List of international cricket centuries at Sophia Gardens

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]

Sophia Gardens - After Redevelopment.

Nine Test centuries have been scored at the venue. 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 and only double century at the ground up to date. Nobody has scored more than one century at the ground to date.[4]

Seven ODI centuries have been scored at the ground, the first was by the Bangladeshi Mohammad Ashraful in 2005 against Australia, during their historic win against the Aussies. The Englishman Jason Roy holds the record for the highest ODI innings at the ground, when he scored 120 against Australia in June 2018. This is the only century 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 Sophia Gardens.
• 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

• 
  Jonathan Trott (Eng):
  1 Test century at Sophia Gardens. His 203 in 2011 is the highest score at the ground.
• 
  Simon Katich (Aus):
  1 Test century at Sophia Gardens. Scored 122 in 2009, which was the first Test century at the ground.
• 
  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	Simon Katich	Australia	261	2	England	8 July 2009	Drawn
2	100	Ricky Ponting	Australia	224	2	England	8 July 2009	Drawn
3	125*	Marcus North	Australia	242	2	England	8 July 2009	Drawn
4	121	Brad Haddin	Australia	151	2	England	8 July 2009	Drawn
5	112	Mahela Jayawardene	Sri Lanka	168	1	England	26 May 2011	Lost
6	133	Alastair Cook	England	274	2	Sri Lanka	26 May 2011	Won
7	203	Jonathan Trott	England	409	2	Sri Lanka	26 May 2011	Won
8	103*	Ian Bell	England	159	2	Sri Lanka	26 May 2011	Won
9	134	Joe 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	Mohammad Ashraful	Bangladesh	101	2	Australia	18 June 2005	Won
2	107	Virat Kohli	India	93	1	England	16 September 2011	Lost
3	114	Shikhar Dhawan	India	94	1	South Africa	6 June 2013	Won
4	100	Suresh Raina	India	75	1	England	27 August 2014	Won
5	114	Shakib Al Hasan (1/2)	Bangladesh	115	1	New Zealand	9 June 2017	Won
6	102*	Mahmudullah	Bangladesh	107	1	New Zealand	9 June 2017	Won
7	120	Jason Roy (1/2)	England	108	1	Australia	16 June 2018	Won
8	131	Shaun Marsh	Australia	116	2	England	16 June 2018	Lost
9	153	Jason Roy (2/2)	England	121	1	Bangladesh	8 June 2019	Won
10	121	Shakib Al Hasan (2/2)	Bangladesh	119	2	England	8 June 2019	Lost

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.