List of international cricket centuries at Willowmoore Park
Willowmoore Park is a sports ground in Benoni, South Africa, it has a capacity of 20,000. The ground has hosted One Day Internationals (ODIs) since its first match in 1997 when India played Zimbabwe.[1] 21 ODIs have been played at the ground[2]
Nine ODI centuries have been scored at Willowmoore Park, and the first by Indian maestro Sachin Tendulkar who scored 104 from 97 deliveries against Zimbabwe in the inaugural match in 1997. The highest score achieved at the ground is 140 made by South African opener Hashim Amla against Bangladesh in 2008.[3]
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 Willowmoore Park.
- The column title Date refers to the date the match started.
- The column title Result refers to whether the player's team won
One Day International centuries[edit]
The following table summarises the One Day International centuries scored at Willowmoore Park.
| No. | Score | Player | Team | Balls | Inns. | Opposing team | Date | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 104 | Sachin Tendulkar |  India |
97 | 2 |  Zimbabwe |
9 February 1997 | Won |
| 2 | 123* | Marvan Atapattu |  Sri Lanka |
121 | 2 |  South Africa |
1 December 2002 | Won |
| 3 | 140 | Hashim Amla | South Africa |
135 | 1 |  Bangladesh |
9 November 2008 | Won |
| 4 | 121* | Neil McCallum |  Scotland |
138 | 1 |  Ireland |
1 April 2009 | Lost |
| 5 | 101 | William Porterfield | Ireland |
89 | 2 | Scotland |
1 April 2009 | Won |
| 6 | 103* | Tatenda Taibu | Zimbabwe |
112 | 2 | South Africa |
9 November 2009 | Won |
| 7 | 129 | JP Duminy | South Africa |
117 | 1 | Zimbabwe |
8 November 2010 | Won |
| 8 | 109 | AB de Villiers | South Africa |
99 | 1 | Zimbabwe |
8 November 2010 | Won |
| 9 | 113 | Temba Bavuma | South Africa |
123 | 1 | Ireland |
25 September 2016 | Won |
References[edit]
- ↑ "Willowmoore Park — Cricinfo profile". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 26 December 2016.
- ↑ "Willowmoore Park, Benoni / Records / One-Day Internationals / Match results". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
- ↑ "Statistics / Statsguru / One-Day Internationals / Batting records". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
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