List of international cricket centuries at Bourda
Bourda is a sports ground in Georgetown, Guyana, it has a capacity of 25,000. The ground have been hosted 30 Test cricket since 1930 when West Indies played England for the first time. 11 One Day Internationals (ODIs) have been hosted, where the first of which was in 1988 when West Indies played Pakistan.
England opener Clifford Roach became the first man to score a Test century at Bourda when he made 209 against England in 1930. The score of 259 by Kiwi Glenn Turner against Windies in 1972 still stands as the highest score seen at the ground. Overall, there are 61 Test centuries have been scored at the ground, including 4 double hundreds. Garfield Sobers and Shivnarine Chanderpaul of West Indies become the successful batsmen at the venue, with 4 centuries each.
Four ODI centuries have been scored at Bourda, and the first by Pakistani batsman Javed Miandad who scored 100 not out from 99 deliveries against West Indies in 1988. The highest score achieved at the ground is unbeaten 152 made by West Indies maestro Desmond Haynes against India in 1989.
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 Bourda.
- 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
The following table summarises the Test centuries scored at Bourda.
No. |
Score |
Player |
Team |
Balls |
Inns. |
Opposing team |
Date |
Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
209 |
Clifford Roach |
NA |
1 |
Won |
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2 |
114 |
George Headley (1/2) |
NA |
1 |
Won |
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3 |
114 |
George Headley (2/2) |
NA |
3 |
Won |
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4 |
123 |
Patsy Hendren |
NA |
4 |
Lost |
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5 |
131* |
Frank Worrell |
NA |
1 |
Won |
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6 |
125 |
Clyde Walcott (1/2) |
NA |
2 |
Drawn |
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7 |
169 |
Leonard Hutton |
NA |
1 |
Won |
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8 |
150 |
Saeed Ahmed |
NA |
1 |
Lost |
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9 |
125 |
Garfield Sobers (1/4) |
NA |
2 |
Won |
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10 |
145 |
Clyde Walcott (2/2) |
NA |
2 |
Won |
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11 |
114 |
Conrad Hunte |
NA |
4 |
Won |
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12 |
109* |
Garfield Sobers (2/4) |
NA |
4 |
Won |
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13 |
145 |
Garfield Sobers (2/4) |
NA |
2 |
Drawn |
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14 |
110 |
Ted Dexter |
NA |
3 |
Drawn |
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15 |
145 |
Raman Subba Row |
NA |
3 |
Drawn |
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16 |
150 |
Rohan Kanhai |
301 |
1 |
Drawn |
|||
17 |
150 |
Garfield Sobers (3/4) |
362 |
1 |
Drawn |
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18 |
116 |
Geoff Boycott |
254 |
2 |
Drawn |
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19 |
116 |
Sunil Gavaskar (1/2) |
NA |
2 |
Drawn |
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20 |
125* |
Charlie Davis |
NA |
3 |
Drawn |
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21 |
108* |
Garfield Sobers (4/4) |
NA |
3 |
Drawn |
|||
22 |
100* |
Alvin Kallicharran |
NA |
1 |
Drawn |
|||
23 |
259 |
Glenn Turner |
759 |
2 |
Drawn |
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24 |
182 |
Terry Jarvis |
555 |
2 |
Drawn |
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25 |
178 |
Clive Lloyd |
NA |
1 |
Drawn |
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26 |
109 |
Ian Chappell |
NA |
2 |
Drawn |
|||
27 |
118 |
Dennis Amiss |
246 |
1 |
Drawn |
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28 |
121 |
Tony Greig |
254 |
1 |
Drawn |
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29 |
120 |
Irvine Shillingford |
NA |
2 |
Drawn |
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30 |
167 |
Majid Khan |
NA |
3 |
Drawn |
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31 |
100 |
Basil Williams |
118 |
3 |
Lost |
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32 |
101 |
Larry Gomes |
NA |
3 |
Lost |
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33 |
126 |
Graeme Wood |
NA |
4 |
Won |
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34 |
124 |
Craig Serjeant |
NA |
4 |
Won |
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35 |
109 |
Vivian Richards |
NA |
1 |
Drawn |
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36 |
147* |
Sunil Gavaskar (2/2) |
NA |
2 |
Drawn |
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37 |
120* |
Gordon Greenidge |
189 |
4 |
Drawn |
|||
38 |
103* |
Desmond Haynes (1/2) |
184 |
4 |
Drawn |
|||
39 |
185 |
Richie Richardson (1/3) |
346 |
1 |
Drawn |
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40 |
188 |
Martin Crowe |
462 |
2 |
Drawn |
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41 |
114 |
Javed Miandad |
235 |
2 |
Won |
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42 |
194 |
Richie Richardson (2/3) |
367 |
1 |
Drawn |
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43 |
111 |
Desmond Haynes (2/2) |
223 |
1 |
Won |
|||
44 |
182 |
Richie Richardson (3/3) |
260 |
2 |
Won |
|||
45 |
144 |
Michael Atherton |
296 |
1 |
Lost |
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46 |
167 |
Brian Lara (1/2) |
210 |
2 |
Won |
|||
47 |
137 |
Jimmy Adams |
262 |
2 |
Won |
|||
48 |
118 |
Shivnarine Chanderpaul (1/4) |
263 |
1 |
Won |
|||
49 |
135 |
Inzamam-ul-Haq |
254 |
1 |
Drawn |
|||
50 |
150 |
Gary Kirsten |
338 |
2 |
Drawn |
|||
51 |
150 |
Carl Hooper |
402 |
1 |
Drawn |
|||
52 |
140 |
Shivnarine Chanderpaul (2/4) |
290 |
1 |
Drawn |
|||
53 |
144* |
Rahul Dravid |
290 |
2 |
Drawn |
|||
54 |
100 |
Shivnarine Chanderpaul (3/4) |
72 |
1 |
Lost |
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55 |
146 |
Justin Langer |
270 |
2 |
Won |
|||
56 |
117 |
Ricky Ponting |
195 |
2 |
Won |
|||
57 |
113 |
Daren Ganga |
225 |
3 |
Lost |
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58 |
110 |
Brian Lara (2/2) |
157 |
3 |
Lost |
|||
59 |
213 |
Wavell Hinds |
297 |
1 |
Drawn |
|||
60 |
203* |
Shivnarine Chanderpaul (4/4) |
370 |
1 |
Drawn |
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61 |
109* |
Jacques Kallis |
346 |
3 |
Drawn |
One Day International centuries
The following table summarises the One Day International centuries scored at Bourda.
No. |
Score |
Player |
Team |
Balls |
Inns. |
Opposing team |
Date |
Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
100* |
Javed Miandad |
99 |
1 |
Lost |
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2 |
152* |
Desmond Haynes |
126 |
1 |
Won |
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3 |
100 |
Carlisle Best |
119 |
2 |
Won |
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4 |
106* |
Geoff Marsh |
158 |
2 |
Won |