Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados: cricket results and records

Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados appears in 133 recorded matches, the first on 7 June 2003 and the latest on 20 September 2026. The matches are 51 in franchise Twenty20 leagues, 38 in Twenty20 Internationals, 31 in One Day Internationals and 13 in Test matches. The competitions seen most often are Caribbean Premier League (51 matches), England tour of West Indies (11 matches) and ICC World Twenty20 (10 matches).

The sides that appear most often are West Indies (60 matches), Barbados Tridents (33 matches), England (32 matches) and Australia (20 matches).

Of the 133 matches, 125 produced a winner, 3 were drawn, 1 were tied and 4 ended without a result.

The highest innings total in the records is 749/9 by West Indies against England on 26 February 2009.

The lowest completed total is 43 by West Indies against England on 22 December 2022.

In the 115 limited-overs matches here that produced a winner, the side batting first won 57 (49.6%).

The leading run scorers at the ground are SD Hope (918 runs in 36 innings), N Pooran (904 runs in 34 innings), BA King (795 runs in 31 innings), KA Pollard (784 runs in 38 innings) and S Chanderpaul (783 runs in 23 innings).

The leading wicket takers are JO Holder (87 wickets), AS Joseph (42 wickets), KAJ Roach (37 wickets), AJ Hosein (31 wickets) and FH Edwards (28 wickets).

The highest individual scores are 291 by RR Sarwan against England on 26 February 2009, 178 by AB de Villiers against West Indies on 21 April 2005 and 176 by BC Lara against South Africa on 21 April 2005.

The best bowling figures are 7 for 94 by Yasir Shah against West Indies on 30 April 2017, 6 for 6 by Shakib Al Hasan against Trinidad & Tobago Red Steel on 3 August 2013 and 6 for 32 by A Nel against West Indies on 21 April 2005.

The first innings of 13 Test matches matches here averaged 307.1 runs.

In 30 One Day Internationals matches with two innings, the side batting first averaged 219.7 and the side batting second 181.5.

In 36 Twenty20 Internationals matches with two innings, the side batting first averaged 152.3 and the side batting second 137.4.

In 50 franchise Twenty20 leagues matches with two innings, the side batting first averaged 155.0 and the side batting second 137.1.

The toss is recorded in 133 of these matches. The toss winner chose to field in 84 (63.2%) and to bat in 49.

Among the 125 of those matches that produced a winner, the side that won the toss also won the match 78 times (62.4%).

Batters at the ground hit 4,186 fours and 1,456 sixes in the recorded innings, one boundary every 10.6 balls; 53.9% of the runs came in boundaries.

Batters were dismissed caught 63%, bowled 16%, lbw 9%, run out 6% and stumped 3% of the 2,021 times.

Wickets credited to bowlers fell caught 67%, bowled 17%, lbw 10%, stumped 3% and caught and bowled 3% of the 1,892 times.

That is 42.4 boundaries a match, counting every recorded innings.

Matches by decade: 2000s (14), 2010s (60) and 2020s (59).

The competitions that have used the ground are Caribbean Premier League (51 matches), England tour of West Indies (11 matches), ICC World Twenty20 (10 matches), ICC Men's T20 World Cup (8 matches), ICC World Cup (7 matches), New Zealand tour of West Indies (5 matches), West Indies Tri-Nation Series (4 matches) and Australia tour of West Indies (4 matches).