List of international cricket centuries at Old Trafford

Old Trafford is a cricket ground that is located in Manchester, England.[1] The ground hosted its first Test match in 1884 when England played Australia, 82 Test matches have been played at the ground as of September 2020.[2] The ground has also been the scene of 42 One Day Internationals (ODIs), the first taking place in 1972.[3]

The Pavilion, Old Trafford Cricket Ground.

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 three.[4] The ground has witnessed 129 Test centuries.

This ground is also known for being the venue of Sachin Tendulkar's first of 100 centuries in 1990.

Eighteen 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 Eoin Morgan who made 148 against Afghanistan in the 2019 World Cup.[5]

Indian batsman KL Rahul is the only person to score a T20I century at the venue.

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 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,[6][7] lost[8] or if the match was drawn.[9]

List of centuries

• 
  K. S. Ranjitsinhji (Eng):
  1 Test century at Old Trafford. Scored 154* on Test debut against Australia in 1896, the ground's first 150.
• 
  Denis Compton (Eng):
  3 Test centuries at Old Trafford, a record held jointly with Greenidge and Stewart.
• 
  Bob Simpson (Aus):
  1 Test century at Old Trafford. Scored 311, the ground's highest Test score, in 1964.
• 
  Sir Viv Richards (WI):
  1 Test and 1 ODI century at Old Trafford. His 189* in 1984 is the highest ODI score at the ground.

Test centuries

The following table summarises the Test centuries scored at Old Trafford.[4]

No.	Score	Player	Team	Balls	Inns.	Opposing team	Date	Result
1	102*	Billy Gunn	England	NR	2	Australia	24 August 1893	Drawn
2	108	Frank Iredale	Australia	NR	1	England	16 July 1896	Won
3	154*	K. S. Ranjitsinhji	England	NR	3	Australia	16 July 1896	Lost
4	130	Tom Hayward	England	NR	1	Australia	17 July 1899	Drawn
5	104	Victor Trumper	Australia	NR	1	England	24 July 1902	Won
6	128	Stanley Jackson (1/2)	England	NR	2	Australia	24 July 1902	Lost
7	113	Stanley Jackson (2/2)	England	NR	1	Australia	24 July 1905	Won
8	114	Charles Kelleway	Australia	NR	1	South Africa	27 May 1912	Won
9	121	Warren Bardsley	Australia	NR	1	South Africa	27 May 1912	Won
10	122*	Aubrey Faulkner	South Africa	NR	2	Australia	27 May 1912	Lost
11	101	Jack Russell	England	NR	1	Australia	23 July 1921	Drawn
12	117	Bill Woodfull	Australia	NR	1	England	24 July 1926	Drawn
13	109	Charles Macartney	Australia	NR	1	England	24 July 1926	Drawn
14	113	Bob Wyatt	England	NR	1	South Africa	27 July 1929	Won
15	154	Frank Woolley	England	NR	1	South Africa	27 July 1929	Won
16	109*	Herbert Sutcliffe	England	NR	1	New Zealand	15 August 1931	Drawn
17	105	Ivan Barrow	West Indies	NR	1	England	22 July 1933	Drawn
18	169*	George Headley	West Indies	NR	1	England	22 July 1933	Drawn
19	127	Douglas Jardine	England	NR	2	West Indies	22 July 1933	Drawn
20	132	Patsy Hendren	England	248	1	Australia	6 July 1934	Drawn
21	153	Maurice Leyland	England	309	1	Australia	6 July 1934	Drawn
22	137	Stan McCabe	Australia	204	2	England	6 July 1934	Drawn
23	108	Walter Robins	England	NR	1	South Africa	27 July 1935	Drawn
24	124	Ken Viljoen	South Africa	NR	2	England	27 July 1935	Drawn
25	167	Wally Hammond	England	NR	2	India	25 July 1936	Drawn
26	114	Vijay Merchant	India	NR	3	England	25 July 1936	Drawn
27	112	Mushtaq Ali	India	NR	3	England	25 July 1936	Drawn
28	100	Leonard Hutton (1/2)	England	NR	1	New Zealand	24 July 1937	Won
29	191	Bill Edrich	England	NR	2	South Africa	5 July 1947	Won
30	115	Denis Compton (1/3)	England	NR	2	South Africa	5 July 1947	Won
31	115	Dudley Nourse	South Africa	NR	3	England	5 July 1947	Lost
32	145*	Denis Compton (2/3)	England	NR	1	Australia	8 July 1948	Drawn
33	103	Reg Simpson	England	NR	2	New Zealand	23 July 1949	Drawn
34	101	Bert Sutcliffe	New Zealand	NR	3	England	23 July 1949	Drawn
35	104	Godfrey Evans	England	NR	1	West Indies	8 June 1950	Won
36	104	Leonard Hutton (2/2)	England	NR	1	India	17 July 1952	Won
37	122	Neil Harvey	Australia	NR	1	England	9 July 1953	Drawn
38	158	Denis Compton (3/3)	England	NR	1	South Africa	7 July 1955	Lost
39	104*	Jackie McGlew	South Africa	NR	2	England	7 July 1955	Won
40	113	John Waite	South Africa	NR	2	England	7 July 1955	Won
41	108	Paul Winslow	South Africa	NR	2	England	7 July 1955	Won
42	117	Peter May (1/2)	England	NR	3	South Africa	7 July 1955	Lost
43	104	Peter Richardson	England	NR	1	Australia	26 July 1956	Won
44	113	David Sheppard	England	NR	1	Australia	26 July 1956	Won
45	101	Peter May (2/2)	England	NR	2	New Zealand	24 July 1958	Won
46	131	Geoff Pullar	England	NR	1	India	23 July 1959	Won
47	100	Mike Smith	England	NR	1	India	23 July 1959	Won
48	112	Abbas Ali Baig	India	NR	4	England	23 July 1959	Lost
49	118	Polly Umrigar	India	NR	4	England	23 July 1959	Lost
50	109	Roy McLean	South Africa	157	2	England	21 July 1960	Drawn
51	102	Bill Lawry (1/2)	Australia	NR	3	England	27 July 1961	Won
52	182	Conrad Hunte (1/2)	West Indies	NR	1	England	6 June 1963	Won
53	106	Bill Lawry (2/2)	Australia	NR	1	England	23 July 1964	Drawn
54	311	Bob Simpson	Australia	740	1	England	23 July 1964	Drawn
55	174	Ted Dexter	England	NR	2	Australia	23 July 1964	Drawn
56	256	Ken Barrington	England	NR	2	Australia	23 July 1964	Drawn
57	135	Conrad Hunte (2/2)	West Indies	279	1	England	2 June 1966	Won
58	161	Garry Sobers	West Indies	241	1	England	2 June 1966	Won
59	128	Geoff Boycott	England	362	1	West Indies	12 June 1969	Won
60	107	Ray Illingworth	England	298	1	India	5 August 1971	Drawn
61	101	Brian Luckhurst	England	173	3	India	5 August 1971	Drawn
62	123*	Keith Fletcher	England	289	1	India	6 June 1974	Won
63	101	Sunil Gavaskar	India	251	2	England	6 June 1974	Lost
64	100*	John Edrich	England	188	3	India	6 June 1974	Won
65	134	Gordon Greenidge (1/3)	West Indies	198	1	England	8 July 1976	Won
66	101	Gordon Greenidge (2/3)	West Indies	155	3	England	8 July 1976	Won
67	135	Viv Richards	West Indies	261	3	England	8 July 1976	Won
68	137	Bob Woolmer	England	338	2	Australia	7 July 1977	Won
69	112	Greg Chappell	Australia	230	3	England	7 July 1977	Lost
70	101	Clive Lloyd	West Indies	159	2	England	10 July 1980	Drawn
71	118	Ian Botham (1/2)	England	102	3	Australia	13 August 1981	Won
72	114	Graham Yallop	Australia	125	4	England	13 August 1981	Lost
73	123*	Allan Border (1/2)	Australia	356	4	England	13 August 1981	Lost
74	128	Ian Botham (2/2)	England	169	1	India	24 June 1982	Drawn
75	129*	Sandeep Patil	India	196	2	England	24 June 1982	Drawn
76	223	Gordon Greenidge (3/3)	West Indies	425	1	England	26 July 1984	Won
77	101	Jeff Dujon	West Indies	228	1	England	26 July 1984	Won
78	100*	Allan Lamb (1/2)	England	185	2	West Indies	26 July 1984	Lost
79	160	Mike Gatting	England	266	2	Australia	1 August 1985	Drawn
80	146*	Allan Border (2/2)	Australia	334	3	England	1 August 1985	Drawn
81	166	Tim Robinson	England	365	1	Pakistan	4 June 1987	Drawn
82	143	Robin Smith (1/2)	England	285	1	Australia	27 July 1989	Lost
83	128*	Jack Russell	England	293	3	Australia	27 July 1989	Lost
84	116	Graham Gooch (1/2)	England	163	1	India	9 August 1990	Drawn
85	131	Mike Atherton (1/2)	England	276	1	India	9 August 1990	Drawn
86	121*	Robin Smith (2/2)	England	197	1	India	9 August 1990	Drawn
87	179	Mohammad Azharuddin	India	243	2	England	9 August 1990	Drawn
88	109	Allan Lamb (2/2)	England	141	3	India	9 August 1990	Drawn
89	119*	Sachin Tendulkar	India	189	4	England	9 August 1990	Drawn
90	205	Aamer Sohail	Pakistan	284	1	England	2 July 1992	Drawn
91	124	Mark Taylor	Australia	233	1	England	3 June 1993	Won
92	102*	Ian Healy	Australia	133	3	England	3 June 1993	Won
93	133	Graham Gooch (2/2)	England	247	4	Australia	3 June 1993	Lost
94	111	Mike Atherton (2/2)	England	281	1	New Zealand	30 June 1994	Drawn
95	115	Martin Crowe	New Zealand	237	3	England	30 June 1994	Drawn
96	145	Brian Lara (1/2)	West Indies	226	3	England	27 July 1995	Lost
97	108	Steve Waugh (1/2)	Australia	174	1	England	3 July 1997	Won
98	116	Steve Waugh (2/2)	Australia	271	3	England	3 July 1997	Won
99	210	Gary Kirsten	South Africa	525	1	England	2 July 1998	Drawn
100	132	Jacques Kallis	South Africa	266	1	England	2 July 1998	Drawn
101	164	Alec Stewart (1/3)	England	317	3	South Africa	2 July 1998	Drawn
102	101	Nathan Astle	New Zealand	175	2	England	5 August 1999	Drawn
103	107*	Craig McMillan	New Zealand	210	2	England	5 August 1999	Drawn
104	105	Alec Stewart (2/3)	England	153	2	West Indies	3 August 2000	Drawn
105	112	Brian Lara (2/2)	West Indies	158	3	England	3 August 2000	Drawn
106	114	Inzamam-ul-Haq	Pakistan	153	1	England	31 May 2001	Won
107	120	Michael Vaughan (1/2)	England	223	2	Pakistan	31 May 2001	Lost
108	138	Graham Thorpe (1/2)	England	261	2	Pakistan	31 May 2001	Lost
109	117	Marcus Trescothick	England	272	4	Pakistan	31 May 2001	Lost
110	123	Mark Butcher	England	226	1	Sri Lanka	13 June 2002	Won
111	123	Alec Stewart (3/3)	England	190	1	Sri Lanka	13 June 2002	Won
112	109	Russel Arnold	Sri Lanka	236	3	England	13 June 2002	Lost
113	114	Graham Thorpe (2/2)	England	239	2	West Indies	12 August 2004	Won
114	166	Michael Vaughan (2/2)	England	215	1	Australia	11 August 2005	Drawn
115	106	Andrew Strauss (1/2)	England	158	3	Australia	11 August 2005	Drawn
116	156	Ricky Ponting	Australia	275	4	England	11 August 2005	Drawn
117	127	Alastair Cook (1/3)	England	260	2	Pakistan	27 July 2006	Won
118	106*	Ian Bell (1/2)	England	135	2	Pakistan	27 July 2006	Won
119	106	Alastair Cook (2/3)	England	215	3	West Indies	7 June 2007	Won
120	116*	Shivnarine Chanderpaul	West Indies	257	4	England	7 June 2007	Lost
121	154*	Ross Taylor	New Zealand	176	1	England	23 May 2008	Lost
122	106	Andrew Strauss (2/2)	England	186	4	New Zealand	23 May 2008	Won
123	128	Ian Bell (2/2)	England	255	1	Bangladesh	4 June 2010	Won
124	108	Tamim Iqbal	Bangladesh	114	2	England	4 June 2010	Lost
125	187	Michael Clarke	Australia	314	1	England	1 August 2013	Drawn
126	113	Kevin Pietersen	England	206	2	Australia	1 August 2013	Drawn
127	105	Alastair Cook (3/3)	England	172	1	Pakistan	22 July 2016	Won
128	254	Joe Root	England	406	1	Pakistan	22 July 2016	Won
129	211	Steve Smith	Australia	318	1	England	4 September 2019	Won
130	120	Dom Sibley	England	372	1	West Indies	16 July 2020	Won
131	176	Ben Stokes	England	356	1	West Indies	16 July 2020	Won
132	156	Shan Masood	Pakistan	319	1	England	5 August 2020	Lost

One Day International centuries

The following table summarises the One Day International centuries scored at Old Trafford.[5]

No.	Score	Player	Team	Balls	Inns.	Opposing team	Date	Result
1	103	Dennis Amiss	England	134	2	Australia	24 August 1972	Won
2	114*	Glenn Turner	New Zealand	177	2	India	14 June 1975	Won
3	117*	Clive Radley	England	140	1	New Zealand	17 July 1978	Won
4	189*	Viv Richards	West Indies	170	1	England	31 May 1984	Won
5	142*	Bill Athey	England	172	2	New Zealand	18 July 1986	Won
6	118	Ali Brown	England	137	2	India	26 May 1996	Won
7	113*	Saeed Anwar	Pakistan	148	2	New Zealand	16 June 1999	Won
8	100	Mahela Jayawardene	Sri Lanka	83	1	England	28 June 2006	Won
9	105	Michael Clarke	Australia	102	1	England	8 September 2013	Won
10	101	James Taylor	England	114	1	Australia	8 September 2015	Won
11	100*	Jonny Bairstow	England	97	2	West Indies	19 September 2017	Won
12	110*	Jos Buttler	England	122	2	Australia	24 June 2018	Won
13	140	Rohit Sharma	India	113	1	Pakistan	16 June 2019	Won
14	148	Eoin Morgan	England	71	1	Afghanistan	18 June 2019	Won
15	148	Kane Williamson	New Zealand	154	1	West Indies	22 June 2019	Won
16	101	Carlos Brathwaite	West Indies	82	2	New Zealand	22 June 2019	Lost
17	100	Faf du Plessis	South Africa	94	1	Australia	6 July 2019	Won
18	122	David Warner	Australia	117	2	South Africa	6 July 2019	Lost
19	118	Sam Billings	England	110	2	Australia	11 September 2020	Lost
20	112	Jonny Bairstow	England	125	1	Australia	16 September 2020	Lost
21	108	Glenn Maxwell	Australia	90	2	England	16 September 2020	Won
22	106	Alex Carey	Australia	114	2	England	16 September 2020	Won

Twenty20 Internationals International centuries

The following table summarises the Twenty20 Internationals centuries scored at the Old Trafford.[10]

No.	Score	Player	Team	Balls	Inns.	Opposing team	Date	Result
1	101*	K. L. Rahul	India	54	2	England	3 July 2018	Won

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