List of cricket grounds in Australia

This is a list of cricket grounds in Australia. The list includes all grounds that have been used for Test

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...

, One Day International, 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...

, first-class

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...

, List A and domestic Twenty20

KFC Twenty20 Big Bash

The KFC Twenty20 Big Bash was the domestic Twenty20 cricket competition in Australia. The competition was organised by Cricket Australia, and sponsored by fast food chicken outlet KFC. The competition was replaced by the Big Bash League as Australia's domestic Twenty20 competition after the 2010–11...

cricket matches. Grounds that have hosted men's international cricket games are listed in bold. The Sydney Cricket Ground

Sydney Cricket Ground

The Sydney Cricket Ground is a sports stadium in Sydney in Australia. It is used for Australian football, Test cricket, One Day International cricket, some rugby league and rugby union matches and is the home ground for the New South Wales Blues cricket team and the Sydney Swans of the Australian...

has hosted the most first-class games

First-class cricket

in Australia, with 655 games as of the 2010-11 season. The Melbourne Cricket Ground

Melbourne Cricket Ground

The Melbourne Cricket Ground is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne and is home to the Melbourne Cricket Club. It is the tenth largest stadium in the world, the largest in Australia, the largest stadium for playing cricket, and holds the world record for the highest light...

has hosted the most List A games, with 228, and the Adelaide Oval

Adelaide Oval

The Adelaide Oval is a sports ground in Adelaide, South Australia, located in the parklands between the Central Business District and North Adelaide...

and the WACA Ground

WACA Ground

The WACA is a sports stadium in Perth, Western Australia. WACA are the initials of its owners and operators, the Western Australian Cricket Association....

have both hosted 16 Twenty20 games. The Melbourne Cricket Ground has hosted 884 games overall, an Australian record.

Australian Capital Territory

Ground Name	Location	First Used	Last Used	First-Class Games	List A Games	Twenty20 Games	Notes
Manuka Oval Manuka Oval Manuka Oval is a 13,550 capacity ground located in the suburb of Griffith, adjacent to Manuka, a business district of Canberra, Australia's capital....	Griffith Griffith, Australian Capital Territory Griffith is an early inner-south suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia. Griffith is named after Sir Samuel Griffith, who was chosen in 1903 as the first Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia and retained his position until retirement in 1919...	1978-79	2007-08	5	16	0	Hosts the Prime Minister's XI Prime Minister's XI Prime Minister's XI or PM's XI is the name of an annual cricket match held at the Manuka Oval in Canberra, with the Australian team picked by the Prime Minister of Australia playing against an overseas team... game each year.

New South Wales

Ground Name	Location	First Used	Last Used	First-Class Games	List A Games	Twenty20 Games	Notes
The Domain	Sydney Sydney Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...	1856-57	1868-69	6	0	0	No longer used for cricket
Albert Ground Albert Ground, Sydney The Albert Ground was a cricket ground located in the Sydney suburb of Redfern between 1864 and 1877.-History:Cricket had been played in NSW since 1803, first in Hyde Park and then in the Domain. Neither were satisfactory facilities mainly because they were open grounds on which spectators walked...	Redfern Redfern, New South Wales Redfern is an inner-city suburb of Sydney. Redfern is 3 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district and is part of the local government area of the City of Sydney...	1870-71	1876-77	5	0	0	No longer exists.
Sydney Cricket Ground Sydney Cricket Ground The Sydney Cricket Ground is a sports stadium in Sydney in Australia. It is used for Australian football, Test cricket, One Day International cricket, some rugby league and rugby union matches and is the home ground for the New South Wales Blues cricket team and the Sydney Swans of the Australian...	Moore Park Moore Park, New South Wales Moore Park is a large area of parkland in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is part of Centennial Parklands, a collective of three parks being Moore Park, Centennial Park and Queens Park. Centennial Parklands is administered by the Centennial Park &...	1877-78	2010-11	655	208	3	Used for Test, ODI and Twenty20 International cricket
Sydney Cricket Ground No. 2 Sydney Cricket Ground The Sydney Cricket Ground is a sports stadium in Sydney in Australia. It is used for Australian football, Test cricket, One Day International cricket, some rugby league and rugby union matches and is the home ground for the New South Wales Blues cricket team and the Sydney Swans of the Australian...	Moore Park Moore Park, New South Wales Moore Park is a large area of parkland in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is part of Centennial Parklands, a collective of three parks being Moore Park, Centennial Park and Queens Park. Centennial Parklands is administered by the Centennial Park &...	1966-67		1	0	0	Located between the SCG and the Sydney Sports Ground Sydney Sports Ground The Sydney Sports Ground was a Stadium and Dirt track racing venue in Sydney, New South Wales. The ground was located where the car park of the Sydney Football Stadium currently sits. The ground had two main grandstands and was surrounded by a grass covered hill, giving it a capacity of more than... . Hosted one game in 1966-67. Demolished along with the Sports Ground in 1986 to make for the Sydney Football Stadium.
Oakes Oval Oakes Oval Oakes Oval is a cricket ground in Lismore, New South Wales, Australia. The first recorded match on the ground came in 1934 when Richmond River Colts played New South Wales Colts. The ground held matches in the 1978 and 1979 World Series Cricket...	Lismore Lismore, New South Wales Lismore is a subtropical town in northeastern New South Wales, Australia. Lismore is the main population centre in the City of Lismore local government area. Lismore is a regional centre in the Northern Rivers region of the State.-History:...	1979-80	2005-06	3	1	0	Also hosted World Series Cricket World Series Cricket World Series Cricket was a break away professional cricket competition staged between 1977 and 1979 and organised by Kerry Packer for his Australian television network, Nine Network. The matches ran in opposition to established international cricket... games and one Women's ODI game.
No. 1 Sports Ground	Newcastle Newcastle, New South Wales The Newcastle metropolitan area is the second most populated area in the Australian state of New South Wales and includes most of the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie Local Government Areas...	1981-82	2009-10	20	1	1	Damaged by the 1989 Newcastle earthquake 1989 Newcastle earthquake The 1989 Newcastle earthquake was a Richter magnitude 5.6 earthquake that occurred in Newcastle, New South Wales on Thursday, 28 December 1989, at 10:27 am. It was one of Australia's most serious natural disasters, killing 13 people and injuring more than 160... . Record crowd of 10 652 for a 2007 KFC Twenty20 Big Bash KFC Twenty20 Big Bash The KFC Twenty20 Big Bash was the domestic Twenty20 cricket competition in Australia. The competition was organised by Cricket Australia, and sponsored by fast food chicken outlet KFC. The competition was replaced by the Big Bash League as Australia's domestic Twenty20 competition after the 2010–11... game. Also hosted Women's ODI, Youth Test and Youth ODI games.
Lavington Sports Ground Lavington Sports Ground Lavington Sports Ground is an Australian rules football stadium located in Hamilton Valley, a suburb on the north-west fringe of Albury, New South Wales, Australia. The capacity of the venue is estimated at around 20,000...	Albury Albury, New South Wales Albury is a major regional city in New South Wales, Australia, located on the Hume Highway on the northern side of the Murray River. It is located wholly within the boundaries of the City of Albury Local Government Area...	1989-90	1991-92	2	1	0	Hosted one ODI during the 1992 World Cup 1992 Cricket World Cup -New Zealand:-Round Robin Stage:Co-hosts New Zealand proved the surprise packet of the tournament, winning their first seven games to finish on top of the table after the round robin. The other hosts, Australia, were one of the pre-tournament favourites but lost their first two matches. They... .
North Sydney Oval North Sydney Oval -Development:* The first cricket pitch was laid on 6 December 1867, making it one of the oldest cricket grounds in Australia.* The first structure built, in 1879, was a simple pavilion overlooking the cricket ground...	North Sydney North Sydney, New South Wales North Sydney is a suburb and commercial district on the Lower North Shore of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. North Sydney is located 3 kilometres north of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre for the local government area of North Sydney...	1989-90	2010-11	3	24	2	Also hosted Women's Test Women's Test cricket Women's Test cricket is the longest format of women's cricket and is the gender equivalent to men's Test cricket. Matches comprise four-innings and are held over a maximum of four days between two of the leading cricketing nations... , Women's ODI and Youth Test matches, as well as the 2007 KFC Twenty20 Big Bash KFC Twenty20 Big Bash The KFC Twenty20 Big Bash was the domestic Twenty20 cricket competition in Australia. The competition was organised by Cricket Australia, and sponsored by fast food chicken outlet KFC. The competition was replaced by the Big Bash League as Australia's domestic Twenty20 competition after the 2010–11... final between New South Wales New South Wales Blues The New South Wales cricket team are an Australian first class cricket team based in Sydney, New South Wales... and Victoria Victorian Bushrangers The Victorian cricket team, nicknamed the Bushrangers, is an Australian cricket team based in Melbourne, that represents the state of Victoria. It is administered by Cricket Victoria and draws its players from Melbourne's Premier Cricket competition... .
Hurstville Oval Hurstville Oval Hurstville Oval is a sporting ground, located in the suburb of Hurstville, in Sydney's southern suburbs.It was opened in 1911. On the official opening day, cricketer Warren Bradley brought the Australian Team to the ground to play the local St George team....	Hurstville Hurstville, New South Wales Hurstville is a suburb in southern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Hurstville is located 16 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district and is part of the St George area. Hurstville is the administrative centre of the local government area of the City of...	1995-96	2010-11	2	2	0	Also hosted Women's ODI, Women's Twenty20 International Women's Twenty20 cricket Women's Twenty20 cricket is the newly emerging use of the Twenty20 match format in women's cricket. While both women's cricket and Twenty20 have themselves enjoyed recent success, women's Twenty20 has only been an international cricket game format since 2004... and Youth ODI games.
Bankstown Memorial Oval Bankstown Oval Bankstown Oval is a multi-purpose stadium in Sydney, Australia. It is currently used mostly for cricket matches and has been used by New South Wales, particularly for one day matches. It has also hosted 3 first class games in the Sheffield Shield. Its pavilion is named after Australian Test...	Bankstown Bankstown, New South Wales Bankstown is a suburb of south-western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Bankstown is located 20 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre of the local government area of the City of Bankstown.-History:Prior to European...	1996-97	2005-06	2	4	0	Also hosted Women's Test Women's Test cricket Women's Test cricket is the longest format of women's cricket and is the gender equivalent to men's Test cricket. Matches comprise four-innings and are held over a maximum of four days between two of the leading cricketing nations... , Women's ODI and Youth Test matches.
North Dalton Park North Dalton Park North Dalton Oval is located on Pioneer Rd, Towradgi, in the northern suburbs of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia.The ground has a grandstand on the western side, where plastic bucket seats were installed over the concrete steps in late 2007. The remainder of the ground is surrounded by a...	Wollongong	1996-97	2009-10	0	3	0
Coffs Harbour International Stadium BCU International Stadium BCU International Stadium is an Australian stadium located in the coastal city of Coffs Harbour, New South Wales....	Coffs Harbour Coffs Harbour, New South Wales -History:By the early 1900s, the Coffs Harbour area had become an important timber production centre. Before the opening of the North Coast Railway Line, the only way to transport large items of heavy but low value, such as timber, was by coastal shipping. This meant sawmillers on the North Coast...	1997-98	2005-06	0	4	0
Drummoyne Oval Drummoyne Oval Drummoyne Oval is a multi-use stadium in Sydney, Australia. It is currently used mostly for cricket matches during summer; and during winter it is home to Drummoyne Rugby Club Est. 1874 and the Balmain Australian Football Club in the Sydney AFL competition. The stadium has a capacity of 5,000...	Drummoyne Drummoyne, New South Wales Drummoyne is a suburb in the inner west of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located 6 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre for the local government area of the City of Canada Bay....	2002-03	2010-11	0	4	0
Bradman Oval Bradman Oval Bradman Oval is situated at Bowral in the southern highlands area of New South Wales, Australia. It was named after cricketer Don Bradman, who lived locally and played at the ground in the 1920s. His ashes are scattered on and near the Oval....	Bowral	2003-04		0	1	0
Stadium Australia	Homebush Bay	2002-03	2010-11	0	3	10	Hosted the 2008-09 KFC Twenty20 Big Bash Final.
Blacktown Oval	Doonside Doonside, New South Wales Doonside is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Doonside is located 40 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Blacktown and is part of the Greater Western Sydney region. Featherdale Wildlife Park and the...	2010-11		1	0	0

Northern Territory

Ground Name	Location	First Used	Last Used	First-Class Games	List A Games	Twenty20 Games	Notes
Marrara Oval Marrara Oval Marrara Stadium is a sports ground in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. The ground was built in 1991 and Australian rules football and Cricket are primarily played at the venue...	Darwin	2003	2008	3	7	2	Hosted Test and ODI games.
Gardens Oval Gardens Oval Gardens Oval is a cricket ground in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. The first recorded match on the ground came in 2002 when Northern Territory played Queensland Academy of Sport. The ground held its only first-class match in 2006 when the touring Indians against New Zealand Whites...	Darwin	2006		1	0	0	Also hosted Women's ODI, Women's Twenty20 International Women's Twenty20 cricket Women's Twenty20 cricket is the newly emerging use of the Twenty20 match format in women's cricket. While both women's cricket and Twenty20 have themselves enjoyed recent success, women's Twenty20 has only been an international cricket game format since 2004... and Youth ODI games.
Traeger Park Traeger Park Traeger Park is a small stadium located in Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia.The stadium hosts Australian rules football and cricket matches and has a capacity of 10,000....	Alice Springs	1987-88	2009-10	0	2	0

Queensland

Ground Name	Location	First Used	Last Used	First-Class Games	List A Games	Twenty20 Games	Notes
Brisbane Exhibition Ground Brisbane Exhibition Ground The Brisbane Exhibition Ground , is a showground established in Brisbane during 1875 especially for Ekka . The Exhibition ground is owned and operated by the Royal National Agricultural and Industrial Association of Queensland...	Brisbane Brisbane Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...	1892-93	1930-31	28	0	0	Hosted two Test. No longer used for cricket
Brisbane Cricket Ground	Woolloongabba Woolloongabba, Queensland Woolloongabba is an inner suburb of Brisbane, Australia located 4 km south of the Brisbane CBD.Experts are divided regarding the Aboriginal meaning of the name, preferring either 'whirling waters' or 'fight talk place'...	1897-98	2010-11	462	192	15	Used for Test, ODI and Twenty20 International cricket. Commonly known as The Gabba.
Salter Oval Salter Oval Salter Oval is a cricket ground in Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia. The first recorded match on the ground came in 1948 when Queensland Country Women played England Women. It held its only first-class match in 1981 when Queensland played the touring New Zealanders. Two List A matches have been...	Bundaberg Bundaberg, Queensland Bundaberg is a city in Queensland, Australia. It is part of the Local Government Area of the Bundaberg Region and is a major centre within Queensland's broader Wide Bay-Burnett geographical region...	1982-83	1994-95	1	2	0
Endeavour Park	Townsville	1986-87	1986-87	1	1	0
Carrara Sports Ground Carrara Stadium Carrara Stadium is a sporting venue on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia, located in the suburb of Carrara....	Carrara Carrara, Queensland Carrara is a suburb on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia, located on the southern bank of the Nerang River. At the 2006 Census, Carrara had a population of 10,687....	1990-91	1991-92	1	1	0	No longer used for cricket.
Roy Henzell Oval Roy Henzell Oval Roy Henzell Oval is a cricket ground in Caloundra, Queensland, Australia. The first recorded match on the ground came in 1981 when Queensland Country played the touring West Indians. It held its only first-class match in 1993 when Queensland played the touring England A side, with the match...	Caloundra	1992-93		1	0	0	Also hosted Youth ODI games.
Heritage Oval Heritage Oval Heritage Oval is a cricket ground in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. The first recorded match on the ground came in 1972 when Toowoomba played Queensland. It held its only first-class match in 1994 when Queensland played an England XI side, with the match ending in a victory by 37 runs for the...	Toowoomba Toowoomba, Queensland Toowoomba is a city in Southern Queensland, Australia. It is located west of Queensland's capital city, Brisbane. With an estimated district population of 128,600, Toowoomba is Australia's second largest inland city and its largest non-capital inland city...	1994-95	2006-07	1	0	1	Also hosted Youth Test match.
Newtown Oval Newtown Oval Newtown Oval is a cricket ground in Maryborough, Queensland, Australia. The first recorded match on the ground came when Maryborough played Victoria on Christmas Day in 1922...	Maryborough Maryborough, Queensland Maryborough is a city located on the Mary River in South East Queensland, Australia, approximately north of the state capital, Brisbane. The city is serviced by the Bruce Highway, and has a population of approximately 22,000 . It is closely tied to its neighbour city Hervey Bay which is...	1994-95		1	0	0
Harrup Park	Mackay Mackay, Queensland Mackay is a city on the eastern coast of Queensland, Australia, about north of Brisbane, on the Pioneer River. Mackay is nicknamed the sugar capital of Australia because its region produces more than a third of Australia's cane sugar....	1988-89	1995-96	1	2	0	Hosted one ODI during the 1992 World Cup 1992 Cricket World Cup -New Zealand:-Round Robin Stage:Co-hosts New Zealand proved the surprise packet of the tournament, winning their first seven games to finish on top of the table after the round robin. The other hosts, Australia, were one of the pre-tournament favourites but lost their first two matches. They... that was abandoned after two balls.
Barlow Park Barlow Park Barlow Park is a sporting ground in Cairns.The Park is home of Cairns District Rugby League, Cairns District Rugby Union, Cairns and District Athletics Association, Australian Sports Commission Development, Oztag and the Northern Pride RLFC....	Cairns	1991-92	1995-96	0	2	0
Cazaly's Stadium Cazaly's Stadium Cazaly's Stadium, also known by its sponsorship name as Bundaberg Rum Stadium, is a sports stadium in Cairns, Australia, that is named after former VFL legend Roy Cazaly....	Cairns	1997-98	2008-09	5	7	1	Hosted two Test matches.
Allan Border Field Allan Border Field Allan Border Field is a small cricket ground in the Brisbane suburb of Albion in Queensland. The Australian Cricket Academy has been based at the oval since 2004 using it as a base for the development of elite cricketers throughout Australia....	Albion Albion, Queensland Albion is an inner north-eastern suburb of Brisbane, the state capital of Queensland, Australia.-Geography:Albion is bounded by Wooloowin in the north, Ascot in the east, Newstead in the south, and Windsor to the west, with Breakfast Creek defining the suburb border in its south and south-west...	1999–2000	2010-11	12	5	1	Hosted the 2002-03 Sheffield Shield final when The Gabba was unavailable. Also hosted Women's ODI, Women's Twenty20 International Women's Twenty20 cricket Women's Twenty20 cricket is the newly emerging use of the Twenty20 match format in women's cricket. While both women's cricket and Twenty20 have themselves enjoyed recent success, women's Twenty20 has only been an international cricket game format since 2004... and Youth ODI games.
Fretwell Park Fretwell Park Fretwell Park is a cricket ground in Cairns, Queensland, Australia. The ground held a first-class match in 2006 when New Zealand Whites played Pakistan A as part of the 2006 Top End series. The match was abandoned due to rain, as a result it was decided to replace the match with two List A games...	Cairns	2006	2006	1	2	0
Riverway Stadium	Townsville	2009	2010-11	3	4	0

South Australia

Ground Name	Location	First Used	Last used	First-Class Games	List A Games	Twenty20 Games	Notes
Adelaide Oval Adelaide Oval The Adelaide Oval is a sports ground in Adelaide, South Australia, located in the parklands between the Central Business District and North Adelaide...	Adelaide	1877-78	2010-11	583	189	16	Hosted Test, ODI and Twenty20 International cricket.
Unley Oval Unley Oval Unley Oval is a multi-use stadium in Unley, an inner southern suburb of Adelaide, South Australia...	Unley Unley, South Australia Unley is an inner-southern suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. The relatively wealthy area lies within the City of Unley. The suburb is the home of the Sturt Football Club, an SANFL team...	1902-03		1	0	0
Football Park	West Lakes West Lakes, South Australia West Lakes is a suburb of Adelaide in the City of Charles Sturt. It contains the Westfield West Lakes Shopping Centre, AAMI Stadium and the Riverside Golf Course...	1986-87	1986-87	0	2	0
Berri Oval Berri Oval Berri Oval is a cricket ground in Berri, South Australia, Australia. The first recorded match on the ground came when South Australia Country played the touring West Indians in 1961. A number of Youth One Day Internationals were held at the ground in the late 1980s...	Berri Berri, South Australia Berri is a town in the Riverland region of South Australia. It is 238 kilometres north-east of Adelaide, the capital of the state of South Australia. It is primarily an agricultural and viticultural town on the north bank of the Murray River...	1992		0	1	0	Hosted one ODI during the 1992 World Cup 1992 Cricket World Cup -New Zealand:-Round Robin Stage:Co-hosts New Zealand proved the surprise packet of the tournament, winning their first seven games to finish on top of the table after the round robin. The other hosts, Australia, were one of the pre-tournament favourites but lost their first two matches. They... .
Adelaide Oval No. 2 Adelaide Oval The Adelaide Oval is a sports ground in Adelaide, South Australia, located in the parklands between the Central Business District and North Adelaide...	Adelaide	1996-97		0	1	0

Tasmania

Ground Name	Location	First Used	Last Used	First-Class Games	List A Games	Twenty20 Games	Notes
NTCA Ground NTCA Ground The Northern Tasmania Cricket Association Ground, better known as the NTCA Ground, is a multi-use sports venue in Launceston, Australia. It is currently used mostly for club cricket matches and has a capacity of under 10,000....	Launceston Launceston, Tasmania Launceston is a city in the north of the state of Tasmania, Australia at the junction of the North Esk and South Esk rivers where they become the Tamar River. Launceston is the second largest city in Tasmania after the state capital Hobart...	1850-51	2009-10	81	21	1	Hosted first ever first-class 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... game in Australia. Also hosted one ODI and Youth ODI games.
Lower Domain Ground Lower Domain Ground Lower Domain Ground was a cricket ground in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. The first recorded match held on the ground came in 1835 when Hobart Town played United Services. The ground held a single first-class match in 1858 when Tasmania played Victoria, which in a 69 run victory for Victoria...	Hobart	1857-58		1	0	0	No longer exists.
TCA Ground TCA Ground The TCA Ground, or Tasmanian Cricket Association Ground, is one of two First Class standard cricket grounds in Hobart, Tasmania in Australia...	Queens Domain Queens Domain The Queens Domain, also known as The Domain to locals, is a small hilly area of bushland just north-east of the CBD of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, alongside the Derwent River...	1906-07	1986-87	86	13	0	Hosted one ODI during the 1992 World Cup 1992 Cricket World Cup -New Zealand:-Round Robin Stage:Co-hosts New Zealand proved the surprise packet of the tournament, winning their first seven games to finish on top of the table after the round robin. The other hosts, Australia, were one of the pre-tournament favourites but lost their first two matches. They... . Also hosted a Youth Test match
Devonport Oval Devonport Oval Devonport Oval is an Australian rules football, cricket and athletics stadium in Devonport, Tasmania.It is the home stadium for the Devonport Football Club in the Tasmanian State League and for the Devonport Cricket Club in the NWTCA competition....	Devonport Devonport, Tasmania -Sport:The Devonport Football Club is an Australian Rules team competing in the Tasmanian Statewide League. The Devonport Rugby Club is a Rugby Union team competing in the Tasmanian Rugby Union Statewide League...	1977-78	1997-98	27	10	1	Also known as the Formby Recreation Ground. Also hosted a Youth ODI match.
Bellerive Oval Bellerive Oval Bellerive Oval, also known as its sponsored name Blundstone Arena, is primarily a cricket and Australian Rules Football ground located in Bellerive, City of Clarence, on the eastern shore of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia...	Bellerive Bellerive, Tasmania Bellerive is a suburb of the City of Clarence, part of the greater Hobart area, Tasmania, Australia. It stretches from Kangaroo Bay where it borders Rosny Park, around the curved shoreline of Bellerive Esplanade to Kangaroo Bluff, then down to Bellerive Beach and east to Second Bluff, where...	1987-88	2010-11	133	92	10	The only ground in Tasmania to have held Test matches. Also held Women's Tests Women's Test cricket Women's Test cricket is the longest format of women's cricket and is the gender equivalent to men's Test cricket. Matches comprise four-innings and are held over a maximum of four days between two of the leading cricketing nations... , Women's ODI, Youth Test and Youth ODI matches.
NWTCA Ground	Burnie Burnie, Tasmania - Sport :Australian rules football is popular in Burnie. The city's team is the Burnie Dockers Football Club in the Tasmanian State League.Rugby union is also played in Burnie. The local club is the Burnie Rugby Union Club. They are the current Tasmanian Rugby Union Statewide Division Two Premiers...	2010-11		0	1	0	Also known as Burnie Oval.

Victoria

Ground Name	Location	First Used	Last Used	First-Class Games	List A Games	Twenty20 Games	Notes
Emerald Hill Cricket Ground Emerald Hill Cricket Ground Emerald Hill Cricket Ground was a cricket ground in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The ground held the second ever first-class match to be played in Australia when Victoria played Tasmania in March 1852. The match was won by Victoria by 61 runs...	Emerald Hill	1851-52		1	0	0	Hosted second first-class 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... game in Australia. No longer exists.
Melbourne Cricket Ground Melbourne Cricket Ground The Melbourne Cricket Ground is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne and is home to the Melbourne Cricket Club. It is the tenth largest stadium in the world, the largest in Australia, the largest stadium for playing cricket, and holds the world record for the highest light...	Yarra Park	1855-56	2010-11	643	228	14	Hosted Test, ODI and Twenty20 International cricket.
East Melbourne Cricket Ground East Melbourne Cricket Ground The East Melbourne Cricket Ground was a sports venue located at the corner of Wellington Parade and Jolimont Parade, in East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia...	Yarra Park	1880-81	1888-89	4	0	0	Located between MCG and Punt Road Oval. No longer exists.
South Melbourne Cricket Ground Lake Oval The Lake Oval was an Australian rules football and cricket stadium located in Albert Park, Victoria. It was the home of the South Melbourne Football Club from 1878 until their relocation to Sydney in 1982 , and also of the South Melbourne Cricket Club...	Albert Park Albert Park, Victoria Albert Park is an inner city suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3 km south from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Port Phillip. At the 2006 Census, Albert Park had a population of 5827....	1907-08	1931-32	2	0	0	Also hosted a Women's ODI game. No longer exists.
Fitzroy Cricket Ground Brunswick Street Oval The Brunswick Street Oval, currently known as WT Peterson Community Oval, also known as the Fitzroy Cricket Ground is a cricket and Australian rules football ground located in Edinburgh Gardens in Fitzroy North, Victoria...	Fitzroy Fitzroy, Victoria Fitzroy is an inner city suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 2 km north-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Yarra. Its borders are Alexandra Parade , Victoria Parade , Smith Street and Nicholson Street. Fitzroy is Melbourne's...	1925-26		1	0	0	No longer exists.
Richmond Cricket Ground Punt Road Oval Punt Road Oval is a sporting ground located in Yarra Park, East Melbourne, Victoria situated only a few hundred metres to the east of the famous Melbourne Cricket Ground....	Yarra Park	1932-33	2001-02	6	5	0	Located next to the MCG. Also hosted Women's Test Women's Test cricket Women's Test cricket is the longest format of women's cricket and is the gender equivalent to men's Test cricket. Matches comprise four-innings and are held over a maximum of four days between two of the leading cricketing nations... and Women's ODI matches.
Carlton Recreation Ground	Carlton Carlton, Victoria Carlton is an inner city suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 2 km north from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Melbourne...	1945-46	1997-98	7	2	0
St. Kilda Cricket Ground Junction Oval The Junction Oval is an historic sports ground in the suburb of St Kilda in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its location near the St Kilda Junction gave rise to its nickname...	St. Kilda	1977-78	2005-06	41	8	1	Hosted the 2008-09 Sheffield Shield Final. Also hosted Women's Test Women's Test cricket Women's Test cricket is the longest format of women's cricket and is the gender equivalent to men's Test cricket. Matches comprise four-innings and are held over a maximum of four days between two of the leading cricketing nations... , Women's ODI and Youth Test matches.
VFL Park	Mulgrave Mulgrave, Victoria Mulgrave is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 21 km south-east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Monash. At the 2006 Census, Mulgrave had a population of 16,280....	1979-80		0	1	0
The Showgrounds The Showgrounds, Wangaratta The Showgrounds Oval is a cricket ground in Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia. The first recorded match on the ground came when Wangaratta played the touring Fijians in 1908. The ground held its first first-class match in 1986 when Victoria played Queensland in the Sheffield Shield...	Wangaratta	1986-87	2005-06	2	1	0	Also known as Norm Minns Oval
Sale Oval Sale Oval Sale Oval is a cricket ground in Sale, Victoria, Australia. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1967 when Sale-Maffra Cricket Association played the Cricket Club of India in 1967...	Sale Sale, Victoria Sale is a city in the Gippsland region of the Australian state of Victoria. It is the seat of the Shire of Wellington as well as the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sale and the Anglican Diocese of Gippsland. It has a population of around 13,336, and is expected to reach a population of 14,000 soon...	1989-90		1	0	0
Eastern Oval Eastern Oval Eastern Oval is a cricket ground in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. The first recorded match on the ground in 1862 when Ballarat played HH Stephenson's XI. The ground was an important early centre of cricket in Victoria, hosting the Australia team, as well as personal teams from important...	Ballarat	1990-91	2004-05	1	4	0	Hosted one ODI during the 1992 World Cup 1992 Cricket World Cup -New Zealand:-Round Robin Stage:Co-hosts New Zealand proved the surprise packet of the tournament, winning their first seven games to finish on top of the table after the round robin. The other hosts, Australia, were one of the pre-tournament favourites but lost their first two matches. They... .
Queen Elizabeth II Oval Queen Elizabeth Oval Queen Elizabeth Oval is an Australian rules football stadium located in Bendigo, Australia. The capacity of the venue is 18,000. In previous times more than 18,000 have flocked into the ground....	Bendigo	1991-92	1997-98	3	1	0	Hosted a Women's Test Women's Test cricket Women's Test cricket is the longest format of women's cricket and is the gender equivalent to men's Test cricket. Matches comprise four-innings and are held over a maximum of four days between two of the leading cricketing nations... match.
Docklands Stadium	Docklands Melbourne Docklands Docklands is an inner city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia occupying an area extending up to 2 km west of and adjacent to Melbourne's Central Business District . Its Local Government Area is the City of Melbourne...	2000-01	2005-06	0	12	0
Albert Cricket Ground Albert Cricket Ground Albert Cricket Ground, also known as the Albert Reserveand Warehouseman's Cricket Ground , is the home of the Victoria cricket team, in St Kilda, in Melbourne, Victoria.-Tennis:...	St. Kilda	2002-03		0	1	0
Central Reserve Central Reserve Central Reserve is a cricket ground in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The first recorded match held on the ground came in 1991 when the Victoria Institute of Sport played the Victoria Second XI. A List A match was later held on the ground in 2006 when Victoria played the touring Sri Lankans...	Melbourne Melbourne Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...	2005-06		0	1	0
Deakin Reserve Deakin Reserve Deakin Reserve is a cricket ground in Shepparton, Victoria, Australia. The first recorded match held on the ground came in 1962 when Victoria Country played the Marylebone Cricket Club. A Youth Test match was held in December 1986 when Australia Under-19s played Indian Under-19s...	Shepparton Shepparton, Victoria Shepparton is a city located on the floodplain of the Goulburn River in the north east of Victoria, Australia approximately north-east of Melbourne. It is the fifth largest city in Victoria, Australia. The estimated population of Shepparton's statistical area is 48,926.It began as a sheep station...	2005-06		0	1	0	Also hosted Youth Test and ODI matches.
Traralgon Showgrounds Traralgon Showgrounds Traralgon Showground is a cricket ground in Traralgon, Victoria, Australia. The first recorded match held on the ground came when WSC Australia played WSC Cavaliers in the 1978 World Series Cricket. A List A match was held there in the 2007–08 Ford Ranger Cup between Victoria and South Australia,...	Traralgon Traralgon, Victoria Traralgon is a regional city located in the Latrobe Valley in the Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia. Traralgon is a city within the City of Latrobe....	2007-08		0	1	0
Geelong Cricket Ground Geelong Cricket Club Geelong Cricket Club is an Australian cricket club located in the Victorian city of Geelong. The club is part of the Victorian Premier Cricket, the highest level of cricket in Victoria...	Geelong	2010-11		0	1	0	Built to replace Kardinia Park Kardinia Park Kardinia Park is an Australian rules football stadium located in South Geelong, Victoria. The stadium is the home ground of the Geelong Football Club. It is nicknamed "The Cattery" by the club's supporters... as a cricket venue.

Western Australia

Ground Name	Location	First Used	Last Used	First-Class Games	List A Games	Twenty20 Games	Notes
WACA Ground WACA Ground The WACA is a sports stadium in Perth, Western Australia. WACA are the initials of its owners and operators, the Western Australian Cricket Association....	East Perth East Perth, Western Australia East Perth is an inner suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located next to the Perth CBD.Primarily an industrial area in the early twentieth century, it was the location of the East Perth gas works, East Perth Power Station , the East Perth railway yard, and East Perth engine sheds.A considerable...	1898-99	2010-11	424	220	16	Hosted Test, ODI and Twenty20 International cricket.
Fremantle Oval Fremantle Oval Fremantle Oval is a stadium in the centre of Fremantle, Western Australia. It currently has a capacity of 17,500 with terracing and a members area holding 750. Fremantle Oval was originally used for cricket, but in 1895 hosted its first game of Australian rules football...	Fremantle Fremantle, Western Australia Fremantle is a city in Western Australia, located at the mouth of the Swan River. Fremantle Harbour serves as the port of Perth, the state capital. Fremantle was the first area settled by the Swan River colonists in 1829...	1905-06	1909-10	5	0	0	No longer used for cricket.
Hands Oval Hands Oval JE Hands Memorial Park, more commonly known as Hands Oval, is a stadium in South Bunbury, Western Australia. The ground is mainly used for cricket and football matches, but has also hosted soccer and rugby union games.-Australian rules football:...	Bunbury Bunbury, Western Australia The port city of Bunbury is the third largest city in Western Australia after the State Capital Perth and Mandurah. It is situated south of Perth's central business district...	2008-09	2010-11	0	3	0

Top 10 Most Games Hosted

Total Matches Held	Ground Name	State	First Game
884	Melbourne Cricket Ground Melbourne Cricket Ground The Melbourne Cricket Ground is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne and is home to the Melbourne Cricket Club. It is the tenth largest stadium in the world, the largest in Australia, the largest stadium for playing cricket, and holds the world record for the highest light...	Victoria Victoria (Australia) Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....	1855-56
866	Sydney Cricket Ground Sydney Cricket Ground The Sydney Cricket Ground is a sports stadium in Sydney in Australia. It is used for Australian football, Test cricket, One Day International cricket, some rugby league and rugby union matches and is the home ground for the New South Wales Blues cricket team and the Sydney Swans of the Australian...	New South Wales New South Wales New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...	1877-78
788	Adelaide Oval Adelaide Oval The Adelaide Oval is a sports ground in Adelaide, South Australia, located in the parklands between the Central Business District and North Adelaide...	South Australia South Australia South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...	1877-78
669	The Gabba	Queensland Queensland Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...	1897-98
660	WACA Ground WACA Ground The WACA is a sports stadium in Perth, Western Australia. WACA are the initials of its owners and operators, the Western Australian Cricket Association....	Western Australia Western Australia Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...	1898-99
235	Bellerive Oval Bellerive Oval Bellerive Oval, also known as its sponsored name Blundstone Arena, is primarily a cricket and Australian Rules Football ground located in Bellerive, City of Clarence, on the eastern shore of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia...	Tasmania Tasmania Tasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart...	1987-88
103	NTCA Ground NTCA Ground The Northern Tasmania Cricket Association Ground, better known as the NTCA Ground, is a multi-use sports venue in Launceston, Australia. It is currently used mostly for club cricket matches and has a capacity of under 10,000....	Tasmania	1850-51
99	TCA Ground TCA Ground The TCA Ground, or Tasmanian Cricket Association Ground, is one of two First Class standard cricket grounds in Hobart, Tasmania in Australia...	Tasmania	1906-07
50	St. Kilda Cricket Ground Junction Oval The Junction Oval is an historic sports ground in the suburb of St Kilda in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its location near the St Kilda Junction gave rise to its nickname...	Victoria	1977-78
38	Devonport Oval Devonport Oval Devonport Oval is an Australian rules football, cricket and athletics stadium in Devonport, Tasmania.It is the home stadium for the Devonport Football Club in the Tasmanian State League and for the Devonport Cricket Club in the NWTCA competition....	Tasmania	1977-78

Total matches held refers to the combined number of first-class
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...

, List A and Twenty20 matches held at one ground.

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