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.

Bay Oval
Blake Parks
Ground information
LocationMount Maunganui, Tauranga, New Zealand
Coordinates37°39′10.13″S 176°11′26.65″E
Establishment2007 (first recorded match)
Capacity10,000
International information
Only Test20–24 November 2019:
 New Zealand v  England
First ODI28 January 2014:
 Canada v  Netherlands
Last ODI11 February 2020:
 New Zealand v  India
First T20I7 January 2016:
 New Zealand v  Sri Lanka
Last T20I2 February 2020:
 New Zealand v  India
Team information
Northern Districts Women (2007/08–present)
Northern Districts (2008/09–present)
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]

Centuries scored in Men's Tests at Bay Oval
No.ScorePlayerTeamBallsInns.Opposing teamStart dateResult
1205BJ Watling New Zealand 4731 England21 November 2019New Zealand won
2126Mitchell Santner New Zealand 2691 England21 November 2019New 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]

Centuries scored in Men's ODIs at Bay Oval
No.ScorePlayerTeamBallsInns.Opposing teamDateResult
1119Hashim Amla South Africa 1351 New Zealand24 October 2014South Africa won
2102Martin Guptill New Zealand 1091 Sri Lanka5 January 2016New Zealand won
3138Martin Guptill New Zealand 1391 Sri Lanka3 January 2019New Zealand won
4102Kusal Perera Sri Lanka 862 New Zealand3 January 2019New Zealand won
5140Thisara Perera Sri Lanka 742 New Zealand5 January 2019New Zealand won
6112KL Rahul India 1131 New Zealand11 February 2020New Zealand won
Centuries scored in Women's ODIs at Bay Oval
No.ScorePlayerTeamBallsInns.Opposing teamDateResult
1106Suzie Bates New Zealand 1131 England11 February 2015New Zealand won
2114*Meg Lanning Australia 1132 New Zealand22 February 2016Australia won
3110Suzie Bates New Zealand 1331 Australia24 February 2016Australia won
4127Meg Lanning Australia 1352 New Zealand24 February 2016Australia won
5104*Meg Lanning Australia 1162 New Zealand5 March 2017Australia won

Twenty20 International centuries

Two T20I centuries have been scored on the ground, both scored by New Zealander Colin Munro.[11]

Centuries scored in Men's T20Is at Bay Oval
No.ScorePlayerTeamBallsInns.Opposing teamDateResult
1101Colin Munro New Zealand 541 Bangladesh6 January 2017New Zealand won
2104Colin Munro New Zealand 531 West Indies3 January 2018New 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
Five-wicket hauls in Test Matches at Bay Oval
No. Bowler Date Team Opposing Team Inn O R W Result
1Neil Wagner20 November 2019 New Zealand England319.2445New Zealand won[12]

One Day Internationals
Five-wicket hauls in ODIs at Bay Oval
No. Bowler Date Team Opposing Team Inn O R W Result
1Matt Henry5 January 2016 New Zealand Sri Lanka210405New Zealand won[13]

Women's One-day Internationals
Five-wicket hauls in Women's ODIs at Bay Oval
No. Bowler Date Team Opposing Team Inn O R W Result
1Jess Jonassen22 February 2016 Australia New Zealand19505Australia won[14]

References
  1. "Bay Oval Blake Park – Mount Maunganui, Tauranga". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
  2. "Christchurch T20s against England, Australia to bookend biggest home summer". Stuff (New Zealand). Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  3. "Ground profile: Blake Park". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 November 2011.
  4. "Blake Park Oval to host Twenty/20 Cricket". www.bopcricket.co.nz. Archived from the original on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 4 November 2011.
  5. McPherson W (2014) From the Bay to the Basin, CricInfo, 2014-12-04. Retrieved 2019-11-25.
  6. "Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 November 2011.
  7. "A Test of firsts for new-look England and Mount Maunganui". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
  8. "Statistics / Statsguru / Tests / Batting records". Retrieved 23 November 2019.
  9. "Statistics / Statsguru / One-Day Internationals / Batting records". Retrieved 26 December 2016.
  10. "Statistics / Statsguru / Women's One-Day Internationals / Batting records". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
  11. "Statistics / Statsguru / Twenty20 Internationals / Batting records". Retrieved 26 December 2016.
  12. 1st Test, England tour of New Zealand at Mount Maunganui, Nov 20 2019, CricInfo. Retrieved 2019-11-25.
  13. 5th ODI, Sri Lanka tour of New Zealand at Mount Maunganui, Jan 5 2016, CricInfo. Retrieved 2019-02-22.
  14. ODI, ICC Women's Championship at Mount Maunganui, Feb 22 2016, CricInfo. Retrieved 2019-02-22.
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