List of international cricket centuries at the Adelaide Oval

The Adelaide Oval is a sports ground in Adelaide, South Australia. It has been used as an international cricket ground since 1884 when a Test match was played between Australia and England.

The ground has also hosted 70 One Day Internationals (ODIs), the first of these was in 1975 between Australia and the West Indies.

The Australian Percy McDonnell scored the first of 160 Test centuries at the ground when he made 124 against England in 1884. Donald Bradman holds the record for the highest Test century at the Adelaide Oval, his innings of 299 not out was scored against South Africa in 1932. This was the first of 2 double centuries Bradman scored at the ground, the second, 212 from 395 balls, was scored against England in 1937. The highest innings by an overseas player, 233 from 446 balls, was made by The INDIAN Rahul Dravid in 2003. Ricky Ponting is the only player to have scored 5 Test centuries at the ground.

The first ODI century at the ground was scored by the Englishman David Gower, Gower made 109 from 85 balls against New Zealand in 1983. The West indian Brian Lara holds the record for the highest ODI innings at the ground with 156, made against Pakistan in 2005. Graeme Hick and Mark Waugh are the only players to have scored 2 ODI centuries 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 Adelaide Oval.
  • The column title Date refers to the date the match started.

Test centuries

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

No.

Score

Player

Team

Balls

Inns.

Opposing team

Date

Winning team

1

124

NR

1

2

134

NR

2

3

134

NR

1

4

140

NR

3

5

178

NR

1

6

124

NR

3

7

103*

NR

1

8

113

(1/2)

NR

1

9

112

NR

3

10

116

NR

3

11

160

NR

3

12

105

237

1

13

103

245

1

14

214*

(2/2)

247

2

15

115

245

3

16

187

(1/3)

351

2

17

162

274

1

18

135*

236

2

19

147

404

3

20

121

227

3

21

104

135

3

22

123

(2/3)

155

4

23

201*

461

1

24

119

(3/3)

304

2

25

119*

(1/2)

374

1

26

164

331

2

27

177

(2/2)

603

3

28

146

NR

2

29

299*

(1/3)

NR

2

30

129

332

2

31

212

(2/3)

395

3

32

147

(1/2)

350

1

Match drawn

33

122

(1/3)

255

2

Match drawn

34

141*

198

2

Match drawn

35

103*

(2/2)

353

3

Match drawn

36

124*

(2/3)

171

4

Match drawn

37

112

281

1

38

201

(3/3)

296

1

39

198*

(1/2)

305

1

40

116

(1/2)

303

2

41

123

284

2

42

145

(2/2)

372

3

43

206

(3/3)

NR

1

44

156*

NR

2

45

101*

NR

3

46

154

(1/2)

NR

1

Match drawn

47

163

(2/2)

NR

1

Match drawn

48

116

(1/2)

NR

3

Match drawn

49

170

(2/2)

315

1

50

117

(1/2)

NR

1

Match drawn

51

115

(2/2)

NR

3

Match drawn

52

154

(2/2)

NR

1

Match drawn

53

100

NR

1

Match drawn

54

132*

(1/2)

NR

4

Match drawn

55

201

NR

2

56

175

NR

2

57

225

(1/3)

427

2

58

119

217

2

59

102

(2/2)

288

3

60

103

(2/3)

NR

3

61

108

NR

3

62

110

NR

1

Match drawn

63

110

(1/2)

NR

2

Match drawn

64

118

NR

3

Match drawn

65

130

301

1

Match drawn

66

119*

210

3

Match drawn

67

136

335

4

Match drawn

68

104

(1/2)

278

4

Match drawn

69

196

(2/2)

243

2

70

118

(1/2)

123

2

71

132

(2/2)

266

1

72

106*

205

4

73

103

175

1

74

136

222

3

75

101

136

4

76

105

201

2

Match drawn

77

107

(2/2)

244

2

Match drawn

78

101

231

3

Match drawn

79

152*

291

3

Match drawn

80

121

NR

1

81

100

(3/3)

200

1

82

121

156

1

83

106

176

3

84

125

217

1

Match drawn

85

213

(1/2)

301

1

Match drawn

86

174

240

2

Match drawn

87

124*

(1/2)

273

2

88

126

(1/4)

278

3

89

115

201

1

90

114

259

3

91

179

233

1

Match drawn

92

117*

(2/4)

208

1

Match drawn

93

149

296

2

Match drawn

94

113

224

2

Match drawn

95

131

271

2

Match drawn

96

106

(2/2)

245

3

Match drawn

97

120*

(2/2)

217

3

98

123

(1/4)

255

1

Match drawn

99

128

321

1

Match drawn

100

166*

416

2

Match drawn

101

103

(2/4)

274

1

Match drawn

102

116

263

2

Match drawn

103

100

(1/2)

141

2

Match drawn

104

100*

(3/4)

253

3

Match drawn

105

150

383

1

Match drawn

106

137

184

1

Match drawn

107

205

(4/4)

485

2

Match drawn

108

216

(1/3)

347

1

Match drawn

109

106

160

2

Match drawn

110

104

249

4

Match drawn

111

116

(2/3)

239

2

Match drawn

112

136

361

3

Match drawn

113

123

195

3

Match drawn

114

121*

(3/3)

205

4

Match drawn

115

138

(1/2)

188

1

Match drawn

116

121

(3/4)

277

3

Match drawn

117

117

188

4

Match drawn

118

100

(1/2)

303

3

119

135

(4/4)

352

3

120

106

162

4

121

164

(1/3)

276

1

122

117

(2/2)

286

1

123

102*

180

2

124

170

(2/3)

316

1

125

112

188

4

126

125

(1/3)

226

2

127

169*

(2/2)

378

2

Match drawn

128

108*

159

3

Match drawn

129

115*

(2/2)

305

4

Match drawn

130

179*

(1/3)

350

1

131

103

191

3

132

150

(3/3)

323

1

133

125

(1/5)

198

1

134

182

(1/2)

235

1

135

116

(2/3)

246

1

136

124*

210

1

137

131

(2/3)

207

3

138

177

306

1

139

154

(2/5)

269

2

140

242

(3/5)

352

1

141

233

446

2

142

148

282

2

143

215

(3/3)

368

1

144

226

(2/2)

298

1

145

133*

215

2

146

206

392

1

147

158

(1/2)

257

1

148

142

(4/5)

245

2

149

124

(1/3)

224

2

150

153

205

1

Match drawn

151

103

(3/3)

200

2

Match drawn

152

140

(5/5)

266

2

Match drawn

153

118

(2/3)

243

2

Match drawn

154

151

236

3

Match drawn

155

110

(3/3)

239

2

156

169

222

2

157

104

156

1

Match drawn

158

165*

285

3

Match drawn

159

148

269

2

160

227

(2/2)

308

2

One Day International centuries

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

No.

Score

Player

Team

Balls

Inns.

Opposing team

Date

Winning team

1

109

85

1

2

110*

128

2

3

104*

142

1

4

118*

88

1

5

122

130

1

6

111

107

1

7

107*

154

1

8

126

99

1

9

104

(1/2)

113

2

10

126*

(1/2)

118

1

11

120

111

2

12

109

(2/2)

119

2

13

141

144

1

14

116

(2/2)

131

1

15

131

138

1

16

109

128

2

17

100

100

2

18

156

138

1

19

125*

145

1

20

107*

108

2

21

128

155

1

22

102

126

1

Women's Test centuries

The following table summarises the women's Test centuries scored at the Adelaide Oval.

No.

Score

Player

Team

Balls

Inns.

Opposing team

Date

Winning team

1

111

(1/2)

NR

1

2

127

(2/2)

NR

1

Match drawn

3

102

NR

2

Match drawn

4

121

329

2

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