THE OVAL CRICKET GROUND, KENNINGTON

THE OVAL CRICKET GROUND (KENNINGTON)

The Oval in Kennington, England is a venue full of sports history, including hosting English soil’s first test match, a game that WG Grace took a historic century in England’s 1880 victory against Australia. The Oval is known as the birthplace of the Ashes legend. The great Sir Donald Bradman played his last test innings.

English has a tradition to host the last test match of a series or the whole season in Oval. Kennington Oval cricket ground holds the record of most test match hosting. This stadium was established in 1845 and in 1880, England and Australia played first test match here. The stadium can accomodate 25500 visitors at once. Construction work is going on to increase capacity. Surrey County Cricket Club owns the stadium.

THE OVAL CRICKET GROUND (KENNINGTON) Pitch Report

History says that this field gifts batsmen a lot. Batsmen can easily put a huge score in scoreboard. Along with England’s 903 and Australia’s 701, there are a lot of high team totals in Oval ground. We can say, the Oval never disappoint batsmen.

But this ground is not always batting friendly. Bowlers also dominated the ground and made batting team to score low. As England has an unpredictable weather condition, it cannot be said who may dominate in match, batting team or bowling team. Normally in test or ODI matches, teams want to bat first.

Test Match Pitch Report and Toss Factor:

In the first innings, the pitch is ideal for batsmen, and thus the team who wins the toss in the Kennington Oval Cricket ground typically chooses to bat for a high score. The fast bowlers do not get much support. But the previous day’s decay improves the situation in third and fourth innings. Spin bowlers start achieving sharp turns and batsmen begin to struggle.

If there are no county games on the ground for several months, the surface may sprout a bit of grass to support pacers. The pitch is reputed to be fastest track. But county games are always played in Kennington, so pitch surface is always lacks of grass.

Here are tests matches average scores of all Innings at OVAL ground:

Test Matches 1st Innings Average Score – 317 runs

Test Matches 2nd Innings Average Score – 268 runs

Test Matches 3rd Innings Average Score – 306 runs

Test Matches 4th Innings Average Score –225 runs

LAST 10 YEARS OUTCOME

THE OVAL CRICKET GROUND (KENNINGTON) Pitch Report

ODI Match Pitch Report and Toss Factor:

The Oval considered to be a batting pitch, teams whoever wins the toss in an ODI at Oval prefers to bowl first. As of now the ground has witnessed 30 matches in the last 10 years out of which 12 matches won by the team batting first and 17 matches won by the team batting second and 1 match was called off due to bad weather. The pitch gets slow in the second innings as the time passes which makes it easy for the batsman to chase the target comfortably.

Here are last 5 ODI matches average scores of both Innings at OVAL ground:

ODI Matches 1st Innings Average Score – 312 runs

ODI Matches 2nd Innings Average Score – 272 runs

LAST 10 YEARS OUTCOME

THE OVAL CRICKET GROUND (KENNINGTON) Pitch Report

T20I Match Pitch Report and Toss Factor:

 The ground is batting friendly so a massive score can be achieved in both the innings. Dew on the pitch makes it harder for bowlers to control the ball in the second innings, which provides a big advantage for power hitters. As of now the ground has just witnessed 1 match where the team batting first has won none and the team chasing the target has won 1.

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

T20I Matches 1st Innings Average Score – 157 runs

T20I Matches 2nd Innings Average Score – 158 runs

LAST 10 YEARS OUTCOME

BLAST T20 Match Pitch Report and Toss Factor:

The surface is brown with greenish effect and flat, good for batsman and spin bowlers. The pitch is flatter, a helpful condition for batting. At this ground 35 blast matches played out of which 12 matches won by the team batting first and 20 matches won by the team batting second and 3 matches was abandoned. The team whoever won the toss at this ground they preferred to chase.

Here are last BLAST matches average scores of both Innings at OVAL ground:

BLAST Matches 1st Innings Average Score – 156 runs

BLAST Matches 2nd Innings Average Score – 139 runs

LAST 10 YEARS OUTCOME