The Oval to stage 100th Test today
It was at The Oval where the first Test in England took place in 1880.
LONDON (AFP) – The Oval in south London will become just the fourth ground in world cricket to stage its 100th Test when England face South Africa in the third of a four-match series on Thursday.
It was at The Oval where the first Test in England took place in 1880 and it now joins fellow London venue Lord’s and Australia’s Melbourne and Sydney Cricket Grounds in bringing up a century of Test matches.
Below AFP Sport looks at some of the key numbers in The Oval’s 137-year Test history.
All figures below apply to Test cricket only:
England Test record at The Oval
Played: 99
Won: 40
Drawn: 37
Lost: 22
Highest innings score
903-7 dec - England v Australia, 1938
Lowest innings score
44 - Australia v England, 1896
Largest win
Innings and 579 runs - England v Australia, 1938
Most runs
1,521 - Leonard Hutton (ENG), 1937-51
1,097 - Graham Gooch (ENG), 1978-94
930 - Walter Hammond (ENG), 1928-46
Most runs by an overseas batsman
553 - Don Bradman (AUS), 1930-48
Most hundreds
5 - Herbert Sutcliffe (ENG), 1924-34
Highest scores
364 - Leonard Hutton ENG v AUS, 1938
311 no - Hashim Amla RSA v ENG, 2012
291 - Vivian Richards WIS v ENG, 1976
266 - Bill Ponsford AUS v ENG, 1934
260 - Javed Miandad PAK v ENG, 1987
Most wickets
52 - Ian Botham (ENG), 1978-91
45 - Derek Underwood (ENG), 1967-77
40 - Jim Laker (ENG), 1949-58
Overseas
32 - Shane Warne (AUS), 1993-2005
Best bowling in an innings
9-57 - Devon Malcolm, ENG v RSA, 1994
Most wickets in a match
16 - Muttiah Muralitharan (SRI), 1998
