List of international cricket centuries at Buffalo Park
Buffalo Park is a sports ground in East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa, it has a capacity of 20,000. . The ground has been host to a single Test cricket match in 2002 when South Africa played Bangladesh.[1] The ground has been hosted 21 One Day Internationals, where the first ODI staged in 1998 between South Africa and India.[2] The ground hosted first staged to Twenty20 Internationals when South Africa played against New Zealand in 2012.[3]
South African Graeme Smith became the first man to score a Test century at Diamond Oval when he made 200 against Bangladesh in 2002. It still stands as the highest score seen at the ground. Overall, only two Test centuries have been scored at the ground.[4]
Eight ODI centuries have been scored at Diamond Oval, the first by Pakistani batsman Javed Miandad who scored 107 from 144 deliveries, against South Africa in 1993. The highest score achieved at the ground is 150 made by West Indian Shivnarine Chanderpaul against South Africa in 1999.[5]
The only Twenty20 International century at the venue was achieved by New Zealand opener Martin Guptill against South Africa in 2012, when he made an unbeaten 101 in 69 deliveries.[6]
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 Diamond Oval.
- The column title Date refers to the date the match started.
- The column title Result refers to whether the player's team won
Test centuries[edit]
The following table summarises the Test centuries scored at Diamond Oval.
| No. | Score | Player | Team | Balls | Inns. | Opposing team | Date | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 200 | Graeme Smith |  South Africa |
287 | 1 |  Bangladesh |
18 October 2002 | Won |
| 2 | 150 | Gary Kirsten | South Africa |
223 | 1 | Bangladesh |
18 October 2002 | Won |
One Day International centuries[edit]
The following table summarises the One Day International centuries scored at Diamond Oval.
| No. | Score | Player | Team | Balls | Inns. | Opposing team | Date | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 107 | Javed Miandad |  Pakistan |
144 | 1 |  South Africa |
15 February 1993 | Won |
| 2 | 102* | Ken Rutherford |  New Zealand |
98 | 1 |  Sri Lanka |
18 December 1994 | Won |
| 3 | 150 | Shivnarine Chanderpaul |  West Indies |
129 | 1 | South Africa |
24 January 1999 | Won |
| 4 | 108 | Carl Hooper | West Indies |
119 | 1 | South Africa |
24 January 1999 | Won |
| 5 | 120* | Neil McKenzie | South Africa |
135 | 1 | Sri Lanka |
17 December 2000 | Won |
| 6 | 103* | Marvan Atapattu | Sri Lanka |
127 | 1 |  Zimbabwe |
15 March 2003 | Won |
| 7 | 115* | Graeme Smith | South Africa |
131 | 1 |  England |
9 February 2009 | Won |
| 8 | 100* | Kevin Pietersen | England |
69 | 2 | South Africa |
9 February 2009 | Lost |
Twenty20 International centuries[edit]
The following table summarises the Twenty20 International centuries scored at Diamond Oval.
| No. | Score | Player | Team | Balls | Inns. | Opposing team | Date | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 101* | Martin Guptill | New Zealand |
69 | 2 | South Africa |
23 December 2012 | Won |
References[edit]
- ↑ "Buffalo Park — Cricinfo profile". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
- ↑ "Records / Buffalo Park, East London / One-Day Internationals / Match results". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
- ↑ "Records / Buffalo Park, East London / Twenty20 Internationals / Match results". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
- ↑ "Statistics / Statsguru / Test matches / Batting records". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
- ↑ "Statistics / Statsguru / One-Day Internationals / Batting records". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
- ↑ "Statistics / Statsguru / Twenty20 Internationals / Batting records". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
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