Bay Oval
Bay Oval is a cricket ground in Mount Maunganui, Tauranga in the Bay of Plenty area of New Zealand.[1] The ground was built in Blake Park and opened in 2005.
Blake Parks | |||||
Ground information | |||||
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Location | Mount Maunganui, Tauranga, New Zealand | ||||
Coordinates | 37°39′10.13″S 176°11′26.65″E | ||||
Establishment | 2007 (first recorded match) | ||||
Capacity | 10,000 | ||||
International information | |||||
Only Test | 20–24 November 2019: | ||||
First ODI | 28 January 2014: | ||||
Last ODI | 11 February 2020: | ||||
First T20I | 7 January 2016: | ||||
Last T20I | 2 February 2020: | ||||
Team information | |||||
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As of 11 February 2020 Source: ESPNcricinfo |
Bay Oval has hosted men's and women's international limited overs matches since 2014. It hosted its first Test match in November 2019.[2]
History
Blake Park was established in the 1950s.[3] It was used by Northern Districts for List A fixtures between the 1987/88 season and 2001/02, with the team playing 24 matches on the ground in the New Zealand limited-overs cricket trophy. During the 1980s and 90s, large holiday crowds flocked to the ground to watch one-day matches,[4] and New Zealand A played two matches on the ground against Pakistan A in December 1998.[3] Northern Districts Women played two matches at Blake Park in the 2004/05 State League.[3]
The Bay of Plenty Cricket Association constructed Bay Oval within the same site, with construction beginning in 2005.[5] Northern Districts women's side played their first match on the ground in December 2007 and it held its first senior men's match in the 2008–09 State Twenty20 with Northern Districts playing Otago. Both sides have played on the ground regularly since, with it hosting its first first-class cricket match in April 2015.[6]
The first One Day International (ODI) on the ground took place in January 2014 between Canada and the Netherlands as part of the 2014 Cricket World Cup Qualifier. In March 2014 New Zealand women's side played there first ODI on the ground and in October of the same year it hosted the first two ODIs of the New Zealand men's home series against the touring South Africa, but was not used for the 2015 Cricket World Cup later in the season. It has been used as a limited overs venue by New Zealand's men's and women's sides since.[6]
In November 2019, the first Test match was played on the ground.[7]
International Centuries
Test centuries
Two centuries were scored in the ground's only Test match, both by New Zealanders.[8]
No. | Score | Player | Team | Balls | Inns. | Opposing team | Start date | Result |
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1 | 205 | BJ Watling | 473 | 1 | 21 November 2019 | New Zealand won | ||
2 | 126 | Mitchell Santner | 269 | 1 | 21 November 2019 | New Zealand won |
One Day International centuries
Centuries have been scored 10 times on the ground in One Day Internationals, five times in men's matches and five in women's matches.[9][10]
No. | Score | Player | Team | Balls | Inns. | Opposing team | Date | Result |
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1 | 119 | Hashim Amla | 135 | 1 | 24 October 2014 | South Africa won | ||
2 | 102 | Martin Guptill | 109 | 1 | 5 January 2016 | New Zealand won | ||
3 | 138 | Martin Guptill | 139 | 1 | 3 January 2019 | New Zealand won | ||
4 | 102 | Kusal Perera | 86 | 2 | 3 January 2019 | New Zealand won | ||
5 | 140 | Thisara Perera | 74 | 2 | 5 January 2019 | New Zealand won | ||
6 | 112 | KL Rahul | 113 | 1 | 11 February 2020 | New Zealand won |
No. | Score | Player | Team | Balls | Inns. | Opposing team | Date | Result |
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1 | 106 | Suzie Bates | 113 | 1 | 11 February 2015 | New Zealand won | ||
2 | 114* | Meg Lanning | 113 | 2 | 22 February 2016 | Australia won | ||
3 | 110 | Suzie Bates | 133 | 1 | 24 February 2016 | Australia won | ||
4 | 127 | Meg Lanning | 135 | 2 | 24 February 2016 | Australia won | ||
5 | 104* | Meg Lanning | 116 | 2 | 5 March 2017 | Australia won |
Twenty20 International centuries
Two T20I centuries have been scored on the ground, both scored by New Zealander Colin Munro.[11]
No. | Score | Player | Team | Balls | Inns. | Opposing team | Date | Result |
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1 | 101 | Colin Munro | 54 | 1 | 6 January 2017 | New Zealand won | ||
2 | 104 | Colin Munro | 53 | 1 | 3 January 2018 | New Zealand won |
International Five Wicket Hauls
- As of 22 February 2019
Three five-wicket hauls have been taken at Bay Oval, one in a men's Test, one in a men's ODI and one in a women's ODI.
Test Matches
No. | Bowler | Date | Team | Opposing Team | Inn | O | R | W | Result |
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1 | Neil Wagner | 20 November 2019 | 3 | 19.2 | 44 | 5 | New Zealand won[12] |
One Day Internationals
No. | Bowler | Date | Team | Opposing Team | Inn | O | R | W | Result |
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1 | Matt Henry | 5 January 2016 | 2 | 10 | 40 | 5 | New Zealand won[13] |
Women's One-day Internationals
No. | Bowler | Date | Team | Opposing Team | Inn | O | R | W | Result |
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1 | Jess Jonassen | 22 February 2016 | 1 | 9 | 50 | 5 | Australia won[14] |
References
- "Bay Oval Blake Park – Mount Maunganui, Tauranga". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
- "Christchurch T20s against England, Australia to bookend biggest home summer". Stuff (New Zealand). Retrieved 7 June 2019.
- "Ground profile: Blake Park". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 November 2011.
- "Blake Park Oval to host Twenty/20 Cricket". www.bopcricket.co.nz. Archived from the original on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 4 November 2011.
- McPherson W (2014) From the Bay to the Basin, CricInfo, 2014-12-04. Retrieved 2019-11-25.
- "Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 November 2011.
- "A Test of firsts for new-look England and Mount Maunganui". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
- "Statistics / Statsguru / Tests / Batting records". Retrieved 23 November 2019.
- "Statistics / Statsguru / One-Day Internationals / Batting records". Retrieved 26 December 2016.
- "Statistics / Statsguru / Women's One-Day Internationals / Batting records". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
- "Statistics / Statsguru / Twenty20 Internationals / Batting records". Retrieved 26 December 2016.
- 1st Test, England tour of New Zealand at Mount Maunganui, Nov 20 2019, CricInfo. Retrieved 2019-11-25.
- 5th ODI, Sri Lanka tour of New Zealand at Mount Maunganui, Jan 5 2016, CricInfo. Retrieved 2019-02-22.
- ODI, ICC Women's Championship at Mount Maunganui, Feb 22 2016, CricInfo. Retrieved 2019-02-22.