Kingsmead is a cricket

Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...

 ground in Durban

Durban

Durban is the largest city in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal and the third largest city in South Africa. It forms part of the eThekwini metropolitan municipality. Durban is famous for being the busiest port in South Africa. It is also seen as one of the major centres of tourism...

, South Africa

South Africa

The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

. It has a capacity of 25,000 and at present operates under the sponsor name of "Sahara Stadium Kingsmead". Kingsmead has hosted 37 Test

Test cricket

Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. Test matches are played between national representative teams with "Test status", as determined by the International Cricket Council , with four innings played between two teams of 11 players over a period of up to a maximum five days...

 matches, the first was in 1923 when South Africa played the touring England team. The ground has also hosted 35 One Day Internationals (ODIs), the first was in 1992 when South Africa played India.

The Englishman Phil Mead

Phil Mead

Charles Phillip Mead was a left-handed batsman for Hampshire and England between 1905 and 1936. He was born at 10 Ashton Buildings , second eldest of seven children...

 became the first Test century

Century (cricket)

In the sport of cricket, a batsman reaches his century when he scores 100 or more runs in a single innings. The term is also included in "century partnership" which occurs when two batsmen add 100 runs to the team total when they are batting together. A century is regarded as a landmark score for...

 scorer at the ground when he made 181 against South Africa in 1923. Of the 67 Test centuries made at the ground the highest is Gary Kirsten

Gary Kirsten

Gary Kirsten is a former South African cricketer, and the World Cup winning coach of the Indian cricket team. He played 101 Test matches and 185 One-day internationals for South Africa between 1993 and 2004, mainly as an opening batsman...

's innings of 275 made against England in 1999. The highest score by an overseas player is 243 which was achieved by the Englishman Eddie Paynter

Eddie Paynter

Edward "Eddie" Paynter was an English cricketer: an attacking batsman and excellent fielder. His Test batting average of 59.23 is the fifth highest of all time, and second only to Herbert Sutcliffe amongst Englishmen; against Australia alone Paynter averaged an extraordinary 84.42.Born in...

. The only other players to have scored a double century at Kingsmead are Graeme Pollock

Graeme Pollock

Robert Graeme Pollock, known as Graeme, is a former cricketer. He played in 23 Test matches for South Africa and represented Transvaal and Eastern Province at domestic level....

 and Bill Edrich

Bill Edrich

William John "Bill" Edrich DFC was a distinguished cricketer who played for Middlesex, MCC, Norfolk and England.Edrich's three brothers, Brian, Eric and Geoff, and also his cousin, John, all played first-class cricket...

. 3 players have scored a century in both innings of a match at the ground. The Englishman Jack Russell became the first player to do it in 1912 followed by the Australian's Ricky Ponting

Ricky Ponting

Ricky Thomas Ponting , nicknamed Punter, is an Australian cricketer, a former captain of the Australian cricket team between 2004 and 2011 in Test cricket and 2002 and 2011 in One Day International cricket. He is a specialist right-handed batsman, slips and close catching fielder, as well as a very...

 and Phillip Hughes in 2006 and 2009 respectively. Jacques Kallis

Jacques Kallis

Jacques Henry Kallis is a South African cricketer. As an all-rounder he is a formidable right-handed batsman and fast-medium swingbowler. He is one of the greatest all-rounders of all time, being the only cricketer in the history of the game to hold more than 12,000 runs and 250 wickets in both...

 holds the record for the most Test centuries at the ground with 4.

In 1993, against Pakistan, the West Indian Brian Lara

Brian Lara

Brian Charles Lara, TC, OCC, AM is a former West Indian international cricket player. Lara is generally regarded as one of the greatest batsmen of all time...

 scored the first of 13 ODI centuries at the ground. Lara's innings of 128 from 125 deliveries

Cricket ball

A cricket ball is a hard, solid leather ball used to play cricket. Constructed of cork and leather, a cricket ball is heavily regulated by cricket law at first class level...

 remains the highest ODI score seen at Kingsmead. Jacques Kallis is the only player to have scored 2 ODI centuries at the ground, with scores of 109 not out against Pakistan in 1998 and 119 not out against India in 2006.

Key

• * denotes that the batsman was not out
  Not out
  In cricket, a batsman will be not out if he comes out to bat in an innings and has not been dismissed by the end of the innings. One may similarly describe a batsman as not out while the innings is still in progress...
  
  .
• Inns. denotes the number of the innings in the match.
• Balls denotes the number of balls
  Delivery (cricket)
  A delivery or ball in cricket is a single action of bowling a cricket ball towards the batsman.During play of the game, a member of the fielding team is designated as the bowler, and bowls deliveries towards the batsman...
  
  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 Kingsmead.
• 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, tied, or a no result.

Test centuries

The following table summarises the Test centuries scored at Kingsmead.

No.	Score	Player	Team	Balls	Inns.	Opposing team	Date	Result
1	1,810 181			0 NR	1			Drawn
2	1,400 140	(1/2)		0 NR	1			Won
3	1,110 111	(2/2)		0 NR	3			Won
4	1,020 102			0 NR	4			Lost
5	1,000 100			0 NR	1			Lost
6	1,190 119			0 NR	2			Won
7	1,361 136*	(1/3)		0 NR	2			Drawn
8	1,490 149			0 NR	2			Won
9	1,090 109			0 NR	2			Won
10	1,180 118			0 NR	2			Won
11	2,430 243			0 NR	1			Won
12	1,200 120	(2/3)		0 0 NR	1			Won
13	1,090 109			0 NR	3			Lost
14	1,250 125			0 NR	1			Drawn
15	1,030 103			0 NR	1			Drawn
16	1,030 103			0 NR	3			Drawn
17	1,200 120			0 NR	4			Drawn
18	2,190 219			0 NR	4			Drawn
19	1,400 140	(3/3)		0 NR	4			Drawn
20	1,430 143			0 NR	1			Lost
21	1,511 151*			0 NR	4			Won
22	1,010 101	(1/2)		0 NR	1			Won
23	1,070 107			0 NR	2			Lost
24	1,000 100	(2/2)		0 NR	2			Drawn
25	1,101 110*			0 NR	3			Drawn
26	1,050 105	(1/2)		0 NR	2			Drawn
27	1,340 134			0 NR	2			Drawn
28	1,271 127*	(2/2)		0 NR	1			Won
29	1,481 148*			0 NR	1			Won
30	1,081 108*			0 NR	1			Won
31	1,370 137			0 NR	1			Won
32	1,400 140			164 164	1			Won
33	2,740 274			401 401	1			Won
34	1,180 118			266 266	1			Drawn
35	1,030 103			299 299	2			Drawn
36	1,131 113*			222 222	3			Drawn
37	1,320 132			163 163	1			Won
38	1,180 118			209 209	3			Won
39	1,461 146*			463 463	1			Drawn
40	2,750 275	(1/3)		642 642	3			Drawn
41	1,080 108			220 220	3			Drawn
42	1,800 180	(2/3)		461 461	1			Drawn
43	1,040 104	(1/2)		198 198	4			Won
44	1,050 105	(1/4)		236 236	1			Won
45	1,420 142	(2/2)		175 175	2			Won
46	1,770 177	(2/4)		344 344	2			Won
47	1,370 137	(3/3)		218 218	2			Won
48	1,140 114			225 225	3			Lost
49	1,090 109			171 171	3			Lost
50	1,620 162	(3/4)		264 264	2			Drawn
51	1,320 132			261 261	3			Drawn
52	1,360 136			285 285	3			Drawn
53	1,181 118*			209 209	3			Drawn
54	1,030 103	(1/2)		225 225	1			Won
55	1,140 114	(4/4)		223 223	2			Lost
56	1,020 102			217 217	3			Won
57	1,160 116	(2/2)		187 187	3			Won
58	1,210 121	(1/2)		212 212	1			Won
59	1,470 147			165 165	2			Won
60	1,231 123*	(2/2)		196 196	2			Won
61	1,031 103*			109 109	2			Won
62	1,050 105			190 190	3			Lost
63	1,150 115	(1/2)		151 151	1			Won
64	1,080 108			190 190	1			Won
65	1,600 160	(2/2)		323 323	3			Won
66	1,180 118			263 263	2			Won
67	1,400 140			227 227	2			Won

One Day International centuries

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

No.	Score	Player	Team	Balls	Inns.	Opposing team	Date	Result
1	1,280 128			125	1			Won
2	1,011 101*			108	1			Lost
3	1,000 100			119	2			Won
4	1,141 114*			90	2			Won
5	1,091 109*	(1/2)		114	1			Won
6	1,050 105			104	2			Won
7	1,240 124			129	1			Tied
8	1,111 111*			114	1			Won
9	1,180 118			133	1			No result
10	1,170 117			129	1			Won
11	1,010 101			145	1			Lost
12	1,191 119*	(2/2)		160	1			Won
13	1,011 101*			111	1			Won

Women's Test centuries

The following table summarises the women's Test centuries scored at Kingsmead.

No.	Score	Player	Team	Balls	Inns.	Opposing team	Date	Result
1	1,260 126			0 NR	1			Won