BAY OVAL STADIUM, MOUNT MAUNGANUI

BAY OVAL STADIUM (MOUNT MAUNGANUI)

Bay Oval is a cricket ground in Mount Maunganui, Tauranga in the Bay of Plenty area of New Zealand. The ground was built in Blake Park and opened in 2005.Bay Oval has hosted men's and women's international limited overs matches since 2014. It hosted its first Test match in November 2019. The first One Day International (ODI) on the ground took place in January 2014 between Canada and the Netherlands as part of the 2014 Cricket World Cup Qualifier. In March 2014 New Zealand women's side played there first ODI on the ground and in October of the same year it hosted the first two ODIs of the New Zealand men's home series against the touring South Africa, but was not used for the 2015 Cricket World Cup later in the season. It has been used as a limited overs venue by New Zealand's men's and women's sides since.

BAY OVAL STADIUM (MOUNT MAUNGANUI) Pitch Report

The pitch is grassy and the stadium boasts of a good lush outfield. Bay oval is regarded as one of the most batting friendly wickets in New Zealand. The wicket tends to be slow up as the game progresses.

BAY OVAL STADIUM (MOUNT MAUNGANUI) Pitch Report

Test Match Pitch Report and Toss Factor:

The Bay Oval track is pretty good for batting. The Bay Oval pitch is expected to be neutral for both the teams who will play a Test Contest here. The pitch does play a vital role for both bowler and the batsman. Seam bowlers enjoying bowling at this pitch as they get the pace and bounce here and on the other hand batsman looks to devote sometime at the crease to score big runs for his team. As of now 6 tests matches held here out which 4 matches won by the team batting first and 2 matches won by the team bowling first.

Here are last test matches average scores of all Innings at BAY OVAL grounds:

Test Matches 1st Innings Average Score – 421 runs

Test Matches 2nd Innings Average Score – 367 runs

Test Matches 3rd Innings Average Score – 234 Runs

Test Matches 4th Innings Average Score – 165 runs

LAST 10 YEARS OUTCOME

BAY OVAL STADIUM (MOUNT MAUNGANUI) Pitch Report

ODI Match Pitch Report and Toss Factor:

The ball stuck to the surface a bit and the batsmen find it difficult to hit it up. The captain winning the toss prefer to bat first. As of now 8 ODI Matches played here where 4 matches won by the team batting first and 4 matches won by the team batting second.

Here are last ODI matches average scores of both Innings at BAY OVAL grounds:

ODI Matches 1st Innings Average Score – 287 runs

ODI Matches 2nd Innings Average Score – 264 runs

LAST 10 YEARS OUTCOME

BAY OVAL STADIUM (MOUNT MAUNGANUI) Pitch Report

T20I Match Pitch Report and Toss Factor:

Talking about the pitch, the Bay Oval generally produces good batting tracks and plenty of runs. The pitch at this venue assists the batsmen, as of now 19 T20Is played on this ground, the team batting first has won 11 times and the team chasing won just 5 times and 3 matches was abandoned. The team wins the toss prefers to bat first.

Here are last T20I matches average scores of both Innings at BAY OVAL grounds:

T20I Matches 1st Innings Average Score – 154 runs

T20I Matches 2nd Innings Average Score – 122 runs

LAST 10 YEARS OUTCOME

SUPER SMASH Match Pitch Report and Toss Factor:

This ground pitch is batting friendly ground for super smash matches. The pitch at this venue during the previous T20 matches played here made it really tough for the batsmen to score in the second innings of the match. As of now the ground has witnessed 20 T2O smash matches where 6 of the matches was won by the team batting first and 13 matches by the team batting second and 1 match resulted in tie. The team whoever wins the toss at this ground prefers to chase.

Here are last Smash matches average scores of both Innings at BAY OVAL grounds:

Smash Matches 1st Innings Average Score – 155 runs

Smash Matches 2nd Innings Average Score – 145 runs