List of international cricket centuries at the Kensington Oval

The Kensington Oval is a 15,000-capacity sports stadium located in Bridgetown on the island nation of Barbados.[1][2] Used mainly for cricket, the Kensington Oval hosted its first Test in 1930 and its first One Day International (ODI) in 1985.[3] The ground has seen 51 Tests—all including the West Indies—along with 30 ODIs, and has been the scene of 104 Test and 14 ODI centuries.[4][5][6] Additionally, the ground hosted a pair of World Series Cricket one-day games and a Supertest between the WSC West Indies and WSC Australian teams.

Kensington Oval during the Final of the 2007 Cricket World Cup, looking towards the Worrell, Weekes and Walcott stand.

West Indian Clifford Roach became the first player to score a century at the venue, managing 122 runs in the ground's inaugural match.[5] Two other batsmen, Andy Sandham and George Headley from England and the West Indies respectively, also scored centuries in this match. However, it took a further four Tests until West Indian Clyde Walcott scored the next hundred, 220 in 1954. The innings was also the first double century to be scored at the Kensington Oval. Pakistani Hanif Mohammad's score of 337, which was achieved in 1958, remains the highest score seen at the ground, while West Indian Lawrence Rowe is the only other batsman to score a triple century at the venue, hitting 302 against England in 1974. Desmond Haynes, Clive Lloyd and Shivnarine Chanderpaul are the only players to score four Test centuries at the Kensington Oval, while Garry Sobers, Viv Richards and Brian Lara have all stuck three hundreds.[4] As of January 2019, 9 batsmen have scored double centuries and two triple centuries has scored at the venue.

In the first ODI at the venue, Haynes scored 116 from 138 balls against New Zealand in 1985—the only century in the match. He is also one of only two players to hit two centuries in ODIs at the ground; scoring 117 not out from 132 balls against India in 1989. West Indian Brian Lara is the other batsman, with scores of 110 from 106 deliveries against England in 1998 and 116 from 106 balls against Sri Lanka in 2003. Australian Geoff Marsh became the first touring batsman to score an ODI century at the Kensington Oval, scoring 113 from 136 balls against the West Indies. Fellow countryman Adam Gilchrist holds the record for the highest ODI score with 149 from 104 deliveries, hit during the 2007 Cricket World Cup final against Sri Lanka.[7]

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 the Kensington Oval.
• The column title Date refers to the date the match started.
• The column title Result refers to whether the player's team won,[8][9] lost[10][11] or if the match was drawn.[12]

Test centuries

The following table summarises the Test centuries scored at the Kensington Oval.[4]

No.	Score	Player	Team	Balls	Inns.	Opposing team	Date	Result
1	122	Clifford Roach	West Indies	NR	1	England	11 January 1930	Drawn
2	152	Andy Sandham	England	NR	2	West Indies	11 January 1930	Drawn
3	176	George Headley	West Indies	NR	3	England	11 January 1930	Drawn
4	220	Clyde Walcott	West Indies	NR	1	England	6 February 1954	Won
5	166	John Holt	West Indies	NR	3	England	6 February 1954	Won
6	137	Keith Miller	Australia	NR	1	West Indies	14 May 1955	Drawn
7	118	Ray Lindwall	Australia	NR	1	West Indies	14 May 1955	Drawn
8	219	Denis Atkinson	West Indies	NR	2	Australia	14 May 1955	Drawn
9	122	Clairmonte Depeiaza	West Indies	NR	2	Australia	14 May 1955	Drawn
10	142	Conrad Hunte	West Indies	NR	1	Pakistan	17 January 1958	Drawn
11	197	Everton Weekes	West Indies	NR	1	Pakistan	17 January 1958	Drawn
12	337	Hanif Mohammad	Pakistan	NR	3	West Indies	17 January 1958	Drawn
13	128	Ken Barrington	England	NR	1	West Indies	6 January 1960	Drawn
14	136*	Ted Dexter	England	NR	1	West Indies	6 January 1960	Drawn
15	226	Garry Sobers (1/3)	West Indies	NR	2	England	6 January 1960	Drawn
16	197*	Frank Worrell	West Indies	NR	2	England	6 January 1960	Drawn
17	210	Bill Lawry	Australia	NR	1	West Indies	5 May 1965	Drawn
18	201	Bob Simpson	Australia	NR	1	West Indies	5 May 1965	Drawn
19	102	Bob Cowper	Australia	NR	1	West Indies	5 May 1965	Drawn
20	129	Rohan Kanhai (1/2)	West Indies	NR	2	Australia	5 May 1965	Drawn
21	201	Seymour Nurse	West Indies	NR	2	Australia	5 May 1965	Drawn
22	146	John Edrich	England	NR	2	West Indies	29 February 1968	Drawn
23	113*	Clive Lloyd (1/4)	West Indies	NR	3	England	29 February 1968	Drawn
24	178*	Garry Sobers (2/3)	West Indies	NR	1	India	1 April 1971	Drawn
25	150	Dilip Sardesai	India	NR	2	West Indies	1 April 1971	Drawn
26	117*	Sunil Gavaskar	India	NR	4	West Indies	1 April 1971	Drawn
27	126	Bev Congdon	New Zealand	NR	2	West Indies	23 March 1972	Drawn
28	105	Brian Hastings	New Zealand	NR	2	West Indies	23 March 1972	Drawn
29	183	Charlie Davis	West Indies	NR	3	New Zealand	23 March 1972	Drawn
30	142	Garry Sobers (3/3)	West Indies	NR	3	New Zealand	23 March 1972	Drawn
31	106	Greg Chappell	Australia	NR	1	West Indies	9 March 1973	Drawn
32	105	Rohan Kanhai (2/2)	West Indies	NR	2	Australia	9 March 1973	Drawn
33	106*	Ian Chappell	Australia	NR	3	West Indies	9 March 1973	Drawn
34	102*	Doug Walters	Australia	NR	3	West Indies	9 March 1973	Drawn
35	148	Tony Greig	England	320	1	West Indies	6 March 1974	Drawn
36	302	Lawrence Rowe	West Indies	430	2	England	6 March 1974	Drawn
37	119	Alvin Kallicharran	West Indies	191	2	England	6 March 1974	Drawn
38	129*	Keith Fletcher	England	357	3	West Indies	6 March 1974	Drawn
39	142	Viv Richards (1/3)	West Indies	NR	2	India	10 March 1976	Won
40	102	Clive Lloyd (2/4)	West Indies	NR	2	India	10 March 1976	Won
41	117*	Wasim Raja	Pakistan	NR	1	West Indies	18 February 1977	Drawn
42	157	Clive Lloyd (3/4)	West Indies	NR	2	Pakistan	18 February 1977	Drawn
43	100	Clive Lloyd (4/4)	West Indies	167	1	England	13 March 1981	Won
44	182*	Viv Richards (2/3)	West Indies	256	3	England	13 March 1981	Won
45	116	Graham Gooch	England	210	4	West Indies	13 March 1981	Lost
46	130	Gus Logie	West Indies	NR	2	India	15 April 1983	Won
47	120	Wayne Phillips	Australia	197	1	West Indies	30 March 1984	Lost
48	145	Desmond Haynes (1/4)	West Indies	222	2	Australia	30 March 1984	Won
49	131*	Richie Richardson (1/2)	West Indies	313	2	Australia	30 March 1984	Won
50	105	Viv Richards (3/3)	West Indies	147	2	New Zealand	26 April 1985	Won
51	160	Richie Richardson (2/2)	West Indies	278	1	England	21 March 1986	Won
52	108	Sanjay Manjrekar	India	221	1	West Indies	7 April 1989	Lost
53	117	Gordon Greenidge (1/2)	West Indies	182	2	India	7 April 1989	Won
54	107	Ravi Shastri	India	255	3	West Indies	7 April 1989	Lost
55	112*	Desmond Haynes (2/4)	West Indies	128	4	India	7 April 1989	Won
56	164	Carlisle Best	West Indies	245	1	England	5 April 1990	Won
57	119	Allan Lamb	England	224	2	West Indies	5 April 1990	Lost
58	109	Desmond Haynes (3/4)	West Indies	177	3	England	5 April 1990	Won
59	226	Gordon Greenidge (2/2)	West Indies	480	3	Australia	19 April 1991	Won
60	163	Andrew Hudson	South Africa	384	2	West Indies	18 April 1992	Lost
61	125	Desmond Haynes (4/4)	West Indies	206	1	Pakistan	23 April 1993	Won
62	118	Alec Stewart (1/2)	England	221	1	West Indies	8 April 1994	Won
63	143	Alec Stewart (2/2)	England	319	3	West Indies	8 April 1994	Won
64	208	Sherwin Campbell (1/2)	West Indies	470	2	New Zealand	19 April 1996	Won
65	125	Nathan Astle	New Zealand	150	3	West Indies	19 April 1996	Lost
66	137*	Shivnarine Chanderpaul (1/4)	West Indies	284	1	India	27 March 1997	Won
67	103	Graham Thorpe (1/2)	England	268	1	West Indies	12 March 1998	Drawn
68	154	Mark Ramprakash	England	388	1	West Indies	12 March 1998	Drawn
69	199	Steve Waugh (1/2)	Australia	376	1	West Indies	26 March 1999	Lost
70	104	Ricky Ponting (1/2)	Australia	290	1	West Indies	26 March 1999	Lost
71	105	Sherwin Campbell (2/2)	West Indies	271	2	Australia	26 March 1999	Won
72	153*	Brian Lara (1/3)	West Indies	256	4	Australia	26 March 1999	Won
73	115	Mohammad Yousuf	Pakistan	235	1	West Indies	18 May 2000	Drawn
74	165	Wavell Hinds	West Indies	236	2	Pakistan	18 May 2000	Drawn
75	131	Imran Nazir	Pakistan	180	3	West Indies	18 May 2000	Drawn
76	134	Daryll Cullinan	South Africa	272	1	West Indies	29 March 2001	Drawn
77	106*	Shaun Pollock	South Africa	195	1	West Indies	29 March 2001	Drawn
78	113*	Ridley Jacobs	West Indies	215	2	South Africa	29 March 2001	Drawn
79	115	Carl Hooper	West Indies	235	2	India	2 May 2002	Won
80	101*	Shivnarine Chanderpaul (2/4)	West Indies	231	2	India	2 May 2002	Won
81	130	Stephen Fleming	New Zealand	230	1	West Indies	21 June 2002	Won
82	113	Ricky Ponting (2/2)	Australia	204	1	West Indies	1 May 2003	Won
83	115	Steve Waugh (2/2)	Australia	233	1	West Indies	1 May 2003	Won
84	119*	Graham Thorpe (2/2)	England	217	2	West Indies	1 April 2004	Won
85	176	Brian Lara (2/3)	West Indies	224	1	South Africa	21 April 2005	Lost
86	104	Graeme Smith	South Africa	203	2	West Indies	21 April 2005	Won
87	178	AB de Villiers	South Africa	352	2	West Indies	21 April 2005	Won
88	130	Brian Lara (3/3)	West Indies	120	1	Pakistan	26 May 2005	Won
89	153*	Shivnarine Chanderpaul (3/4)	West Indies	254	3	Pakistan	26 May 2005	Won
90	122	Shahid Afridi	Pakistan	95	4	West Indies	26 May 2005	Lost
91	108	Phil Jaques	Australia	224	3	West Indies	12 June 2008	Won
92	157	Simon Katich	Australia	332	3	West Indies	12 June 2008	Won
93	142	Andrew Strauss	England	210	1	West Indies	26 February 2009	Drawn
94	104	Ravi Bopara	England	143	1	West Indies	26 February 2009	Drawn
95	291	Ramnaresh Sarwan	West Indies	452	2	England	26 February 2009	Drawn
96	166	Denesh Ramdin	West Indies	268	2	England	26 February 2009	Drawn
97	139*	Alastair Cook (1/2)	England	256	3	West Indies	26 February 2009	Drawn
98	103*	Shivnarine Chanderpaul (4/4)	West Indies	248	1	Australia	7 April 2012	Lost
99	161*	Kane Williamson	New Zealand	271	3	West Indies	26 June 2014	Won
100	105	Alastair Cook (2/2)	England	266	1	West Indies	1 May 2015	Lost
101	131	Roston Chase	West Indies	210	1	Pakistan	30 April 2017	Won
102	105	Azhar Ali	Pakistan	278	2	West Indies	30 April 2017	Lost
103	202*	Jason Holder	West Indies	229	3	England	23 January 2019	Won
104	116*	Shane Dowrich	West Indies	224	3	England	23 January 2019	Won

One Day International centuries

The Kensington Oval has hosted 28 ODI matches, during which 13 centuries have been scored.[6] Here, one of these matches takes place in 2007.

The following table summarises the One Day International centuries scored at the Kensington Oval.[7]

No.	Score	Player	Team	Balls	Inns.	Opposing team	Date	result
1	116	Desmond Haynes (1/2)	West Indies	138	1	New Zealand	23 April 1985	Won
2	117*	Desmond Haynes (2/2)	West Indies	132	1	India	7 March 1989	Won
3	113	Geoff Marsh	Australia	136	1	West Indies	13 March 1991	Won
4	109*	Shivnarine Chanderpaul	West Indies	134	2	India	3 May 1997	Won
5	122	Nick Knight	England	130	1	West Indies	29 March 1998	Won
6	110	Brian Lara (1/2)	West Indies	106	2	England	29 March 1998	Lost
7	107	Herschelle Gibbs	South Africa	132	2	West Indies	9 May 2001	Won
8	116	Brian Lara (2/2)	West Indies	106	1	Sri Lanka	8 June 2003	Lost
9	104*	Ramnaresh Sarwan	West Indies	105	1	England	5 May 2004	Lost
10	123	Boeta Dippenaar	South Africa	129	1	West Indies	11 May 2005	Won
11	132	Chris Gayle (1/2)	West Indies	152	2	South Africa	11 May 2005	Lost
12	100	Kevin Pietersen	England	91	2	West Indies	21 April 2007	Won
13	149	Adam Gilchrist	Australia	104	1	Sri Lanka	28 April 2007	Won
14	121	Mohammad Hafeez	Pakistan	138	1	West Indies	2 May 2011	Lost
15	125	Marlon Samuels	West Indies	134	1	Australia	21 June 2016	Lost
16	102	Darren Bravo	West Indies	103	1	South Africa	24 June 2016	Won
17	110	Alex Hales	England	107	1	West Indies	9 March 2017	Won
18	101	Joe Root (1/2)	England	108	1	West Indies	9 March 2017	Won
19	135	Chris Gayle (2/2)	West Indies	129	1	England	20 February 2019	Lost
20	123	Jason Roy	England	85	2	West Indies	20 February 2019	Won
21	102	Joe Root (2/2)	England	97	2	West Indies	20 February 2019	Won
22	104*	Shimron Hetmyer	West Indies	83	1	England	22 February 2019	Won

World Series Cricket centuries

No.	Score	Player	Team	Balls	Inns.	Opposing team	Date	result
1	109	Martin Kent	WSC Australians	NR	2	WSC West Indies	7 March 1979	Lost

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