List of international cricket centuries by Herschelle Gibbs

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Herschelle Gibbs is a former South African cricketer who represented his country between 1996 and 2010. He made centuries (100 or more runs in a single innings) on 14 and 21 occasions in Test and One Day International (ODI) matches respectively. With over 14,000 runs, Gibbs is fourth in the list of South Africa's most prolific run-scorers in international cricket.[1] Wisden Cricketers' Almanack included him among its "top 40 cricketers of 2004".[2]

Herschelle Gibbs is seen signing paper
Gibbs in 2009

Gibbs made his Test and ODI debuts in 1996 against India and Kenya respectively.[3] However, it was only in 1999 that he made his first century, when he scored 125 against the West Indies, an ODI South Africa won at St George's Park, Port Elizabeth. He followed that with another century against Australia in the 1999 World Cup, although this time in a losing cause.[4] In 2002, Gibbs made three centuries in consecutive innings, equaling a record that was previously held by two other players.[a] He was denied a fourth successive century when he remained 97 not out against Bangladesh.[6] His career-best score of 175, achieved against Australia, led South Africa to the most successful run-chase in the history of ODIs.[7] Gibbs made a minimum of one century each year from 1999 to 2009. As of October 2015, he is jointly second with Hashim Amla (both with 21 centuries) in the number of ODI centuries among his countrymen, only behind AB de Villiers (22).[b] Along with Shikhar Dhawan, Sourav Ganguly, and Chris Gayle, Gibbs holds the record for the most centuries in the ICC Champions Trophy, with three.[9]

Gibbs' first Test century, 211 not out, was made against New Zealand at the AMI Stadium, Christchurch, in March 1999. His highest score of 228 came against Pakistan at the Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town in 2003. These two are the only instances of his scoring above 200. In Tests, Gibbs scored centuries against all Test-playing teams except Sri Lanka. In ODIs, Gibbs scored centuries against 10 different teams, including all nine Test-playing teams. On 6 February 2005, he became only the second batsman, after Australia's Ricky Ponting, to score an ODI century against all Test playing nations, when he scored 100 against England. Gibbs also played 23 Twenty20 Internationals (T20I) for South Africa between 2005 and 2010.[3] He did not score any centuries in the format; his best score of 90 not out came against the West Indies.[10]

Key

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Symbol Meaning
* Remained not out
† He was named man of the match.
Pos. Position in the batting order
Inn. The innings of the match in which he scored his century.
Test The number of the Test match played in that series (for example, (1/3) denotes the first Test in a three match series).
H/A/N Whether the venue is home (South Africa), away (opponent's home) or neutral.
Date The date on which the match began.
Lost The match was lost by South Africa.
Won The match was won by South Africa.
Drawn The match was drawn.
S/R His strike rate during the innings
(D/L) The result was determined by the Duckworth–Lewis method.
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Test centuries

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Test centuries by Herschelle Gibbs[11]
No. Score Against Pos. Inn. Test Venue H/A/N Date Result Ref
1 211* †  New Zealand222/3AMI Stadium, ChristchurchAway11 March 1999Drawn[12]
2 120  New Zealand223/3Basin Reserve, WellingtonAway18 March 1999Won[13]
3 147  Zimbabwe111/2Harare Sports Club, HarareAway7 September 2001Won[14]
4 107  India121/2Goodyear Park, BloemfonteinHome3 November 2001Won[15]
5 196 †  India112/2St George's Park, Port ElizabethHome16 November 2001Drawn[16]
6 104 †  Australia143/3Kingsmead Cricket Ground, DurbanHome15 March 2002Won[17]
7 114  Bangladesh222/2Sedgars Park, PotchefstroomHome25 October 2002Won[18]
8 228 †  Pakistan212/2Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape TownHome2 January 2003Won[19]
9 179  England211/5Edgbaston Cricket Ground, BirminghamAway24 July 2003Drawn[20]
10 183  England215/5The Oval, LondonAway4 September 2003Lost[21]
11 142  West Indies222/4Kingsmead Cricket Ground, DurbanHome26 December 2003Won[22]
12 142  West Indies233/4Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape TownHome2 January 2004Drawn[23]
13 192 †  West Indies214/4SuperSport Park, CenturionHome16 January 2004Won[24]
14 161  England224/5New Wanderers Stadium, JohannesburgHome13 January 2005Lost[25]
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One Day International centuries

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One Day International centuries by Herschelle Gibbs[26]
No. Score Against Pos. Inn. S/R Venue H/A/N Date Result Ref
1 125 †  West Indies2185.61St George's Park, Port ElizabethHome30 January 1999Won[27]
2 101  Australia2175.37Headingley, LeedsNeutral13 June 1999Lost[28]
3 111  India2187.40Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, KochiAway9 March 2000Lost[29]
4 104 †  West Indies1273.75Antigua Recreation Ground, St. John'sAway2 May 2001Won[30]
5 107 †  West Indies2281.06Kensington Oval, BridgetownAway9 May 2001Won[31]
6 125 †  Zimbabwe21111.60Queens Sports Club, BulawayoAway23 September 2001Won[32]
7 114 †  Pakistan1187.69National Cricket Stadium, TangierNeutral12 August 2002Won[33]
8 116 †  Kenya2192.06R. Premadasa Stadium, ColomboNeutral20 September 2002Won[34]
9 116*  India1297.47R. Premadasa Stadium, ColomboNeutral25 September 2002Lost[35]
10 153 †  Bangladesh21116.79Sedgars Park, PotchefstroomHome3 October 2002Won[36]
11 108* †  Sri Lanka12117.39De Beers Diamond Oval, KimberleyHome4 December 2002Won[37]
12 143  New Zealand21101.41Old Wanderers, JohannesburgHome16 February 2003Lost (D/L)[38]
13 101  West Indies2174.81The Oval, LondonNeutral18 September 2004Lost[39]
14 100 †  England4186.95Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape TownHome6 February 2005Won[40]
15 118  England4188.72Kingsmead Cricket Ground, DurbanHome11 February 2005N/R[41]
16 175 †  Australia32157.65Old Wanderers, JohannesburgHome12 March 2006Won[42]
17 111 †  Zimbabwe22111.00Harare Sports Club, HarareAway25 August 2007Won[43]
18 102  Pakistan1179.68Gaddafi Stadium, LahoreAway18 October 2007Won[44]
19 119 †  New Zealand22117.82Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape TownHome2 December 2007Won[45]
20 102 †  West Indies12121.42The Wanderers Stadium, JohannesburgHome3 February 2008Won[46]
21 110 †  Australia2194.82St George's Park, Port ElizabethHome13 April 2009Won[47]
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Notes

  1. [a]
    Pakistan cricketers Zaheer Abbas and Saeed Anwar held the record previously. AB de Villiers and Quinton de Kock of South Africa have achieved the feat since Gibbs.[5]
  2. [b]
    Gibbs is joint seventh in the all-time list of leading century-makers in ODIs.[8]

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