List of international cricket centuries by Gary Kirsten
innings
) on 21 and 13 occasions respectively.
Kirsten made both his Test and ODI debuts against
Pakistan in 1958.[3] His most prolific series was against England in 2003, when he made 462 runs at an average of 66.00 including two centuries.[1] His accomplishments with the bat during the season led to him being named as one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Year the following year.[2] As of June 2015, Kirsten is joint fourth in the list of leading Test century-makers for South Africa with AB de Villiers, and his total of three double centuries for the team is exceeded only by the four recorded by Graeme Smith.[4][5] He scored centuries against all nine other teams which held Test match status at the time, and was the first player to score a hundred against every other active Test-playing nation.[6]
Kirsten's first ODI century came against Australia in January 1994 in the first match of the best-of-three final of the
United Arab Emirates during the 1996 Cricket World Cup when he scored 188 not out. As of November 2016, this is the highest one-day figure recorded by a South African and the third-highest in the World Cup by any batsman.[a][8] In ODIs he was most successful against India, accumulating four centuries. South Africa lost only one of the thirteen matches in which Kirsten scored a century. As of November 2016, he is thirtieth among all-time century makers, and sixth in the equivalent list for South Africa.[9]
Key
Symbol | Meaning |
---|---|
* | Remained not out |
‡ | Man of the match
|
Pos. | Position in the batting order |
Balls | Balls faced |
Inn. | The innings of the match
|
Test | The number of the Test match played in that series |
S/R. | Strike rate during the innings |
H/A/N | Venue was at home (South Africa), away or neutral. |
Date | Match starting day |
Lost | The match was lost by South Africa. |
Won | The match was won by South Africa. |
Drawn | The match was drawn. |
Test cricket centuries
No. | Score | Against | Pos. | Inn. | Test | Venue | H/A/N | Date | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 110 | England | 2 | 1 | 2/5 | The Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg |
Home | 30 November 1995 | Drawn[10] |
2 ‡ | 102 | India | 2 | 1 | 2/3 | Eden Gardens, Kolkata | Away | 27 November 1996 | Won[11] |
3 ‡ | 133 | India | 2 | 3 | 2/3 | Eden Gardens, Kolkata | Away | 27 November 1996 | Won[11] |
4 | 103 | India | 2 | 1 | 2/3 | Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town | Home | 2 January 1997 | Won[12] |
5 | 100* | Pakistan | 1 | 1 | 3/3 | Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad | Away | 24 October 1997 | Won[13] |
6 | 108* | Australia | 1 | 3 | 3/3 | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide | Away | 30 January 1998 | Drawn[14] |
7 | 210 | England | 1 | 1 | 3/5 | Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester | Away | 2 July 1998 | Drawn[15] |
8 ‡ | 134 | West Indies | 1 | 3 | 5/5 | Centurion |
Home | 15 January 1999 | Won[16] |
9 | 128 | New Zealand | 1 | 1 | 1/3 | Eden Park, Auckland | Away | 27 February 1999 | Drawn[17] |
10 ‡ | 275 | England | 1 | 3 | 3/5 | Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban | Home | 26 December 1999 | Drawn[18] |
11 ‡ | 180 | Sri Lanka | 2 | 1 | 1/3 | Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban | Home | 26 December 2000 | Drawn[19] |
12 ‡ | 150 | West Indies | 1 | 2 | 1/5 | Bourda Cricket Ground, Georgetown |
Away | 9 March 2001 | Drawn[20] |
13 | 220 | Zimbabwe | 2 | 1 | 1/2 | Harare Sports Club, Harare | Away | 7 September 2001 | Won[21] |
14 | 153 | Australia | 2 | 3 | 3/3 | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | Away | 2 January 2002 | Lost[22] |
15 | 150 | Bangladesh | 3 | 1 | 1/2 | East London |
Home | 18 October 2002 | Won[23] |
16 | 160 | Bangladesh | 3 | 2 | 2/2 | Senwes Park, Potchefstroom |
Home | 25 October 2002 | Won[24] |
17 | 108 | England | 3 | 2 | 2/5 | Lord's Cricket Ground , London |
Away | 31 July 2003 | Won[25] |
18 ‡ | 130 | England | 3 | 1 | 4/5 | Headingley, Leeds | Away | 21 August 2003 | Won[26] |
19 ‡ | 118 | Pakistan | 4 | 3 | 2/2 | Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad | Away | 24 October 2003 | Drawn[27] |
20 | 137 | West Indies | 5 | 2 | 2/4 | Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban | Home | 26 December 2003 | Won[28] |
21 | 137 | New Zealand | 5 | 1 | 1/3 | Westpac Park, Hamilton |
Away | 10 March 2004 | Drawn[29] |
One Day International centuries
No. | Score | Balls | Against | Pos. | Inn. | S/R | Venue | H/A/N | Date | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 112* | 137 | Australia | 2 | 1 | 81.75 | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne | Away | 21 January 1994 | Won[30] |
2 ‡ | 116 | 126 | England | 2 | 2 | 92.06 | Centurion |
Home | 14 January 1996 | Won[31] |
3 ‡ | 188* | 159 | United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1 | 118.23 | Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi | Neutral | 16 February 1996 | Won[32] |
4 | 106 | 116 | India | 1 | 1 | 91.37 | Sharjah |
Neutral | 14 April 1996 | Won[33] |
5 ‡ | 115* | 142 | India | 1 | 1 | 80.98 | Sharjah |
Neutral | 19 April 1996 | Won[34] |
6 ‡ | 118* | 127 | Pakistan | 2 | 2 | 92.91 | Nairobi Gymkhana Club, Nairobi |
Neutral | 6 October 1996 | Won[35] |
7 ‡ | 105* | 134 | Australia | 2 | 2 | 78.35 | Nehru Stadium, Indore | Away | 19 October 1996 | Won[36] |
8 ‡ | 103 | 113 | New Zealand | 1 | 1 | 91.15 | Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane |
Neutral | 9 January 1998 | Won[37] |
9 ‡ | 115 | 123 | India | 1 | 1 | 93.49 | Nehru Stadium, Kochi |
Away | 9 March 2000 | Lost[38] |
10 ‡ | 101 | 107 | New Zealand | 2 | 2 | 94.39 | De Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberley | Home | 28 October 2000 | Won[39] |
11 ‡ | 133* | 155 | India | 1 | 2 | 85.80 | The Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg |
Home | 5 October 2001 | Won[40] |
12 | 124 | 130 | Kenya | 1 | 1 | 95.38 | Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town | Home | 22 October 2001 | Won[41] |
13 ‡ | 102* | 118 | Pakistan | 2 | 2 | 86.44 | Boland Park, Paarl | Home | 16 December 2002 | Won[42] |
Notes
- ^ At the time it was the second-highest score ever recorded by any batsman in ODI cricket, just one run behind the then-record of 189 set by Viv Richards in 1984.[7]
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