List of international cricket centuries at Old Trafford

The Pavilion, Old Trafford Cricket Ground.

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, 75 Test matches have been played at the ground.^[2] The ground has also been the scene of 42 One Day Internationals (ODIs), the first taking place in 1972.^[3]

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]

Ten 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 Bill Athey who made 142 not out against New Zealand in 1986.^[5]

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 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

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  K. S. Ranjitsinhji (Eng):
  1 Test century at Old Trafford. Scored 154* on Test debut against Australia in 1896, the ground's first 150.

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  Denis Compton (Eng):
  3 Test centuries at Old Trafford, a record held jointly with Greenidge and Stewart.

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  Bob Simpson (Aus):
  1 Test century at Old Trafford. Scored 311, the ground's highest Test score, in 1964.

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  Sir Viv Richards (WI):
  1 Test and 1 ODI century at Old Trafford. His 189* in 1984 is the highest ODI score at the ground.

Test centuries

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

No.	Score	Player	Team	Balls	Inns.	Opposing team	Date	Result
1	102*	Gunn, BillyBilly Gunn	England	NR	2	Australia	24 August 1893	Drawn
2	108	Iredale, FrankFrank Iredale	Australia	NR	1	England	16 July 1896	Won
3	154*	Ranjitsinhji, K. S.K. S. Ranjitsinhji	England	NR	3	Australia	16 July 1896	Lost
4	130	Hayward, TomTom Hayward	England	NR	1	Australia	17 July 1899	Drawn
5	104	Trumper, VictorVictor Trumper	Australia	NR	1	England	24 July 1902	Won
6	128	Jackson, StanleyStanley Jackson (1/2)	England	NR	2	Australia	24 July 1902	Lost
7	113	Jackson, StanleyStanley Jackson (2/2)	England	NR	1	Australia	24 July 1905	Won
8	114	Kelleway, CharlesCharles Kelleway	Australia	NR	1	South Africa	27 May 1912	Won
9	121	Bardsley, WarrenWarren Bardsley	Australia	NR	1	South Africa	27 May 1912	Won
10	122*	Faulkner, AubreyAubrey Faulkner	South Africa	NR	2	Australia	27 May 1912	Lost
11	101	Russell, JackJack Russell	England	NR	1	Australia	23 July 1921	Drawn
12	117	Woodfull, BillBill Woodfull	Australia	NR	1	England	24 July 1926	Drawn
13	109	Macartney, CharlesCharles Macartney	Australia	NR	1	England	24 July 1926	Drawn
14	113	Wyatt, BobBob Wyatt	England	NR	1	South Africa	27 July 1929	Won
15	154	Woolley, FrankFrank Woolley	England	NR	1	South Africa	27 July 1929	Won
16	109*	Sutcliffe, HerbertHerbert Sutcliffe	England	NR	1	New Zealand	15 August 1931	Drawn
17	105	Barrow, IvanIvan Barrow	West Indies	NR	1	England	22 July 1933	Drawn
18	169*	Headley, GeorgeGeorge Headley	West Indies	NR	1	England	22 July 1933	Drawn
19	127	Jardine, DouglasDouglas Jardine	England	NR	2	West Indies	22 July 1933	Drawn
20	132	Hendren, PatsyPatsy Hendren	England	248	1	Australia	6 July 1934	Drawn
21	153	Leyland, MauriceMaurice Leyland	England	309	1	Australia	6 July 1934	Drawn
22	137	McCabe, StanStan McCabe	Australia	204	2	England	6 July 1934	Drawn
23	108	Robins, WalterWalter Robins	England	NR	1	South Africa	27 July 1935	Drawn
24	124	Viljoen, KenKen Viljoen	South Africa	NR	2	England	27 July 1935	Drawn
25	167	Hammond, WallyWally Hammond	England	NR	2	India	25 July 1936	Drawn
26	114	Merchant, VijayVijay Merchant	India	NR	3	England	25 July 1936	Drawn
27	112	Ali, MushtaqMushtaq Ali	India	NR	3	England	25 July 1936	Drawn
28	100	Hutton, LeonardLeonard Hutton (1/2)	England	NR	1	New Zealand	24 July 1937	Won
29	191	Edrich, BillBill Edrich	England	NR	2	South Africa	5 July 1947	Won
30	115	Compton, DenisDenis Compton (1/3)	England	NR	2	South Africa	5 July 1947	Won
31	115	Nourse, DudleyDudley Nourse	South Africa	NR	3	England	5 July 1947	Lost
32	145*	Compton, DenisDenis Compton (2/3)	England	NR	1	Australia	8 July 1948	Drawn
33	103	Simpson, RegReg Simpson	England	NR	2	New Zealand	23 July 1949	Drawn
34	101	Sutcliffe, BertBert Sutcliffe	New Zealand	NR	3	England	23 July 1949	Drawn
35	104	Evans, GodfreyGodfrey Evans	England	NR	1	West Indies	8 June 1950	Won
36	104	Hutton, LeonardLeonard Hutton (2/2)	England	NR	1	India	17 July 1952	Won
37	122	Harvey, NeilNeil Harvey	Australia	NR	1	England	9 July 1953	Drawn
38	158	Compton, DenisDenis Compton (3/3)	England	NR	1	South Africa	7 July 1955	Lost
39	104*	McGlew, JackieJackie McGlew	South Africa	NR	2	England	7 July 1955	Won
40	113	Waite, JohnJohn Waite	South Africa	NR	2	England	7 July 1955	Won
41	108	Winslow, PaulPaul Winslow	South Africa	NR	2	England	7 July 1955	Won
42	117	May, PeterPeter May (1/2)	England	NR	3	South Africa	7 July 1955	Lost
43	104	Richardson, PeterPeter Richardson	England	NR	1	Australia	26 July 1956	Won
44	113	Sheppard, DavidDavid Sheppard	England	NR	1	Australia	26 July 1956	Won
45	101	May, PeterPeter May (2/2)	England	NR	2	New Zealand	24 July 1958	Won
46	131	Pullar, GeoffGeoff Pullar	England	NR	1	India	23 July 1959	Won
47	100	Smith, MikeMike Smith	England	NR	1	India	23 July 1959	Won
48	112	Ali Baig, AbbasAbbas Ali Baig	India	NR	4	England	23 July 1959	Lost
49	118	Umrigar, PollyPolly Umrigar	India	NR	4	England	23 July 1959	Lost
50	109	McLean, RoyRoy McLean	South Africa	157	2	England	21 July 1960	Drawn
51	102	Lawry, BillBill Lawry (1/2)	Australia	NR	3	England	27 July 1961	Won
52	182	Hunte, ConradConrad Hunte (1/2)	West Indies	NR	1	England	6 June 1963	Won
53	106	Lawry, BillBill Lawry (2/2)	Australia	NR	1	England	23 July 1964	Drawn
54	311	Simpson, BobBob Simpson	Australia	740	1	England	23 July 1964	Drawn
55	174	Dexter, TedTed Dexter	England	NR	2	Australia	23 July 1964	Drawn
56	256	Barrington, KenKen Barrington	England	NR	2	Australia	23 July 1964	Drawn
57	135	Hunte, ConradConrad Hunte (2/2)	West Indies	279	1	England	2 June 1966	Won
58	161	Sobers, GarryGarry Sobers	West Indies	241	1	England	2 June 1966	Won
59	128	Boycott, GeoffGeoff Boycott	England	362	1	West Indies	12 June 1969	Won
60	107	Illingworth, RayRay Illingworth	England	298	1	India	5 August 1971	Drawn
61	101	Luckhurst, BrianBrian Luckhurst	England	173	3	India	5 August 1971	Drawn
62	123*	Fletcher, KeithKeith Fletcher	England	289	1	India	6 June 1974	Won
63	101	Gavaskar, SunilSunil Gavaskar	India	251	2	England	6 June 1974	Lost
64	100*	Edrich, JohnJohn Edrich	England	188	3	India	6 June 1974	Won
65	134	Greenidge, GordonGordon Greenidge (1/3)	West Indies	198	1	England	8 July 1976	Won
66	101	Greenidge, GordonGordon Greenidge (2/3)	West Indies	155	3	England	8 July 1976	Won
67	135	Richards, VivViv Richards	West Indies	261	3	England	8 July 1976	Won
68	137	Woolmer, BobBob Woolmer	England	338	2	Australia	7 July 1977	Won
69	112	Chappell, GregGreg Chappell	Australia	230	3	England	7 July 1977	Lost
70	101	Lloyd, CliveClive Lloyd	West Indies	159	2	England	10 July 1980	Drawn
71	118	Botham, IanIan Botham (1/2)	England	102	3	Australia	13 August 1981	Won
72	114	Yallop, GrahamGraham Yallop	Australia	125	4	England	13 August 1981	Lost
73	123*	Border, AllanAllan Border (1/2)	Australia	356	4	England	13 August 1981	Lost
74	128	Botham, IanIan Botham (2/2)	England	169	1	India	24 June 1982	Drawn
75	129*	Patil, SandeepSandeep Patil	India	196	2	England	24 June 1982	Drawn
76	223	Greenidge, GordonGordon Greenidge (3/3)	West Indies	425	1	England	26 July 1984	Won
77	101	Dujon, JeffJeff Dujon	West Indies	228	1	England	26 July 1984	Won
78	100*	Lamb, AllanAllan Lamb (1/2)	England	185	2	West Indies	26 July 1984	Lost
79	160	Gatting, MikeMike Gatting	England	266	2	Australia	1 August 1985	Drawn
80	146*	Border, AllanAllan Border (2/2)	Australia	334	3	England	1 August 1985	Drawn
81	166	Robinson, TimTim Robinson	England	365	1	Pakistan	4 June 1987	Drawn
82	143	Smith, RobinRobin Smith (1/2)	England	285	1	Australia	27 July 1989	Lost
83	128*	Russell, JackJack Russell	England	293	3	Australia	27 July 1989	Lost
84	116	Gooch, GrahamGraham Gooch (1/2)	England	163	1	India	9 August 1990	Drawn
85	131	Atherton, MikeMike Atherton (1/2)	England	276	1	India	9 August 1990	Drawn
86	121*	Smith, RobinRobin Smith (2/2)	England	197	1	India	9 August 1990	Drawn
87	179	Azharuddin, MohammadMohammad Azharuddin	India	243	2	England	9 August 1990	Drawn
88	109	Lamb, AllanAllan Lamb (2/2)	England	141	3	India	9 August 1990	Drawn
89	119*	Tendulkar, SachinSachin Tendulkar	India	189	4	England	9 August 1990	Drawn
90	205	Sohail, AamerAamer Sohail	Pakistan	284	1	England	2 July 1992	Drawn
91	124	Taylor, MarkMark Taylor	Australia	233	1	England	3 June 1993	Won
92	102*	Healy, IanIan Healy	Australia	133	3	England	3 June 1993	Won
93	133	Gooch, GrahamGraham Gooch (2/2)	England	247	4	Australia	3 June 1993	Lost
94	111	Atherton, MikeMike Atherton (2/2)	England	281	1	New Zealand	30 June 1994	Drawn
95	115	Crowe, MartinMartin Crowe	New Zealand	237	3	England	30 June 1994	Drawn
96	145	Lara, BrianBrian Lara (1/2)	West Indies	226	3	England	27 July 1995	Lost
97	108	Waugh, SteveSteve Waugh (1/2)	Australia	174	1	England	3 July 1997	Won
98	116	Waugh, SteveSteve Waugh (2/2)	Australia	271	3	England	3 July 1997	Won
99	210	Kirsten, GaryGary Kirsten	South Africa	525	1	England	2 July 1998	Drawn
100	132	Kallis, JacquesJacques Kallis	South Africa	266	1	England	2 July 1998	Drawn
101	164	Stewart, AlecAlec Stewart (1/3)	England	317	3	South Africa	2 July 1998	Drawn
102	101	Astle, NathanNathan Astle	New Zealand	175	2	England	5 August 1999	Drawn
103	107*	McMillan, CraigCraig McMillan	New Zealand	210	2	England	5 August 1999	Drawn
104	105	Stewart, AlecAlec Stewart (2/3)	England	153	2	West Indies	3 August 2000	Drawn
105	112	Lara, BrianBrian 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	Vaughan, MichaelMichael Vaughan (1/2)	England	223	2	Pakistan	31 May 2001	Lost
108	138	Thorpe, GrahamGraham Thorpe (1/2)	England	261	2	Pakistan	31 May 2001	Lost
109	117	Trescothick, MarcusMarcus Trescothick	England	272	4	Pakistan	31 May 2001	Lost
110	123	Butcher, MarkMark Butcher	England	226	1	Sri Lanka	13 June 2002	Won
111	123	Stewart, AlecAlec Stewart (3/3)	England	190	1	Sri Lanka	13 June 2002	Won
112	109	Arnold, RusselRussel Arnold	Sri Lanka	236	3	England	13 June 2002	Lost
113	114	Thorpe, GrahamGraham Thorpe (2/2)	England	239	2	West Indies	12 August 2004	Won
114	166	Vaughan, MichaelMichael Vaughan (2/2)	England	215	1	Australia	11 August 2005	Drawn
115	106	Strauss, AndrewAndrew Strauss (1/2)	England	158	3	Australia	11 August 2005	Drawn
116	156	Ponting, RickyRicky Ponting	Australia	275	4	England	11 August 2005	Drawn
117	127	Cook, AlastairAlastair Cook (1/2)	England	260	2	Pakistan	27 July 2006	Won
118	106*	Bell, IanIan Bell (1/2)	England	135	2	Pakistan	27 July 2006	Won
119	106	Cook, AlastairAlastair Cook (2/2)	England	215	3	West Indies	7 June 2007	Won
120	116*	Chanderpaul, ShivnarineShivnarine Chanderpaul	West Indies	257	4	England	7 June 2007	Lost
121	154*	Taylor, RossRoss Taylor	New Zealand	176	1	England	23 May 2008	Lost
122	106	Strauss, AndrewAndrew Strauss (2/2)	England	186	4	New Zealand	23 May 2008	Won
123	128	Bell, IanIan Bell (2/2)	England	255	1	Bangladesh	4 June 2010	Won
124	108	Iqbal, TamimTamim Iqbal	Bangladesh	114	2	England	4 June 2010	Lost
125	187	Clarke, MichaelMichael Clarke	Australia	314	1	England	1 August 2013	Drawn
126	113	Pietersen, KevinKevin Pietersen	England	206	2	Australia	1 August 2013	Drawn

One Day International centuries

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	Amiss, DennisDennis Amiss	England	134	2	Australia	24 August 1972	Won
2	114*	Turner, GlennGlenn Turner	New Zealand	177	2	India	14 June 1975	Won
3	117*	Radley, CliveClive Radley	England	140	1	New Zealand	17 July 1978	Won
4	189*	Richards, VivViv Richards	West Indies	170	1	England	31 May 1984	Won
5	142*	Athey, BillBill Athey	England	172	2	New Zealand	18 July 1986	Won
6	118	Brown, AliAli Brown	England	137	2	India	26 May 1996	Won
7	113*	Anwar, SaeedSaeed Anwar	Pakistan	148	2	New Zealand	16 June 1999	Won
8	100	Jayawardene, MahelaMahela Jayawardene	Sri Lanka	83	1	England	28 June 2006	Won
9	105	Clarke, MichaelMichael Clarke	Australia	102	1	England	8 September 2013	Won
10	101	Taylor, JamesJames Taylor	England	114	1	Australia	8 September 2015	Won

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