Oddsworth

Sydney, Australia

Sydney Cricket Ground

Opened 185448,000 seatsSydney Sixers (BBL)

Sydney Cricket Ground
Photo: Marc Dalmulder from Hamlyn Terrace, Australia · CC BY 2.0
Recent average
247
All-time median
282
Men's one-day matches
50
Batting first wins
67%

What do they score here?

247Average since Oct 2023
282All-time median
408Highest
117Lowest

17 of 40 reached 300.

Bat first or chase?

67%26 of 39 won batting first, all-time
50%1 of 2 won batting first since Oct 2023

What total is safe here?

First inningsDefended
Under 2509%1 of 11
250–29991%10 of 11
300–34980%8 of 10
350+100%7 of 7

Who has played here?

CompetitionMatchesFirstLastFirst-innings median
ODI49Jan 2003Oct 2025280
Australian One-Day Cup1Nov 2021Nov 2021344

Sydney Cricket Ground one-day cricket FAQs

What is a good ODI and one-day score at Sydney Cricket Ground?

A typical first-innings total in men's one-day cricket at Sydney Cricket Ground is 282, the median of 40 completed first innings in ODIs and the Australian One-Day Cup.

Is it better to bat first or chase in an ODI or one-day match at Sydney Cricket Ground?

Batting first has the edge at Sydney Cricket Ground: teams batting first have won 26 of the 39 completed men's one-day matches there.

What total is safe to defend in an ODI or one-day match at Sydney Cricket Ground?

In men's one-day cricket at Sydney Cricket Ground, a first innings of 350 or more has been defended in 7 of 7 games. For 300 to 349, 8 of 10; 250 to 299, 10 of 11; under 250, 1 of 11.

What is the highest ODI and one-day total at Sydney Cricket Ground?

The highest first-innings total in men's one-day cricket at Sydney Cricket Ground is 408, and the lowest completed one is 117. 17 of 40 completed first innings there have reached 300.

Which one-day competitions are played at Sydney Cricket Ground?

Sydney Cricket Ground has hosted 50 men's one-day matches since 2003: 49 ODIs and 1 in the Australian One-Day Cup.

The ground

Laid out as the Garrison Ground in 1854 and named the Sydney Cricket Ground in 1894, it held its first Test in February 1882.

Its square is Bulli soil rather than a drop-in pitch, which has long made it the most spin-friendly of Australia's Test grounds.

Opened
1854
Capacity
48,000
Ends
Paddington End · Randwick End
Floodlights
1978
Square
Turf square, Bulli soil
Home to
Sydney Sixers (BBL)
First Test
February 1882, Australia v England

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