeGraeme Pollock	South Africa	401	1	Australia	5 February 1970	Won
34	118	Wessels, KeplerKepler Wessels	South Africa	266	1	India	13 November 1992	Drawn
35	103	Amre, PravinPravin Amre	India	299	2	South Africa	13 November 1992	Drawn
36	113*	Waugh, MarkMark Waugh	Australia	222	3	South Africa	25 March 1994	Drawn
37	132	Mahmood, AzharAzhar Mahmood	Pakistan	163	1	South Africa	26 February 1998	Won
38	118	Anwar, SaeedSaeed Anwar	Pakistan	209	3	South Africa	26 February 1998	Won
39	146*	Hussain, NasserNasser Hussain	England	463	1	South Africa	26 December 1999	Drawn
40	275	Kirsten, GaryGary Kirsten (1/3)	South Africa	642	3	England	26 December 1999	Drawn
41	108	Boucher, MarkMark Boucher	South Africa	220	3	England	26 December 1999	Drawn
42	180	Kirsten, GaryGary Kirsten (2/3)	South Africa	461	1	Sri Lanka	26 December 2000	Drawn
43	104	Gibbs, HerschelleHerschelle Gibbs (1/2)	South Africa	198	4	Australia	15 March 2002	Won
44	105	Kallis, JacquesJacques Kallis (1/5)	South Africa	236	1	Pakistan	26 December 2002	Won
45	142	Gibbs, HerschelleHerschelle Gibbs (2/2)	South Africa	175	2	West Indies	26 December 2003	Won
46	177	Kallis, JacquesJacques Kallis (2/5)	South Africa	344	2	West Indies	26 December 2003	Won
47	137	Kirsten, GaryGary Kirsten (3/3)	South Africa	218	2	West Indies	26 December 2003	Won
48	114	Sarwan, RamnareshRamnaresh Sarwan	West Indies	225	3	South Africa	26 December 2003	Lost
49	109	Chanderpaul, ShivnarineShivnarine Chanderpaul	West Indies	171	3	South Africa	26 December 2003	Lost
50	162	Kallis, JacquesJacques Kallis (3/5)	South Africa	264	2	England	26 December 2004	Drawn
51	132	Trescothick, MarcusMarcus Trescothick	England	261	3	South Africa	26 December 2004	Drawn
52	136	Strauss, AndrewAndrew Strauss	England	285	3	South Africa	26 December 2004	Drawn
53	118*	Thorpe, GrahamGraham Thorpe	England	209	3	South Africa	26 December 2004	Drawn
54	103	Ponting, RickyRicky Ponting (1/2)	Australia	225	1	South Africa	24 March 2006	Won
55	114	Kallis, JacquesJacques Kallis (4/5)	South Africa	223	2	Australia	24 March 2006	Lost
56	102	Hayden, MatthewMatthew Hayden	Australia	217	3	South Africa	24 March 2006	Won
57	116	Ponting, RickyRicky Ponting (2/2)	Australia	187	3	South Africa	24 March 2006	Won
58	121	Prince, AshwellAshwell Prince (1/2)	South Africa	212	1	India	26 December 2006	Won
59	147	Smith, GraemeGraeme Smith	South Africa	165	2	West Indies	10 January 2008	Won
60	123*	Prince, AshwellAshwell Prince (2/2)	South Africa	196	2	West Indies	10 January 2008	Won
61	103*	de Villiers, ABAB de Villiers	South Africa	109	2	West Indies	10 January 2008	Won
62	105	Samuels, MarlonMarlon Samuels	West Indies	190	3	South Africa	10 January 2008	Lost
63	115	Hughes, PhillipPhillip Hughes (1/2)	Australia	151	1	South Africa	6 March 2009	Won
64	108	Katich, SimonSimon Katich	Australia	190	1	South Africa	6 March 2009	Won
65	160	Hughes, PhillipPhillip Hughes (2/2)	Australia	323	3	South Africa	6 March 2009	Won
66	118	Cook, AlastairAlastair Cook	England	263	2	South Africa	26 December 2009	Won
67	140	Bell, IanIan Bell	England	227	2	South Africa	26 December 2009	Won
68	102	Samaraweera, ThilanThilan Samaraweera	Sri Lanka	269	1	South Africa	26 December 2011	Won
69	108	Sangakkara, KumarKumar Sangakkara	Sri Lanka	190	3	South Africa	26 December 2011	Won
70	115	Kallis, JacquesJacques Kallis (5/5)	South Africa	316	2	India	26 December 2013	Won
71	118*	Elgar, DeanDean Elgar	South Africa	246	2	England	28 December 2015	Lost

One Day International centuries

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

No.	Score	Player	Team	Balls	Inns.	Opposing team	Date	Result
1	128	Lara, BrianBrian Lara	West Indies	125	1	Pakistan	19 February 1993	Won
2	101*	Ranatunga, ArjunaArjuna Ranatunga	Sri Lanka	108	1	Pakistan	2 December 1994	Lost
3	100	Sohail, AamerAamer Sohail	Pakistan	119	2	Sri Lanka	2 December 1994	Won
4	114*	Ahmed, IjazIjaz Ahmed	Pakistan	90	2	South Africa	17 December 1994	Won
5	109*	Kallis, JacquesJacques Kallis (1/2)	South Africa	114	1	Pakistan	3 April 1998	Won
6	105	Gilchrist, AdamAdam Gilchrist	Australia	104	2	South Africa	3 April 2002	Won
7	124	Atapattu, MarvanMarvan Atapattu	Sri Lanka	129	1	South Africa	3 March 2003	Tied
8	111*	Ganguly, SouravSourav Ganguly	India	114	1	Kenya	20 March 2003	Won
9	118	Gibbs, HerschelleHerschelle Gibbs	South Africa	133	1	England	11 February 2005	No result
10	117	Smith, GraemeGraeme Smith	South Africa	129	1	Zimbabwe	27 February 2005	Won
11	101	Dippenaar, BoetaBoeta Dippenaar	South Africa	145	1	Australia	10 March 2006	Lost
12	119*	Kallis, JacquesJacques Kallis (2/2)	South Africa	160	1	India	22 November 2006	Won
13	101*	Yousuf, MohammadMohammad Yousuf	Pakistan	111	1	South Africa	7 February 2007	Won
14	106	de Kock, QuintonQuinton de Kock	South Africa	118	1	India	8 December 2013	Won
15	100	Amla, HashimHashim Amla	South Africa	117	1	India	8 December 2013	Won
16	117	Warner, DavidDavid Warner	Australia	107	1	South Africa	5 October 2016	Lost
17	108	Smith, SteveSteve Smith	Australia	107	1	South Africa	5 October 2016	Lost
18	118*	Miller, DavidDavid Miller	South Africa	79	2	Australia	5 October 2016	Won

Twenty20 International century

The following table summarises the Twenty20 International century scored at Kingsmead.^[14]

No.	Score	Player	Team	Balls	Inns.	Opposing team	Date	Result
14	114*	van Wyk, MorneMorne van Wyk	South Africa	70	1	West Indies	14 January 2015	Won

Women's Test centuries

The following table summarises the women's Test centuries scored at Kingsmead.^[15]

No.	Score	Player	Team	Balls	Inns.	Opposing team	Date	Result
1	126	Sharpe, HelenHelen Sharpe	England	NR	1	South Africa	31 December 1960	Won

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