Adelaide Oval: cricket results and records

Adelaide Oval appears in 182 recorded matches, the first on 17 January 2003 and the latest on 21 February 2026. The matches are 110 in franchise Twenty20 leagues, 34 in One Day Internationals, 21 in Test matches and 17 in Twenty20 Internationals. The competitions seen most often are Big Bash League (83 matches), Women's Big Bash League (27 matches) and Commonwealth Bank Series (8 matches).

The sides that appear most often are Adelaide Strikers (100 matches), Australia (58 matches), England (20 matches) and Sydney Sixers (20 matches).

Of the 182 matches, 175 produced a winner, 3 were drawn, 1 were tied and 3 ended without a result.

The highest innings total in the records is 620/5 by England against Australia on 3 December 2010.

The lowest completed total is 36 by India against Australia on 17 December 2020.

In the 157 limited-overs matches here that produced a winner, the side batting first won 79 (50.3%).

The leading run scorers at the ground are MJ Clarke (2,004 runs in 31 innings), TM Head (1,961 runs in 48 innings), DA Warner (1,907 runs in 32 innings), MW Short (1,471 runs in 42 innings) and AT Carey (1,461 runs in 44 innings).

The leading wicket takers are PM Siddle (79 wickets), MA Starc (72 wickets), NM Lyon (71 wickets), JR Hazlewood (57 wickets) and Rashid Khan (48 wickets).

The highest individual scores are 335* by DA Warner against Pakistan on 29 November 2019, 230 by MJ Clarke against South Africa on 22 November 2012 and 227 by KP Pietersen against Australia on 3 December 2010.

The best bowling figures are 7 for 40 by MG Johnson against England on 5 December 2013, 7 for 109 by MJ Hoggard against Australia on 1 December 2006 and 7 for 152 by NM Lyon against India on 9 December 2014.

The first innings of 21 Test matches matches here averaged 408.0 runs.

In 34 One Day Internationals matches with two innings, the side batting first averaged 236.0 and the side batting second 222.4.

In 16 Twenty20 Internationals matches with two innings, the side batting first averaged 169.3 and the side batting second 140.6.

In 110 franchise Twenty20 leagues matches with two innings, the side batting first averaged 156.2 and the side batting second 141.8.

The toss is recorded in 182 of these matches. The toss winner chose to field in 72 (39.6%) and to bat in 110.

Among the 175 of those matches that produced a winner, the side that won the toss also won the match 92 times (52.6%).

Batters at the ground hit 6,865 fours and 1,518 sixes in the recorded innings, one boundary every 10.8 balls; 50.0% of the runs came in boundaries.

Batters were dismissed caught 63%, bowled 17%, lbw 9%, run out 7% and caught and bowled 2% of the 2,723 times.

Wickets credited to bowlers fell caught 67%, bowled 18%, lbw 9%, caught and bowled 2% and stumped 2% of the 2,533 times.

That is 46.1 boundaries a match, counting every recorded innings.

Matches by decade: 2000s (18), 2010s (84) and 2020s (80).

The competitions that have used the ground are Big Bash League (83 matches), Women's Big Bash League (27 matches), Commonwealth Bank Series (8 matches), VB Series (6 matches), ICC Men's T20 World Cup (6 matches), India tour of Australia (5 matches), The Ashes (4 matches) and ICC Cricket World Cup (4 matches).