Bay Oval
Encyclopedia
Bay Oval is a cricket
ground in Mount Maunganui
, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand
.
First known as Blake Park, it held its first List A match in 1987/88 Shell Cup when Northern Districts played Central Districts. During the 1980s and 90s, large holiday crowds flocked to the ground to watch one-day matches, with the ground playing host to a total of 26 List A matches between 1987/88 and 2001/02 seasons. Northern Districts Women
played two matches there in the 2004/05 State League
.
The Bay of Plenty Cricket Association later constructed a new cricket oval at Blake Park, the Bay Oval, which held its first major match in the 2008–09 State Twenty20 with Northern Districts playing Otago. A further Twenty20
match was held there during that competition, while the following season three matches in that format were played in the 2009–10 HRV Cup
, while two were held in the 2010–11 HRV Cup
. Four Twenty20 matches are scheduled to be held there in the 2011–12 HRV Cup
, along with two List A matches. Northern Districts Women are scheduled to play a match there in December 2011 in the Action Cricket Cup. The Bay Oval is also permitted to host first-class 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 Mount Maunganui
Mount Maunganui
Mount Maunganui is a town in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand, located on a peninsula to the north of Tauranga. It was independent from Tauranga until the completion of the Tauranga Harbour Bridge in 1988....
, Bay of Plenty, 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...
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First known as Blake Park, it held its first List A match in 1987/88 Shell Cup when Northern Districts played Central Districts. During the 1980s and 90s, large holiday crowds flocked to the ground to watch one-day matches, with the ground playing host to a total of 26 List A matches between 1987/88 and 2001/02 seasons. Northern Districts Women
Northern Districts Spirit
Northern Spirit is a New Zealand women's cricket team that plays in the State League....
played two matches there in the 2004/05 State League
State League
The State League is the premier domestic women's one-day cricket competition in New Zealand. The competition was first competed in the 2001–02 season, when it replaced the State Insurance Cup, which had run since 1998–99. It is contested with a ten-match group stage, in which each of...
.
The Bay of Plenty Cricket Association later constructed a new cricket oval at Blake Park, the Bay Oval, which held its first major match in the 2008–09 State Twenty20 with Northern Districts playing Otago. A further Twenty20
Twenty20
Twenty20 is a form of cricket, originally introduced in England for professional inter-county competition by the England and Wales Cricket Board , in 2003. A Twenty20 game involves two teams, each has a single innings, batting for a maximum of 20 overs. Twenty20 cricket is also known as T20 cricket...
match was held there during that competition, while the following season three matches in that format were played in the 2009–10 HRV Cup
2009–10 HRV Cup
The 2009–10 HRV Cup is the fifth season of the HRV Twenty20 Cup, the official Twenty20 domestic cricket in New Zealand. This season is the first to be sponsored by HRV...
, while two were held in the 2010–11 HRV Cup
2010–11 HRV Cup
The 2010–11 HRV Cup was the sixth season of the HRV Twenty20 Cup, the official Twenty20 domestic cricket in New Zealand. The season was held between December 2 2010 and January 2 2011.-Rules and regulations:...
. Four Twenty20 matches are scheduled to be held there in the 2011–12 HRV Cup
2011–12 HRV Cup
The 2011-12 HRV Cup will be the seventh season of the HRV Twenty20 Cup, the official Twenty20 domestic cricket in New Zealand. The season will be played between December 18 2011 and January 22 2012.-Teams:-Group stage :----------------------------...
, along with two List A matches. Northern Districts Women are scheduled to play a match there in December 2011 in the Action Cricket Cup. The Bay Oval is also permitted to host first-class cricket
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
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External links
- Bay Oval at ESPNcricinfo
- Bay Oval at CricketArchiveCricketArchiveCricketArchive is a website that aims to provide a comprehensive archive of records relating to the sport of cricket. It claims to be the most comprehensive cricket database on the internet, including scorecards for all matches of first-class cricket , List A cricket , Women's Test cricket and...