WACA, Perth: cricket results and records

WACA, Perth appears in 127 recorded matches, the first on 9 October 2003 and the latest on 31 October 2026. The matches are 77 in franchise Twenty20 leagues, 28 in One Day Internationals, 15 in Test matches and 7 in Twenty20 Internationals. The competitions seen most often are Women's Big Bash League (42 matches), Big Bash League (35 matches) and VB Series (5 matches).

The sides that appear most often are Perth Scorchers (70 matches), Australia (39 matches), Melbourne Stars (17 matches) and Melbourne Renegades (14 matches).

Of the 127 matches, 125 produced a winner, 1 were drawn and 1 ended without a result.

The highest innings total in the records is 735/6 by Australia against Zimbabwe on 9 October 2003.

The lowest completed total is 69 by Perth Scorchers against Melbourne Stars on 12 December 2012.

In the 111 limited-overs matches here that produced a winner, the side batting first won 52 (46.8%).

The leading run scorers at the ground are MEK Hussey (993 runs in 28 innings), DA Warner (988 runs in 19 innings), SPD Smith (988 runs in 16 innings), BL Mooney (884 runs in 28 innings) and SE Marsh (870 runs in 25 innings).

The leading wicket takers are MG Johnson (74 wickets), MA Starc (40 wickets), A King (36 wickets), JP Behrendorff (27 wickets) and GB Hogg (26 wickets).

The highest individual scores are 380 by ML Hayden against Zimbabwe on 9 October 2003, 290 by LRPL Taylor against Australia on 13 November 2015 and 253 by DA Warner against New Zealand on 13 November 2015.

The best bowling figures are 8 for 24 by GD McGrath against Pakistan on 16 December 2004, 8 for 61 by MG Johnson against South Africa on 17 December 2008 and 6 for 7 by SL Malinga against Perth Scorchers on 12 December 2012.

The first innings of 15 Test matches matches here averaged 340.1 runs.

In 28 One Day Internationals matches with two innings, the side batting first averaged 243.1 and the side batting second 217.7.

In 76 franchise Twenty20 leagues matches with two innings, the side batting first averaged 148.1 and the side batting second 135.7.

The toss is recorded in 127 of these matches. The toss winner chose to field in 58 (45.7%) and to bat in 69.

Among the 125 of those matches that produced a winner, the side that won the toss also won the match 60 times (48.0%).

Batters at the ground hit 5,373 fours and 828 sixes in the recorded innings, one boundary every 10.3 balls; 52.2% of the runs came in boundaries.

Batters were dismissed caught 64%, bowled 16%, lbw 7%, run out 7% and stumped 3% of the 1,931 times.

Wickets credited to bowlers fell caught 68%, bowled 17%, lbw 7%, stumped 4% and caught and bowled 3% of the 1,802 times.

That is 48.8 boundaries a match, counting every recorded innings.

Matches by decade: 2000s (17), 2010s (75) and 2020s (35).

The competitions that have used the ground are Women's Big Bash League (42 matches), Big Bash League (35 matches), VB Series (5 matches), Commonwealth Bank Series (5 matches), ICC Women's T20 World Cup (5 matches), South Africa in Australia Test Series (3 matches), South Africa in Australia ODI Series (3 matches) and Pakistan in Australia ODI Series (3 matches).