List of international cricket centuries at the University Otago Oval

University Oval is a sports ground in Logan Park, Dunedin, New Zealand, it has a capacity of 6,000. The ground have been hosted Test cricket since its first match in 2008 when New Zealand played Bangladesh. 7 Test matches have been played at the ground along with 7 One Day Internationals (ODIs), the first of which was in 2010 when Bangladesh played New Zealand.

New Zealand batsman Matthew Bell became the first man to score a Test century at University Oval when he made 107 against Bangladesh in inaugural match in 2008. Darren Bravo's 218 against New Zealand in 2013 stands as the highest score seen at the ground. There are only two double centuries scored at the venue. In total, there are 15 Test centuries have been scored at the ground.

Four ODI centuries have been scored at University Oval, and the first by New Zealand middle order batsman Grant Elliott who scored 104 not out from 96 deliveries against Sri Lanka in 2015. The highest score achieved at the ground is 170 not out made by Kiwi wicket keeper Luke Ronchi against Sri Lanka in 2014.

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 University 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 University Oval.

No.

Score

Player

Team

Balls

Inns.

Opposing team

Date

Result

1

107

Matthew Ball

184

2

Won

2

117

Jacob Oram

166

2

Won

3

106

Jerome Taylor

107

2

Drawn

4

129

Umar Akmal

160

2

Lost

5

115

Graeme Smith

234

3

Drawn

6

115

Jacques Kallis

263

3

Drawn

7

105*

Jacques Rudolph

182

3

Drawn

8

171

Hamish Rutherford

217

2

Drawn

9

116

Alastair Cook

252

3

Drawn

10

117

Nick Compton

310

3

Drawn

11

217*

Ross Taylor

319

1

Drawn

12

113

Brendon McCullum

134

1

Drawn

13

218

Darren Bravo

416

3

Drawn

14

156

Martin Guptill

234

1

Won

15

109*

Tom Latham

180

3

Won

16

140

Dean Elgar

299

1

Drawn

17

130

Kane Williamson

241

2

Drawn

One Day International centuries

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

No.

Score

Player

Team

Balls

Inns.

Opposing team

Date

Result

1

104*

Grant Elliott

96

1

Won

2

170*

Luke Ronchi

99

1

Won

3

116

Tillakaratne Dilshan

106

2

Lost

4

100

Mahela Jayawardene

120

2

Won