NEWLANDS CRICKET STADIUM, CAPE TOWN

NEWLANDS CRICKET STADIUM (CAPE TOWN)

Newlands Cricket Ground (known as Six Gun Grill Newlands for sponsorship reasons) in Cape Town is a South African cricket ground. It is the home of the Cape Cobras, who play in the Sun foil Series, Momentum 1 Day Cup and RamSlamPro20 competitions. It is also a venue for Test matches, ODIs and T20Is. Newlands is regarded as one of the most beautiful cricket grounds in the world, being overlooked by Table Mountain and Devil's Peak. It is close to Newlands Stadium, which is a rugby union and football venue. The cricket ground opened in 1888. In March 2019, it was announced that the owners of Newlands Cricket Ground, the Western Province Cricket Association, went into partnership with Sanlam, to form a new office-block development as part of the cricket ground.

NEWLANDS CRICKET STADIUM (CAPE TOWN) Pitch Report

It might be another good toss to lose with the ball expected to do a bit off the pitch up front though the bounce should be true. Though it is a good idea to bat first at Newlands. The spinners may well come into the game later in the piece with then surface not expected to be as green.

NEWLANDS CRICKET STADIUM (CAPE TOWN) Pitch Report

Test Match Pitch Report and Toss Factor:

The Newlands Cricket Stadium, Cape town is set in the backdrop of the Table Mountains, Newlands is one of the few venues in South Africa known to assist spinners. On this venue, the average 1st innings score is 328 while 139 runs in the 4th innings. The team whoever won the toss mostly elected to bat first. At this ground 9 test matches played in the last 10 years out of which 5 matches won by the team batting first and 3 matches won by the team batting second and 1 match was drawn. 

Here are last tests matches average scores of all Innings at NEWLANDS CRICKET grounds:

Test Matches 1st Innings Average Score – 329 runs

Test Matches 2nd Innings Average Score – 268 runs

Test Matches 3rd Innings Average Score – 270 Runs

Test Matches 4th Innings Average Score – 139 runs

LAST 10 YEARS OUTCOME

NEWLANDS CRICKET STADIUM (CAPE TOWN) Pitch Report

ODI Match Pitch Report and Toss Factor:

The first One Day International played at the ground was on 7 December 1992 when South Africa beat India by 6 wickets. As of June 2019, there have been 41 One Day Internationals played at the ground including five in the 2003 Cricket World Cup. South Africa has won 30 of its ODI games here and lost 6 (India being the most recent opposition victor in February 2018)[1].

Newlands is one of the few cricket grounds in South Africa that tends to favour spinners. Most grounds tend to favour pacemen or batsmen, but the Western Cape has had a history of having very good sp            inners, a recent example being Paul Adams. As of now the ground has witnessed 9 matches and the teams batting first won 5 matches and team batting second has won 4 matches.

Here are last ODI matches average scores of both Innings at NEWLANDS CRICKET grounds:

ODI Matches 1st Innings Average Score – 286 runs

ODI Matches 2nd Innings Average Score – 245 runs

LAST 10 YEARS OUTCOME

NEWLANDS CRICKET STADIUM (CAPE TOWN) Pitch Report

T20I Match Pitch Report and Toss Factor:

The fresh wicket in Cape Town will likely offer assistance to the pace bowlers in the match. The spinners and the batsmen could dominate proceedings. However, there have not been too many high-scoring matches at Newlands. The Newlands track is expected to be a batsmen’s paradise. There should be enough carry for the paceman who are willing to bend their back. Cape Town pitch has also shown to the tendency to slow down in the second innings with spinners coming into their own.

Here are last T20I matches average scores of both Innings at NEWLANDS CRICKET grounds:

T20I Matches 1st Innings Average Score – 178 runs

T20I Matches 2nd Innings Average Score – 159 runs

LAST 10 YEARS OUTCOME

SA20 Match Pitch Report and Toss Factor:

The Newlands track is expected to be a batsman paradise as said before. There should be enough carry for the paceman who are willing to bend their back. Cape Town pitch has also shown to the tendency to slow down in the second innings with spinners coming into their own. As seen in the last games the league matches proved to be a high scoring contest between the teams who played. As of now 16 matches has been played at this ground where the team batting first has won 6 and the team chasing has won 10 in the last 10 years. The ground will witness many more league matches in upcoming days.

Here are last SA20 matches average scores of both Innings at NEWLANDS CRICKET grounds:

SA20 Matches 1st Innings Average Score – 159 runs

SA20 Matches 2nd Innings Average Score – 143 runs

LAST 10 YEARS OUTCOME