Trent Bridge Trent Bridge Cricket Ground is a cricket ground mostly used for Test, One-Day International and county cricket located in West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire, England, just across the River Trent from the city of Nottingham. Trent Bridge is also t ...

is a

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ground in

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, it was established in 1841 and has a capacity of 17,500. The ground hosted its first

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in 1899 when

played

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(ODIs) have been played at the ground since 1974. There have been 110 Test centuries, 26 ODI centuries and a T20I

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that have been scored at the ground. The first Test century at the ground was made by the Englishman

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in 1905, MacLaren scored 140 against Australia. Another Englishman,

Denis Compton Denis Charles Scott Compton (23 May 1918 – 23 April 1997) was an English multi-sportsman. As a cricketer he played in 78 Test matches and spent his whole cricket career with Middlesex. As a footballer, he played as a winger and spent most o ...

, holds the record for the highest Test innings at the ground, Compton's innings of 278 was scored against Pakistan in 1954. Compton is one of only two players to have scored 5 Test centuries at the ground, the other is

Mike Atherton Michael Andrew Atherton (born 23 March 1968) is a broadcaster, journalist and a former England international first-class cricketer. A right-handed opening batsman for Lancashire and England, and occasional leg-break bowler, he achieved the ca ...

. The highest Test innings by an overseas player is 261 which was scored by the

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in 1950. The Englishman David Lloyd scored the first ODI century at Trent Bridge when he made 116 not out against Pakistan in 1974.

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's innings of 171 from 122 balls, made against

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in 2016, is the highest ODI score seen at Trent Bridge.

Allan Lamb Allan Joseph Lamb (born 20 June 1954) is a South African-born former English cricketer, who played for the first-class teams of Western Province and Northamptonshire. Making his Test debut in 1982, he was a fixture in the Test and One-Day Intern ...

is one of two players alongside

to have scored two ODI centuries at the ground. England's

Liam Livingstone Liam Stephen Livingstone (born 4 August 1993) is an English cricketer who plays for Lancashire and England. Livingstone is a right-handed batter and spin bowler, capable of bowling both right-arm leg and off spin. He made his Twenty20 debut for ...

and India's

Suryakumar Yadav Surya Kumar Ashok Yadav (born 14 September 1990) is an Indian international cricketer who plays for the Indian cricket team. Regarded as one of the best batters in Twenty20 cricket, he plays as a right handed batsman for Mumbai Indians in the I ...

are the only two players to score T20I centuries at the stadium.

Key

* * denotes that the batsman was

not out In cricket, a batter is not out if they come out to bat in an innings and have not been dismissed by the end of an innings. The batter is also ''not out'' while their innings is still in progress. Occurrence At least one batter is not out at t ...

. * 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 Trent Bridge. * The column title Date refers to the date the match started. * The column title Result refers to whether the player's team won, lost or if the match was drawn or tied.

List of centuries

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Sir Donald Bradman Sir Donald George Bradman, (27 August 1908 – 25 February 2001), nicknamed "The Don", was an Australian international cricketer, widely acknowledged as the greatest batsman of all time. Bradman's career Test batting average of 99.94 has bee ...

(Aus):
3 Test centuries at Trent Bridge, a unique feat by an overseas player, including the first century at the ground by an overseas batsman, 131 in 1930. Image:Denis Compton 1936.jpg,

(Eng):
5 Test centuries at Trent Bridge, the last of which, 278 against Pakistan in 1954, remains the highest Test innings at the ground. Image:Frank Worrell cropped.jpg,

Sir Frank Worrell Sir Frank Mortimer Maglinne Worrell (1 August 1924 – 13 March 1967), sometimes referred to by his nickname of Tae, was a West Indies cricketer and Jamaican senator. A stylish right-handed batsman and useful left-arm seam bowler, he became fam ...

(WI):
2 Test centuries at Trent Bridge. His 261 in 1950 remains the highest innings at Trent Bridge by an overseas batsman; he also carried his bat for 191* in 1957. Image:MikeAtherton.jpg,

Michael Atherton Michael Andrew Atherton (born 23 March 1968) is a broadcaster, journalist and a former England international first-class cricketer. A right-handed opening batsman for Lancashire and England, and occasional leg-break bowler, he achieved the ca ...

(Eng):
5 Test centuries at Trent Bridge, a record held jointly with Compton. He scored his maiden Test century, 151 against New Zealand, in 1990.

Test centuries

The following table summarises the Test centuries scored at Trent Bridge.

One Day International centuries

The following table summarises the One Day International centuries scored at Trent Bridge.

T20 International centuries

The following table summarises the T20 International centuries scored at Trent Bridge.

References

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Cricket in Nottinghamshire

Centuries A century is a period of 100 years. Centuries are numbered ordinally in English and many other languages. The word ''century'' comes from the Latin ''centum'', meaning ''one hundred''. ''Century'' is sometimes abbreviated as c. A centennial or ...