Junction Oval
Melbourne, Australia · 2 BBL matches here
St Kilda's ground dates from 1856 and reopened in 2018 after a $40 million rebuild as Cricket Victoria's headquarters and Sheffield Shield home.
- Opened
- 1856
- Capacity
- 7,000 seats
- Home to
- Cricket Victoria; Melbourne Stars (BBL)
Batting first here
2 of 2 won batting first all-time. No completed game here in the last three years. BBL only.
Every first innings here
2 of 2reached par (179). Median 205.
Recent BBL first innings average 170; games here have scored about 3% above their leagues' averages. Medians by era: 2008–2017 –, 2018–2022 205, 2023 onward –.
Too few completed first innings here to chart. Par comes from recent BBL scoring and the ground's record.
Weather: dry, like 2 Jan 2019
Rain risk
of games in dry weather at Australian BBL grounds were shortened (26 of 639).
2 January 2019 at Junction Oval: 19 °C, humidity 67%, wind 15 km/h and 0 mm of rain during the hours of play. 33 of 430 evenings within three weeks of 24 December in the last 10 years had at least 1 mm of rain at Junction Oval during these hours.
These conditions are dry, with no rain expected during the match. Only 4% of games at Australian BBL grounds in similar weather have been shortened or washed out, so rain is unlikely to interfere with either innings. Heat and wind have made no measurable difference to first-innings scoring at these grounds.
During play: 19.0 °C on average, humidity 67%, wind 15 km/h gusting to 46. Humidity climbs from 60% to 76%; at Australian BBL grounds, chasing success hasn't varied with humidity.
Weather: wet, like 21 Dec 2020
Rain risk
of games in wet weather at Australian BBL grounds were shortened or washed out (37 of 101).
21 December 2020 at Junction Oval: 17 °C, humidity 91%, wind 10 km/h and 3.1 mm of rain during the hours of play. 33 of 430 evenings within three weeks of 24 December in the last 10 years had at least 1 mm of rain at Junction Oval during these hours.
These conditions carry a medium rain risk, with 3.1 mm of rain during the hours of play and the wettest spell from 19:00 to 23:00 overlapping both innings. At Australian BBL grounds, 37% of games in similar wet weather were shortened or washed out. Heat and wind have made no measurable difference to scoring.
During play: 17.3 °C on average, humidity 91%, wind 10 km/h gusting to 32.
Heaviest rain 19:00–23:00, mostly over both innings. Runs figures assume 20 overs. If overs are lost, totals and par come down.
Weather: hot, like 13 Jan 2022
Rain risk
of games in dry weather at Australian BBL grounds were shortened (26 of 639).
13 January 2022 at Junction Oval: 27 °C, humidity 57%, wind 10 km/h and 0 mm of rain during the hours of play. 33 of 430 evenings within three weeks of 24 December in the last 10 years had at least 1 mm of rain at Junction Oval during these hours.
These conditions are dry and hot, with no rain expected during the match. Across 639 games at Australian BBL grounds in similar weather, only 4% were shortened or washed out. Rain should not be a factor, and heat and wind have made no measurable difference to first-innings scoring.
During play: 26.8 °C on average, humidity 57%, wind 10 km/h gusting to 23. Humidity climbs from 47% to 66%; at Australian BBL grounds, chasing success hasn't varied with humidity.