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Adelaide Oval
Adelaide, Australia · 27 WBBL matches here
Cricket has been played on the oval since December 1873 and Tests since December 1884, and the hand-operated scoreboard of 1911 still works.
- Opened
- 1873
- Capacity
- 53,500 seats
- Ends
- River End · Cathedral End
- Home to
- Adelaide Strikers (BBL)
Batting first here
5 of 8 won batting first over the last three years. All-time 40% (12 of 30). WBBL and T20Is.
Every first innings here
8 of 30reached par (146). Median 130.
Recent WBBL first innings average 148; games here have scored about 1% below their leagues' averages. Medians by era: 2008–2017 116, 2018–2022 130, 2023 onward 150.
Weather: dry, like 29 Nov 2023
Rain risk
of games in dry weather at the WBBL's grounds were shortened (9 of 299).
29 November 2023 at Adelaide Oval: 18 °C, humidity 76%, wind 17 km/h and 0 mm of rain during the hours of play. 26 of 430 evenings within three weeks of 20 November in the last 10 years had at least 1 mm of rain at Adelaide Oval during these hours.
During play: 17.8 °C on average, humidity 76%, wind 17 km/h gusting to 46. Humidity climbs from 67% to 85%; at the WBBL's grounds, chasing success hasn't varied with humidity.
Weather: wet, like 11 Dec 2022
Rain risk
of games in wet weather at the WBBL's grounds were shortened or washed out (31 of 77).
11 December 2022 at Adelaide Oval: 15 °C, humidity 82%, wind 23 km/h and 2.5 mm of rain during the hours of play. 26 of 430 evenings within three weeks of 20 November in the last 10 years had at least 1 mm of rain at Adelaide Oval during these hours.
During play: 15.5 °C on average, humidity 82%, wind 23 km/h gusting to 49.
Heaviest rain 20:30–21:30, mostly over the second innings. Runs figures assume 20 overs. If overs are lost, totals and par come down.
Weather: hot, like 26 Nov 2024
Rain risk
of games in dry weather at the WBBL's grounds were shortened (9 of 299).
26 November 2024 at Adelaide Oval: 26 °C, humidity 51%, wind 9 km/h and 0 mm of rain during the hours of play. 26 of 430 evenings within three weeks of 20 November in the last 10 years had at least 1 mm of rain at Adelaide Oval during these hours.
During play: 25.9 °C on average, humidity 51%, wind 9 km/h gusting to 50. Humidity climbs from 30% to 72%; at the WBBL's grounds, chasing success hasn't varied with humidity.