List of international cricket centuries at Old Trafford

Old Trafford is a cricket ground that is located in Manchester, England.[1] The ground hosted its first Test match in 1884 when England played Australia, 82 Test matches have been played at the ground as of September 2020.[2] The ground has also been the scene of 56 One Day Internationals (ODIs), the first taking place in 1972.[3]

The Pavilion, Old Trafford Cricket Ground.

The Englishman Billy Gunn became the first player to score a Test century at Old Trafford. Gunn's innings of 102 not out was made against Australia in 1893. The highest score made at the ground, 311 from 740 deliveries, was achieved by Bob Simpson against England in 1964. It was during the same match that Ken Barrington's score for 256 set the record of the highest innings by an Englishman and remains the second highest overall. Only three other batsman have achieved the feat of scoring a double century at the ground. Denis Compton, Gordon Greenidge and Alec Stewart share the record of most centuries at the ground with three.[4] The ground has witnessed 134 Test centuries.

This ground is also known for being the venue of Sachin Tendulkar's first of 100 centuries in 1990.

Twenty-three ODI centuries have been scored at the ground, the first of these was scored by Dennis Amiss for England against Australia in 1972. The West Indian Viv Richards's score of 189 not out, made against England in 1984, is the highest ODI innings the ground has seen. The record for highest score by an Englishman belongs to Eoin Morgan who made 148 against Afghanistan in the 2019 World Cup.[5]

Indian batsman K. L. Rahul is the only person to score a T20I century at the venue.

Key edit

  • * 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 Old Trafford.
  • The column title Date refers to the date the match started.
  • The column title Result refers to whether the player's team won,[6][7] lost[8] or if the match was drawn.[9]

List of centuries edit

Test centuries edit

The following table summarises the Test centuries scored at Old Trafford.[4]

No. Score Player Team Balls Inns. Opposing team Date Result
1 102* William Gunn   England NR 2   Australia 24 August 1893 Drawn
2 108 Frank Iredale   Australia NR 1   England 16 July 1896 Won
3 154* K. S. Ranjitsinhji   England NR 3   Australia 16 July 1896 Lost
4 130 Tom Hayward   England NR 1   Australia 17 July 1899 Drawn
5 104 Victor Trumper   Australia NR 1   England 24 July 1902 Won
6 128 Stanley Jackson (1/2)   England NR 2   Australia 24 July 1902 Lost
7 113 Stanley Jackson (2/2)   England NR 1   Australia 24 July 1905 Won
8 114 Charles Kelleway   Australia NR 1   South Africa 27 May 1912 Won
9 121 Warren Bardsley   Australia NR 1   South Africa 27 May 1912 Won
10 122* Aubrey Faulkner   South Africa NR 2   Australia 27 May 1912 Lost
11 101 Jack Russell   England NR 1   Australia 23 July 1921 Drawn
12 117 Bill Woodfull   Australia NR 1   England 24 July 1926 Drawn
13 109 Charles Macartney   Australia NR 1   England 24 July 1926 Drawn
14 113 Bob Wyatt   England NR 1   South Africa 27 July 1929 Won
15 154 Frank Woolley   England NR 1   South Africa 27 July 1929 Won
16 109* Herbert Sutcliffe   England NR 1   New Zealand 15 August 1931 Drawn
17 105 Ivan Barrow   West Indies NR 1   England 22 July 1933 Drawn
18 169* George Headley   West Indies NR 1   England 22 July 1933 Drawn
19 127 Douglas Jardine   England NR 2   West Indies 22 July 1933 Drawn
20 132 Patsy Hendren   England 248 1   Australia 6 July 1934 Drawn
21 153 Maurice Leyland   England 309 1   Australia 6 July 1934 Drawn
22 137 Stan McCabe   Australia 204 2   England 6 July 1934 Drawn
23 108 Walter Robins   England NR 1   South Africa 27 July 1935 Drawn
24 124 Ken Viljoen   South Africa NR 2   England 27 July 1935 Drawn
25 167 Wally Hammond   England NR 2   India 25 July 1936 Drawn
26 114 Vijay Merchant   India NR 3   England 25 July 1936 Drawn
27 112 Mushtaq Ali   India NR 3   England 25 July 1936 Drawn
28 100 Leonard Hutton (1/2)   England NR 1   New Zealand 24 July 1937 Won
29 191 Bill Edrich   England NR 2   South Africa 5 July 1947 Won
30 115 Denis Compton (1/3)   England NR 2   South Africa 5 July 1947 Won
31 115 Dudley Nourse   South Africa NR 3   England 5 July 1947 Lost
32 145* Denis Compton (2/3)   England NR 1   Australia 8 July 1948 Drawn
33 103 Reg Simpson   England NR 2   New Zealand 23 July 1949 Drawn
34 101 Bert Sutcliffe   New Zealand NR 3   England 23 July 1949 Drawn
35 104 Godfrey Evans   England NR 1   West Indies 8 June 1950 Won
36 104 Leonard Hutton (2/2)   England NR 1   India 17 July 1952 Won
37 122 Neil Harvey   Australia NR 1   England 9 July 1953 Drawn
38 158 Denis Compton (3/3)   England NR 1   South Africa 7 July 1955 Lost
39 104* Jackie McGlew   South Africa NR 2   England 7 July 1955 Won
40 113 John Waite   South Africa NR 2   England 7 July 1955 Won
41 108 Paul Winslow   South Africa NR 2   England 7 July 1955 Won
42 117 Peter May (1/2)   England NR 3   South Africa 7 July 1955 Lost
43 104 Peter Richardson   England NR 1   Australia 26 July 1956 Won
44 113 David Sheppard   England NR 1   Australia 26 July 1956 Won
45 101 Peter May (2/2)   England NR 2   New Zealand 24 July 1958 Won
46 131 Geoff Pullar   England NR 1   India 23 July 1959 Won
47 100 Mike Smith   England NR 1   India 23 July 1959 Won
48 112 Abbas Ali Baig   India NR 4   England 23 July 1959 Lost
49 118 Polly Umrigar   India NR 4   England 23 July 1959 Lost
50 109 Roy McLean   South Africa 157 2   England 21 July 1960 Drawn
51 102 Bill Lawry (1/2)   Australia NR 3   England 27 July 1961 Won
52 182 Conrad Hunte (1/2)   West Indies NR 1   England 6 June 1963 Won
53 106 Bill Lawry (2/2)   Australia NR 1   England 23 July 1964 Drawn
54 311 Bob Simpson   Australia 740 1   England 23 July 1964 Drawn
55 174 Ted Dexter   England NR 2   Australia 23 July 1964 Drawn
56 256 Ken Barrington   England NR 2   Australia 23 July 1964 Drawn
57 135 Conrad Hunte (2/2)   West Indies 279 1   England 2 June 1966 Won
58 161 Garfield Sobers   West Indies 241 1   England 2 June 1966 Won
59 128 Geoffrey Boycott   England 362 1   West Indies 12 June 1969 Won
60 107 Ray Illingworth   England 298 1   India 5 August 1971 Drawn
61 101 Brian Luckhurst   England 173 3   India 5 August 1971 Drawn
62 123* Keith Fletcher   England 289 1   India 6 June 1974 Won
63 101 Sunil Gavaskar   India 251 2   England 6 June 1974 Lost
64 100* John Edrich   England 188 3   India 6 June 1974 Won
65 134 Gordon Greenidge (1/3)   West Indies 198 1   England 8 July 1976 Won
66 101 Gordon Greenidge (2/3)   West Indies 155 3   England 8 July 1976 Won
67 135 Viv Richards   West Indies 261 3   England 8 July 1976 Won
68 137 Bob Woolmer   England 338 2   Australia 7 July 1977 Won
69 112 Greg Chappell   Australia 230 3   England 7 July 1977 Lost
70 101 Clive Lloyd   West Indies 159 2   England 10 July 1980 Drawn
71 118 Ian Botham (1/2)   England 102 3   Australia 13 August 1981 Won
72 114 Graham Yallop   Australia 125 4   England 13 August 1981 Lost
73 123* Allan Border (1/2)   Australia 356 4   England 13 August 1981 Lost
74 128 Ian Botham (2/2)   England 169 1   India 24 June 1982 Drawn
75 129* Sandeep Patil   India 196 2   England 24 June 1982 Drawn
76 223 Gordon Greenidge (3/3)   West Indies 425 1   England 26 July 1984 Won
77 101 Jeff Dujon   West Indies 228 1   England 26 July 1984 Won
78 100* Allan Lamb (1/2)   England 185 2   West Indies 26 July 1984 Lost
79 160 Mike Gatting   England 266 2   Australia 1 August 1985 Drawn
80 146* Allan Border (2/2)   Australia 334 3   England 1 August 1985 Drawn
81 166 Tim Robinson   England 365 1   Pakistan 4 June 1987 Drawn
82 143 Robin Smith (1/2)   England 285 1   Australia 27 July 1989 Lost
83 128* Jack Russell   England 293 3   Australia 27 July 1989 Lost
84 116 Graham Gooch (1/2)   England 163 1   India 9 August 1990 Drawn
85 131 Michael Atherton (1/2)   England 276 1   India 9 August 1990 Drawn
86 121* Robin Smith (2/2)   England 197 1   India 9 August 1990 Drawn
87 179 Mohammad Azharuddin   India 243 2   England 9 August 1990 Drawn
88 109 Allan Lamb (2/2)   England 141 3   India 9 August 1990 Drawn
89 119* Sachin Tendulkar   India 189 4   England 9 August 1990 Drawn
90 205 Aamer Sohail   Pakistan 284 1   England 2 July 1992 Drawn
91 124 Mark Taylor   Australia 233 1   England 3 June 1993 Won
92 102* Ian Healy   Australia 133 3   England 3 June 1993 Won
93 133 Graham Gooch (2/2)   England 247 4   Australia 3 June 1993 Lost
94 111 Michael Atherton (2/2)   England 281 1   New Zealand 30 June 1994 Drawn
95 115 Martin Crowe   New Zealand 237 3   England 30 June 1994 Drawn
96 145 Brian Lara (1/2)   West Indies 226 3   England 27 July 1995 Lost
97 108 Steve Waugh (1/2)   Australia 174 1   England 3 July 1997 Won
98 116 Steve Waugh (2/2)   Australia 271 3   England 3 July 1997 Won
99 210 Gary Kirsten   South Africa 525 1   England 2 July 1998 Drawn
100 132 Jacques Kallis   South Africa 266 1   England 2 July 1998 Drawn
101 164 Alec Stewart (1/3)   England 317 3   South Africa 2 July 1998 Drawn
102 101 Nathan Astle   New Zealand 175 2   England 5 August 1999 Drawn
103 107* Craig McMillan   New Zealand 210 2   England 5 August 1999 Drawn
104 105 Alec Stewart (2/3)   England 153 2   West Indies 3 August 2000 Drawn
105 112 Brian Lara (2/2)   West Indies 158 3   England 3 August 2000 Drawn
106 114 Inzamam-ul-Haq   Pakistan 153 1   England 31 May 2001 Won
107 120 Michael Vaughan (1/2)   England 223 2   Pakistan 31 May 2001 Lost
108 138 Graham Thorpe (1/2)   England 261 2   Pakistan 31 May 2001 Lost
109 117 Marcus Trescothick   England 272 4   Pakistan 31 May 2001 Lost
110 123 Mark Butcher   England 226 1   Sri Lanka 13 June 2002 Won
111 123 Alec Stewart (3/3)   England 190 1   Sri Lanka 13 June 2002 Won
112 109 Russel Arnold   Sri Lanka 236 3   England 13 June 2002 Lost
113 114 Graham Thorpe (2/2)   England 239 2   West Indies 12 August 2004 Won
114 166 Michael Vaughan (2/2)   England 215 1   Australia 11 August 2005 Drawn
115 106 Andrew Strauss (1/2)   England 158 3   Australia 11 August 2005 Drawn
116 156 Ricky Ponting   Australia 275 4   England 11 August 2005 Drawn
117 127 Alastair Cook (1/3)   England 260 2   Pakistan 27 July 2006 Won
118 106* Ian Bell (1/2)   England 135 2   Pakistan 27 July 2006 Won
119 106 Alastair Cook (2/3)   England 215 3   West Indies 7 June 2007 Won
120 116* Shivnarine Chanderpaul   West Indies 257 4   England 7 June 2007 Lost
121 154* Ross Taylor   New Zealand 176 1   England 23 May 2008 Lost
122 106 Andrew Strauss (2/2)   England 186 4   New Zealand 23 May 2008 Won
123 128 Ian Bell (2/2)   England 255 1   Bangladesh 4 June 2010 Won
124 108 Tamim Iqbal   Bangladesh 114 2   England 4 June 2010 Lost
125 187 Michael Clarke   Australia 314 1   England 1 August 2013 Drawn
126 113 Kevin Pietersen   England 206 2   Australia 1 August 2013 Drawn
127 105 Alastair Cook (3/3)   England 172 1   Pakistan 22 July 2016 Won
128 254 Joe Root   England 406 1   Pakistan 22 July 2016 Won
129 211 Steve Smith   Australia 318 1   England 4 September 2019 Won
130 120 Dom Sibley   England 372 1   West Indies 16 July 2020 Won
131 176 Ben Stokes (1/2)   England 356 1   West Indies 16 July 2020 Won
132 156 Shan Masood   Pakistan 319 1   England 5 August 2020 Lost
133 103 Ben Stokes (2/2)   England 163 2   South Africa 25 August 2022 Won
134 113* Ben Foakes   England 217 2   South Africa 25 August 2022 Won
135 189 Zak Crawley   England 182 2   Australia 19 July 2023 Drawn
136 111 Marnus Labuschagne   Australia 173 3   England 19 July 2023 Drawn

One Day International centuries edit

The following table summarises the One Day International centuries scored at Old Trafford.[5]

No. Score Player Team Balls Inns. Opposing team Date Result
1 103 Dennis Amiss   England 134 2   Australia 24 August 1972 Won
2 114* Glenn Turner   New Zealand 177 2   India 14 June 1975 Won
3 117* Clive Radley   England 140 1   New Zealand 17 July 1978 Won
4 189* Viv Richards   West Indies 170 1   England 31 May 1984 Won
5 142* Bill Athey   England 172 2   New Zealand 18 July 1986 Won
6 118 Ali Brown   England 137 2   India 26 May 1996 Won
7 113* Saeed Anwar   Pakistan 148 2   New Zealand 16 June 1999 Won
8 100 Mahela Jayawardene   Sri Lanka 83 1   England 28 June 2006 Won
9 105 Michael Clarke   Australia 102 1   England 8 September 2013 Won
10 101 James Taylor   England 114 1   Australia 8 September 2015 Won
11 100* Jonny Bairstow (1/2)   England 97 2   West Indies 19 September 2017 Won
12 110* Jos Buttler   England 122 2   Australia 24 June 2018 Won
13 140 Rohit Sharma   India 113 1   Pakistan 16 June 2019 Won
14 148 Eoin Morgan   England 71 1   Afghanistan 18 June 2019 Won
15 148 Kane Williamson   New Zealand 154 1   West Indies 22 June 2019 Won
16 101 Carlos Brathwaite   West Indies 82 2   New Zealand 22 June 2019 Lost
17 100 Faf du Plessis   South Africa 94 1   Australia 6 July 2019 Won
18 122 David Warner   Australia 117 2   South Africa 6 July 2019 Lost
19 118 Sam Billings   England 110 2   Australia 11 September 2020 Lost
20 112 Jonny Bairstow (2/2)   England 125 1   Australia 16 September 2020 Lost
21 108 Glenn Maxwell   Australia 90 2   England 16 September 2020 Won
22 106 Alex Carey   Australia 114 2   England 16 September 2020 Won
23 125* Rishabh Pant   India 113 2   England 17 July 2022 Won

Twenty20 Internationals International centuries edit

The following table summarises the Twenty20 Internationals centuries scored at the Old Trafford.[10]

No. Score Player Team Balls Inns. Opposing team Date Result
1 101* K. L. Rahul   India 54 2   England 3 July 2018 Won

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