Adelaide Oval
Adelaide, Australia
53,583
1871
Adelaide, Australia
Grass
About this Ground
First ground to host a day-night Test match. Beautiful Victorian architecture.
History & Significance
Adelaide Oval, established in 1871 in the parklands at the heart of Adelaide, is widely regarded as the most beautiful cricket ground in Australia and one of the finest anywhere in the world. The red-brick scoreboard — still hand-operated — dates to 1911 and has become the ground's most photographed symbol. St Peter's Cathedral rises beyond the western stand, framing the playing area in a way that feels uniquely South Australian. For most of its history Adelaide hosted the third Test of each Australian summer and produced some of the most celebrated matches in Ashes history, including the tied Adelaide Test of 1960 and England's dramatic one-run victory in 2011. The ground made cricket history in November 2015 when it hosted the very first day-night Test match under floodlights, Australia playing New Zealand with the pink Kookaburra ball. The experiment was designed to attract working families who could not attend day-session cricket, and it succeeded immediately — Adelaide Oval sold out consecutive day-night Tests in subsequent years. The pink ball's tendency to swing dramatically under lights created a new tactical dimension to Test cricket, fundamentally changing the strategic calculation for captains. Adelaide Oval also hosts Australian Rules Football — the ground's oval shape predates cricket — and the dual-use arrangement has been managed more successfully here than perhaps anywhere else.
Ground Record
Australia vs New Zealand
First day-night Test · 2015
Famous For
- First day-night Test 2015
- Pink ball Tests
- AFL/cricket dual-use ground
About Adelaide Oval
Adelaide Oval, established in 1871 in the parklands at the heart of Adelaide, is widely regarded as the most beautiful cricket ground in Australia and one of the finest anywhere in the world. The red-brick scoreboard — still hand-operated — dates to 1911 and has become the ground's most photographed symbol. St Peter's Cathedral rises beyond the western stand, framing the playing area in a way that feels uniquely South Australian. For most of its history Adelaide hosted the third Test of each Australian summer and produced some of the most celebrated matches in Ashes history, including the tied Adelaide Test of 1960 and England's dramatic one-run victory in 2011. The ground made cricket history in November 2015 when it hosted the very first day-night Test match under floodlights, Australia playing New Zealand with the pink Kookaburra ball. The experiment was designed to attract working families who could not attend day-session cricket, and it succeeded immediately — Adelaide Oval sold out consecutive day-night Tests in subsequent years. The pink ball's tendency to swing dramatically under lights created a new tactical dimension to Test cricket, fundamentally changing the strategic calculation for captains. Adelaide Oval also hosts Australian Rules Football — the ground's oval shape predates cricket — and the dual-use arrangement has been managed more successfully here than perhaps anywhere else.
Upcoming & Recent Matches
All matches →Live match schedule coming soon for this venue.