Sophia Gardens, Cardiff: cricket results and records

Sophia Gardens, Cardiff appears in 243 recorded matches, the first on 18 June 2005 and the latest on 24 September 2026. The matches are 128 in franchise Twenty20 leagues, 72 in the County Championship, 27 in One Day Internationals, 13 in Twenty20 Internationals and 3 in Test matches. The competitions seen most often are Vitality Blast (43 matches), County Championship (42 matches) and NatWest T20 Blast (27 matches).

The sides that appear most often are Glamorgan (155 matches), Welsh Fire (45 matches), England (35 matches) and Gloucestershire (20 matches).

Of the 243 matches, 200 produced a winner, 32 were drawn, 3 were tied and 8 ended without a result.

The highest innings total in the records is 750 by Northamptonshire against Glamorgan on 11 April 2019.

The lowest completed total is 65 by Glamorgan against Warwickshire on 8 September 2026.

In the 157 limited-overs matches here that produced a winner, the side batting first won 71 (45.2%).

The leading run scorers at the ground are CA Ingram (4,625 runs in 122 innings), KS Carlson (4,530 runs in 134 innings), CB Cooke (4,521 runs in 169 innings), DL Lloyd (2,824 runs in 106 innings) and SA Northeast (2,053 runs in 67 innings).

The leading wicket takers are T van der Gugten (210 wickets), MG Hogan (178 wickets), GG Wagg (90 wickets), MS Crane (77 wickets) and AG Salter (76 wickets).

The highest individual scores are 313* by DL Lloyd against Derbyshire on 20 September 2022, 257* by CA Ingram against Leicestershire on 29 August 2024 and 203 by IJL Trott against Sri Lanka on 26 May 2011.

The best bowling figures are 9 for 78 by OE Robinson against Glamorgan on 15 April 2021, 7 for 42 by T van der Gugten against Kent on 4 May 2018 and 7 for 45 by AG Salter against Durham on 7 April 2022.

In 25 One Day Internationals matches with two innings, the side batting first averaged 249.6 and the side batting second 217.8.

In 13 Twenty20 Internationals matches with two innings, the side batting first averaged 145.5 and the side batting second 136.7.

In 125 franchise Twenty20 leagues matches with two innings, the side batting first averaged 149.1 and the side batting second 132.9.

The first innings of 72 the County Championship matches here averaged 295.0 runs.

The toss is recorded in 243 of these matches. The toss winner chose to field in 171 (70.4%) and to bat in 72.

Among the 200 of those matches that produced a winner, the side that won the toss also won the match 114 times (57.0%).

Batters at the ground hit 13,157 fours and 1,739 sixes in the recorded innings, one boundary every 11.4 balls; 54.4% of the runs came in boundaries.

Batters were dismissed caught 58%, bowled 20%, lbw 15%, run out 3% and caught and bowled 2% of the 4,311 times.

Wickets credited to bowlers fell caught 60%, bowled 21%, lbw 15%, caught and bowled 2% and stumped 2% of the 4,161 times.

That is 61.3 boundaries a match, counting every recorded innings.

Matches by decade: 2000s (4), 2010s (97) and 2020s (142).

The competitions that have used the ground are Vitality Blast (43 matches), County Championship (42 matches), NatWest T20 Blast (27 matches), The Hundred Men's Competition (24 matches), The Hundred Women's Competition (21 matches), Specsavers County Championship (18 matches), Vitality Blast Men (13 matches) and LV= County Championship (12 matches).