List of international cricket centuries at the Kensington Oval

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Kensington Oval during the Final of the 2007 Cricket World Cup, looking towards the Worrell, Weekes and Walcott stand.

The Kensington Oval is a 15,000-capacity sports stadium located in Bridgetown on the island nation of Barbados.[1][2] Used mainly for cricket, the Kensington Oval hosted its first Test in 1930 and its first One Day International (ODI) in 1985.[3] The ground has seen 51 Tests—all including the West Indies—along with 30 ODIs, and has been the scene of 108 Test and 14 ODI centuries.[4][5][6] Additionally, the ground hosted a pair of World Series Cricket one-day games and a Supertest between the WSC West Indies and WSC Australian teams.

West Indian

Garry Sobers, Viv Richards and Brian Lara have all stuck three hundreds.[4]
As of January 2019, 9 batsmen have scored double centuries and two triple centuries has scored at the venue.

In the first ODI at the venue, Haynes scored 116 from 138

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 Kensington Oval.
  • 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] lost[10][11] or if the match was drawn.[12]

Test centuries

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

No. Score Player Team Balls Inns. Opposing team Date Result
1 122 Clifford Roach  West Indies NR 1  England 11 January 1930 Drawn
2 152 Andy Sandham  England NR 2  West Indies 11 January 1930 Drawn
3 176 George Headley  West Indies NR 3  England 11 January 1930 Drawn
4 220 Clyde Walcott  West Indies NR 1  England 6 February 1954 Won
5 166 John Holt  West Indies NR 3  England 6 February 1954 Won
6 137 Keith Miller  Australia NR 1  West Indies 14 May 1955 Drawn
7 118 Ray Lindwall  Australia NR 1  West Indies 14 May 1955 Drawn
8 219 Denis Atkinson  West Indies NR 2  Australia 14 May 1955 Drawn
9 122 Clairmonte Depeiaza  West Indies NR 2  Australia 14 May 1955 Drawn
10 142 Conrad Hunte  West Indies NR 1  Pakistan 17 January 1958 Drawn
11 197 Everton Weekes  West Indies NR 1  Pakistan 17 January 1958 Drawn
12 337 Hanif Mohammad  Pakistan NR 3  West Indies 17 January 1958 Drawn
13 128 Ken Barrington  England NR 1  West Indies 6 January 1960 Drawn
14 136* Ted Dexter  England NR 1  West Indies 6 January 1960 Drawn
15 226
Garry Sobers
(1/3)
 West Indies NR 2  England 6 January 1960 Drawn
16 197* Frank Worrell  West Indies NR 2  England 6 January 1960 Drawn
17 210 Bill Lawry  Australia NR 1  West Indies 5 May 1965 Drawn
18 201 Bob Simpson  Australia NR 1  West Indies 5 May 1965 Drawn
19 102 Bob Cowper  Australia NR 1  West Indies 5 May 1965 Drawn
20 129 Rohan Kanhai (1/2)  West Indies NR 2  Australia 5 May 1965 Drawn
21 201 Seymour Nurse  West Indies NR 2  Australia 5 May 1965 Drawn
22 146 John Edrich  England NR 2  West Indies 29 February 1968 Drawn
23 113* Clive Lloyd (1/4)  West Indies NR 3  England 29 February 1968 Drawn
24 178*
Garry Sobers
(2/3)
 West Indies NR 1  India 1 April 1971 Drawn
25 150 Dilip Sardesai  India NR 2  West Indies 1 April 1971 Drawn
26 117* Sunil Gavaskar  India NR 4  West Indies 1 April 1971 Drawn
27 126
Bev Congdon
 New Zealand NR 2  West Indies 23 March 1972 Drawn
28 105 Brian Hastings  New Zealand NR 2  West Indies 23 March 1972 Drawn
29 183 Charlie Davis  West Indies NR 3  New Zealand 23 March 1972 Drawn
30 142
Garry Sobers
(3/3)
 West Indies NR 3  New Zealand 23 March 1972 Drawn
31 106 Greg Chappell  Australia NR 1  West Indies 9 March 1973 Drawn
32 105 Rohan Kanhai (2/2)  West Indies NR 2  Australia 9 March 1973 Drawn
33 106* Ian Chappell  Australia NR 3  West Indies 9 March 1973 Drawn
34 102* Doug Walters  Australia NR 3  West Indies 9 March 1973 Drawn
35 148 Tony Greig  England 320 1  West Indies 6 March 1974 Drawn
36 302 Lawrence Rowe  West Indies 430 2  England 6 March 1974 Drawn
37 119 Alvin Kallicharran  West Indies 191 2  England 6 March 1974 Drawn
38 129* Keith Fletcher  England 357 3  West Indies 6 March 1974 Drawn
39 142 Viv Richards (1/3)  West Indies NR 2  India 10 March 1976 Won
40 102 Clive Lloyd (2/4)  West Indies NR 2  India 10 March 1976 Won
41 117* Wasim Raja  Pakistan NR 1  West Indies 18 February 1977 Drawn
42 157 Clive Lloyd (3/4)  West Indies NR 2  Pakistan 18 February 1977 Drawn
43 100 Clive Lloyd (4/4)  West Indies 167 1  England 13 March 1981 Won
44 182* Viv Richards (2/3)  West Indies 256 3  England 13 March 1981 Won
45 116 Graham Gooch  England 210 4  West Indies 13 March 1981 Lost
46 130 Gus Logie  West Indies NR 2  India 15 April 1983 Won
47 120 Wayne Phillips  Australia 197 1  West Indies 30 March 1984 Lost
48 145 Desmond Haynes (1/4)  West Indies 222 2  Australia 30 March 1984 Won
49 131* Richie Richardson (1/2)  West Indies 313 2  Australia 30 March 1984 Won
50 105 Viv Richards (3/3)  West Indies 147 2  New Zealand 26 April 1985 Won
51 160 Richie Richardson (2/2)  West Indies 278 1  England 21 March 1986 Won
52 108 Sanjay Manjrekar  India 221 1  West Indies 7 April 1989 Lost
53 117 Gordon Greenidge (1/2)  West Indies 182 2  India 7 April 1989 Won
54 107 Ravi Shastri  India 255 3  West Indies 7 April 1989 Lost
55 112* Desmond Haynes (2/4)  West Indies 128 4  India 7 April 1989 Won
56 164 Carlisle Best  West Indies 245 1  England 5 April 1990 Won
57 119 Allan Lamb  England 224 2  West Indies 5 April 1990 Lost
58 109 Desmond Haynes (3/4)  West Indies 177 3  England 5 April 1990 Won
59 226 Gordon Greenidge (2/2)  West Indies 480 3  Australia 19 April 1991 Won
60 163 Andrew Hudson  South Africa 384 2  West Indies 18 April 1992 Lost
61 125 Desmond Haynes (4/4)  West Indies 206 1  Pakistan 23 April 1993 Won
62 118 Alec Stewart (1/2)  England 221 1  West Indies 8 April 1994 Won
63 143 Alec Stewart (2/2)  England 319 3  West Indies 8 April 1994 Won
64 208 Sherwin Campbell (1/2)  West Indies 470 2  New Zealand 19 April 1996 Won
65 125 Nathan Astle  New Zealand 150 3  West Indies 19 April 1996 Lost
66 137* Shivnarine Chanderpaul (1/4)  West Indies 284 1  India 27 March 1997 Won
67 103 Graham Thorpe (1/2)  England 268 1  West Indies 12 March 1998 Drawn
68 154 Mark Ramprakash  England 388 1  West Indies 12 March 1998 Drawn
69 199 Steve Waugh (1/2)  Australia 376 1  West Indies 26 March 1999 Lost
70 104 Ricky Ponting (1/2)  Australia 290 1  West Indies 26 March 1999 Lost
71 105 Sherwin Campbell (2/2)  West Indies 271 2  Australia 26 March 1999 Won
72 153* Brian Lara (1/3)  West Indies 256 4  Australia 26 March 1999 Won
73 115
Mohammad Yousuf
 Pakistan 235 1  West Indies 18 May 2000 Drawn
74 165 Wavell Hinds  West Indies 236 2  Pakistan 18 May 2000 Drawn
75 131 Imran Nazir  Pakistan 180 3  West Indies 18 May 2000 Drawn
76 134 Daryll Cullinan  South Africa 272 1  West Indies 29 March 2001 Drawn
77 106* Shaun Pollock  South Africa 195 1  West Indies 29 March 2001 Drawn
78 113* Ridley Jacobs  West Indies 215 2  South Africa 29 March 2001 Drawn
79 115 Carl Hooper  West Indies 235 2  India 2 May 2002 Won
80 101* Shivnarine Chanderpaul (2/4)  West Indies 231 2  India 2 May 2002 Won
81 130 Stephen Fleming  New Zealand 230 1  West Indies 21 June 2002 Won
82 113 Ricky Ponting (2/2)  Australia 204 1  West Indies 1 May 2003 Won
83 115 Steve Waugh (2/2)  Australia 233 1  West Indies 1 May 2003 Won
84 119* Graham Thorpe (2/2)  England 217 2  West Indies 1 April 2004 Won
85 176 Brian Lara (2/3)  West Indies 224 1  South Africa 21 April 2005 Lost
86 104 Graeme Smith  South Africa 203 2  West Indies 21 April 2005 Won
87 178 AB de Villiers  South Africa 352 2  West Indies 21 April 2005 Won
88 130 Brian Lara (3/3)  West Indies 120 1  Pakistan 26 May 2005 Won
89 153* Shivnarine Chanderpaul (3/4)  West Indies 254 3  Pakistan 26 May 2005 Won
90 122 Shahid Afridi  Pakistan 95 4  West Indies 26 May 2005 Lost
91 108 Phil Jaques  Australia 224 3  West Indies 12 June 2008 Won
92 157 Simon Katich  Australia 332 3  West Indies 12 June 2008 Won
93 142 Andrew Strauss  England 210 1  West Indies 26 February 2009 Drawn
94 104 Ravi Bopara  England 143 1  West Indies 26 February 2009 Drawn
95 291 Ramnaresh Sarwan  West Indies 452 2  England 26 February 2009 Drawn
96 166 Denesh Ramdin  West Indies 268 2  England 26 February 2009 Drawn
97 139* Alastair Cook (1/2)  England 256 3  West Indies 26 February 2009 Drawn
98 103* Shivnarine Chanderpaul (4/4)  West Indies 248 1  Australia 7 April 2012 Lost
99 161* Kane Williamson  New Zealand 271 3  West Indies 26 June 2014 Won
100 105 Alastair Cook (2/2)  England 266 1  West Indies 1 May 2015 Lost
101 131 Roston Chase  West Indies 210 1  Pakistan 30 April 2017 Won
102 105 Azhar Ali  Pakistan 278 2  West Indies 30 April 2017 Lost
103 202* Jason Holder  West Indies 229 3  England 23 January 2019 Won
104 116* Shane Dowrich  West Indies 224 3  England 23 January 2019 Won
105 153 Joe Root  England 316 1  West Indies 16 March 2022 Drawn
106 120 Ben Stokes  England 128 1  West Indies 16 March 2022 Drawn
107 102 Jermaine Blackwood  West Indies 215 2  England 16 March 2022 Drawn
108 160 Kraigg Brathwaite  West Indies 489 2  England 16 March 2022 Drawn

One Day International centuries

The Kensington Oval has hosted 28 ODI matches, during which 13 centuries have been scored.[6] Here, one of these matches takes place in 2007.

The following table summarises the One Day International centuries scored at the Kensington Oval.[7]

No. Score Player Team Balls Inns. Opposing team Date result
1 116 Desmond Haynes (1/2)  West Indies 138 1  New Zealand 23 April 1985 Won
2 117* Desmond Haynes (2/2)  West Indies 132 1  India 7 March 1989 Won
3 113 Geoff Marsh  Australia 136 1  West Indies 13 March 1991 Won
4 109* Shivnarine Chanderpaul  West Indies 134 2  India 3 May 1997 Won
5 122 Nick Knight  England 130 1  West Indies 29 March 1998 Won
6 110 Brian Lara (1/2)  West Indies 106 2  England 29 March 1998 Lost
7 107 Herschelle Gibbs  South Africa 132 2  West Indies 9 May 2001 Won
8 116 Brian Lara (2/2)  West Indies 106 1  Sri Lanka 8 June 2003 Lost
9 104* Ramnaresh Sarwan  West Indies 105 1  England 5 May 2004 Lost
10 123 Boeta Dippenaar  South Africa 129 1  West Indies 11 May 2005 Won
11 132 Chris Gayle (1/2)  West Indies 152 2  South Africa 11 May 2005 Lost
12 100 Kevin Pietersen  England 91 2  West Indies 21 April 2007 Won
13 149 Adam Gilchrist  Australia 104 1  Sri Lanka 28 April 2007 Won
14 121 Mohammad Hafeez  Pakistan 138 1  West Indies 2 May 2011 Lost
15 125 Marlon Samuels  West Indies 134 1  Australia 21 June 2016 Lost
16 102 Darren Bravo  West Indies 103 1  South Africa 24 June 2016 Won
17 110 Alex Hales  England 107 1  West Indies 9 March 2017 Won
18 101 Joe Root (1/2)  England 108 1  West Indies 9 March 2017 Won
19 135 Chris Gayle (2/2)  West Indies 129 1  England 20 February 2019 Lost
20 123 Jason Roy  England 85 2  West Indies 20 February 2019 Won
21 102 Joe Root (2/2)  England 97 2  West Indies 20 February 2019 Won
22 104* Shimron Hetmyer  West Indies 83 1  England 22 February 2019 Won

World Series Cricket centuries

No. Score Player Team Balls Inns. Opposing team Date result
1 109 Martin Kent WSC Australians NR 2 WSC West Indies 7 March 1979 Lost

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