List of international cricket centuries at Old Trafford
Encyclopedia
Old Trafford is a cricket
ground that is located in Manchester
, England
. The ground hosted its first Test match
in 1884 when England played Australia, 74 Test matches have been played at the ground. The ground has also been the scene of 37 One Day Internationals (ODIs), the first taking place in 1972.
The Englishman Billy Gunn became the first player to score a Test century
at Old Trafford. Gunn's innings
of 102 not out was made against Australia in 1893. The highest score made at the ground, 311 from 740 deliveries
, was achieved by Bob Simpson
against England in 1964. It was during the same match that Ken Barrington
's score for 256 set the record of the highest innings by an Englishman and remains the second highest overall. Only three other batsman have achieved the feat of scoring a double century at the ground. Denis Compton
, Gordon Greenidge
and Alec Stewart
share the record of most centuries at the ground with 3.
Eight ODI centuries have been scored at the ground, the first of these was scored by Dennis Amiss
for England against Australia in 1972. The West indian Viv Richards
's score of 189 not out, made against England in 1984, is the highest ODI innings the ground has seen. The record for highest score by an Englishman belongs to Bill Athey
who made 142 not out against New Zealand
in 1986.
Cricket
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ground that is located in Manchester
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, England
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. The ground hosted its first Test match
Test cricket
Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. Test matches are played between national representative teams with "Test status", as determined by the International Cricket Council , with four innings played between two teams of 11 players over a period of up to a maximum five days...
in 1884 when England played Australia, 74 Test matches have been played at the ground. The ground has also been the scene of 37 One Day Internationals (ODIs), the first taking place in 1972.
The Englishman Billy Gunn became the first player to score a Test century
Century (cricket)
In the sport of cricket, a batsman reaches his century when he scores 100 or more runs in a single innings. The term is also included in "century partnership" which occurs when two batsmen add 100 runs to the team total when they are batting together. A century is regarded as a landmark score for...
at Old Trafford. Gunn's innings
Innings
An inning, or innings, is a fixed-length segment of a game in any of a variety of sports – most notably cricket and baseball during which one team attempts to score while the other team attempts to prevent the first from scoring. In cricket, the term innings is both singular and plural and is...
of 102 not out was made against Australia in 1893. The highest score made at the ground, 311 from 740 deliveries
Cricket ball
A cricket ball is a hard, solid leather ball used to play cricket. Constructed of cork and leather, a cricket ball is heavily regulated by cricket law at first class level...
, was achieved by Bob Simpson
Bob Simpson (cricketer)
Robert Baddeley Simpson AO is a former cricketer who played for New South Wales, Western Australia and Australia, captaining the national team from 1963–64 until 1967–68, and again in 1977–78. He later had a highly successful term as the coach of the Australian team...
against England in 1964. It was during the same match that Ken Barrington
Ken Barrington
Kenneth Frank Barrington , better known as Ken Barrington, played for the English cricket team and Surrey County Cricket Club in the 1950s and 1960s. He was a right-handed batsman and occasional leg-spin bowler, well known for his jovial good humour and long, defensive innings "batting with bulldog...
's score for 256 set the record of the highest innings by an Englishman and remains the second highest overall. Only three other batsman have achieved the feat of scoring a double century at the ground. Denis Compton
Denis Compton
Denis Charles Scott Compton CBE was an English cricketer who played in 78 Test matches, and a footballer...
, Gordon Greenidge
Gordon Greenidge
Cuthbert Gordon Greenidge MBE is a former member of the West Indies cricket team.Greenidge was an opening batsman for the West Indies. He began his Test career against India at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore in 1974 and continued playing internationally until 1991. He was half of the West...
and Alec Stewart
Alec Stewart
Alec James Stewart OBE is a retired English cricketer, a right-handed batsman-wicketkeeper and former captain of the England cricket team...
share the record of most centuries at the ground with 3.
Eight ODI centuries have been scored at the ground, the first of these was scored by Dennis Amiss
Dennis Amiss
Dennis Leslie Amiss MBE was an English cricketer and cricket administrator.Amiss suffered a serious back injury whilst playing soccer in his teenage years, which entailed him starting each day of his sporting life undergoing stretching routines to loosen up.He played cricket for both Warwickshire...
for England against Australia in 1972. The West indian Viv Richards
Viv Richards
Sir Isaac Vivian Alexander Richards, KNH, OBE is a former West Indian cricketer. Better known by his second name, Vivian or, more popularly, simply as Viv or King Viv Richards was voted one of the five Cricketers of the Century in 2000, by a 100-member panel of experts, along with Sir Donald...
's score of 189 not out, made against England in 1984, is the highest ODI innings the ground has seen. The record for highest score by an Englishman belongs to Bill Athey
Bill Athey
Charles William Jeffrey Athey was an English first-class cricketer, who played for England, and first class cricket for Gloucestershire, Yorkshire and Sussex; he also played a solitary one-day game for Worcestershire. His bulldog spirit was exemplified by the Union Jack tattooed on his arm...
who made 142 not out against New Zealand
New Zealand cricket team
The New Zealand cricket team, nicknamed the Black Caps, are the national cricket team representing New Zealand. They played their first in 1930 against England in Christchurch, New Zealand, becoming the fifth country to play Test cricket. It took the team until 1955–56 to win a Test, against the...
in 1986.
Key
- * denotes that the batsman was not outNot outIn cricket, a batsman will be not out if he comes out to bat in an innings and has not been dismissed by the end of the innings. One may similarly describe a batsman as not out while the innings is still in progress...
. - Inns. denotes the number of the innings in the match.
- Balls denotes the number of ballsDelivery (cricket)A delivery or ball in cricket is a single action of bowling a cricket ball towards the batsman.During play of the game, a member of the fielding team is designated as the bowler, and bowls deliveries towards the batsman...
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 Old Trafford.
- The column title Date refers to the date the match started.
- The column title Result refers to whether the player's team won, lost or if the match was drawn.
Test centuries
The following table summarises the Test centuries scored at Old Trafford.| No. | Score | Player | Team | Balls | Inns. | Opposing team | Date | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1,021 102* | 0 NR | 2 | Drawn | ||||
| 2 | 1,080 108 | 0 NR | 1 | Won | ||||
| 3 | 1,541 154* | 0 NR | 3 | Lost | ||||
| 4 | 1,300 130 | 0 NR | 1 | Drawn | ||||
| 5 | 1,040 104 | 0 NR | 1 | Won | ||||
| 6 | 1,280 128 | (1/2) | 0 NR | 2 | Lost | |||
| 7 | 1,130 113 | (2/2) | 0 NR | 1 | Won | |||
| 8 | 1,140 114 | 0 NR | 1 | Won | ||||
| 9 | 1,210 121 | 0 NR | 1 | Won | ||||
| 10 | 1,221 122* | 0 NR | 2 | Lost | ||||
| 11 | 1,010 101 | 0 NR | 1 | Drawn | ||||
| 12 | 1,170 117 | 0 NR | 1 | Drawn | ||||
| 13 | 1,090 109 | 0 NR | 1 | Drawn | ||||
| 14 | 1,130 113 | 0 NR | 1 | Won | ||||
| 15 | 1,540 154 | 0 NR | 1 | Won | ||||
| 16 | 1,091 109* | 0 NR | 1 | Drawn | ||||
| 17 | 1,050 105 | 0 NR | 1 | Drawn | ||||
| 18 | 1,691 169* | 0 NR | 1 | Drawn | ||||
| 19 | 1,270 127 | 0 NR | 2 | Drawn | ||||
| 20 | 1,320 132 | 248 248 | 1 | Drawn | ||||
| 21 | 1,530 153 | 309 309 | 1 | Drawn | ||||
| 22 | 1,370 137 | 204 204 | 2 | Drawn | ||||
| 23 | 1,080 108 | 0 NR | 1 | Drawn | ||||
| 24 | 1,240 124 | 0 NR | 2 | Drawn | ||||
| 25 | 1,670 167 | 0 NR | 2 | Drawn | ||||
| 26 | 1,140 114 | 0 NR | 3 | Drawn | ||||
| 27 | 1,120 112 | 0 NR | 3 | Drawn | ||||
| 28 | 1,000 100 | (1/2) | 0 NR | 1 | Won | |||
| 29 | 1,910 191 | 0 NR | 2 | Won | ||||
| 30 | 1,150 115 | (1/3) | 0 NR | 2 | Won | |||
| 31 | 1,150 115 | 0 NR | 3 | Lost | ||||
| 32 | 1,451 145* | (2/3) | 0 NR | 1 | Drawn | |||
| 33 | 1,030 103 | 0 NR | 2 | Drawn | ||||
| 34 | 1,010 101 | 0 NR | 3 | Drawn | ||||
| 35 | 1,040 104 | 0 NR | 1 | Won | ||||
| 36 | 1,040 104 | (2/2) | 0 NR | 1 | Won | |||
| 37 | 1,220 122 | 0 NR | 1 | Drawn | ||||
| 38 | 1,580 158 | (3/3) | 0 NR | 1 | Lost | |||
| 39 | 1,041 104* | 0 NR | 2 | Won | ||||
| 40 | 1,130 113 | 0 NR | 2 | Won | ||||
| 41 | 1,080 108 | 0 NR | 2 | Won | ||||
| 42 | 1,170 117 | (1/2) | 0 NR | 3 | Lost | |||
| 43 | 1,040 104 | 0 NR | 1 | Won | ||||
| 44 | 1,130 113 | 0 NR | 1 | Won | ||||
| 45 | 1,010 101 | (2/2) | 0 NR | 2 | Won | |||
| 46 | 1,310 131 | 0 NR | 1 | Won | ||||
| 47 | 1,000 100 | 0 NR | 1 | Won | ||||
| 48 | 1,120 112 | 0 NR | 4 | Lost | ||||
| 49 | 1,180 118 | 0 NR | 4 | Lost | ||||
| 50 | 1,090 109 | 157 157 | 2 | Drawn | ||||
| 51 | 1,020 102 | (1/2) | 0 NR | 3 | Won | |||
| 52 | 1,820 182 | (1/2) | 0 NR | 1 | Won | |||
| 53 | 1,060 106 | (2/2) | 0 NR | 1 | Drawn | |||
| 54 | 3,110 311 | 740 740 | 1 | Drawn | ||||
| 55 | 1,740 174 | 0 NR | 2 | Drawn | ||||
| 56 | 2,560 256 | 0 NR | 2 | Drawn | ||||
| 57 | 1,350 135 | (2/2) | 279 279 | 1 | Won | |||
| 58 | 1,610 161 | 241 241 | 1 | Won | ||||
| 59 | 1,280 128 | 362 362 | 1 | Won | ||||
| 60 | 1,070 107 | 298 298 | 1 | Drawn | ||||
| 61 | 1,010 101 | 173 173 | 3 | Drawn | ||||
| 62 | 1,231 123* | 289 289 | 1 | Won | ||||
| 63 | 1,010 101 | 251 251 | 2 | Lost | ||||
| 64 | 1,001 100* | 188 188 | 3 | Won | ||||
| 65 | 1,340 134 | (1/3) | 198 198 | 1 | Won | |||
| 66 | 1,010 101 | (2/3) | 155 155 | 3 | Won | |||
| 67 | 1,350 135 | 261 261 | 3 | Won | ||||
| 68 | 1,370 137 | 338 338 | 2 | Won | ||||
| 69 | 1,120 112 | 230 230 | 3 | Lost | ||||
| 70 | 1,010 101 | 159 159 | 2 | Drawn | ||||
| 71 | 1,180 118 | (1/2) | 102 102 | 3 | Won | |||
| 72 | 1,140 114 | 125 125 | 4 | Lost | ||||
| 73 | 1,231 123* | (1/2) | 356 356 | 4 | Lost | |||
| 74 | 1,280 128 | (2/2) | 169 169 | 1 | Drawn | |||
| 75 | 1,291 129* | 196 196 | 2 | Drawn | ||||
| 76 | 2,230 223 | (3/3) | 425 425 | 1 | Won | |||
| 77 | 1,010 101 | 228 228 | 1 | Won | ||||
| 78 | 1,001 100* | (1/2) | 185 185 | 2 | Lost | |||
| 79 | 1,600 160 | 266 266 | 2 | Drawn | ||||
| 80 | 1,461 146* | (2/2) | 334 334 | 3 | Drawn | |||
| 81 | 1,660 166 | 365 365 | 1 | Drawn | ||||
| 82 | 1,430 143 | (1/2) | 285 285 | 1 | Lost | |||
| 83 | 1,281 128* | 293 293 | 3 | Lost | ||||
| 84 | 1,160 116 | (1/2) | 163 163 | 1 | Drawn | |||
| 85 | 1,310 131 | (1/2) | 276 276 | 1 | Drawn | |||
| 86 | 1,211 121* | (2/2) | 197 197 | 1 | Drawn | |||
| 87 | 1,790 179 | 243 243 | 2 | Drawn | ||||
| 88 | 1,090 109 | (2/2) | 141 141 | 3 | Drawn | |||
| 89 | 1,191 119* | 189 189 | 4 | Drawn | ||||
| 90 | 2,050 205 | 284 284 | 1 | Drawn | ||||
| 91 | 1,240 124 | 233 233 | 1 | Won | ||||
| 92 | 1,021 102* | 133 133 | 3 | Won | ||||
| 93 | 1,330 133 | (2/2) | 247 247 | 4 | Lost | |||
| 94 | 1,110 111 | (2/2) | 281 281 | 1 | Drawn | |||
| 95 | 1,150 115 | 237 237 | 3 | Drawn | ||||
| 96 | 1,450 145 | (1/2) | 226 226 | 3 | Lost | |||
| 97 | 1,080 108 | (1/2) | 174 174 | 1 | Won | |||
| 98 | 1,160 116 | (2/2) | 271 271 | 3 | Won | |||
| 99 | 2,100 210 | 525 525 | 1 | Drawn | ||||
| 100 | 1,320 132 | 266 266 | 1 | Drawn | ||||
| 101 | 1,640 164 | (1/3) | 317 317 | 3 | Drawn | |||
| 102 | 1,010 101 | 175 175 | 2 | Drawn | ||||
| 103 | 1,071 107* | 210 210 | 2 | Drawn | ||||
| 104 | 1,050 105 | (2/3) | 153 153 | 2 | Drawn | |||
| 105 | 1,120 112 | (2/2) | 158 158 | 3 | Drawn | |||
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153 153 | 1 | Won | |||
| 107 | 1,200 120 | (1/2) | 223 223 | 2 | Lost | |||
| 108 | 1,380 138 | (1/2) | 261 261 | 2 | Lost | |||
| 109 | 1,170 117 | 272 272 | 4 | Lost | ||||
| 110 | 1,230 123 | 226 226 | 1 | Won | ||||
| 111 | 1,230 123 | (3/3) | 190 190 | 1 | Won | |||
| 112 | 1,090 109 | 236 236 | 3 | Lost | ||||
| 113 | 1,140 114 | (2/2) | 239 239 | 2 | Won | |||
| 114 | 1,660 166 | (2/2) | 215 215 | 1 | Drawn | |||
| 115 | 1,060 106 | (1/2) | 158 158 | 3 | Drawn | |||
| 116 | 1,560 156 | 275 275 | 4 | Drawn | ||||
| 117 | 1,270 127 | (1/2) | 260 260 | 2 | Won | |||
| 118 | 1,061 106* | (1/2) | 135 135 | 2 | Won | |||
| 119 | 1,060 106 | (2/2) | 215 215 | 3 | Won | |||
| 120 | 1,161 116* | 257 257 | 4 | Lost | ||||
| 121 | 1,541 154* | 176 176 | 1 | Lost | ||||
| 122 | 1,060 106 | (2/2) | 186 186 | 4 | Won | |||
| 123 | 1,280 128 | (2/2) | 255 255 | 1 | Won | |||
| 124 | 1,080 108 | 114 114 | 2 | Lost |
One Day International centuries
The following table summarises the One Day International centuries scored at Old Trafford.| No. | Score | Player | Team | Balls | Inns. | Opposing team | Date | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 103 | 134 | 2 | Won | ||||
| 2 | 114* | 177 | 2 | Won | ||||
| 3 | 117* | 140 | 1 | Won | ||||
| 4 | 189* | 170 | 1 | Won | ||||
| 5 | 142* | 172 | 2 | Won | ||||
| 6 | 118 | 137 | 2 | Won | ||||
| 7 | 113* | 148 | 2 | Won | ||||
| 8 | 100 | 83 | 1 | Won |