List of international cricket centuries at the WACA Ground

The WACA Ground in December 2006

The WACA Ground (pronounced wakka) is a 24,500 capacity cricket stadium situated in Perth, Western Australia. WACA are the initials of its owners and operators, the Western Australian Cricket Association. The ground has been the "home" of cricket in Western Australia since the early 1890s, and the first Test match was played in 1970.1

The first Test century scored at The WACA Ground was in 1970 by the Englishman Brian Luckhurst. Since that time 69 Test centuries have been scored at the ground. Matthew Hayden holds the record for the highest score at the ground with 380 against Zimbabwe in 2003. Hayden's 380 saw him surpass Brian Lara's World record highest score of 375. Brian Lara reclaimed the record in April 2004 with 400* against England. The West Indian Roy Fredericks holds the record for the highest score by an overseas player with 169.

19 One Day International centuries have been scored at the ground. The Australian Damien Martyn holds the record for highest score with 144*. Dean Jones and Adam Gilchrist are the only players to have scored more than one century in both Tests and ODIs at the ground.

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 WACA Ground.
  • The column title Date refers to the date the match started.

Test centuries

The following table summarises the Test centuries scored at the WACA Ground.

No.

Score

Player

Team

Balls

Inns.

Opposing team

Date

Winning team

1

131

301

1

Match Drawn

2

171

372

2

Match Drawn

3

108

(1/2)

218

2

Match Drawn

4

115*

332

3

Match Drawn

5

115

252

2

6

103

119

2

7

156

261

1

8

169

145

2

9

149

186

2

10

176

355

2

11

127

245

3

12

100

175

3

13

105

165

4

14

102

(1/2)

221

1

15

129*

276

1

16

134*

280

3

17

115

(1/2)

296

3

18

106

198

3

19

117

(2/2)

174

2

Match drawn

20

115

215

3

Match drawn

21

159

246

1

22

141

274

1

23

127

297

1

24

139

158

1

25

162

313

1

Match Drawn

26

136

(2/2)

175

1

Match Drawn

27

133

207

1

Match Drawn

28

125

(2/2)

282

2

Match Drawn

29

102

(1/2)

174

1

30

146

150

1

31

111

176

2

32

100

194

3

33

200

(1/2)

326

1

Match drawn

34

146*

485

3

Match drawn

35

107

(2/2)

304

1

36

114

161

2

37

150*

(2/2)

295

3

38

101

149

3

39

113*

181

1

Match drawn

40

143

283

2

Match drawn

41

142*

255

3

Match drawn

42

124

(1/2)

231

1

43

123

218

2

44

115

158

3

45

219

(2/2)

321

2

46

111

(1/2)

223

2

47

119

206

3

48

132

183

2

49

144

(1/2)

286

2

50

197

288

2

51

115

160

3

52

119

(2/2)

175

2

53

104

208

1

Match drawn

54

105

222

1

Match drawn

55

156*

275

1

Match drawn

56

110

243

1

Match drawn

57

380

437

1

58

113*

(1/2)

94

1

59

191

(2/2)

280

1

60

100*

121

3

61

203*

332

3

Match drawn

62

102*

283

4

Match drawn

63

103

(1/2)

156

3

64

135*

164

3

65

102*

(2/2)

59

3

66

116

290

4

67

108

147

4

68

106*

186

4

69

102

72

2

70

116

(2/2)

172

3

One Day International centuries

The following table summarises the One Day International centuries scored at the WACA Ground.

No.

Score

Player

Team

Balls

Inns.

Opposing team

Date

Winning team

1

101

89

1

2

104

(1/2)

125

2

3

121

(2/2)

113

1

4

100

119

1

5

130

144

1

6

103*

116

2

7

111

(1/2)

140

1

8

144*

149

1

9

119

145

2

10

107*

135

1

11

104*

(2/2)

120

2

12

100

124

1

13

119

119

1

14

105

100

1

15

116

(1/2)

105

2

16

117

111

1

17

111

122

1

18

101*

72

2

19

118

(2/2)

132

1