List of international cricket centuries at Mangaung Oval

Mangaung Oval is a sports ground in Bloemfontein, South Africa, it has a capacity of 20,000. The ground have been hosted Test cricket since its first match in 1999 when South Africa played Zimbabwe. 4 Test matches have been played at the ground along with 28 One Day Internationals (ODIs), the first of which was in 1992 when South Africa played India. The ground was first staged to Twenty20 Internationals when South Africa played against Zimbabwe in 2010.

South African batsman Jacques Kallis became the first man to score a Test century at Mangaung Oval when he made 160 against New Zealand in 2000. It still stands as the highest Test individual score at the ground, and a double century is yet to score. Overall, there are 7 Test centuries have been scored at the ground.

Sixteen ODI centuries have been scored at Mangaung Oval, and the first by South African batsman Andrew Hudson who scored 108 from 147 deliveries against India in 1992. The highest score achieved at the ground is 145* not out made by Zimbabwean wicket keeper Brendan Taylor against South Africa in 2010.

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 Mangaung 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

The following table summarises the Test centuries scored at Mangaung Oval.

No.

Score

Player

Team

Balls

Inns.

Opposing team

Date

Result

1

160

Jacques Kallis

289

1

Won

2

155

Sachin Tendulkar

184

1

Lost

3

105

Virender Sehwag

173

1

Lost

4

107

Herschelle Gibbs

145

2

Won

5

108

Lance Klusener

124

2

Won

6

157

Graeme Smith

248

1

Won

7

112

Hashim Amla

165

1

Won

One Day International centuries

The following table summarises the One Day International centuries scored at Mangaung Oval.

No.

Score

Player

Team

Balls

Inns.

Opposing team

Date

Result

1

108

Andrew Hudson

147

2

Won

2

111*

Brian Lara

140

2

Lost

3

140

Sanath Jayasuriya (1/2)

143

1

No result

4

129

Ricky Ponting

126

1

Won

5

120

Sanath Jayasuriya (2/2)

125

1

Won

6

141

Scott Styris

125

2

Lost

7

121

Feiko Kloppenburg

142

1

Won

8

134*

Klaas-Jan van Noortwijk

129

1

Won

9

102*

Nathan Astle

121

2

Won

10

108*

Kevin Pietersen

96

1

Tied

11

110

Hashim Amla

96

1

Won

12

124

Colin Ingram (1/2)

126

1

Won

13

145*

Brendan Taylor

136

2

Lost

14

105*

Colin Ingram (2/2)

104

1

Won

15

105

Jos Buttler

76

1

Won

16

138*

Quinton de Kock

96

2

Lost