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The Bellerive Oval, also known by its sponsored name Blundstone Arena, is a cricket ground in Hobart, Australia. It is the home of the Tasmania cricket team and the Hobart Hurricanes, as well as being a Test, One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I) venue. It has a capacity of 16,000 spectators. The ground has hosted 11 Test matches, the first in 1989 when Australia hosted Sri Lanka. It has also staged 31 ODI matches, the first of which was in 1988 when New Zealand lost to Sri Lanka by four wickets. Two T20Is has been played at the ground. The first was in 2010 when Australia beat the West Indies by 38 runs. The second T20I was in 2014, when Australia defeated England by 13 runs.

The first Test century (100 or more runs in a single innings) scored at the ground was in 1989 by Australian Mark Taylor in the third innings of the first Test match played at the Bellerive Oval. In the same innings Dean Jones and Steve Waugh also scored centuries. In total, 29 Test centuries have been scored at the ground in 11 Test matches. Ricky Ponting's 209, scored against Pakistan in 2010, is the highest Test innings achieved at the ground and the only double century. The highest Test score by an overseas player is 192 by the Sri Lankan Kumar Sangakkara in 2007. Michael Hussey has scored the most Test centuries at the ground with three.

In the second ODI at the Bellerive Oval, West Indian Desmond Haynes scored the first century at the venue with a score of 101 from 112 balls against Pakistan in 1988. In 31 ODIs, a total of 16 centuries have been scored. The highest ODI score at the ground is 172, scored by Adam Gilchrist, an Australian wicket-keeper. The top scoring non-Australian is Sri Lankan Tillakaratne Dilshan, who's top score is 160. No player has scored more than a single ODI century at Bellerive Oval.


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