St George's Park is a sports ground in

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, it has a capacity of 19,000. The ground have been hosted

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since its first match in 1889 when

played

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. 27 Test matches have been played at the ground along with 38

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(ODIs), the first of which was in 1992 when South Africa played

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. The ground was first staged to

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s when South Africa played against

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in 2007. The venue has hosted 2 T20I matches so far. English batsman

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became the first man to score a Test

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at St George's Park when he made 117 against South Africa way back in 1914. 196 runs scored by South African

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against India in 2001 stands as the highest score seen at the ground, and a double century is yet to score. Overall, 36 Test centuries have been scored at the ground. Ten ODI centuries have been scored at St George's Park, and the first by Australian batsman

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who scored unbeaten 115 from 125 deliveries against South Africa in 1997. The highest score achieved at the ground is 135 made by Pakistani

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against South Africa in 2002.

Key

* * denotes that the batsman was

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. * 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 St George's Park. * The column title Date refers to the date the match started. * The column title Result refers to whether the player's team won

Test centuries

The following table summarises the Test centuries scored at St George's Park.

One Day International centuries

The following table summarises the One Day International centuries scored at St George's Park.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:List of international cricket centuries at Saint Georges Park Saint Georges Park Saint Georges Park

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