Oddsworth

Adelaide, Australia

Adelaide Oval

Opened 187353,500 seatsAdelaide Strikers (BBL)

Adelaide Oval
Photo: Rajiv Bhuttan · CC BY 2.0
Par
180
Recent average
179
Men's T20s
96
BBL matches
83

What do they score here?

180Par
179Average since Nov 2023
168All-time median
251Highest
92Lowest
+4%First innings against the league average

30 of 93 reached par.

By era

Innings fromInningsMedianMean
Up to 201729161163.5
2018 to Nov 202349168168.0
Since Nov 202315165179.3

Bat first or chase?

57%52 of 92 won batting first, all-time
40%6 of 15 won batting first since Nov 2023

What total is safe here?

First inningsDefended
Under 15018%4 of 22
150–16956%15 of 27
170–18975%21 of 28
190–20971%5 of 7
210+88%7 of 8

Who has played here?

CompetitionMatchesFirstLastFirst-innings median
BBL83Dec 2011Jan 2026165
T20I (Full Members)11Jan 2011Feb 2024184
T20I (other)2Nov 2022Nov 2022138

Adelaide Oval T20 FAQs

What is a good T20 score at Adelaide Oval?

Oddsworth's par score at Adelaide Oval is 180. Since November 2023, first innings in men's T20s here have averaged 179 across 15 innings.

Is it better to bat first or chase at Adelaide Oval?

Chasing has the edge lately. Teams batting first have won 6 of the 15 completed men's T20s since November 2023, and 52 of 92 all-time.

What total is safe to defend at Adelaide Oval?

Teams making 210 or more in the first innings have defended it in 7 of 8 games here. For totals between 190 and 209, 5 of 7; between 170 and 189, 21 of 28; between 150 and 169, 15 of 27; under 150, 4 of 22.

Is Adelaide Oval a high-scoring ground?

A little above average. First innings here run about 4% above the average for the BBL and T20Is at other grounds.

What is the highest T20 total at Adelaide Oval?

The highest first-innings total in a men's T20 here is 251, and the lowest is 92.

Which competitions are played at Adelaide Oval?

96 men's T20s have been played here since 2011: 83 in the BBL and 13 in T20Is.

The ground

Cricket has been played on the oval since December 1873 and Tests since December 1884, and the hand-operated scoreboard of 1911 still works.

The playing area is long and narrow at 190 m by 125 m, and the first day-night Test was played here in November 2015.

Opened
1873
Capacity
53,500
Ends
River End · Cathedral End
Floodlights
1997
Square
Drop-in, since 2013
Home to
Adelaide Strikers (BBL)
First Test
December 1884, Australia v England

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