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Adelaide Oval is a cricket ground in Adelaide, Australia. It is the home ground of the South Australia cricket team and both the men's and women's Adelaide Strikers as well as Australian rules football and soccer teams. [2] The ground has hosted international cricket matches, including Test, One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 Internationals (T20I). [3] As of January 2022 [update] , the ground has hosted 80 Test matches, with the first in 1884 when Australia played England. [4] It has staged 85 ODIs, the first of which was in 1975 when Australia beat the West Indies by five wickets. [5] [6] The ground has also hosted five T20Is, the first in 2011 when England beat Australia by one wicket. [7] [8]
Contents
- Key
- List of centuries
- Test cricket
- One Day Internationals
- Twenty20 Internationals
- Women's Test cricket
- References
- Further reading
The first century at the ground was scored by Australian Percy McDonnell. [1] He made 124 during the first Test of the 1884–85 English tour of Australia in the first Test match at the Adelaide Oval. [3] [9] The first overseas player to score a century at the ground was Englishman Billy Barnes, who made 134 in the same match in which McDonnell made his century. [1] [9] Australian David Warner's triple century, against Pakistan in November 2019, is the highest individual score by a batsman at the ground [10] and was the first triple century at the ground. Australia's Michael Clarke has scored the most centuries at the venue with seven. [11] As of January 2022 [update] , 185 Test centuries have been scored at the stadium. [1]
England's David Gower was the first player to score an ODI century at the ground. [12] He made 109 against New Zealand during the 1982–83 Australian Tri-Series. [13] Graeme Wood became the first Australian to score an ODI century at the Adelaide Oval when he scored 104 not out against the West Indies in January 1985. [12] Brian Lara's 156 for the West Indies against Pakistan is the highest ODI score by a batsman at the ground. [14] 36 ODI centuries have been scored at the Adelaide Oval as of November 2022 [update] . [12] David Warner of Australia has made the highest score at the ground, scoring 100 not out. [15]
