List of international cricket centuries at Sophia Gardens

Sophia Gardens - After Redevelopment.

Sophia Gardens is a cricket ground in Cardiff, Wales, it was established in 1967 and currently has a capacity of 15,643.^[1] The ground has hosted 3 Test matches, the first of these was played in 2009 between England and Australia in the first Ashes Test.^[2] Sophia Gardens has also staged 17 One Day Internationals (ODIs), the first was played between Australia and New Zealand in the 1999 Cricket World Cup.^[3]

The first of 9 Test centuries made at the ground was scored by the Australian Simon Katich against England in 2009. The South-African born Englishman Jonathan Trott holds the record for the highest Test innings at Sophia Gardens. Trott's innings of 203, scored in 2011, was also the first double century at the ground. Nobody has scored more than one century at the ground to date.^[4]

Four ODI centuries have been scored at the ground, the first was by the Bangladeshi Mohammad Ashraful in 2005 against Australia. The Indian Shikhar Dhawan holds the record for the highest ODI innings at the ground. Dhawan scored 114 from 94 deliveries against South Africa in 2013. There has been no centuries made by an Englishman to date.^[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 Headingley.
• 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][9] or if the match was drawn.^[10]

List of centuries

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  Jonathan Trott (Eng):
  1 Test century at Sophia Gardens. His 203 in 2011 is the highest score at the ground.

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  Simon Katich (Aus):
  1 Test century at Sophia Gardens. Scored 122 in 2009, which was the first Test century at the ground.

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  Joe Root (Eng):
  1 Test century at Sophia Gardens. Scored 134 in 2015, this is the most recent Test century at the ground.

Test centuries

The following table summarises the Test centuries scored at Sophia Gardens.

No.	Score	Player	Team	Balls	Inns.	Opposing team	Date	Result
1	122	Katich, SimonSimon Katich	Australia	261	2	England	8 July 2009	Drawn
2	100	Ponting, RickyRicky Ponting	Australia	224	2	England	8 July 2009	Drawn
3	125*	North, MarcusMarcus North	Australia	242	2	England	8 July 2009	Drawn
4	121	Haddin, BradBrad Haddin	Australia	151	2	England	8 July 2009	Drawn
5	112	Jayawardene, MahelaMahela Jayawardene	Sri Lanka	168	1	England	26 May 2011	Lost
6	133	Cook, AlastairAlastair Cook	England	274	2	Sri Lanka	26 May 2011	Won
7	203	Trott, JonathanJonathan Trott	England	409	2	Sri Lanka	26 May 2011	Won
8	103*	Bell, IanIan Bell	England	159	2	Sri Lanka	26 May 2011	Won
9	134	Root, JoeJoe Root	England	166	1	Australia	8 July 2015	Won

One Day International centuries

The following table summarises the One Day International centuries scored at Sophia Gardens.

No.	Score	Player	Team	Balls	Inns.	Opposing team	Date	Result
1	100	Ashraful, MohammadMohammad Ashraful	Bangladesh	101	2	Australia	18 June 2005	Won
2	107	Kohli, ViratVirat Kohli	India	93	1	England	16 September 2011	Lost
3	114	Dhawan, ShikharShikhar Dhawan	India	94	1	South Africa	6 June 2013	Won
4	100	Raina, SureshSuresh Raina	India	75	1	England	27 August 2014	Won

Forthcoming fixtures

• July 2016 - England vs. Sri Lanka - 5th ODI.
• September 2016 - England vs. Pakistan - 5th ODI.
• August 2017 - England vs. South Africa - 1 T20I.
• June 2017 - Multiple Matches from 2017 ICC Champions Trophy.
• June 2018 - England vs. Australia - 1 ODI.
• September 2018 - England vs. India - 1 T20I.
• May 2019 - England vs. Pakistan - 1 T20I.
• June/July 2019 - Multiple Matches from 2019 Cricket World Cup.

References

1. "Glamorgan secure England matches". BBC Sport. BBC. 30 July 2009. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
2. "Statsguru: Sophia Gardens, Cardiff / Test matches / Match result list". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
3. "Statsguru: Sophia Gardens, Cardiff / One-Day Internationals matches / Match result list". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
4. "Statsguru: Test matches / Batting records / Innings by innings list". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
5. "Statsguru: One-Day Internationals / Batting records / Innings by innings list". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
6. "Statsguru: Test matches / Batting records / Innings by innings list / Match result : Won". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
7. "Statsguru: One Day International matches / Batting records / Innings by innings list / Match result : Won". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
8. "Statsguru: Test matches / Batting records / Innings by innings list / Match result : Lost". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
9. "Statsguru: One Day International matches / Batting records / Innings by innings list / Match result : Lost". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
10. "Statsguru: Test matches / Batting records / Innings by innings list / Match result : Drawn". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 20 January 2016.