Lancaster Park was a sports stadium in Christchurch, New Zealand.[1] Lancaster Park was used as an international cricket ground from 1930, when New Zealand played England in a Test match,[2] until its destruction in the 2011 Christchurch earthquake. The ground also hosted One Day Internationals (ODIs), the first of these was in 1973 when New Zealand played Pakistan.[3]
61 Test centuries were scored at Lancaster Park. The South African Jim Christy scored the first century at the ground when he made 103 against New Zealand in 1932. The first Test century by a New Zealander at Lancaster Park came in 1947, scored by Walter Hadlee against England. Walter Hadlee's son, Richard Hadlee, also scored a Test century at the ground when he made 103 against the West Indies in 1980. The West Indian Seymour Nurse holds the record for the highest Test innings at the ground, Nurse made 258 against New Zealand in 1969. Graham Dowling's 239, made against India in 1968, is the highest score at Lancaster Park by a New Zealander. Nathan Astle, also from New Zealand, holds the world record for fastest Test double century, which was made at Lancaster Park in 2002. Glenn Turner was the only player to have hit 3 Test centuries at the ground.[4][5]
The first ODI century made at the ground was in 1974 by the New Zealander Ken Wadsworth. Wadsworth made 104 from 98 deliveries against Australia. The Indian Sachin Tendulkar holds the record for the highest ODI innings at the ground. Tendulkar scored 163 not out from 133 deliveries against New Zealand in 2009. Three players have scored two ODI centuries at Lancaster Park: West Indian Gordon Greenidge, Australian Adam Gilchrist and New Zealander Stephen Fleming.[6]
Brendon McCullum was the only player to have scored a Twenty20 International century at Lancaster Park. McCullum's innings of 116 not out from 56 deliveries was made against Australia in 2010.[7]
The following table summarises the Test centuries scored at Lancaster Park.[4]
No. | Score | Player | Team | Balls | Inns. | Opposing team | Date | Result |
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1 | 103 | Jim Christy | South Africa | NR | 2 | New Zealand | 27 February 1932 | Won |
2 | 113 | Bruce Mitchell | South Africa | NR | 2 | New Zealand | 27 February 1932 | Won |
3 | 227 | Wally Hammond | England | NR | 1 | New Zealand | 24 March 1933 | Drawn |
4 | 103 | Les Ames | England | NR | 1 | New Zealand | 24 March 1933 | Drawn |
5 | 116 | Walter Hadlee | New Zealand | NR | 1 | England | 21 March 1947 | Drawn |
6 | 116 | Bert Sutcliffe | New Zealand | NR | 1 | England | 17 March 1951 | Drawn |
7 | 134* | Trevor Bailey | England | NR | 2 | New Zealand | 17 March 1951 | Drawn |
8 | 103 | Everton Weekes | West Indies | NR | 1 | New Zealand | 18 February 1956 | Won |
9 | 141 | Ted Dexter | England | 292 | 1 | New Zealand | 27 February 1959 | Won |
10 | 100 | John Reid | New Zealand | NR | 3 | England | 15 March 1963 | Lost |
11 | 100* | Hanif Mohammad | Pakistan | NR | 3 | New Zealand | 12 February 1965 | Drawn |
12 | 104 | Bev Congdon (1/2) | New Zealand | NR | 2 | England | 25 February 1966 | Drawn |
13 | 239 | Graham Dowling | New Zealand | 519 | 1 | India | 22 February 1968 | Won |
14 | 258 | Seymour Nurse | West Indies | NR | 1 | New Zealand | 13 March 1969 | Drawn |
15 | 117* | Brian Hastings | New Zealand | NR | 3 | West Indies | 13 March 1969 | Drawn |
16 | 100 | Basil D'Oliveira | England | 216 | 2 | New Zealand | 25 February 1971 | Won |
17 | 101 | Glenn Turner (1/3) | New Zealand | 260 | 2 | Australia | 8 March 1974 | Won |
18 | 110* | Glenn Turner (2/3) | New Zealand | 355 | 4 | Australia | 8 March 1974 | Won |
19 | 164* | Dennis Amiss | England | 351 | 2 | New Zealand | 28 February 1975 | Drawn |
20 | 117 | Glenn Turner (3/3) | New Zealand | NR | 2 | India | 5 February 1976 | Drawn |
21 | 250 | Doug Walters | Australia | 342 | 1 | New Zealand | 18 February 1977 | Drawn |
22 | 101 | Gary Gilmour | Australia | 146 | 1 | New Zealand | 18 February 1977 | Drawn |
23 | 107* | Bev Congdon (2/2) | New Zealand | 251 | 4 | Australia | 18 February 1977 | Drawn |
24 | 103 | Ian Botham | England | 288 | 1 | New Zealand | 24 February 1978 | Won |
25 | 129 | Bruce Edgar | New Zealand | NR | 2 | Pakistan | 2 February 1979 | Lost |
26 | 160* | Javed Miandad | Pakistan | NR | 3 | New Zealand | 2 February 1979 | Won |
27 | 147 | Geoff Howarth | New Zealand | 261 | 2 | West Indies | 22 February 1980 | Drawn |
28 | 103 | Richard Hadlee | New Zealand | 92 | 2 | West Indies | 22 February 1980 | Drawn |
29 | 122 | Desmond Haynes | West Indies | 199 | 3 | New Zealand | 22 February 1980 | Drawn |
30 | 100 | Lawrence Rowe | West Indies | 165 | 3 | New Zealand | 22 February 1980 | Drawn |
31 | 100* | Collis King | West Indies | 109 | 3 | New Zealand | 22 February 1980 | Drawn |
32 | 123* | John Reid | New Zealand | 429 | 2 | India | 6 March 1981 | Drawn |
33 | 176 | Greg Chappell | Australia | 218 | 1 | New Zealand | 19 March 1982 | Won |
34 | 141 | John Wright (1/2) | New Zealand | 262 | 3 | Australia | 19 March 1982 | Lost |
35 | 140 | Allan Border (1/2) | Australia | 338 | 1 | New Zealand | 28 February 1986 | Drawn |
36 | 137 | Martin Crowe | New Zealand | 226 | 2 | Australia | 28 February 1986 | Drawn |
37 | 114* | Allan Border (2/2) | Australia | 201 | 3 | New Zealand | 28 February 1986 | Drawn |
38 | 114 | Chris Broad | England | 244 | 1 | New Zealand | 12 February 1988 | Drawn |
39 | 185 | John Wright (2/2) | New Zealand | 443 | 1 | India | 2 February 1990 | Won |
40 | 148 | Alec Stewart | England | 265 | 1 | New Zealand | 18 January 1992 | Won |
41 | 102 | Ken Rutherford | New Zealand | 215 | 3 | Australia | 25 February 1993 | Lost |
42 | 103 | Basit Ali | Pakistan | 139 | 1 | New Zealand | 24 February 1994 | Lost |
43 | 120 | Bryan Young | New Zealand | 314 | 4 | Pakistan | 24 February 1994 | Won |
44 | 120* | Shane Thomson | New Zealand | 167 | 4 | Pakistan | 24 February 1994 | Won |
45 | 100* | Adam Parore | New Zealand | 249 | 1 | West Indies | 3 February 1995 | Drawn |
46 | 103 | Ijaz Ahmed | Pakistan | 213 | 3 | New Zealand | 8 December 1995 | Won |
47 | 118 | Mike Atherton | England | 311 | 4 | New Zealand | 14 February 1997 | Won |
48 | 211* | Herschelle Gibbs | South Africa | 468 | 2 | New Zealand | 11 March 1999 | Drawn |
49 | 148* | Jacques Kallis | South Africa | 340 | 2 | New Zealand | 11 March 1999 | Drawn |
50 | 204* | Mathew Sinclair | New Zealand | 348 | 1 | Pakistan | 15 March 2001 | Drawn |
51 | 130 | Inzamam-ul-Haq | Pakistan | 241 | 2 | New Zealand | 15 March 2001 | Drawn |
52 | 203 | Mohammad Yousuf | Pakistan | 429 | 2 | New Zealand | 15 March 2001 | Drawn |
53 | 101* | Saqlain Mushtaq | Pakistan | 291 | 2 | New Zealand | 15 March 2001 | Drawn |
54 | 106 | Nasser Hussain | England | 244 | 1 | New Zealand | 13 March 2002 | Won |
55 | 200* | Graham Thorpe | England | 231 | 3 | New Zealand | 13 March 2002 | Won |
56 | 137 | Andrew Flintoff | England | 163 | 3 | New Zealand | 13 March 2002 | Won |
57 | 222 | Nathan Astle | New Zealand | 168 | 4 | England | 13 March 2002 | Lost |
58 | 146 | Hamish Marshall | New Zealand | 256 | 1 | Australia | 10 March 2005 | Lost |
59 | 118 | Simon Katich | Australia | 229 | 2 | New Zealand | 10 March 2005 | Won |
60 | 121 | Adam Gilchrist | Australia | 126 | 2 | New Zealand | 10 March 2005 | Won |
61 | 100* | Kumar Sangakkara | Sri Lanka | 154 | 3 | New Zealand | 7 December 2006 | Lost |
The following table summarises the One Day International centuries scored at Lancaster Park.[6]
No. | Score | Player | Team | Balls | Inns. | Opposing team | Date | Result |
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1 | 104 | Ken Wadsworth | New Zealand | 98 | 2 | Australia | 31 March 1974 | Lost |
2 | 103 | Gordon Greenidge (1/2) | West Indies | 137 | 1 | New Zealand | 6 February 1980 | Lost |
3 | 133* | Gordon Greenidge (2/2) | West Indies | 140 | 2 | New Zealand | 28 March 1987 | Won |
4 | 107 | Dean Jones | Australia | 143 | 1 | New Zealand | 4 March 1990 | Won |
5 | 119* | Ramiz Raja | Pakistan | 155 | 2 | New Zealand | 18 March 1992 | Won |
6 | 118 | Adam Gilchrist (1/2) | Australia | 117 | 2 | New Zealand | 8 February 1998 | Won |
7 | 115 | Chris Cairns | New Zealand | 80 | 1 | India | 19 January 1999 | Won |
8 | 128 | Adam Gilchrist (2/2) | Australia | 98 | 1 | New Zealand | 26 February 2000 | Won |
9 | 104* | Craig McMillan | New Zealand | 75 | 1 | Pakistan | 25 February 2001 | Won |
10 | 115* | Stephen Fleming (1/2) | New Zealand | 135 | 2 | Pakistan | 10 January 2004 | Won |
11 | 108 | Stephen Fleming (2/2) | New Zealand | 115 | 2 | South Africa | 17 February 2004 | Won |
12 | 114 | Matthew Hayden | Australia | 124 | 1 | New Zealand | 22 February 2005 | Won |
13 | 101 | Scott Styris | New Zealand | 96 | 2 | Australia | 10 December 2005 | Won |
14 | 103 | Upul Tharanga | Sri Lanka | 125 | 1 | New Zealand | 3 January 2006 | Lost |
15 | 118* | Nathan Astle | New Zealand | 126 | 1 | West Indies | 25 February 2006 | Won |
16 | 163* | Sachin Tendulkar | India | 133 | 1 | New Zealand | 8 March 2009 | Won |
17 | 105 | Jesse Ryder | New Zealand | 80 | 2 | India | 8 March 2009 | Lost |
18 | 101 | Imrul Kayes | Bangladesh | 138 | 1 | New Zealand | 11 February 2010 | Lost |
19 | 115 | Mohammad Hafeez | Pakistan | 144 | 1 | New Zealand | 29 January 2011 | Won |
The following table summarises the Twenty20 International centuries scored at Lancaster Park.[7]
No. | Score | Player | Team | Balls | Inns. | Opposing team | Date | Result |
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1 | 116* | Brendon McCullum | New Zealand | 56 | 1 | Australia | 28 February 2010 | Tied (NZ won by super over) |
The following table summarises the women's Test centuries scored at the Lancaster Park.[17]
No. | Score | Player | Team | Balls | Inns. | Opposing team | Date | Result |
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1 | 189 | Betty Snowball | England | NR | 2 | New Zealand | 16 February 1935 | Won |
2 | 110 | Molly Hide | England | NR | 2 | New Zealand | 16 February 1935 | Won |
3 | 108 | Mary Duggan | England | NR | 2 | New Zealand | 29 November 1957 | Drawn |
The following table summarises the women's One Day International centuries scored at Lancaster Park.[18]
No. | Score | Player | Team | Balls | Inns. | Opposing team | Date | Result |
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1 | 100* | Denise Annetts | Australia | 104 | 1 | England | 25 January 1992 | No result |