Lancaster Park, currently known as AMI Stadium for sponsorship reasons, is a sports stadium in Christchurch

Christchurch

Christchurch is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the country's second-largest urban area after Auckland. It lies one third of the way down the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula which itself, since 2006, lies within the formal limits of...

, New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

. Lancaster Park has been used as an international 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 since 1930, when New Zealand

New Zealand cricket team

The New Zealand cricket team, nicknamed the Black Caps, are the national cricket team representing New Zealand. They played their first in 1930 against England in Christchurch, New Zealand, becoming the fifth country to play Test cricket. It took the team until 1955–56 to win a Test, against the...

 played England in a Test match

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...

. The ground has also hosted 47 One Day Internationals (ODIs), the first of these was in 1973 when New Zealand played Pakistan.

61 Test centuries

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...

 have been scored at Lancaster Park. The South African Jim Christy scored the first century at the ground when he made 103 against New Zealand in 1932. The first Test century by a New Zealander at Lancaster Park came in 1947, scored by Walter Hadlee

Walter Hadlee

Walter Arnold Hadlee, CBE was a New Zealand cricketer and Test match captain. He played domestic first-class cricket for Canterbury and Otago. Three of his five sons, Sir Richard, Dayle and Barry played cricket for New Zealand...

 against England. Walter Hadlee's son, Richard Hadlee

Richard Hadlee

Sir Richard John Hadlee, MBE is a former New Zealand cricketer who played provincial cricket for Canterbury, Nottinghamshire and Tasmania. He is the son of Walter Hadlee, and the brother of Dayle and Barry Hadlee. His former wife Karen also played international cricket for New Zealand.Hadlee was...

, also scored a Test century at the ground when he made 103 against the West Indies in 1980. The West Indian Seymour Nurse

Seymour Nurse

Seymour MacDonald Nurse is a Barbadian former cricketer. Nurse played 29 Test matches for the West Indies between 1960 and 1969. A powerfully built right-hand batsman and an aggressive, if somewhat impetuous, shotmaker, Nurse preferred to bat in the middle order but was often asked to open the...

 holds the record for the highest Test innings at the ground, Nurse made 258 against New Zealand in 1969. Graham Dowling

Graham Dowling

Graham Thorne Dowling is a former New Zealand cricketer who played 39 Test matches and captained New Zealand in 19 of them. Playing as a specialist right-handed batsman, usually an opener, he achieved moderate success, averaging 31 with the bat. His finest moment came when he made a nine-hour 239...

's 239, made against India in 1968, is the highest score at Lancaster Park by a New Zealander. Nathan Astle

Nathan Astle

Nathan John Astle is a former New Zealand cricketer. He was an attacking batsman who liked to play batting shots such as the cover drive and the pull shot. He also scored the world's fastest Test double century in terms of balls faced. This remarkable innings of 222 was scored in just 168 balls...

, also from New Zealand, holds the world record for fastest Test double century, which was made at Lancaster Park in 2002. Glenn Turner

Glenn Turner

Glenn Maitland Turner played cricket for New Zealand and was one of the country's best and most prolific batsmen. He is the current head of the New Zealand Cricket selection panel....

 is the only player to have hit 3 Test centuries at the ground.

The first ODI century made at the ground was in 1974 by the New Zealander Ken Wadsworth

Ken Wadsworth

Kenneth John Wadsworth was a New Zealand cricketer who played 33 Tests and 13 One Day Internationals for New Zealand as a wicket-keeper. Wadsworth scored over 1,000 runs and dismissed nearly 100 batsmen as New Zealand's regular wicket-keeper between 1969–70 and 1975–76...

. Wadsworth made 104 from 98 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...

 against Australia. The Indian Sachin Tendulkar

Sachin Tendulkar

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar is an Indian cricketer widely regarded as one of the greatest batsmen in the history of cricket. He is the leading run-scorer and century maker in Test and one-day international cricket. He is the only male player to score a double century in the history of ODI cricket...

 holds the record for the highest ODI innings at the ground. Tendulkar scored 163 not out from 133 deliveries against New Zealand in 2009. 3 players have scored 2 ODI centuries at Lancaster Park: West Indian Gordon Greenidge

Gordon Greenidge

Cuthbert Gordon Greenidge MBE is a former member of the West Indies cricket team.Greenidge was an opening batsman for the West Indies. He began his Test career against India at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore in 1974 and continued playing internationally until 1991. He was half of the West...

, Australian Adam Gilchrist

Adam Gilchrist

Adam Craig Gilchrist AM , nicknamed "Gilly" or "Churchy", is an Australian international cricketer who currently captains Kings XI Punjab and recently captained Middlesex. He is an attacking left-handed batsman and record-breaking wicket-keeper, who redefined the role for the Australian national...

 and New Zealander Stephen Fleming

Stephen Fleming

Stephen Paul Fleming ONZM is a New Zealand cricketer, and the former captain of the New Zealand national cricket team, known as the Black Caps, in Test and one-day cricket...

.

Brendon McCullum

Brendon McCullum

Brendon Barrie McCullum is a New Zealand international cricketer, who plays for the Otago Volts at provincial level. He is a wicket-keeper, as well as an aggressive batsman who opens in One-day Internationals and is known for his fast scoring rate...

 is the only player to have scored a Twenty20 International

Twenty20 International

A Twenty20 International is a form of cricket which is played over 20 overs per side between two national cricket teams. The game is played under the rules of Twenty20 cricket...

 century at Lancaster Park. McCullum's innings of 116 not out from 56 deliveries was made against Australia in 2010.

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 Lancaster Park.
• 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 Lancaster Park.

No.	Score	Player	Team	Balls	Inns.	Opposing team	Date	Result
1	1,030 103			0 NR	2			Won
2	1,130 113			0 NR	2			Won
3	2,270 227			0 NR	1			Drawn
4	1,030 103			0 NR	1			Drawn
5	1,160 116			0 NR	1			Drawn
6	1,160 116			0 NR	1			Drawn
7	1,341 134*			0 NR	2			Drawn
8	1,030 103			0 NR	1			Won
9	1,410 141			292 292	1			Won
10	1,000 100			0 NR	3			Lost
11	1,001 100*			0 NR	3			Drawn
12	1,040 104	(1/2)		0 NR	2			Drawn
13	2,390 239			519 519	1			Won
14	2,580 258			0 NR	1			Drawn
15	1,171 117*			0 NR	3			Drawn
16	1,000 100			216 216	2			Won
17	1,010 101	(1/3)		260 260	2			Won
18	1,101 110*	(2/3)		355 355	4			Won
19	1,641 164*			351 351	2			Drawn
20	1,170 117	(3/3)		0 NR	2			Drawn
21	2,500 250			342 342	1			Drawn
22	1,010 101			146 146	1			Drawn
23	1,071 107*	(2/2)		251 251	4			Drawn
24	1,030 103			288 288	1			Won
25	1,290 129			0 NR	2			Lost
26	1,601 160*			0 NR	3			Won
27	1,470 147			261 261	2			Drawn
28	1,030 103			92 92	2			Drawn
29	1,220 122			199 199	3			Drawn
30	1,000 100			165 165	3			Drawn
31	1,001 100*			109 109	3			Drawn
32	1,231 123*			429 429	2			Drawn
33	1,760 176			218 218	1			Won
34	1,410 141	(1/2)		262 262	3			Lost
35	1,400 140	(1/2)		338 338	1			Drawn
36	1,370 137			226 226	2			Drawn
37	1,141 114*	(2/2)		201 201	3			Drawn
38	1,140 114			244 244	1			Drawn
39	1,850 185	(2/2)		443 443	1			Won
40	1,480 148			265 265	1			Won
41	1,020 102			215 215	3			Lost
42	1,030 103			139 139	1			Lost
43	1,200 120			314 314	4			Won
44	1,201 120*			167 167	4			Won
45	1,001 100*			249 249	1			Drawn
46	1,030 103			213 213	3			Won
47	1,180 118			311 311	4			Won
48	2,111 211*			468 468	2			Drawn
49	1,481 148*			340 340	2			Drawn
50	2,041 204*			348 348	1			Drawn
51	1,300 130			241 241	2			Drawn
52	2,030 203			429 429	2			Drawn
53	1,011 101*			291 291	2			Drawn
54	1,060 106			244 244	1			Won
55	2,001 200*			231 231	3			Won
56	1,370 137			163 163	3			Won
57	2,220 222			168 168	4			Lost
58	1,460 146			256 256	1			Lost
59	1,180 118			229 229	2			Won
60	1,210 121			126 126	2			Won
61	1,001 100*			154 154	3			Lost

One Day International centuries

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

No.	Score	Player	Team	Balls	Inns.	Opposing team	Date	Result
1	1,040 104			98	2			Lost
2	1,030 103	(1/2)		137	1			Lost
3	1,331 133*	(2/2)		140	2			Won
4	1,070 107			143	1			Won
5	1,191 119*			155	2			Won
6	1,180 118	(1/2)		117	2			Won
7	1,150 115			80	1			Won
8	1,280 128	(2/2)		98	1			Won
9	1,041 104*			75	1			Won
10	1,151 115*	(1/2)		135	2			Won
11	1,080 108	(2/2)		115	2			Won
12	1,140 114			124	1			Won
13	1,010 101			96	2			Won
14	1,030 103			125	1			Lost
15	1,181 118*			126	1			Won
16	1,631 163*			133	1			Won
17	1,050 105			80	2			Lost
18	1,010 101			138	1			Lost
19	1,150 115			144	1			Won

Twenty20 International centuries

The following table summarises the Twenty20 International centuries scored at Lancaster Park.

No.	Score	Player	Team	Balls	Inns.	Opposing team	Date	Result
1	116*			56	1			Tied

Women's Test centuries

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

No.	Score	Player	Team	Balls	Inns.	Opposing team	Date	Result
1	1,890 189			NR	2			Won
2	1,100 110			NR	2			Won
3	1,080 108			NR	2			Drawn

Women's One Day International centuries

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

No.	Score	Player	Team	Balls	Inns.	Opposing team	Date	Result
1	1,001 100*			104	1			No result